Excellent Continuity on Frasier
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:12 pm
There's been lots of talk recently about continuity errors on Frasier, but what about examples of excellent continuity on Frasier?
Here's 3 that I've always enjoyed:
I love the fact that the guy who comes to take Martin's chair in the final episode is the same guy who brought it in in episode 1!
I love the fact that in The New Friend, Niles describes Luke as 'your much-ballyhooed new best friend', a nice bit of continuity with The Friend from S3, where Niles similarly described Bob as 'much-ballyhooed' (a wonderful Niles-ian phrase!). It's one of those things that's going to go over the head of the casual viewer, and indeed most viewers unless you've seen the episodes lots of times. It's a nice little in-joke for the Frasier fans and I appreciate the writers for putting that in there. It makes me smile every time.
I love the continuity of the fact that the issues discussed in S9's Don Juan in Hell, where Frasier realises why he fails with women - fear of rejection so he finds a way to sabotage it - are brought up again in S11's A Man, A Plan... This time, Frasier tries hard not to sabotage it when, really, this time, he should! Watching him try to contain himself is hilarious: 'Gone are the days when I would have said something like "How Rude"!
So, are there any other nice pieces of continuity in the show that people like?
Here's 3 that I've always enjoyed:
I love the fact that the guy who comes to take Martin's chair in the final episode is the same guy who brought it in in episode 1!
I love the fact that in The New Friend, Niles describes Luke as 'your much-ballyhooed new best friend', a nice bit of continuity with The Friend from S3, where Niles similarly described Bob as 'much-ballyhooed' (a wonderful Niles-ian phrase!). It's one of those things that's going to go over the head of the casual viewer, and indeed most viewers unless you've seen the episodes lots of times. It's a nice little in-joke for the Frasier fans and I appreciate the writers for putting that in there. It makes me smile every time.
I love the continuity of the fact that the issues discussed in S9's Don Juan in Hell, where Frasier realises why he fails with women - fear of rejection so he finds a way to sabotage it - are brought up again in S11's A Man, A Plan... This time, Frasier tries hard not to sabotage it when, really, this time, he should! Watching him try to contain himself is hilarious: 'Gone are the days when I would have said something like "How Rude"!
So, are there any other nice pieces of continuity in the show that people like?