Episode
Frasier: The Show Must Go Off
Overview
Frasier and Niles try to reawaken the career of Jackson Hedley, an old actor they saw perform Hamlet when they were young. When they see him perform again, however, they realize that he is talentless and will humiliate himself.
Details
- Series
- Frasier
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2001-02-06
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
The Show Must Go Off is Episode 12 in Season 8 of Frasier. It aired on 2001-02-06. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 11: Motor Skills
Frasier and Niles realize their helplessness when Frasier's car stalls, so they enrol in an auto repair night class. They quickly fall behind, and understand what it's like to be remedial students.
Episode 13: Sliding Frasiers
Frasier is supposed to go to a speed-dating event and asks Roz if he should wear a suit or sweater, remarking that the slightest decision can have far-reaching effects. We see what would have happened in each circumstance.
More episodes from this season
Episode 10: Cranes Unplugged
Frasier gets a visit from his video-game obsessed son, Frederick; Daphne and Niles play Cupid for a lonely Roz.
Episode 14: Hungry Heart
Kenny arrives at Frasier's place in a panic after unwittingly making a date with a woman even though he's married. Niles finally notices Daphne's weight gain.
Episode 9: Frasier's Edge
A lifetime achievement award sends Frasier into an existential crisis which culminates in a battle of wits with his old mentor; Daphne's weight gain doesn't go unnoticed.
Episode 15: Hooping Cranes
Frasier receives tickets to the Sonics game and goes with Martin and Niles. Niles is selected to attempt the halftime half-court shot, and miraculously makes it, drinking in the adoration of Martin and the rest of Seattle.
Episode 8: Mary Christmas
Frasier appears more jealous than jolly when he co-hosts Seattle's Christmas parade with his radio rival, Dr Mary; Niles and Daphne open their gifts early; and beer adds to Martin's holiday cheer.
Episode 16: Docu Drama
Roz gets the green light to put on a special radio show about outer space, and agrees to let Frasier narrate. However, the two fail to come to grips with their reversed roles.
Episode 7: The New Friend
Roz introduces Frasier to her new boyfriend, Luke, and the two men hit it off. When Roz and Luke break up, Frasier, hides his continuing friendship with him while supporting Roz during her heartbreak.
Episode 17: It Takes Two to Tangle
Frasier and Niles press Martin's rich girlfriend to save their bankrupt prep school.
Episode 6: Legal Tender Love and Care
Frasier hires a shady lady lawyer to defend him from a litigious Donny, who blames him for Daphne running out on their wedding.
Episode 18: Forgotten But Not Gone
Frasier leaves his wine club to host a new radio feature called "The Wine Corner" and is angered to learn that a resentful Niles - the club's overbearing "cork-master" has ordered it's old members not to participate in the program.