Moving In

The original Fraiser series had a great dynamic between the characters; a dynamic that I thought they would not be able to recapture, without David Hyde Pierce, and. John Mahoney. And I was right. However, This Fraiser series, while giving us hints of Martin in Frederick, and Niles in his son David, is able to capture something fresh, that we only got to explore in a hand full of episodes from the original series; Fraiser as a father. And with only the first two episodes, a good foundation is laid. And I think providing people don't come in to this show, expecting the same old Fraiser they remember, and are open to something new, I think this series can potentially earn its audience.

This episode focused more on the relationship between Frasier and Freddy, benching the rest of the cast really for the most part.

I don't mind this really - the father and son dynamic was at the centre of the original and it's only right it gets its time to develop here.

There's lots of nice moments, Grammer's mugging tendencies seem to be being kept in check, and I'm actually enjoying the new cast far more than I thought I would.

Others seem to be against this show from the off, but based on what I've seen I'm more inclined to give it a go.

It's warm, it's charming, it's funny - what's not to like?

I hate reboots and this proves me right once again. I had one extra laugh in this episode than the first, so up from zero to one.

Is too much Fraser and Kelsey Grammar too much- well by the look of this terrible reboot- absolutely yes.

Why Boston again? Why a broken marriage again? It's the same old premise of Frasier 1st time round but with boring characters and script.

Instead of being back in Boston why not show his apparent tv job he had in Chicago, surrounded by his tv colleagues which - as we know - is fodder for great characters! And back in Boston but no one from Cheers are we going to get cameos? I hope so the only way to save it. The only thing I like is the actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, however his character adds nothing. So I do not add a single point more from the last episode.

While Nicholas Lyndhurst takes a backseat (hopefully just for this episode) it spends a good portion of this one focused on the father son dynamic. What I loved with the humour here is that it holds true to the wordplay and visual comedy of the original seasons of the show.

The focus returns to a very similar issue we saw in the original show but this time with Frasier older, wiser and perhaps taking a slightly different approach. It certainly helps that his son and friends are interesting characters and there will definitely be more stories to tell with them.

One item in particular was absolutely brilliant. Just a shame about the rather annoying end scene to this one.