by Cake for Brains » Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:02 pm
Please read my other thread 'Frasier Forum Awards - The Rules' in order to know all about the voting process.
Don't worry - I still haven't forgotten/neglected the 'Best Moments' threads for Roz, Daphne and Eddie, and I promise you'll have the oppertunity to vote in this categories very soon indeed.
I am going to ask everyone to nominate their Top 5 most emotional/moving episodes of 'Frasier', and the episodes with the most nominations will make the eventual shortlist and contend for the ultimate award. The 5 episodes with the most votes will make the shortlist for the award, and when the final shortlist is published, you will have another chance to vote in this category.
Here are some of the options you may want to consider, although I suppose this poll is extremely subjective:
* Give Him the Chair (what the chair means to Martin)
* Breaking the Ice (Martin tells his son's that he loves them)
* Moondance (the Snowball)
* Mixed Doubles (Niles and Daphne at the bar)
* Are you Being Served? (Niles signs the divorce papers)
* The Maris Counsellor (Niles empathising at his marriage counselling session)
* The Maris Counsellor (The Cranes lament on their love lives)
* To Tell the Truth (Niles sees Daphne with Donny)
* Shutout in Seattle (the Cranes discuss love in the bar at the end)
* Something Borrowed, Somone Blue (Niles and Daphne on the balcony)
* Frasier's Edge (Frasier's breakdown)
* A Day in May (Martin attends his shooter's parole hearing)
* The Return of Martin Crane (Martin goes back to work)
* Rooms with a View (Niles has heart surgery and the family are haunted by past memories)
* Boo (Niles and Frasier lament on how much they'd miss Martin)
* Goodnight Seattle (Frasier tells everyone he's leaving Seattle, Martin moves out and Daphne gives birth)
Above are just some suggestions, but there's probably lots of scenes I've missed out. Anyway, here's my list;
MOST EMOTIONAL EPISODE/MOMENT OF 'FRASIER'
* Mixed Doubles - the scene in the bar at the end between Daphne and Niles. 'What are you doing for the rest of your life?'
* Goodnight Seattle - particularly the part where Roz bursts into tears when she realises that Frasier is really leaving and Martin says thank you.
* The Maris Counsellor - the final scene on the balcony between the three Crane men, as they compete to see who has the worst love life is beautiful and very poignant. 'The Crane boys - love's great losers!'
* Give Him the Chair - the significane of Martin's chair - 'I want the chair I was sitting in the night you called me to tell me I had a grandson...'
* Something Borrowed, Someone Blue (the scene on the balcony between Niles and Daphne is simply magical)
That was really, really difficult, and I really wish I'd had the room to include 'Moondance' and 'Boo', which deserve honourable mentions, because they're both wonderfully moving episodes too. Think carefully about the episodes you nominate, and let's hope your episodes make the eventual shortlist. Get voting! Thanks.
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