Good GriefMartin: Well, that's what you get living in a big city. If it's not the horns waking you up, it's someone writing an operetta about the Brownings.Frasier: I am going to get another job. I'm a beloved Seattle institute. Frasier: I'm throwing a party for my fan club! Daphne, meeting the fan club: Oh, how creepy. Do come in. Aaron, a fan: Cool, isn't it - your brother having his own club! Frasier: I can't let them do this rally. Three kooks marching round in a circle, you know what that'll do? Waiter: Sorry to interupt, but I need to carve the second turkey. Niles: Frasier, you're not famous anymore! Frasier's CurseFrasier: If this is a pep talk, would you kindly segue to the peppy part.Steven Rugley: Your - uh -- Martin: What's wrong? Frasier: Won't they go green with envy when I top them all with this story of my life: Frasier Crane, unattached, unemployed and living with his father. He spends his days scrubbing his oven and is anxiously awaiting his upcoming tooth cleaning. Dial M for MartinRoz to Martin: You know, I just thought of something. For a while, your daughter-in-laws were Maris and Lilith. Whoah, happy Thanksgiving!Martin: The big question is, do you still want me? Martin: Niles, which wall should I hang my swordfish on? Frasier: "Bachelor pad," "lingerie model," the sweetest words in the English language. Niles: I can't let her leave. I just can't. Martin: Hot TicketFrasier: I have carefully avoided all the reviews of this play, I don't want to hear about it before I see it.Martin: I don't wanna hear about it after you see it. Niles: I'm being shut out. It's as if someone snuck into my world and changed all the locks. Niles: Everyone who is anyone is seeing this play. And you know who you are if you aren't anyone? You're no one! And I've been someone much too long to start being no one now! Niles: What are you complaining about? I'm the one who has an hour to learn how to smoke. Daphne, catching Frasier reading her mail: You just wanted to find out if I was gossiping about you to my mum. Well, fine! I was. A 73 year old woman in Manchester is about to find out that you dye the grey out of your temples. There! You happy? Sir Trevor: Tell me, as students of the human psyche, did my character ring true? First Do no HarmMarie: ...and just as this hunter catches up to me, and is about to kill me, I wake up on the cot in my dad's oak-paneled rumpus room.Frasier: That is a terrifying nightmare. Are there any other figures in the rumpus room? Marie: No, that's not part of the dream. I really sleep there. Martin, after showing Daphne to a man in the next building: What do you mean, can I show you another one? What do you think I'm running here? Frasier: Sometimes the best apology is just the truth. Frasier: Niles, Marie is a stunning woman with a body to die for, and you think all I'm interested in is her mind? How shallow do you think I am? Secret AdmirerDaphne: So who won the squash game?Frasier: Oh Daphne, it's not about winning or losing, it's about the thrill of competition. Martin: Congratulations, Niles. Daphne: This is wonderful! Well, as wonderful as the tragic ripping apart of two lovers once bound in a sacred union can be. Roz: Omigod, you have two women? Niles: Do you realize what this means? Nancy: I gave my secretary your number so she could call me about tomorrow morning's conference, in case I don't find my way home tonight. Niles: I'll be stripped clean and devoured like an animal! How to Bury a MillionaireNiles: I was petrified someone I knew would see me driving this humiliating car! It looks like some buggy derailed from a carnival ride, except this has no safety features.Niles: Dad, come quickly, I need your help. Niles: My salary isn't even covering my legal bills. Martin, on the intercom: Okay, I've found the aspirin but I'm lost again. I'm in a blue room with big rolls of paper. Martin: How do I get down? There's a bookcase blocking my way. Martin, returning from his trip into the bowels of Niles' apartment: Here you go, you can get your own glass of water. Niles: I threw it out. It smelled rancid. Martin on Niles: Last night I got up and went to the bathroom - when I came back he'd made my bed! Niles: I'll never find anything in my price range. It's barely tolerable having a price range! Frank: And we got a rec room too! And did you see the hot tub? Frank: I think you'll see why the Shangri-la is so popular with bachelors like yourself. Niles, looking at the ironing board: Are you sure that's not the guest room? Niles: I don't want to adapt. I want to go home! Martin: You got him in the Shangri-la? That's where Duke stayed during his divorce. Oh, let me tell ya, that's my kind of place! Martin: You know what they say - "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." The Seal who Came to DinnerNiles: If my life gets any worse, I'm phoning hell to ask about their exchange program.Daphne: You dirty old man! Flirting with a girl her age! Martin: She reminds me of the girls I used to date back during the war. Martin: Isn't that breaking and entering? Roz, a LoanRoz: