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Frasier: Season 4

24 episodes Premiered Sep 17, 1996 Updated Sep 25, 2026

Frasier Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes. After many years spent at the Cheers bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist. Created by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee, the American television sitcom features cast members Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, and Peri Gilpin. The series is a family-oriented sitcom that originally aired as part of

Previously on Frasier

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Frasier spent many years at the Cheers bar before moving back home to Seattle.
  • ⚡ Frasier works as a radio psychiatrist in Seattle.
  • ⚡ The series was created by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee.
  • ⚡ The principal cast includes Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, and Peri Gilpin.
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Season overview

Frasier Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes. After many years spent at the Cheers bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist. Created by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee, the American television sitcom features cast members Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, and Peri Gilpin. The series is a family-oriented sitcom that originally aired as part of a franchise running from 1993 to 2004 across 11 series and 264 parts, later inspiring a sequel series developed by Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli that premiered on Paramount Plus in 2023.

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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S4·E1 Mytharc

The Two Mrs. Cranes

Sep 17, 1996 · 23 min

The Crane household is turned upside down when Daphne's old flame comes to town.

S4·E2 Core

Love Bites Dog

Sep 24, 1996 · 23 min

When Roz sets Frasier up on a blind date, Bulldog winds up falling for her instead.

S4·E3 Core

The Impossible Dream

Oct 15, 1996 · 23 min

When Frasier is awakened night after night by a recurring dream, he becomes obsessed with analyzing the psychological meaning behind it.

S4·E4 Core

A Crane's Critique

Oct 22, 1996 · 23 min

After Martin befriends a reclusive writer both Frasier and Niles admire, they become obsessed with reading the author's first manuscript in decades.

S4·E5 Core

Head Game

Nov 12, 1996 · 23 min

While filling in for Frasier, Niles gains fame after counseling a local basketball star who's in a slump.

S4·E6 Core

Mixed Doubles

Nov 19, 1996 · 23 min

After Daphne gets dumped by her boyfriend, Niles decides it's time to declare his love for her.

S4·E7 Core

A Lilith Thanksgiving

Nov 26, 1996 · 23 min

Frasier and Lilith join forces so that their son can gain admission to the most prestigious private school in Boston.

S4·E8 Core

Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven

Dec 10, 1996 · 23 min

Martin buys Frasier an expensive painting -- but Frasier doesn't have the heart to tell his father that he hates it.

S4·E10 Core

Liar! Liar!

Jan 14, 1997 · 23 min

Frasier finds himself in a precarious position when he tries to help the troubled marriage of a former high school acquaintance.

S4·E11 Core

Three Days of the Condo

Jan 21, 1997 · 23 min

When Frasier becomes fed up with the rules and regulations governing his condominium complex, he decides to run for condo board president.

S4·E12 Core

Death and the Dog

Feb 11, 1997 · 23 min

Eddie feels blue, so Martin hires a dog psychiatrist to determine the cause of his depression.

S4·E13 Core

Four for the Seesaw

Feb 18, 1997 · 23 min

When the Crane brothers go away for the weekend with two attractive women, Niles discovers he hasn't quite cut his emotional ties to Maris.

S4·E14 Core

To Kill a Talking Bird

Feb 25, 1997 · 23 min

Niles moves into a prestigious building and tries to impress his snobby neighbors with an elegant dinner party.

S4·E15 Core

Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead

Mar 11, 1997 · 23 min

While volunteering at a retirement home, Roz becomes convinced that she's "the angel of death" after her first two patients die on her.

S4·E16 Core

The Unnatural

Apr 1, 1997 · 23 min

Rather than show his son that his dad's not perfect, Frasier agrees to join the station's softball team -- even though he has no idea how to play the game.

S4·E17 Core

Roz's Turn

Apr 15, 1997 · 23 min

When an on-air hosting spot opens up at the station, Roz decides to go for it -- but Frasier's agent has other ideas.

S4·E18 Core

Ham Radio

Apr 22, 1997 · 23 min

Frasier's attempts to produce a live, 1940s-style radio drama for the station's fiftieth anniversary produce chaos instead.

S4·E19 Core

Three Dates and a Breakup (1)

Apr 29, 1997 · 23 min

While Frasier tries to juggle three dates in three days, Martin and his girlfriend face the prospect of breaking up.

S4·E20 Core

Three Dates and a Breakup (2)

Apr 29, 1997 · 23 min

Frasier tries to get Martin and Sherry to reconcile -- to the detriment of his own love life.

S4·E21 Core

Daphne Hates Sherry

May 6, 1997 · 23 min

Frasier and Niles are caught in the middle when Martin's girlfriend and Daphne can't stop bickering.

S4·E22 Core

Are You Being Served?

May 13, 1997 · 23 min

Frasier tries to console Niles after Maris serves him with divorce papers.

S4·E23 Mytharc

Ask Me No Questions

May 20, 1997 · 23 min

When Niles asks Frasier whether he and Maris belong together, Frasier goes out of his way to give his brother an honest, thoughtful response.

S4·E24 Mytharc

Odd Man Out

May 27, 1997 · 23 min

Frasier comes down with a case of the "bachelor blues" when he realizes that every single person he knows is dating someone -- except him.

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