Frasier

admonition ! spoiler beforehand for the Frasier reboot season 1 last .

Summary

TheFrasierreboot season 1 finale abide by Martin Crane ’s bequest while also bringing back a peculiar plot maw from the original series . Frasier and Niles ' founder recently died due to unknown reason . His demise mirrors John Mahoney ’s real - lifespan passing in 2018 , and as Kelsey Grammer promised , the unexampled show pays tribute to both the actor and his iconic role . Martin ’s destruction impacts the write up of the revival meeting , particularly since lose his pop motivates Frasier to fix his fractured kinship with Freddy . Aside from how it affects Frasier ’s renew efforts to be a parent , however , the Paramount+ serial also explores his heartache over losing Martin .

Frasier had a complicated account with his father before his move to Seattle in the original series . They were very unlike , resulting in consistent battle . However , their storm proximity work a bounteous part in their reconciliation , as they spent more metre together . Martin and Frasier had the best love account in the classic Frasier serial , so it only take a leak sense that the unexampled show honors it . However , it does n’t mean that they did n’t have their squabbles . Christmas can be an especially contentious time at the Crane flat , considering their differing decorating styles . After Martin ’s expiry , however , Frasier gets nostalgic over it in theFrasierreboot time of year 1 stopping point , " Reindeer Games . "

Martin’s Dancing Santa Plot Hole Explained

In purity of its farseeing tradition , theFrasierreboot stages its very first Christmas episode to crest off its first class , although it only heightensFrasier ’s heartbreak since it ’s his first vacation time of year without his papa . Ronee , Martin ’s 2d wife , send many of his old decorations to Boston , including the lovely dancing Santa . Understandably , Frasier does n’t desire to use any of the token , but find out the dame again effectively resurrect a peculiar plot of ground hole in the original serial . The dancing Santa was a staple at the Crane ’s apartment during the Christmas time of year despite Frasier ’s hatred of it .

InFrasierseason 7 , episode 11 , " The Fight Before Christmas , " he threw it out without anyone knowing . It was n’t until the shred that Martin unintentionally found his cowboy hat on the balcony that he realise what his eldest had done . Fast - forward toFrasierseason 10 , episode 10 , " We Two magnate , " however , the matter was bring up by Niles as part of their battle over where they should celebrate Christmas . Apparently , Frasier secretly lend another dancing Santa to supervene upon the one that he threw away . Despite Martin supposedly knowing about it , the Crane paterfamilias was surprised — as if he was n’t aware of what Frasier did a few seasons ago .

Frasier ’s latest claim about his father is a big lie and the Frasier reboot changing the past is prejudicious to Martin and the original show ’s legacy .

Frasier 1993 TV Show Poster

Why Dancing Santa Is So Important To Martin

Martin always welcome the holiday season with child - like wonder . Unlike Frasier , who prioritized his flat ’s aesthetic when decorating , his Father of the Church was more focused on make certain that Christmas was a happy occasion for everyone , especially children . The dancing Santa perfectly represented that goal , as it was both entertaining and in line with the vacation . Martin liked that it was fun to check for kids — something that Freddy affirmed by read that he larn how to dance watching it through the years in theFrasierreboot finish .

All theFrasierreboot season 1 episodes are now rain cats and dogs on Paramount+ .

Frasier and the dancing Santa with Martin

Frasier having Christmas with Freddie

Martin in the old Frasier and Frasier in the reboot

John Mahoney as Martin in the original Frasier

Frasier