Season 11 – Frasier

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Andrew B This is a go to classic for intellectual humor while building upon continuing story arcs and having solid stand alone episodes. Frasier is one of the best TV series ever made. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/03/24 Full Review Audience Member Probably the best season ever is this Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Frasier had the best and TV cast and the funniest writers. Loved this show. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member It'a a shame that we have to rate each Frasier Series one by one. Overall I adore this sitcom, it's top notch, never fails to get a laugh. However the last two seasons for me - seasons 10 and 11 - are the letdowns in the series. I'm rating it 4 stars however as the last few episodes in the series help to redeem it. The ending is particularly spot-on, not too sentimental, and not too finite which is a refreshing note that we're not being spoon-fed a feel-good medicine. So let's get onto the 'bad' of this season. The characters have aged of course (11 years on) however Frasier's perpectual brown suit and brown surroundings just becomes stifling. Perhaps this is deliberate - to give us a feel of how stuck he is. And in fact the last episode he is wearing black, with a new haircut - nice. We do get a feeling of moving on. However for the most part this BROWN aged Frasier still pining and chasing after fresh YOUNG women is a little pathetic. I'm going to add a feminist spin here because the nauseating aaspect of this series is Martin Crane's coupling up with the lovely Ronnie Lawrence (played by Wendie Mallick). I'm perlexed, unconvinced and a little nauseatted that such a gorgeous vivacious and witty woman would find the ageing boring and plodding Martin Crane attractive. It underlines the show's sexism, which is particularly rampant and obvious in the last two seasons. The men have aged but they want their women still young. And the aged women characters in the season are given a really bad wrap - shown as idiots, stupid, totally uncool and unattractive people. The only cool older woman in the series was that lovely verterinarian mother of Frasier's arch-nemesis (can't remember her name) but she and Martin made a really believeable handsome - and appropriate - couple. I just can't believe in Martin and Ronee. Whilst on the subject, let me get Martin Crane off my chest. He really gives me the shits. In all of the seasons, I found him a frustrating and annoying and unbelieveable character. He's meant to be warm and lovable, but I personally don't see that. To me he seems narrow and superficial. The way he walks with his cane is extremely annoying. His wound is not convincing to me. And the way he takes Daphne for granted. I do not see him as the stabilising anchor patricarch that I would have liked him to be. There is too much distance between him and his sons, and the few crossover scenes where they 'bond' are again not totally convincing. The most touching episode for me with Marty Crane was when his first wife's lab partner - proferring to have loved her deeply - comes visiting from Paris, and the boys and him have an obvious deep and natural bond. You never see this rapport and synergy with him and his sons, and it bothers him deeply. It turns out the man is gay (although that doesn't rule out entirely his ability to have fathered them - but we don't go there) and the relief Martin feels is palpable. But he never rises above the sense of loss he feels for not relating to his sons at all. He's critical and judgemental of them, and I just don't get enough redeeming acceptance on his part to bring him across as a warm and accepting father. Im trying to picture whether a more empathic father would have worked better, and whether the 'thorn in the side' irritation provided by Martin Crane is a necessary ingredient in the dynamics...... to be continued :-) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Made it through all 11 seasons, kinda sad when I was finished. Would recommend this show to everyone. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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