Fraiser Season 2 Finale Review: Revival's Storytelling Shift Is A Risk That Has An Emotional Pay-Off
Warning! Spoilers ahead for the Frasier season 2 finale.
The Frasier revival's season 2 finale wraps up a slightly improved sophomore year by sticking to its signature storytelling approach. It's no secret that when the Paramount+ reboot of the beloved sitcom was announced, it was met with a divisive response considering the risks of bringing it back. It didn't help that the majority of its original ensemble isn't involved, including David Hyde Pierce's Niles and Jane Leeves' Daphne. The Frasier season 1 finale effectively addressed the show's premise, which was about Frasier reconnecting with his son, Freddy. However, Paramount+ deemed that the series deserved at least another year.
Frasier
Cast Stefanie Yunger, Jessica McKenna, Nike Doukas, Robert Barela, Shon Levi, Annette Shar, David Theune, Nora Yates, Chris Farah, Gogo Pandit, Monique Edwards, Patrick Rafferty, Danice Cabanela, Cheyenne Perez, John Bucy, Amy L. Workman, Owen Lloyd, Renee Pezzotta, Brittney Baxter, Amari McCoy, David Sargsyan,...
The Frasier revival's season 2 finale wraps up a slightly improved sophomore year by sticking to its signature storytelling approach. It's no secret that when the Paramount+ reboot of the beloved sitcom was announced, it was met with a divisive response considering the risks of bringing it back. It didn't help that the majority of its original ensemble isn't involved, including David Hyde Pierce's Niles and Jane Leeves' Daphne. The Frasier season 1 finale effectively addressed the show's premise, which was about Frasier reconnecting with his son, Freddy. However, Paramount+ deemed that the series deserved at least another year.
Frasier
Cast Stefanie Yunger, Jessica McKenna, Nike Doukas, Robert Barela, Shon Levi, Annette Shar, David Theune, Nora Yates, Chris Farah, Gogo Pandit, Monique Edwards, Patrick Rafferty, Danice Cabanela, Cheyenne Perez, John Bucy, Amy L. Workman, Owen Lloyd, Renee Pezzotta, Brittney Baxter, Amari McCoy, David Sargsyan,...
- 11/14/2024
- by Ana Dumaraog
- ScreenRant
While the Frasier reboot is slowly but surely bringing back some familiar faces from the original show, one actor casts doubt on a potential appearance in the updated sitcom. Og series actor Wendie Malick believes it wouldn't "feel right" to feature without one of its most beloved stars.
Speaking with TV Insider, Malick, who played the late John Mahoney's on-screen love interest throughout the original Frasier's 11-season run, admits her connection with him makes it hard to consider a return. "Its sort of like when people ask me about Just Shoot Me. Without George Segal, I just dont think it would feel right. I had such a connection to John Mahoney playing his love interest and finally marrying him that Im not sure that I want to revisit that," Malicl said.
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Speaking with TV Insider, Malick, who played the late John Mahoney's on-screen love interest throughout the original Frasier's 11-season run, admits her connection with him makes it hard to consider a return. "Its sort of like when people ask me about Just Shoot Me. Without George Segal, I just dont think it would feel right. I had such a connection to John Mahoney playing his love interest and finally marrying him that Im not sure that I want to revisit that," Malicl said.
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- 10/29/2024
- by Jodee Brown
- CBR
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer insists he hasn't had enough of playing the eponymous talk show host-turned-teacher just yet. The Emmy-winning actor wants to keep playing Frasier Crane for "another 100 episodes" as he sees great potential in the ongoing reboot series.
Speaking with the Toronto Sun, Grammer revealed his plans for the Frasier revival, claiming he's viewing the updated version of the revered sitcom as a long-term project. I want to do another 100 episodes at least, Grammer said. Whether we get there sooner rather than later, I dont know. We could get there in four years if they wanted to, but we dont need to. If they want to spread it out a little longer, thats fine with me."
