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3/10
Coots and Ladders
studioAT15 February 2023
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This eleventh and final series of 'Frasier' started so brightly, I had such high hopes that under the stewardship of returning writer/producers Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan we'd go out on a high.

Things started very brightly, but lately though the quality has really dipped, and this is another so-so/if you're really in the mood you'll laugh episode.

I think the writers have really overdone this whole 'Frasier is lost in life' bit, and to then make him a kleptomaniac because he needs a bit of a kick in his day was a stretch.

It's well performed, it's always nice to see Niles team up with Frasier on a storyline, but this again is another episode I wouldn't rush to see again.

There's been a few of those in the eleventh series. Too many.
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3/10
One of the worst Frasier episodes
Ibuk20 August 2009
I love Frasier, I find it so incredibly funny. I would like to say that the show was funny throughout it's entire run but unfortunately that isn't true. The last season was frankly abysmal and had none of the qualities of the previous seasons. I found the last season not only to be unfunny but I found it to be poorly written.

The worst offender has to be Coots and Ladders. In this episode Frasier stuck in a rut decides to steal something of sentimental value from a neighbour. Through a series of flashbacks Frasier describes to Niles what he has done. The episode gets progressively and reaches abysmal heights when they decide to return the item. What follows is just plain juvenile that wouldn't look out of place in a sitcom like Friends for instance but looks completely out of place in Frasier. In my opinion Frasier should have finished after the 2003 season. I have a feeling that the producers let it run for one more season to compete with it's predecessor Cheers, in which the character Frasier Crane first appeared. I feel that the last season was not only an insult to the show but also an insult to the fans who would watch it on a regular basis and made the show as popular as it was. Despite an appalling bad season the season finale I thought was terrific.
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5/10
Too Compliicated
Hitchcoc7 November 2019
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Once Frasier begins to feel guilty about stealing that medal, all he would have had to do was return it and tell a little white lie. Like I started to slip and I put the thing in my pocket. But no. It has to be returned, placed exactly where he took it from, and he enlists his innocent brother in the scheme. Of course, classic slapstick makes this a method of operation. The problem is that the show is about sophisticates.
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