Broadway's Patti Lupone received a well-deserved Emmy nomination for her turn as Frasier's volatile Aunt Zora in this hilarious episode from 1998. The Crane boys and Martin are attending a family gathering at Zora's restaurant where her son has recently gotten engaged to a prominent "yuppie", an engagement heavily favored by the aunt. There is an estranged relationship between Frasier and his aunt due to an intervention years ago by the good doctor that really rattled her nerves. Thus, she "warns" him - with a meat cleaver in her hand - not to get involved in the couple's lives.
However, in the best tradition of "Frasier" things go awry with perfectly executed comic timing and Lupone plays the role to the hilt, demonstrating why she is one of the greats of the Broadway stage.
However, in the best tradition of "Frasier" things go awry with perfectly executed comic timing and Lupone plays the role to the hilt, demonstrating why she is one of the greats of the Broadway stage.