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No extras, but so what? The show's the thing.
No extras. Fine. Okay. There are ELEVEN seasons of this show. I doubt there are enough bonus materials in the vaults to pile a bunch into each of eleven season sets (assuming they plan on releasing all or most of them), so be patient. I'm sure we'll get some goodies eventually. <
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>Season Five still has the writing in full comic swing. The season opens with an episode featuring Sela Ward (hubba hubba!), and if that doesn't get your season started on the right foot then nothing will. <
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>Two of the biggest laughs I've ever gotten watching "Frasier" over the years came in Season Five, in particular the episode where Niles sleeps with Lilith ("Room Service") and the following episode where Frasier's cousin is to marry ("Beware of Greeks"). <
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>In "Room Service" the big laugh for me came from a simple line-reading: the room service waiter says "Okay" to Frasier's insistence that he might rekindle his relationship with his ex-wife, while unbeknownst to him (but known to the waiter) Niles is hiding in the bathroom. The actor nailed the line so beautifully. <
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>In "Beware of Greeks", Frasier simply says "And we're back!" following a loopy non-sequitor by Daphne. Grammer nails the line. Big belly laughs all around! <
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>The episode that always gets discussed in Season Five is "The Ski Lodge", a comedy of errors Blake Edwards would be proud to have orchestrated for one of his films. That episode is very funny, but still takes a back seat to "The First Date", the episode where Niles comes closest yet to asking Daphne out on a date. While it is not quite the same kind of humor that is in "The Ski Lodge", the "First Date" episode is both funny and tender. That is a hard line to walk successfully in a 22-minute script. <
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>Late in the season, a pregnant Roz first meets the paternal grandparents of her unborn baby. The writer of that episode really had a nose for sniffing out the cheap laughs without being mean-spirited. <
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>Don't know when Season Six will arrive, but I'm already ready for it. Season Six may be the first "Frasier" season to NOT win a "Best Comedy Series" Emmy award, but I hardly think that qualifies as a failure. <
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>If you are collecting these season sets, or merely considering it, don't pass this one over. <
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Tip for Getting Past the Mandatory Previews
Although this DVD set doesn't let you access the menu during the previews, you can use the skip/search button to quickly get past them. Just hit it 6 times in a row, and it should bring you to the menu. (A better solution then sitting through 10 minutes of previews every time).

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I guess I'm the lone (somewhat) nay-sayer
This is a hard season for me to rate, truly it is. The "fervor" of having the boxsets has long since past, and while this season does contain some GREAT epsiodes (The Perfect Guy!) it tends to either undercut the performers, or seems to be in a holding pattern. See Below. <
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>I hadn't seen this season before, or at least very little. When Niles and Lillith were in bed together I was truly aghast! Yes, it's televion, yes it's make-believe but I love these characters and there are boundaries even make believe people should never cross, let alone well educated ones:) Then there is the message sent by Roz letting her college boyfriend off the hook and not wanting to "upset his life" by her pregnancy...? Excuse me?? What a terrible message of resposibility or a lack there of. <
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>Then the preganacy never really develops into much when it could have (even in this season), Niles and Daphne are generally in a holding pattern, and the show, while witty just seems to be coasting. <
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>The lack of extras is truely unforgivable also since this cast cannot be THAT busy, seems more a case of Paramount not wanting to PAY THE CAST to sit in. <
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>Another very small nit is the box art. The pictures are terrible! Look at them! Daphnes eyes are closed in one shot and generally they are out of focus or just the wrong shots. And the spine of the box now has another different size pic of Frasier. Three others have Eddie in different poses. They should have had some clear cut way to package these because they just seem to be winging the look of these. Why not have one different actor on each seasons spine area?? <
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>Sorry, am I being a royal pain to this beloved show? It's only because I care, really it is. The Ski Lodge and many episodes here are truly up to par, but when I examine this as a purchase and weigh it against other seasons, forgive me if I do not give them ALL 5 stars, that's not the way I operate. Probably the best moment of this season for me was when the cafe has a "new way" of taking orders and our poor Niles is at the losing end of his beloved drink. Sigh, I would love to have had a commentary right about then... maybe of the re-release.