Nearly two decades after Frasier's series finale, following a long will-they-or-won't-they development process, Paramount+ gave Frasier the reboot treatment. In the first two episodes, which debut today, Mr. Crane is once again on the move, with new digs and a fresh cast of compatriots. This "third act," as star Kelsey Grammer calls it, leaves most of Seattle's players behind. This includes David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney, who died in 2018. The odds of Frasier Crane succeeding in his new life and entertaining us at home aren't any different than they were in 1993. The problem is, instead of hanging with new friends like Niles, Daphne, and Martin, we're greeted with a gaggle of chatbot-speaking characters that feel like they tumbled out of the failed How I Met Your Father spinoff and into Frasier Crane's ritzy orbit. Reader, it is disconcerting. |
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