Personally, I didn't care for them hooking up in the first place, though good humor came out of that fling in subsequent episodes(Moons over Seattle, Enemy at the Gate).
For the most part, I liked how the relationships on the show were written.
Partly, because the main characters are written with wit, dignity,and are really well-drawn, partly because the relationships are grounded in the family dynamic.
I really liked how they avoided the relationship cliches:- couples breaking up, coming back together again, peripheral characters being stretched, saddled with long term partners,etc. I'm glad that didn't happen.
Leaving the family in the center is what made the show compelling for me.
One of the reasons why I think Niles and Daphne worked as a couple is because they remained in equal part members of the Crane family, so you get a real sense of character development for them.
That's why I think it would have been a mistake to have Roz and Frasier together
For one, they didn't have any chemistry on the romantic front, in my opinion,and their short fling felt like a contrived plot device.
But also because then it would have seemed cliched for Frasier to fall back on Roz,after seeing him fail with every other woman.
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