Season 4

Premiere	Finale
The Two Mrs. Cranes	Odd Man Out

Starring

Kelsey Grammer
Jane Leeves
David Hyde Pierce
Peri Gilpin
Dan Butler
and John Mahoney

Aired

17 September 1996 — 20 May 1997

Episodes

23

Season 4 of American comedy series Frasier aired on NBC television network.

Summary[]

The fourth season primarily focuses on the romantic relationships of the main characters.

In the season premiere, Daphne gets a blast from the past when her ex-fiancée comes to town for a visit. Planning to let him down gently, Daphne pretends to be married to Niles but things get complicated when Roz (who is supposed to be Frasier’s “wife,” “Maris”) soon gets the hots for Clive and Daphne reconsidering her own feelings upon finding out that he is now successful. Ultimately, the charade falls apart when Clive calls them all “unfortunate human beings.”

Now separated from Maris, Niles finds himself as a bachelor much like his brother. Niles first has a short-lived romance with a woman named Adelle, at the same time Daphne has one with a Niles doppelganger. Niles and Frasier also take a shot in the dark and meet two interior decorators and decide to take them to a cabin in the country for the weekend, only for a series of errors to occur and ruin the weekend.

In other events, Martin becomes involved with Sherry Dempsey, whom both the boys and Daphne come to dislike, Niles moves into a luxurious new apartment, Roz takes a shot at becoming a host on KACL, the family travel to Boston to celebrate Thanksgiving with Lilith, Frasier and Niles discover that they were named after lab rats and Niles, while filling in for Frasier doing his radio show, becomes somewhat of folk hero when he (or rather, his hair) helps a Sonics player break a slump.

Starring[]

Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane

Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon

David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane

Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle

Dan Butler as Bulldog (11 episodes)

and John Mahoney as Martin Crane

Special Guest Stars: Marsha Mason as Sherry Dempsey (5 episodes); Robert Prosky as T.H. Houghton ("A Crane's Critique"); Bebe Neuwirth as Lilith Sternin ("A Lilith Thanksgiving"); Patricia Wettig as Stephanie ("To Kill A Talking Bird"); James Earl Jones as Norman Royster ("Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead"); Linda Hamilton as Laura ("Odd Man Out")

SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY

Bobby Sherman ("The Unnatural")

Guest starring[]

Edward Hibbert as Gil Chesterton (3 episodes)

Trevor Einhorn as Frederick Crane (2 episodes)

Donna Bullock as Adair Peck (2 episodes)

Maria del Mar as Leslie Wellman (2 episodes)

Pauley Perrette as Waitress (2 episodes)

Scott Atkinson as Clive ("The Two Mrs. Cranes")

Jen Campbell as Sharon ("Love Bites Dog")

Michael Whaley as Pete ("Love Bites Dog")

Kay E. Kuter as Homeless Man ("Love Bites Dog")

Lorenzo Newton as Reggie Macklemore ("Head Game")

Kevin Farrell as Rodney ("Mixed Doubles")

Allison Mackie as Adelle ("Mixed Doubles")

Paxton Whitehead as Dr. Campbell ("A Lilith Thanksgiving")

Lisa Banes as Pamela ("A Lilith Thanksgiving")

Jane Lynch as Cynthia ("A Lilith Thanksgiving")

Nicholas Walker as Francois ("Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven")

Jane Kaczmarek as Maureen ("Dad Loves Sherry, The Boys Just Whine")

Carlene Watkins as Susan Rajeski ("Liar! Liar!")

Saul Stein as John Rajeski ("Liar! Liar!")

Željko Ivanek as Dr. Arnold Shaw ("Death And The Dog")

Lisa Darr as Laura Paris ("Four For The Seesaw")

Megan Mullally as Beth Armstrong ("Four For The Seesaw")

Rosemary Murphy as Carol Larkin ("To Kill A Talking Bird")

Lois Smith as Moira ("Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead")

Harriet Sansom Harris as Bebe Glazer ("Roz's Turn")

Kathryn Joosten as Vera Glazer ("Roz's Turn")

Doug Carfrae as Professor Pete ("Roz's Turn")

Patrick Kerr as Noel Shempsky ("Ham Radio")

Richard Easton as Mel White ("Ham Radio")

Rebeccah Bush as Kimberly Egan ("Three Dates And A Breakup: Part 1")

Jeffrey Corbett as John Coughlin ("Three Dates And A Breakup: Part 1")

Alan Wilder as Leo Pasquale ("Are You Being Served?")