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Speaking with the Toronto Sun, Grammer revealed his plans for the Frasier revival, claiming he's viewing the updated version of the revered sitcom as a long-term project. I want to do another 100 episodes at least, Grammer said. Whether we get there sooner rather than later, I dont know. We could get there in four years if they wanted to, but we dont need to. If they want to spread it out a little longer, thats fine with me."
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- 10/11/2024
- by Jodee Brown
- CBR
Frasier performs a duet with a character who may be his daughter in a new clip. Frasier season 2 is a continuation of the reboot of the iconic 1990s sitcom, which premiered on Paramount+ in 2023. The show sees Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) returning to Boston and attempting to bond with his adult son Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott) after taking a job as a Harvard professor. The main cast of the show also includes Toks Olagundoye, Jess Salgueiro, Anders Keith, and Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Entertainment Weekly has now shared an exclusive clip from the upcoming Frasier season 2 episode "The Squash Courtship of Freddy's Father," which is set to premiere on Thursday, October 10. The clip sees Frasier meeting with his former agent Bebe Glazer (Harriet Sansom Harris) and her daughter Phoebe (Rachel Bloom). He and Phoebe shares a variety of unique characteristics, including their fashion sense and a love of Cole Porter, which leads...
Entertainment Weekly has now shared an exclusive clip from the upcoming Frasier season 2 episode "The Squash Courtship of Freddy's Father," which is set to premiere on Thursday, October 10. The clip sees Frasier meeting with his former agent Bebe Glazer (Harriet Sansom Harris) and her daughter Phoebe (Rachel Bloom). He and Phoebe shares a variety of unique characteristics, including their fashion sense and a love of Cole Porter, which leads...
- 10/9/2024
- by Brennan Klein
- ScreenRant
Having played Dr. Frasier Crane since the '80s, Kelsey Grammer knows his time as one of the biggest sitcom characters in history is closer to ending. The long-time Frasier star gets philosophical as he pictures how he wants the curtains to close on his ongoing reboot.
Speaking with the New York Times, Grammer laid out his vision for ending Frasier, which is in Season 2 of its second run following a decorated 11-year stint between 1993 and 2004. The Emmy-winning actor cited a famous poem by Alfred Tennyson, believing his central character must have "a place to go" when it's all said and done. "In the last show, I want to quote Tennyson, 'Ulysses': 'To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.' Thats the way I want it to end, with a sense that there is still a beginning, an unknown, a place to go," Grammer said.
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Speaking with the New York Times, Grammer laid out his vision for ending Frasier, which is in Season 2 of its second run following a decorated 11-year stint between 1993 and 2004. The Emmy-winning actor cited a famous poem by Alfred Tennyson, believing his central character must have "a place to go" when it's all said and done. "In the last show, I want to quote Tennyson, 'Ulysses': 'To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.' Thats the way I want it to end, with a sense that there is still a beginning, an unknown, a place to go," Grammer said.
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- 9/23/2024
- by Jodee Brown
- CBR
The Frasier reboot is back with its second season on Paramount Plus. Later this season, viewers will see Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) return to Seattle, where the original series was set. For those who haven't kept up with Frasier following the original show's conclusion, the iconic television character now resides in Boston, where his character was first introduced during Cheers' third season. Frasier's visit to his native Seattle, which occurs in the October 31 episode "Thank You, Dr. Crane," paves the way for Peri Gilpin's Roz Doyle to have a more prominent role in the reboot. Now, while speaking with Parade Magazine, Frasier star and executive producer Grammer shared why the revival needed to return to this familiar setting:
"It has something to do with getting Roz to Boston because we had to have a reason for her to come back. An organic, good reason for her to come back,...
"It has something to do with getting Roz to Boston because we had to have a reason for her to come back. An organic, good reason for her to come back,...
