Goodnight, Seattle

Infobox Television episode
Title = Goodnight, Seattle


Series = Frasier
Season = 11
Episode = 23 & 24
Airdate = 13th May 2004
Production =
Writer = Christopher Lloyd & Joe Keenan
Director = David Lee
Guests = Jennifer Beals (Dr Anne Ranberg)
Anthony LaPaglia (Simon)
Richard E. Grant (Stephen)
Robbie Coltrane (Michael)
Mark Deklin (Clint)
Jason Biggs (Dr. Hauck)
Arleen Sorkin (Rachel)
Chris Marcil (Steve Glazer)

Prev = Analyzing the Laughter
Next =
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 11)

"Goodnight Seattle" was the title of the series finale of the long-running American sitcom "Frasier". It aired on May 13th 2004, in the 11th year of the series. In syndication, it is a two-part episode.

Cast and characters

Main cast and characters

*Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
*David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
*John Mahoney – Martin Crane
*Jane Leeves – Daphne Moon
*Peri Gilpin – Roz Doyle

Recurring cast

*Laura Linney – Charlotte
*Tom McGowan – Kenny Daly
*Harriet Sansom Harris – Bebe Glazer
*Wendie Malick – Ronee Lawrence
*Ashley Thomas – Alice May Doyle
*Edward Hibbert – Gil Chesterton
*Patrick Kerr – Noel Shempsky

Plot outline

The two-part episode features Frasier sitting in a plane, telling his seat-mate the circumstances of his final days hosting his radio show at KACL:

Frasier’s potential love interest Charlotte has left for Chicago. His father marries his girlfriend Ronee (Niles and Frasier’s former babysitter) and complications arise when Eddie swallows the ring. Three of Daphne’s brothers (Simon, Steven and Michael) arrive for the birth of their nephew. Daphne gives birth to her first child, David. (The name was selected to honor the show’s creator, David Angell, who died on September 11, 2001.) Roz becomes the new KACL station manager after Kenny returns to on-air radio work. The mover who wheels Martin’s chair out is the same actor who moved it into the room in the very first episode. Frasier closes his final radio show with a farewell speech after he accepts a new job in San Francisco.

In the closing scene, Frasier’s seat-mate wishes him good luck after the plane has landed, and in a final twist, the flight attendant announcement tells the passengers: “Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Chicago...”

Episode Title Cards

*"The gulfs may wash us down"
*"The Happy Isles"
*"An idle king"
*"To strive, to seek, to find"

Memorable Quotations

"Charlotte is cooking dinner with Frasier"
Charlotte: We’re such a cliché: the little woman at the stove, the big rugged man with his brawny arm…
Frasier: "(interrupts)" Oh, the hollandaise is breaking!

"After spending time with Daphne’s brothers, Niles is worried about his child"
Niles: The idea that our son might take after them is making me crazy!
Frasier: Now Niles, just remember, those hearty Crane genes are in there too.
Niles: Oh, please. Those Moon genes have probably beaten our genes up and stolen their lunch money!

Frasier’s farewell speech

cquote|"It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And though we are not now that strength which in old days

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are—

" [Scene shifts to Frasier’s KACL booth.] "

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will;

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

I’ve been thinking about that poem a lot lately. And I think what it says is that, while it’s tempting to play it safe, the more we’re willing to risk, the more alive we are. In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took. And I hope that explains at least a-little, this journey on which I am about to embark. I have loved every minute with my KACL family, and all of you. For eleven years you've heard me say, "I’m listening." Well, you were listening too. And for that I am eternally grateful. Goodnight, Seattle.

The poem Frasier quotes in this episode is a shortened version of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s "Ulysses".

Daphne's last line

Roz's last line

Martin's last line

cquote|"(not his last words, but his most meaningful)"Thank you, Frasier... For... Y- you know.

Niles’ last line

Frasier's (and the series') last line

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/frasier/goodnight-seattle-1/episode/317393/summary.html "Goodnight, Seattle" Part 1] and [http://www.tv.com/frasier/goodnight-seattle-2/episode/317617/summary.html 2] at tv.com