Season 4

October 22, 1996

After Martin befriends a reclusive writer both Frasier and Niles admire, they become obsessed with reading the author's first manuscript in decades.

November 12, 1996

While filling in for Frasier, Niles gains fame after counseling a local basketball star who's in a slump.

November 19, 1996

After Daphne gets dumped by her boyfriend, Niles decides it's time to declare his love for her.

November 26, 1996

Frasier and Lilith join forces so that their son can gain admission to the most prestigious private school in Boston.

December 10, 1996

Martin buys Frasier an expensive painting -- but Frasier doesn't have the heart to tell his father that he hates it.

January 7, 1997

Frasier and Niles disapprove of Martin's relationship with his brassy new girlfriend.

January 14, 1997

Frasier finds himself in a precarious position when he tries to help the troubled marriage of a former high school acquaintance.

January 21, 1997

When Frasier becomes fed up with the rules and regulations governing his condominium complex, he decides to run for condo board president.

February 11, 1997

Eddie feels blue, so Martin hires a dog psychiatrist to determine the cause of his depression.

February 18, 1997

When the Crane brothers go away for the weekend with two attractive women, Niles discovers he hasn't quite cut his emotional ties to Maris.

February 25, 1997

Niles moves into a prestigious building and tries to impress his snobby neighbors with an elegant dinner party.

March 11, 1997

While volunteering at a retirement home, Roz becomes convinced that she's "the angel of death" after her first two patients die on her.

April 1, 1997

Rather than show his son that his dad's not perfect, Frasier agrees to join the station's softball team -- even though he has no idea how to play the game.

April 15, 1997

When an on-air hosting spot opens up at the station, Roz decides to go for it -- but Frasier's agent has other ideas.

April 22, 1997

Frasier's attempts to produce a live, 1940s-style radio drama for the station's fiftieth anniversary produce chaos instead.

April 29, 1997

While Frasier tries to juggle three dates in three days, Martin and his girlfriend face the prospect of breaking up.

April 29, 1997

Frasier tries to get Martin and Sherry to reconcile -- to the detriment of his own love life.

May 6, 1997

Frasier and Niles are caught in the middle when Martin's girlfriend and Daphne can't stop bickering.

May 13, 1997

Frasier tries to console Niles after Maris serves him with divorce papers.

May 20, 1997

When Niles asks Frasier whether he and Maris belong together, Frasier goes out of his way to give his brother an honest, thoughtful response.

May 27, 1997

Frasier comes down with a case of the "bachelor blues" when he realizes that every single person he knows is dating someone -- except him.