Frasier Online
home About The Show Episode Guide Merchandise Forum Reviews Gallery Contact

Fan Dividers - "Deathtrap"!

A forum for Frasier and Frasier-related games / polls / quizzes. All registered members are able to start their own polls in this forum.

What do you think of 'Deathtrap'?

I like it!
12
60%
I DON'T like it!
8
40%
 
Total votes : 20

Fan Dividers - "Deathtrap"!

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:43 pm

Well, following two 'victories' on the bounce I'm on to a certain loser here with my appreciation of the much-maligned Deathtrap.

I think this is a fun episode that briefly re-united the Frasier/Niles dynamic during the lean period of seasons 8-10, when it was much needed.

Many people cite the fact that the 'tell' is revealed to the audience in the very first scene thus 'ruining the mystery' element. All I'd say to that is this is a sitcom, not Murder, She Wrote (thank goodness!) and the situation is played for laughs as the audience gets to watch Frasier and Niles literally digging themselves in deeper and deeper.

There's plenty of other reasons to enjoy this ep too, but the clinching argument perhaps is that it was penned by the best season 8-10 writer by a country mile - Jon Sherman (he of Bla-Z-Boy and Fathers and Sons amongst others).

I voted...I like it! :D
"You don't turn the other cheek, you slice it."
User avatar
Mr Blue Sky
 
Posts: 21732
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Cake for Brains » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:52 pm

I like 'Deathtrap' a lot. It's good fun and a rare Kelsey-DHP centred episode from the later years.
"I don't want to go." - The Tenth Doctor
User avatar
Cake for Brains
 
Posts: 16796
Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:00 am
Location: UK

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:52 pm

2-0! Poll closed! :lol:
"You don't turn the other cheek, you slice it."
User avatar
Mr Blue Sky
 
Posts: 21732
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Bee Gees Fan » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:53 pm

Oh, another Fan Dividers thread!

I LIKE it!
"How to possess truth, know beauty and discover harmony through love. How to...reconcile ones-self to time: which will kill us all in the end...how to get there in time for the happy ending." Justin Wand

http://www.berkanapath.com
User avatar
Bee Gees Fan
 
Posts: 11385
Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:56 pm

Bee Gees Fan wrote:Oh, another Fan Dividers thread!

I LIKE it!


Did you read my opening post? I can't believe you haven't picked up on...

Beer Necessity wrote:this is a sitcom, not Murder, She Wrote (thank goodness!)


...it was inserted specifically for your benefit so you could shower me with indignation! :lol:
"You don't turn the other cheek, you slice it."
User avatar
Mr Blue Sky
 
Posts: 21732
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Bee Gees Fan » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:58 pm

Beer Necessity wrote:
Bee Gees Fan wrote:Oh, another Fan Dividers thread!

I LIKE it!


Did you read my opening post? I can't believe you haven't picked up on...

Beer Necessity wrote:this is a sitcom, not Murder, She Wrote (thank goodness!)


...it was inserted specifically for your benefit so you could shower me with indignation! :lol:


I didn't read it! But now that I have...

Murder, She Wrote isn't that bad! Would you like me to send old Mrs Fletcher herself over to see you to put up a defence?
"How to possess truth, know beauty and discover harmony through love. How to...reconcile ones-self to time: which will kill us all in the end...how to get there in time for the happy ending." Justin Wand

http://www.berkanapath.com
User avatar
Bee Gees Fan
 
Posts: 11385
Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Bad Ambassador » Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:08 pm

Nope. Don't like it. Yet another one of those episodes where my heart sank when I first saw it. Which season is it from? The fact I can't remember probably speaks volumes! :P
"You're rather good. All that banter, yet not a word wasted."
User avatar
Bad Ambassador
 
Posts: 8855
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 12:00 am
Location: Skank Town, England

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:24 pm

Bee Gees Fan wrote:
Beer Necessity wrote:
Bee Gees Fan wrote:Oh, another Fan Dividers thread!

I LIKE it!


Did you read my opening post? I can't believe you haven't picked up on...

Beer Necessity wrote:this is a sitcom, not Murder, She Wrote (thank goodness!)


...it was inserted specifically for your benefit so you could shower me with indignation! :lol:


I didn't read it! But now that I have...

Murder, She Wrote isn't that bad! Would you like me to send old Mrs Fletcher herself over to see you to put up a defence?


Nah, that old bat would probably try and kill me in my sleep.
"You don't turn the other cheek, you slice it."
User avatar
Mr Blue Sky
 
Posts: 21732
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Cake for Brains » Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:25 pm

Bad Ambassador wrote:Nope. Don't like it. Yet another one of those episodes where my heart sank when I first saw it. Which season is it from? The fact I can't remember probably speaks volumes! :P


Season 9 - it immediately follows 'War of the Words'.
"I don't want to go." - The Tenth Doctor
User avatar
Cake for Brains
 
Posts: 16796
Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:00 am
Location: UK

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:26 pm

Bad Ambassador wrote:Nope. Don't like it. Yet another one of those episodes where my heart sank when I first saw it. Which season is it from? The fact I can't remember probably speaks volumes! :P


Season 9. It's surrounded by shite so came as a welcome bit of light relief for me!
"You don't turn the other cheek, you slice it."
User avatar
Mr Blue Sky
 
Posts: 21732
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Wezzo » Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:48 pm

I don't like it. One of S9's weakest.
User avatar
Wezzo
 
Posts: 11585
Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:00 am
Location: Wiltshire, England

Postby Bee Gees Fan » Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:57 pm

Beer Necessity wrote:Nah, that old bat would probably try and kill me in my sleep.


