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Rating: 5:
Top Drawer : That Friday night with Dr Frasier Crane was practically a tradition in the 90s on Channel 4 but around season 7 it seemed to start getting bounced around to different timeslots and then eventually wound up on obscure triple bill Sattellite channels so I just gave up and started buying the video's. The quality of the acting and writing is superb. Many people had wearied of the dynamic of the characters by the final season in 2004 but I think as a comedy it's production values will remain in a league of their own-some superb stuff here from the 2000 series.

Rating: 5:
I'm listening....and watching : Season 7 of Frasier is finally available on DVD in the UK and it is probably the most exciting season yet. This is the series when Daphne finally finds out about Niles' secret love for her, however she is in the process of arranging her marriage to her lawyer fiance, Donny when she hears the news and Niles has also met a new love, Mel, who seems to have all of Maris's worst characteristics, so things couldn't be more difficult and awkward for the two of them.

With this main storyline aside there are some absolutley hilarious episodes such as Bulldog's love for Roz being revealed after he begins scaring off all of her dates; Fraiser dates a women who is identical to his mother; Martin buys a camper van; and Frasier also gets a new producer on his show whilst Roz is on holiday who he eventually can't stand and begins to steal his show.

Once again Kelsey Grammar and the gang provide hours of side-splitting entertainment with some of the funniest scripts and fast-paced comedy, proving that this is one of the best and most hilarious US sitcoms ever. I can't wait to get season 8 now to find out what happens next!

Rating: 4:
The last outstanding season of Frasier : Season seven of Frasier marked several turning points in the show's direction. Onscreen, we witness the culmination of the long-running Niles/Daphne attraction, in a storyline which builds over the course of several episodes, concluding with the season finale. Offscreen, two of the driving forces behind the show, Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan, made an unexpected departure (although they returned for the 11th and final season). Due to the big changes wrought by these factors, this season of Frasier stands as the show's peak. That is not to say that the remaining four seasons were poor; but they certainly never matched the quality of the early years, or season seven either, for that matter. Without the hilarity of Niles' schoolboy crush on Daphne, or the regular mentions of his bizarre ex-wife Maris, the show lacks some of its best, most reliably funny humour. After season seven, Niles and Daphne seem to become different characters, less humorous than before. Relish, therefore, this engaging season of Frasier, as it truly does mark the end of an era!

The episodes contained on this four-disc DVD set are:
1.) Momma Mia
2.) Father of the Bride
3.) Radio Wars
4.) Everyone's a Critic
5.) The Dog That Rocks the Cradle
6.) Rivals
7.) A Tsar is Born
8.) The Late Dr. Crane
9.) The Apparent Trap
10.) Back Talk (Part 1)
11.) The Fight Before Christmas (Part 2)
12.) Rdwrer
13.) They're Playing Our Song
14.) Big Crane on Campus
15.) Out With Dad
16.) Something About Dr. Mary
17.) Whine Club
18.) Hot Pursuit
19.) Morning Becomes Entertainment
20.) To Thine Old Self Be True
21.) Three Faces of Frasier
22.) Dark Side of the Moon
23.) Something Borrowed, Someone Blue (Part 1)
24.)Something Borrowed, Someone Blue (Part 2)

There are many standout episodes in this season, including 'A Tsar is Born' (in which Frasier and Niles believe they may belong to the Russian aristocracy); 'Back Talk' (one of the most important episodes in the series' history, thanks to a groggy Frasier's revelation during a massage from Daphne); 'Out With Dad', in which the Crane boys go to extreme lengths to save Martin from an unwanted admirer; 'Morning Becomes Entertainment', in which Frasier's stand-in role on a morning TV show beckons stardom for hsi agent, the brilliantly manipulative Bebe Glazer; and the epic 'Something Borrowed, Someone Blue' two-parter, which ends with a sublime cliffhanger. Overall, this is an unmissable season of Frasier!

Rating: 5:
Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs : I bought the NTSC discs last year before the Region 2 release date had been confirmed - and I'll be buying the R2 discs, too!

The first 7 seasons of Frasier are, by far, the best. This season has some exquisite episodes, opulent writing and pomp.

Enjoy the culmination of the Niles-Daphne attraction, laugh and cry with Frasier when he soars high before falling fast!