Now that Frasier’s 2023 revival is canceled, and its third season isn’t happening for the foreseeable future, this could be the end of Frasier Crane’s story. This is particularly sad for some of the character arcs that were developing nicely during season 2 of the show, not only for Crane but for the show’s ing characters, too.

The season’s finale opened up a whole new chapter in the life of Alan Cornwall, Frasier’s old friend from college. Meanwhile, Frasier’s son Freddy might have had some complicated questions to answer about his love life if the show had continued. His father already had a blossoming romance to carry on with, which viewers only got to enjoy for a couple episodes before the show’s cancelation. There was even a chance that Frasier could have returned to talk radio. Although it looks like the series is over, it’s still worth imagining how four storylines particularly intriguing could have played out in hypothetical future seasons.

1 Alan Getting To Know His Daughter & Grandchild

He Only Met Them At The Very End Of Season 2's Finale

If Frasier really had to end, at least it got to end on the happy and heartwarming note of Alan Cornwall reconnecting with his daughter and meeting his new granddaughter. Cornwall came back into Frasier’s life when he moved back to Boston, but was still estranged from all of his own children until the final moments of the revival’s second season. With the help of Frasier’s son Freddy, however, Alan’s daughter Nora is persuaded to spend Christmas with him, and introduce him to her daughter Julia.

It’s a touching moment for the show to go out on, but the show’s cancelation has also prevented audiences from seeing Alan get to know Nora again, and Julia for the first time. Alan was the most important success story during season 2 of Frasier’s revival, with his mischievous wit and complex backstory leaving many layers of his character still to be unpicked in further episodes. With part of his family back in his life, there were other sides of Alan Cornwall to see, as well as the possibility that Nora could help him get in touch with his other estranged children.

2 Frasier & Holly's New Romance

They Got Together In The Penultimate Episode

Aside from his own happy ending, Alan had a big hand in ensuring Frasier and Holly were the biggest will they/won’t they story of the revival show, so seeing them finally get together in its penultimate episode, and stay together in its last episode, was a satisfying conclusion to the season.

Yet it shouldn’t have been the end of the story. Viewers barely got to see Frasier and Holly as a couple at all, so their relationship dynamic would have been an intriguing one to explore across the length of a further season. Given Frasier’s past relationship difficulties, it would have been interesting to see how he coped with this latest chapter of his love life.

3 The Teased Freddy, Eve & Alice Love Triangle

Freddy And Alice Hit It Off At The Christmas Party While Eve Looked Jealous

Frasier himself wasn’t the only one with a romantic storyline in the works. His son Freddy seemed enamored with Alice Doyle at the end of Frasier’s second season. The two of them had chemistry from the moment Alice was introduced as a character midway through the second season. What’s more, their links to the history of the original show, with Alice the daughter of Frasier’s former colleague Roz, make them a match made in Frasier heaven.

While Freddy and Alice seemed to have hit it off, however, Freddy’s best friend Eve couldn’t be ruled out as a possible love interest for Frasier’s son either. She seemed to get Freddy better than anybody else, and in some ways he filled the space that her former husband left in her life when he ed away. She didn’t look too pleased to see sparks flying between Freddy and Alice, and there was the potential for a love rivalry to develop between the two women. That Freddy was also the best friend of Eve’s husband would certainly have complicated any dalliance they had, though.

4 The Possibility For Bebe Glazer To Bring Back Frasier's Talk Show

Bebe Was Planning It, And Frasier Clearly Missed His Old Job

It was great to see Frasier’s scheming talent agent in the original show, Bebe Glazer, return for a cameo in season 2 of the revival series. Harriet Sansom Harris’ character might have had more on her mind than just a quick stopover in Boston, though. She’s set on “convincing” her former client “to revive his talk show,” which made him a radio star over in Seattle during Frasier’s first run. Frasier even revisits his old radio station in the eighth episode of the revival series’ second season, further hinting that his return to talk radio could have been on the cards in the now-canceled season 3.

In fact, Frasier’s executive producer Joe Cristalli told TVLine last October that “God willing” he hoped Bebe and her daughter Phoebe could return in the next season of the series, implying that Crane’s radio show was very much back on the table. Even if it were just for a one-off episode, this storyline would have been a revival in the truest sense of the word. As it is, fans will have to settle for Bebe’s brief cameo, and Frasier’s fleeting reminiscences about his old job in Seattle during season 2. In any case, he had a great run, both on the radio and on television.

Sources: TVLine