The cast of the Frasier reboot series hasn’t felt totally cohesive so far, but season 2, episode 9, “Murder Most Finch,” seems to have finally fixed that problem. “Murder Most Finch” sees Olivia throwing a surprise murder mystery party and Frasier doing everything in his power to excuse himself and his date from taking part in the fun. The episode continues Frasier’s romance with his latest love interest, down-to-earth bartender Holly Quagliano, played by Everybody Loves Raymond’s Patricia Heaton, which is his most promising relationship in the reboot to date.
This was easily one of the Frasier reboot’s best episodes so far. Since it’s just two seasons in, the Frasier revival is still finding its feet, but “Murder Most Finch” is a great sign that the show may have finally found them. It’s one of the only episodes where the reboot felt like the classic original show. As a witty farce where everyone is dressed up in ridiculous costumes and doing equally ridiculous things, it’s reminiscent of the O.G. show’s classic Halloween episode: season 5, episode 3, “Halloween.”
Frasier’s Reboot Has Struggled With Several Of Its New Characters
The Reboot Cast Hasn’t Lived Up To The O.G. Cast
So far, the Frasier reboot’s cast hasn’t managed to live up to the O.G. cast. The O.G. cast is one of the most iconic sitcom casts ever put together, and the reboot’s cast has just been a disparate collection of characters who rarely interact. Alan is great, but has been a bit underused, and the others have struggled to varying degrees. It’s never really felt like the ensemble has all gelled together. There have been great moments with Frasier and Alan, or Frasier and Roz, or Freddy and Eve, but it hasn’t been cohesive like the original show.
Frasier Season 2, Episode 9 May Be A Turning Point For Its New Characters
The Frasier Reboot’s Ensemble Has Finally Clicked
“Murder Most Finch” has proven that the Frasier reboot works best when all the characters are together in the same location. Throughout the episode, everyone gets their individual moment to shine, but they function really well as an actual group bouncing off each other. This hasn’t really happened in the reboot so far — Frasier’s friends and work colleagues have typically been kept separate in the A-plots and B-plots — but “Murder Most Finch” proves it’s the key to making the revival last.
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The O.G. Frasier series often excelled with all its best characters in one place — usually Frasier’s apartment — and “Murder Most Finch” recaptures that in delightful fashion. Frasier’s highest-rated episode, season 4, episode 18, “Ham Radio,” puts all the characters in a recording booth to perform Frasier’s overambitious radio drama. What makes a sitcom successful is when the ensemble clicks, and up to this point, the Frasier reboot’s ensemble hasn’t really clicked. But that all changed in “Murder Most Finch.”
Follow Frasier Crane in the next chapter of his life as he returns to Boston, Mass., with new challenges to face, new relationships to forge and an old dream or two to finally fulfill.
- Cast
- Kelsey Grammer , Jack Cutmore-Scott , Nicholas Lyndhurst , Toks Olagundoye , Jess Salgueiro , Anders Keith , Brittney Baxter , Jimmy Dunn , Kevin Daniels , Renee Pezzotta , Owen Lloyd , Amy L. Workman , John Bucy , Cheyenne Perez , Parvesh Cheena , Peri Gilpin , June Diane Raphael , Peter S. Kim , Danice Cabanela , Patrick Rafferty , Monique Edwards , Gogo Pandit , Chris Farah , Nora Yates , David Theune , Tangie Ambrose , Annette Shar , Shon Levi , Robert Barela , Eben Ham , David Dean Bottrell , Don Lake , Nike Doukas , Jacqueline Obradors , Annie Abbott , Jessica McKenna , Bebe Neuwirth , Vince Wilfork , Michael Saltzman , David Sargsyan , Stefanie Yunger , Amari McCoy , Patricia Heaton
- Seasons
- 2
- Creator(s)
- Joe Cristalli , Chris Harris , Glen Charles , Les Charles