Case Study - Frasier

1 Sentence Story Idea :

Frasier wants to settle down at Seattle but his father needs to be taken care of.

1 Sentence plot summary :

Synopsis:
Frasier wants to settle down in Seattle but his father needs to be taken care of. His brother didn't want to take care of his father. Frasier wants to be a good son to his father so he allow his father to stay with him as well as to take care of him. To his dismay, Eddie, his dad dog is also moving in together. His brother offered to pay for a care taker for his dad. Thus, Daphne Moon came in for interview at his apartment and got the job. While working in the studios where he work as a psychiatrist at a radio program, his dad called in and told him his problems and concerns. ( Message, things will always work out even though it is not what is always planned. )

Character Bio:
Frasier Crane
A 40+ radio psychiatrist
Moved back to Seattle from Boston
He live a expensive apartment alone
He is able to play piano.
He doesn't like Eddie.
He has 1 brother and a former policeman father that needs to be taken care of.


3 ACT STRUCTURE

Act 1 -
Set up: Frasier Crane with his new job at a radio station and his background & An introduction to his family. His brother bring a new situation to Frasier.
Key Character: Frasier Crane
Motive:
Situation: He lives alone and his brother need him to take of his father.
Turning Point: If he allows his father to stay with him or to put him in another home but he wants to be a good son.

Act 2 -
Conflict: His father is not a easy person to live with and also his father's dog makes him feel uncomfortable due to the staring.
Turning Point: His brother offered a solution to hire a care taker for him.

Act 3 -
Conflict: He didn't like the care taker he hired as well as he needed to give up a room as the care taker was a live in care taker.
Make or Break? : Frasier wants to blow up as the situation get worse.
Up the stakes:
Climax: He got into a big fight with his father.
Outcome: His colleague told him a story about ' Lupi' which send the message of ' Things will always work out even though it is not what is always planned. ' to Frasier. He realize what he wants and his father called in to the station. They had a talk and solve his problem.
Resolution: They resolve his motive and succeed in being the good son he wants to be.