The Devil and Dr. Phil

Infobox Television episode | Title = The Devil and Dr. Phil
Series = Frasier
Season = 10
Episode = 21
Airdate = 29th April 2003
Guests = Dr. Phil McGraw
Writer = Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil
Director = Wil Shriner
Prev = Farewell, Nervosa
Next = Fathers and Sons
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes

"The Devil and Dr. Phil" is the twenty-first episode of American sitcom "Frasier" season 10.

Cast and characters

Main cast and characters

*Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
*David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
*John Mahoney – Martin Crane
*Jane Leeves – Daphne Moon
*Peri Gilpin – Roz Doyle

Recurring cast

*Millicent Martin – Gertrude Moon
*Harriet Sansom Harris – Bebe Glazer

pecial guest

*Phil McGraw - himself (as Dr. Phil)

Plot outline

Frasier encounters Dr. Phil McGraw, whom he used to know years previously. Unfortunately, Frasier’s one enduring memory is that Dr. Phil won $200 from him in a card game. Everyone else, especially Roz, admires him greatly for his television broadcasts. Frasier also makes the astonishing discovery that his former agent, Bebe Glazer, is now working for Dr. Phil. She, however, now has plans for persuading Frasier to return as her client, and will use any methods at her disposal to achieve her aim. The episode contains several allusions to the ongoing idea that Bebe represents the Devil, tempting Frasier in an almost Faustian manner.

Meanwhile, Martin is suffering from repeatedly working night shifts, and Niles and Daphne find an elderly couple in Café Nervosa who, in their imagination, represent what they themselves will be like in old age.

Episode Title Cards

*"If at Faust you don’t succeed…"