What's up?Frasier: More importantly, what's down? Roz: Oh fun, wordplay. Martin's impression of the spa: I never felt so clean and so dirty at the same time. Daphne: Six months ago, you borrowed forty dollars from me. We were at the wine shop, remember, you couldn't quite scrape together enough for a bottle of your precious Chateau Mr Fuzzypants, so I lent you the money. And have I said a peep about it since? No! I just sit here quietly, reusing my teabags while you trundle off to your private clubs, ordering gourmet this and imported that, "Are the cigars Cuban? Are the tulips Dutch? Oh good news, my personal shopper just found a dozen antique pudding plates!" Who has twelve people over for pudding?! So you gave poor Roz a bit of money - it hasn't changed your life, has it, you sherry-swilling fois gras-munching hypocrites! Good SamaritanFrasier: Someone lost a wallet.Roz: Hey, is he cute? Frasier: Well, it's hard to tell from a driver's license picture, but he's five foot six, weighs 200 pounds, and has corrective lenses. Roz: Leave it on the floor. Frasier: So where can I take you? Headline: Doc's pal is a mock gal. Merry Christmas, Mrs MoskowitzRoz: It's a madhouse in there! People pushing and shoving for nose hair clippers. Is there a nasal hair epidemic I don't know about?Frasier: After the way you came to my rescue, I would be delighted to help you in any way I can. What is it you're looking to get for your daughter? Niles: Ah yes, the ever valuable escape call. Frasier: Hello, how did you know it was me? Faye: I work at a little French restaurant in town, maybe you've heard of it, Le Cigar Volant? Faye: That was an escape call, wasn't it? Frasier: Helen: I guess you were Bar Mitzvahed here. Niles: What if she's expecting Jewish wine? Helen: Such a beautiful bedroom! Frasier, seeing Niles in costume: Jesus!! Niles: The man who is supposed to do the number from "Jesus Christ Superstar," he couldn't go on. He slipped in the shower - a man who could walk on water! Frasier: You've got to get the hell out of here! Helen to Niles: I understand this is your busy time. Martin: They were hugging by now! Our Parents, OurselvesFrasier: Your mother still in town?Roz: In town, in my apartment, and when I left this morning, in my refrigerator, smelling my milk. Roz: How's five sound? Martin: The chef sent it over with his compliments. Bonnie: You must be Frasier, the big radio star. Your dad is so proud of you, he talks about you all the time. (Turning to Niles) Who's your friend? Martin: The Coyote? Martin: Look Frasier, I know you meant well, but if you ever set me up again, I'll kill you in your sleep. Niles: This is a nightmare! Frasier: Dad would never deliberately hurt Joanna by standing her up. He is first and foremost a gentleman. Niles: Oh, the Superbowl AND a date? Hot diggity! Niles on Bonnie's food: Oh, isn't that interesting! Something formerly ham! Joanna: I'm sure your father meant "big snooze" in its most flattering sense. Roz: What, you mean like in forty years, if neither one of us finds someone-- The one where Woody Shows upWoody, calling in to the show: So I hear you're on the radio?Frasier: Yes I am, Woody. And so are you. Woody: No, no, no. I'm still tending bar at Cheers. How do these rumours get started? Frasier: Believe it or not listeners, Woody and I are picking up right where we left off. Niles: If it's raucous you're looking for, we could go and get a nightcap at the piano bar at the Mayflower Hotel - it's Jerome Kern night! Last time people were shouting out requests without raising their hands! Woody: You're from England, right? Woody: My cousin's getting married. Niles: It'll be fun to drink some beer and have some pizza with a couple of rapscallions. Frasier: Do you have any idea how difficult it is to feign interest in the same old stories over and over again? Frasier: Oh dear God. Quick, hide your face with your menu. Woody's over there. If he sees us he'll know I lied. Woody: No hablo ingles. Three ValentinesFrasier: How do you know if you're on a date?Roz: Are you alone? Frasier: Yes. Roz: Then you're not on a date. Frasier: I'm in Cassandra's hotel room. She invited me up here after dinner. I'm just not sure what it means. Martin: Well, you take a look at the menu and I'll check your coat. Daphne: Look around you. Nothing but couples in love. It's never gonna be me. I'm just going to end up a dried-up old maid in a quilted bathrobe with a smelly deaf cat on my lap! Daphne: You know it's funny when I think about the two of us. I mean, sure, we have our little fights, but for the most part we get along so well together. And when I think of how I enjoy looking after you, and how you always seem to miss me when I've been gone for too long, well it's sort of like you're my... To Tell the TruthRoz: What's that smell?Niles: What smell? Roz: The one coming out of your briefcase. Niles: Oh, I don't smell anything. Frasier: My God, is this your lunch? A baloney sandwich? And a fruit cocktail?! Oh Niles, you see what these lawyers have reduced you to? Do you have any idea what they're having