Pilot. The Good Son  

First aired: 9/16/1993    Production Code: 40571-001

Frasier Crane, everyone's favorite self-absorbed psychiatrist from Cheers, moves back to his hometown of Seattle. He has a promising new job as a radio psychiatrist, and he's living in a beautifully furnished apartment. Then his brother, Niles, informs him that their father, a retired policeman who was wounded in the line of duty, can no longer live alone. Frasier realizes that a nursing home would be too harsh for Martin, so reluctantly, he invites Martin to move in with him. But Frasier gets more than he bargained for when a psychic English homecare specialist and Martin's four-legged companion join them.

2. Space Quest  

First aired: 9/23/1993    Production Code: 40571-002

Frasier goes on a quest for peace and solitude to read his book but several interruptions are caused by his extended family, even after his esoteric morning routine speech.

3. Dinner at Eight  

First aired: 9/30/1993    Production Code: 40571-003

Frasier and Niles agree to eat at Martin's favorite restaurant, not anticipating its "laid-back" atmosphere, which leads to the boys offending Martin.

4. I Hate Frasier Crane  

First aired: 10/7/1993    Production Code: 40571-004

After a newspaper critic prints an unflattering column about his radio show, Frasier starts a feud which culminates in a physical challenge. After the newspaper critic challenges Frasier for a fight and Frasier flaunts up excuses, Frasier accepts the fight.

5. Here's Looking at You  

First aired: 10/14/1993    Production Code: 40571-005

When Frasier buys his father a telescope, Martin meets a woman in a nearby building with a telescope of her own. Although they seem to immediately hit it off, he mysteriously rejects her when she asks him out.

6. The Crucible  

First aired: 10/21/1993    Production Code: 40571-007

Frasier throws a dinner party to showcase his newest possession (a painting) and is horrified when the forgetful artist declares it a forgery. Frasier gets a brick and his intentions to throw it through the window of The Hayson Gallery, where he purchased the painting, for retribution are foiled by a frightful Niles.

7. Call Me Irresponsible  

First aired: 10/28/1993    Production Code: 40571-006

Frasier deals with an ethical dilemma when he begins dating a woman after he advises her boyfriend to break up with her. When the boyfriend expresses a renewed interest in Catherine, Frasier does everything he can to prevent their re-acquaintance.

8. Beloved Infidel  

First aired: 11/4/1993    Production Code: 40571-008

Niles and Frasier begin to suspect their father of cheating on their mother years earlier after they discover him in an apparent clandestine rendezvous with an old friend. The truth is revealed when the old friend tells Frasier the truth.

9. Selling Out  

First aired: 11/11/1993    Production Code: 40571-009

Frasier's agent cons him into endorsing a product he doesn't support...and which makes Frasier look a little nutty.

10. Oops  

First aired: 11/18/1993    Production Code: 40571-010

Bulldog panics and quits the station after he overhears Frasier discussing a rumor that Bulldog will be fired, when infact he was going to get a promotion. Frasier does all he can to help restore Bulldog's job and in the process learns who was supposed to get fired.

11. Death Becomes Him  

First aired: 12/2/1993    Production Code: 40571-011

Frasier becomes aware of his own mortality when a man his age suddenly drops dead. Frasier attends the man's Shiva to determine how he could have died so young.

12. Miracle on Third or Fourth Street  

First aired: 12/16/1993    Production Code: 40571-013

Frasier volunteers to work on Christmas Day when he learns that Frederick will not be visiting him for the holidays. The callers are as depressed as Frasier, who decides to cheer himself up by eating dinner at a local diner where the patrons assume he's homeless. After Frasier realizes he has left his wallet at the office, his new found homeless friends help him out by collecting enough money for Frasier. Frasier learns the true meaning of Christmas.

13. Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast  

First aired: 1/6/1994    Production Code: 40571-014

Frasier makes a fool of himself yet again, when he talks at length on the radio about Martin's romantic rendezvous.

14. Can't Buy Me Love  

First aired: 1/20/1994    Production Code: 40571-012

Martin convinces Frasier to participate in a charity bachelor auction.

15. You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover  

First aired: 1/27/1994    Production Code: 40571-016

Frasier and Niles try to protect Daphne's honor when she goes on a date with an ex-con.

16. The Show Where Lilith Comes Back  

First aired: 2/3/1994    Production Code: 40571-017

Frasier's ex-wife Lilith comes to Seattle, ostensibly to attend a convention, but as Frasier soon discovers, Lilith has ulterior motives.

17. A Midwinter Night's Dream  

First aired: 2/10/1994    Production Code: 40571-015

Following Frasier's advice, Niles tries spice up his love life with Maris, but his efforts backfire. When he tries to smooth things over with a romantic dinner, he and Daphne end up alone together on a dark and stormy night.

18. And the Whimper is...  

First aired: 2/17/1994    Production Code: 40571-018

At his carnivorous agent's urgings, Frasier campaigns hard to win a Seabee, Seattle radio's biggest award, only to regret his actions when he learns that Seattle's most eminent talk show host is retiring at the end of the year.

19. Give Him the Chair!  

First aired: 3/17/1994    Production Code: 40571-019

Frasier gets himself into trouble when he throws out Martin's old chair, rationalizing that he would actually be helping his father. Frasier searches all over Seattle, and ultimately to a high school production of Ten Little Indians, to retrieve the chair.

20. Fortysomething  

First aired: 3/31/1994    Production Code: 40571-021

Frasier fears being a "mid-life crisis cliche" after he flirts with an attractive 22-year-old store clerk.

21. Travels with Martin  

First aired: 4/14/1994    Production Code: 40571-023

The Cranes and Daphne set off on a road trip in a Winnebago to Mount Rushmore. Trouble ensues when Martin takes them into Canada, where Daphne, due to legal particulars, isn't allowed.

22. Author, Author  

First aired: 5/5/1994    Production Code: 40571-020

Sibling rivalry flares when Frasier and Niles decide to collaborate on a self-help book.

23. Frasier Crane's Day Off  

First aired: 5/12/1994    Production Code: 40571-022

Frasier comes down with the flu, so food critic Gil Chesterton fills in for him. When paranoid Frasier believes both Gil and subsequent fill-in host Niles are after his job, he's more determined than ever to get back on the air.

24. My Coffee with Niles  

First aired: 5/19/1994    Production Code: 40571-024

Frasier and Niles meet at Café Nervosa to discuss the one-year anniversary of Frasier's move to Seattle.