In addition to whatever new show I’m watching (currently the absolutely wonderful The Apothecary Diaries), I always like to throw something older into the rotation, typically to watch when I fold laundry or take lunch breaks. Usually, it’s Criminal Minds. But sometimes it’s a new-to-me show that I’m catching up on, and sometimes it’s a rewatch of something I know I love. This year, I accidentally set myself up for the best timing possible.

I started rewatching my beloved Frasier earlier this year — and it’s been perfectly timed so that some of my favorite romance-heavy episodes surrounding the main couple are falling on Valentine’s Day week. I feel the love in the air, giggling and clutching my couch plushies as the pair stay up late for some crash-course dance lessons to prepare for a gala.

Even if you haven’t seen Frasier, you probably know the basic shtick: Kelsey Grammer plays a snobby psychiatrist/radio talk show host and everyone around him rolls their eyes, sometimes even his equally snobbish brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce). What’s making my heart go pitter-patter isn’t anything to do with Fraiser, though: I’m here for Niles and his relationship with Daphne (Jane........

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