Crock Tales

Hair and makeup...yikes.

These episodes where you go back in time can either serve as interesting character studies or just a bit of fun. This one is just a bit tedious and the payoff is just a little lame. It's a shame considering this is one of the final episodes.

If you're not a hardcore Frasier fan, this is awful but after seeing every episode 20 times I would say it's a cute idea going back in time over the entire series. I understand using wigs to make them look like they did in past years but did they have to buy the wigs at the dollar store? Was it intentionally campy? Or did it just come out that way? It's cute if you don't expect too much.

Considering this is the next to last show of the series, I would have expected the writers to be at the top of their games. A retrospective of some rather innocuous events is a bit disappointing. I never watched this show when it was on and have really liked the experience seeing all the episodes.

Everybody on staff at the show must have already flown the coop to new jobs because, wow, so bad! As a fanatical fan of this marvelous series, it's actually kind of fun how they went so low. The horrible wigs had to be intentional. Like, "We're outta here! Screw it!" The plot was just so-so and really kind of all over the place, especially considering the visual conceit that probably started off as their focus. If you're a true fan, don't dismiss this episode; instead, appreciate it for the potential drinking game that it is. And have everyone vote for their favorite wig. Mine is Roz's wig mid-way through the episode. It's like she was someone else entirely. Of course, then there's Kenny's, which is truly awesome.

I've always found this episode to be charming and sweet albeit the wigs the actors wear that are way too distracting. Frasier reminiscences on the past eleven years via memories associated with a crock. Maybe not the second to last episode fans would've wanted but still charming nevertheless.