for lunch? Niles: I don't know, they don't itemize, they just bill me for the total. Frasier on Donny's office: Well the office seems nice enough. Might have overdone it on the plants a little. Frasier: Niles, you've got to hear this man out. I'm sorry, this is exactly what you want in a lawyer: someone who's not afraid to show a little moxy. Donny: Yeah, we're talking big numbers here, Whalen! You haven't seen so many zeroes lined up since Mr. Spock had a book signing! Frasier, seeing Donny in action: My goodness, it almost makes me wish I was still married to Lilith! Donny: Look, Frasier, they might ask you if you witnessed any examples of Niles throwing money around; and your answer would be...? Donny: Oh, now they're claiming "alienation of affection." Martin: Niles, you'll be all right. Just take a couple of deep breaths. Frasier: Niles, please, come out here, come on. Donny, smelling Daphne's hair: That scent is wonderful, what is it? DecoysDaphne: He filled a basket full of me favourite English foods - blood pudding, jellied eels, kidney pies - and then he hid it in the shrubs so we'd stumble upon it during our stroll through the park.Donny: I know, I was a little afraid someone would find it before we got there, but fortunately - untouched. Frasier: Well, just because it was untouched doesn't mean someone didn't find it. Martin: Maybe you and Niles can cheer each other up. Roz: She hasn't slept with him? Niles: Didn't you urge me to make a fresh start? Dinner PartyNiles: What about the eleventh? Frasier: We never question the black ball, we just bow to its will! Frasier: That leaves us short by one. We're going to need a single female. Mrs Wolpord: Frasier: Oh you are so that other one!! Martin: No, you're not odd. You're just special. Your mother told me that when you were kids and I still believe it. Niles: I still have one black ball left. Taps at the MontanaMartin: Hey boys, how was dinner?Niles: Well, let's just say that when I picked my lobster out of the tank, I had no idea he was in for a better evening than I was. Niles: ... the way Donny was feeding her forkfuls of risotto as if she'd lost her arms instead of her mind what is she doing with him?? Dr McLowrie: I figured if I didn't dance I'd go crazy. Alfred: What do you call that? Frasier: There may be a few women here who are unattached, who just might take a shine to an old debonair dog like yourself. Mr Probst: Did the local people actually enjoy your lectures? Mrs Latimer: While you were on the sub-continent, did you happen to spot any rare African waterfoul? Roz: Do you see that obnoxious old letcher? Niles: Which one did she eat? Daphne: You're much better off using - this bread. It's more absorbent. Frasier: We're in luck. This intrepid little crab puff has survived. Now all I need is a very sharp knife and sixteen toothpicks. Mrs Latimer: Oh there you are, Martin, come with me. I know a little nook where no one will find us! Niles: Mrs Latimer: Martin did kill me, and he's got a lot to learn about playing gently. IQMartin's system to keep people from bidding above him: What do we have at this table? Ooo, the Windsor Monarch 2000! Isn't this the one they had to recall because the propane tanks kept exploding?Woman: It did? Martin: Yeah! I feel sorry for this guy, Martin Crane, he better buy himself an apron that says "Kiss the Chef Goodbye"! Frasier: Don't you remember the time you lost your bicycle, she [Mom] actually took mine away and gave it to you. Martin: Oh yeah, your mother and I saved all that stuff - report cards, finger paintings, poems. It's in an old Ballantine box in my closet. Martin: Your mother always knew just what to say to cheer me up. "So what if the trophy says Baking instead of Baseball, Marty? Catcher's mitts or oven mitts, they're our little champions." Niles: Congratulations Frasier, 129. Niles: Did you sleep all right last night? Frasier: Niles, why don't you just go home and go to bed? Niles: I'm never leaving while you're still not leaving! Niles: Well, who's hallucinationing now? Frasier: $9000 doesn't buy the leisurely lunch it used to. Dr NoraNiles: I thought to bolster my self-esteem I would adopt this raffish new look!Frasier: Well, it suits you. Dashing, and yet understated, and, uh... oh, I give up, what are we talking about? Niles: My mustache. I grant you, it's at an early stage. Frasier: What stage? Research and development? Nora: I should have known you two were brothers. The same superb
