The Bad Son

Infobox Television episode | Title = The Bad Son
Series = Frasier
Season = 8
Episode = 03
Airdate = 31 October 2000
Production = 40571-173
Writer = Rob Hanning
Director = Sheldon Epps
Guests = Tushka Bergen (Miranda)
Eddie Carroll (Lee)
Mary Ostrow (Francine)
Prev = And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Next = The Great Crane Robbery

"The Bad Son" is the third episode in in season 8 of American sitcom "Frasier". The title is a polar twist on the title of the pilot episode, "The Good Son".

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

Plot outline

Frasier espies an attractive woman while travelling on a bus in the rain. He is not quick enough to introduce himself before she disembarks, but he does hear enough of her conversation to gather that her name is Miranda, and she works at a retirement home called The Colonnade. Encouraged by Niles, he decides to go there, and tricks Martin into accompanying him; Martin believes they are on the way to see a basketball game. Frasier finds Miranda, and pretends that he is considering The Colonnade as a home for his father. Later on in the conversation, he asks her for a date, and she accepts. Meanwhile, Martin has been talking to some of the residents, who are playing poker. Frasier, of course, has no real intention of putting Martin into the home; it is only later, on his date with Miranda, that he learns his father has filled in the application.

Niles and Daphne have planned a romantic dinner together, hoping to watch a meteor shower. Frasier moves them onto the roof of Elliott Bay Towers, so that he and Miranda can have some privacy. In the course of the evening, the door onto the roof closes, separating Niles and Daphne until the night watchman arrives.

Episode title cards

*"When bad things happen to good BMW owners"
*"Better a windshield than his teeth"

ee also

List of Frasier episodes