Review by stugood-07006

At first an indictment of fluff and then a soft apologist for it. This episode finds Frasier starting his classes at Harvard where he soon discovers he's been hired as the dancing bear. Whilst Frasier is aghast by this prospect, the writing builds on signalling that this is what we the audience really should want. The sequences of Frasier being encouraged to sell out increasingly become cringe-worthy, as it feels this is the episode's only ideal of glory. Rather than explored through incisive humour or even a heart-to-heart with a character who might sympathise, it's just wall-to-wall sell-out gags echoing his TV talk show days after he left radio. It's ironic because the writing and supporting characters in this episode represent the fluff it at first mocks, but what it ultimately settles for. Worst episode, so far.