fashion sense, the same refined yet masculine good looks. You must be so proud of your kid brother, the radio star. Caller Jenny: Hi, Dr. Nora. My boyfriend and I have been living together for about two years-- Daphne: Hold still, though, there's something on your lip. Oh, wait, it's some sort of hair! Frasier: This is a woman who believes the Spanish Inquisition was just tough love for heretics! Frasier: I have just one question-- Roz: This isn't over between us. If you want, I'll take this out on the street. Frasier: Just how were you helping that poor, confused bisexual woman by calling her an "equal-opportunity slut?" Nora: You won't admit that, like most men, you leave all major decisions to your penis. Fortunately for Seattle, your penis chose right. It just didn't know why. Frasier: Well, I see through the glass that Dr. Nora either disagrees with me or has just eaten a bad clam. Nora: I will undermine you every chance I get, because you, Dr. Crane, are a dangerous man! Roz: Her doctorate is in Physical Education! Roz, watching Nora and her mother: I was wrong, Frasier! Your way is better! When a Man Loves Two WomenMartin, sorting out the newspaper: Lifestyle. (He gives it to Daphne.) Sports. (setting it aside for himself.) And recycling. (Everything else.)Frasier: You remember that woman I went out with on Valentines Day but I wasn't quite sure if it was a romantic thing?Martin: Yeah, that new publicity woman at the station. Frasier: Yes, Cassandra Stone, well I asked her out again last night and I got my answer. Martin: Oh, I'm sorry Fras. Frasier: No, I'm not finished! Martin: That's the spirit. You hang in there! Daphne: You know, Dr. Crane, someone once said that long periods of abstinence can actually refresh the soul. Cassandra, entering: Good morning, everyone. Frasier: Yes, well, that someone was me and I was full of it! Niles: I must warn you I may be unbeatable today. Our squash pro, Atabio, taught me a back hand slice that could scrape the bristles off a kiwi fruit. Roz to Frasier: You were so much easier to be around when you were horny and pathetic. Frasier: This is a disaster! Niles: Got anymore hiding in the grotto, Heff? Niles, seeing that squash will be cancelled again: Oh forget it! Frasier: You know, Cassandra's a wonderful woman, but Faye and I have a deeper connection and to be fair, actually, she was the first to plant her flag on "Terra Frasier." Visions of DaphneRoz: You said you loved Paliachi!Frasier: Yes, the opera, not the little porcelain crying clown figurine! Martin: Who do I see buying an engagement ring but Donny, as in Daphne and Donny! Martin: It's none of our business. We do not tell Niles, and we definitely do not tell Daphne. Frasier: He'll be all right, Dad. Niles is a lot stronger than we give him credit for. (His phone rings) Hello? Hold the elevator, I'll be right there. Frasier: Daphne: That'll be Donny. Could one of you get the door? (Everyone stands there staring at her) Well, you've seen me do it enough times - you just turn the handle and PULL!! Donny: You know, I've been thinking about that time we went to that little bed and breakfast in the country, and we sat in that porch swing all night, and looked at the sky. And you told me that your dad and you used to sit on your stoop and do the same thing when you were a kid. (Daphne nods) He said that the only man good enough for you would scoop the stars out of the sky with his hat and lay them at your feet. Well, I've, uh, I've only caught this one so far, but if you accept it, I'll spend my life chasing down the rest of them. Shut Out in SeattleFrasier: You know, if anybody's hungry, we've got plenty of goodies here from Le Cigar Volant. Cassandra's the pastry chef there.Faye: She is? I thought I was. Frasier: I'm so sorry! God, I did it again. I guess I must have her name on my mind. Faye: Well, that's okay. Just try to remember mine. (Frasier gives her a blank look) Faye! Frasier: Daphne, why are you wearing that rubber glove? Frasier: You know, Daphne, if that ring never turns up, that chicken works, too. Just see how it catches the light. Martin, answering Niles' phone: Hello? Frasier: This is not about what you or I want, this is about what Niles needs! For God's sakes, the man is devastated, he's vulnerable! We need to rally around him and show him our support. Frasier on Niles: He doesn't pick up phones these days, just waitresses. Frasier: I was just undressing to take my bath. I sat on the edge of the tub and landed on this. Frasier: Can you imagine what conclusions Faye might have jumped to had she found this engagement ring in my room? Frasier: I was just wondering, what was your ring doing on the edge of my jacuzzi tub, right next to my favorite scented candle which was burned down to the wick? Niles on Euro-Disney: Apparently it is so lame, it's cool. Niles: Man, you are such a buzz kill. Niles: Frasier, she's killing me. I'm just not cut out for this lifestyle. Between seeing myself in a mirror at the club dancing my modified Charleston, and then catching my reflection in the store window this morning as I rollerbladed past in spandex, I feel like I'm being stalked by some pathetic middle-aged ghoul. Kit: Oh my God! You just dumped me? Right here where I work in front of everyone I wait on? Niles: It's really more of a compatability thing. I'm recently
divorced and I've been under a lot of strain. It's been very painful for everyone. Frasier: I don't know what's wrong with me. I seem incapable of maintaining a relationship. I date a nice girl like Faye, things seem to be working out, and I seem to find a way to blow it. It seems to be the pattern of my life. Well, except with Lilith. She was just nuts. |