It's arsenic she's got planned for you!
"How to possess truth, know beauty and discover harmony through love. How to...reconcile ones-self to time: which will kill us all in the end...how to get there in time for the happy ending." Justin Wand

http://www.berkanapath.com
User avatar
Bee Gees Fan
 
Posts: 11385
Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:00 am

Postby CatNamedRudy » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:47 pm

Definitely a "NOT" like it from me!

I can't even begin to buy the entire premise of the show so I find it tedious and ridiculous. (and not funny ridiculous either, just ridiculous)
This is the STUPIDEST day I've ever had!
User avatar
CatNamedRudy
 
Posts: 24607
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:08 pm
Location: Wisconsin, USA: King Scott Walker reigning!

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:25 am

CatNamedRudy wrote:Definitely a "NOT" like it from me!

I can't even begin to buy the entire premise of the show so I find it tedious and ridiculous. (and not funny ridiculous either, just ridiculous)


You just have no sense of fun, Cat, admit it! :lol:

5-5 at the moment. I must admit I expected us 'likes' be be getting our asses whooped by now!
"You don't turn the other cheek, you slice it."
User avatar
Mr Blue Sky
 
Posts: 21732
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:00 am

Postby welshben23 » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:50 am

Its not as bad as WOTW, but I dont like it.
User avatar
welshben23
 
Posts: 8025
Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:00 pm
Location: Wales

Postby ouroboros » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:20 pm

I know I have seen this but it was so long ago and only once that I don't feel qualified to vote :(
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth". Oscar Wilde
User avatar
ouroboros
 
Posts: 2839
Joined: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:07 pm
Location: London

Postby Moon-Crane » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:53 am

I've got it as 183rd/264, and i quite like it. Just a daft bit of fun.
''Fire in the hole, Bitch!'' Jesse Pinkman - Breaking Bad

My Top TV
User avatar
Moon-Crane
 
Posts: 20753
Joined: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:19 pm
Location: Bucks, UK

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:17 pm

Moon-Crane wrote:I've got it as 183rd/264, and i quite like it. Just a daft bit of fun.


Hoorah! Levels-you-devils, 6 votes each! :D
"You don't turn the other cheek, you slice it."
User avatar
Mr Blue Sky
 
Posts: 21732
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Agides » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:30 pm

Not lovin' this episode - sorry!

I've seen it twice and each time it has been parked firmly at the back of the part of my brain dedicated to 'Frasier'. Whenever I see it advertised, it's one (of a tiny handful) that I don't mind missing.

Could you choose another episode for us to vote on?!
I've got a fake laugh with your name written all over it.
User avatar
Agides
 
Posts: 6808
Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 3:22 pm
Location: Naughty Step

Postby Seek_Help_from_an_M.D. » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:33 am

I liked it. Also Ashley Thomas as Alice was just adorable.
Wow, between school and basketball, when am I...going to be able to watch Frasier!!! Oh, don't worry I'll make time.
User avatar
Seek_Help_from_an_M.D.
 
Posts: 659
Joined: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:33 pm
Location: Juneau, AK

Postby Bambi » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:13 am

I think it's an underrated episode.
The pretzels are making me thirsty.

Bambi - Formerly Corevelay and frasier_rocks.
User avatar
Bambi
 
Posts: 15
Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:37 pm

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:01 pm

Agides wrote:Could you choose another episode for us to vote on?!


Don't worry, I plan to do quite a few of these!
"You don't turn the other cheek, you slice it."
User avatar
Mr Blue Sky
 
Posts: 21732
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Mr Blue Sky » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:04 pm

Bambi wrote:I think it's an underrated episode.


Jolly good! I'm staggered the "I Like it" camp appears to have a decisive 9-7 lead, I felt sure there were only about 4 people on here that liked it! Glad to have smoked out a few more fans of this lovely, fun episode!

Nice to see you here again btw, Bambi/Corevelay/Frasier Rocks! All in all you must have over 1000 posts here now in your various guises. Do you keep forgetting your password? :wink:
"You don't turn the other cheek, you slice it."
User avatar
Mr Blue Sky
 
Posts: 21732
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Bee Gees Fan » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:09 pm

Beer Necessity wrote:Nice to see you here again btw, Bambi/Corevelay/Frasier Rocks! All in all you must have over 1000 posts here now in your various guises. Do you keep forgetting your password? :wink:


Currently, Bambi has 244 posts altogether. 143 from Frasier Rocks, 86 from Corevelay and 15 from Bambi. :)
"How to possess truth, know beauty and discover harmony through love. How to...reconcile ones-self to time: which will kill us all in the end...how to get there in time for the happy ending." Justin Wand

http://www.berkanapath.com
User avatar
Bee Gees Fan
 
Posts: 11385
Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:00 am

Postby Mayday Malone » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:05 am

Jolly good work, BGF
"I'm afraid I can't. I shall be at home listening to Schubert whilst ironically viewing Canadian pornography."
User avatar
Mayday Malone
 
Posts: 12673
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:22 am

Next

Return to Frasier Games / Polls / Quizzes

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 26 guests

cron

© Site contents are copyright Stuart Lee 1999 - 2024. This is a Frasier fan site and is not affiliated in any way with the program, Grub St Productions, Paramount or NBC.