Cindy Katz as Elise Edmunds ("Ask Me No Questions")

Irene Olga Lopez as Marta ("Ask Me No Questions")

Co-Starring[]

Luck Hari as Waitress (3 episodes)

Byrne Piven as Dr. Sigmund Freud ("The Impossible Dream")

Lisa Melilli as Dream Girl ("The Impossible Dream")

Pauley Perrette as Rebecca ("The Impossible Dream")

Bette Rae as Elizabeth ("The Impossible Dream")

Steven Rotblatt as Bar Patron ("A Crane's Critique")

Ken Magee as Guard ("Head Game")

Stu Lantz as Sportscaster ("Head Game")

Loren Lazerine as Fan ("Head Game")

Lisa Dergan as Cheerleader ("Head Game")

Christopher M. Brown as Lenny ("Head Game")

Geoff Callan as Hank ("Head Game")

Jim Graci as Game Announcer ("Head Game")

Richard Gilbert Hill as Elliot ("A Lilith Thanksgiving")

John Prosky as Preston ("A Lilith Thanksgiving")

Rosey Brown as Prisoner ("Liar! Liar!")

Tom Lagleder as Dr. Stephen Kagen ("Death And The Dog")

Andrew Heckler as Dr. Claman ("Four For The Seesaw")

Nancy Linari as Elaine Hensley ("To Kill A Talking Bird")

Jack Sydow as Alfred Larkin ("To Kill A Talking Bird")

Wayne Alexander as Peter Soutendeck ("To Kill A Talking Bird")

Brandi Burkett as Wella ("To Kill A Talking Bird")

Lisa Akey as Christine ("To Kill A Talking Bird")

Hope Allen as Maxine ("Ham Radio")

Jack Betts as Ian ("Ham Radio")

Roger Keller as Coughing Man ("Daphne Hates Sherry")

Michael McFall as Messenger ("Are You Being Served?")

Luck Hari as Waitress ("Are You Being Served?")

Gerry Gibson as Tom ("Are You Being Served?")

Lisa Coles as Woman At Airport ("Odd Man Out")

Miles Marsico as Johnny ("Odd Man Out")

Joshua Greene as Ethan ("Odd Man Out")

Carl Reggiardo as Maitre D' ("Odd Man Out")

Tom Astor as Waiter ("Odd Man Out")

Kris Edlund as Amanda ("Odd Man Out")

Dulcy Rogers as Woman With Chair ("Odd Man Out")

Layne Beamer as Husband ("Odd Man Out")

Callers

Marv Albert as Jerry ("Love Bites Dog")

Julius "Dr. J" Erving as Mike ("Love Bites Dog")

Bob Costas as Jake ("Love Bites Dog")

Kieran Culkin as Jimmy ("The Impossible Dream")

Christopher Durang as Rudy ("The Impossible Dream")

Wendy Wasserstein as Linda ("Head Game")

John Cusack as Greg ("Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven")

Patty Duke as Alice ("Death And The Dog")

Eric Roberts as Chet ("Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead")

David Benoit as Doug ("Three Dates And A Breakup: Part 1")

Trivia[]

Dan Butler is added to the main cast, although Butler does not appear in every episode

Episodes[]

#	EP #	EPISODE	AIRDATE	PROD. CODE
73	1	The Two Mrs. Cranes	17 September 1996	401
74	2	Love Bites Dog	24 September 1996	402
75	3	The Impossible Dream	15 October 1996	404
76	4	A Crane's Critique	22 October 1996	405
77	5	Head Game	12 November 1996	408
78	6	Mixed Doubles	19 November 1996	407
79	7	A Lilith Thanksgiving	26 November 1996	403
80	8	Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven	10 December 1996	406
81	9	Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine	7 January 1997	410
82	10	Liar! Liar!	14 January 1997	411
83	11	Three Days Of The Condo	21 January 1997	412
84	12	Death And The Dog	11 February 1997	409
85	13	Four For The Seesaw	18 February 1997	413
86	14	To Kill A Talking Bird	25 February 1997	414
87	15	Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead	11 March 1997	415
88	16	The Unnatural	1 April 1997	420
89	17	Roz's Turn	15 April 1997	419
90	18	Ham Radio	22 April 1997	417
91	19	Three Dates And A Breakup: Part 1	29 April 1997	421
92	20	Three Dates And A Breakup: Part 2	29 April 1997	422
93	21	Daphne Hates Sherry	6 May 1997	423
94	22	Are You Being Served?	13 May 1997	416
95	23	Ask Me No Questions	20 May 1997	418
96	24	Odd Man Out	20 May 1997	424