- 9/23/2024
- by Patricia Abaroa
- MovieWeb
The Frasier reboot sees Dr. Frasier Crane return to the city and the radio station that made him famous, as the radio psychiatrist-turned-professor goes back to Seattle and Kacl 780 late in Season 2. Aside from reacquainting with his former stomping grounds and ex-colleagues, Frasier's return stems, in part, from an underlying story thread including his close friend, Roz Doyle.
Speaking with Parade Magazine, Frasier star and producer Kelsey Grammer teased one tidbit about the nostalgia-filled Seattle return, which takes place in Season 2, Episode 8, "Thank You, Dr. Crane." According to the Emmy-winning star, the trip back to the Og Frasier's home city ties to Peri Gilpin's Roz, as Roz is seemingly set to join Frasier in Boston for the long haul.
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Speaking with Parade Magazine, Frasier star and producer Kelsey Grammer teased one tidbit about the nostalgia-filled Seattle return, which takes place in Season 2, Episode 8, "Thank You, Dr. Crane." According to the Emmy-winning star, the trip back to the Og Frasier's home city ties to Peri Gilpin's Roz, as Roz is seemingly set to join Frasier in Boston for the long haul.
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- 9/21/2024
- by Jodee Brown
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Kelsey Grammer is back in his most iconic role of Frasier Crane in the second season of the Frasier revival series. Developed by Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli, the Paramount+ series continues the story of Frasier nearly 20 years after the original series ended as he moves to Boston after the end of his immensely popular television series to repair his fraught relationship with his son Freddy, who is a firefighter now. To stay in Boston he takes up a job at Harvard University teaching psychology and mostly hangs out with his colleague and old friend Alan Cornwall. So, if you loved the first season of the revival series and are excited for Season 2, you can find the complete episode for the upcoming episodes below.
Frasier Season 2 – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Paramount+
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Kelsey Grammer is back in his most iconic role of Frasier Crane in the second season of the Frasier revival series. Developed by Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli, the Paramount+ series continues the story of Frasier nearly 20 years after the original series ended as he moves to Boston after the end of his immensely popular television series to repair his fraught relationship with his son Freddy, who is a firefighter now. To stay in Boston he takes up a job at Harvard University teaching psychology and mostly hangs out with his colleague and old friend Alan Cornwall. So, if you loved the first season of the revival series and are excited for Season 2, you can find the complete episode for the upcoming episodes below.
Frasier Season 2 – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Paramount+
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- 9/19/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Supergirl" episode 4 of season 1. The episode is entitled, "How Does She Do It?" And it turns out that we're going to see some pretty dramatic and intense stuff go down as major bombings take place while Kara scrambles to stop them and babysit simultaneously, and more! In the new, 4th episode press release: Kara Is Pulled In Opposite Directions When She Babysits Cat's Son While Trying To Stop A Series Of Bombings, On "Supergirl," Monday, Nov. 16. Press release number 2: Kara's two identities is going to get stretched thin when Supergirl must protect National City from a series of bombings and Kara is tasked with babysitting Cat's son, Carter. Also, James will be conflicted when his ex-girlfriend, Lucy Lane, seeks to rekindle their relationship. Levi Miller guest stars as Carter Grant, Cat's son, and Jenna Dewan-Tatum guest stars as Lucy Lane.
- 11/9/2015
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Title: Body of Work Scores: Technical: 98, Story: 100, Acting: 100, Overall: 99 Written by Shayla Beesly & Alex Bram (Alex also directed and produced the film along with Renee Pezzotta & Leah Cevoli) Body of Work premiered at the Carnival of Darkness Film Festival at the Crest Theater in L.A. on August 8th along with some other great short films. The film opens with Vogler, a deranged artist, who hires models to pose for his paintings, and then he kills them and finishes the painting with their blood. After the brief, but splatter-satisfying intro, our story begins ten years later and follows a husband and wife, who have moved into [...]...
- 8/31/2009
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