High Crane Drifter

"High Crane Drifter" is the seventeenth episode of season 3 of American sitcom Frasier. The world around Frasier seems to be losing its manners. People are using his parking space, queue-jumping in shops, talking during films at the cinema, smoking in lifts; shop assistants are ignoring him or being rude; even his own neighbours make unnecessary noise. He feels that he stands alone in upholding common courtesy, and eventually loses his patience i... more

"High Crane Drifter" is the seventeenth episode of season 3 of American sitcom Frasier. The world around Frasier seems to be losing its manners. People are using his parking space, queue-jumping in shops, talking during films at the cinema, smoking in lifts; shop assistants are ignoring him or being rude; even his own neighbours make unnecessary noise. He feels that he stands alone in upholding common courtesy, and eventually loses his patience in a crowded Café Nervosa, forcibly ejecting a man who claimed a table just before him. He is not proud of his behaviour afterwards, but Martin is, having read the story in the People of Seattle column. Suddenly, everyone around is hailing Frasier as a hero, and Niles is jealous. However, his actions must have repercussions: firstly, a wave of phonecalls to KACL report how people have started emulating him; secondly, the man he targeted threatens to sue. Frasier delivers a brief but impassioned speech, bellowing from his balcony Frasier: People... less