Frasier (1993–2004): Season 3, Episode 6 - Sleeping with the Enemy - full transcript
Frasier rallies the on-air talent to back the support staff in a labour dispute with station manager Kate Costas (guest star Mercedes Ruehl). When the staff elects Frasier to battle Kate in negotiations, their unexpected mutual attraction gives new meaning to the term 'labour relations'.
My husband's
always criticizing me
because in restaurants, I like
to listen in on
strangers' conversations.
I don't know why he makes
such a big deal out of nothing.
WELL, JUNE, I...
SUPPOSE YOUR LACK OF INTEREST
MAKES YOUR HUSBAND
FEEL INVISIBLE.
IMAGINE WHAT IT
MUST BE LIKE TO SIT...
ACROSS FROM SOMEONE
WHO IS CONSTANTLY SCANNING
SEARCHING, CRANING THEIR NECK
TO SEE JUST WHAT THE
HELL IS GOING ON OUT THERE.
Gosh, you're right.
I have been insensitive.
It's just common
decency to stay focused
on the other person.
HUH?
WHAT?
OH.
OH, GOOD FOR YOU, JANE.
June!
OH, YEAH, WELL, WHATEVER.
THIS IS DR. FRASIER
CRANE, KACL 780.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
OH, OUR BELOVED
STATION MANAGER DECIDED
WE'RE NOT GETTING
OUR RAISE THIS YEAR.
WHAT?! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
I HAVE A CONTRACT!
DON'T PALPITATE.
IT DOESN'T APPLY
TO ON-AIR TALENT.
OH, THANK GOD.
I'M SORRY.
I WAS BEING SELFISH, WASN'T I?
I, UH...
FEEL VERY ASHAMED.
IT IS, NEVERTHELESS, AN OUTRAGE.
IT IS NOT A PERSONAL OUTRAGE
BUT CERTAINLY A
FAMILY-OF-MAN OUTRAGE.
I SPENT THAT RAISE ALREADY
ON MY NEW DIAMOND EARRINGS.
I LOVE THEM.
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH
I SLEPT WITH THEM.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE
DOING IT FOR LOVE
IT'S A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
REAL SUPPORTIVE, FRASIER.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING
THAT RAISE EVERY YEAR
AND NOW, THIS NAZI IN NYLONS
COMES WALTZING IN HERE
AND CANCELS IT WITH
SOME VAGUE CRAP
ABOUT CORPORATE BELT TIGHTENING.
THIS ISN'T FAIR!
( all agreeing)
ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU SHOULD TELL HER
WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME.
EXCEPT I WOULD LEAVE
OUT THE "NAZI IN NYLONS" BIT.
IT'S NOT YOUR BEST ICE-BREAKER.
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT
WE'RE GOING TO TELL HER.
All: YEAH.
WE'VE BEEN HERE
LONGER THAN SHE HAS.
THAT'S THE SPIRIT.
SHE PUSHES US, WE PUSH BACK.
SHE'S STANDING RIGHT
BEHIND ME, ISN'T SHE?
YEAH.
IS THERE A PROBLEM?
NOPE.
GOOD.
KATE.
YEAH?
THESE PEOPLE WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
NO, I'M SORRY.
I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW.
I'VE GOT A MEETING.
I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME.
I THINK YOUR MEETING
CAN WAIT FIVE MINUTES.
THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT YOUR MEMO.
YOU SHOULD DISCUSS IT WITH THEM.
DR. CRANE, I WROTE THE MEMO
I SIGNED THE MEMO,
I POSTED THE MEMO.
IF I HAD ANYTHING MORE TO
SAY, I WOULD HAVE PUT IT...
ANYBODY?
IN THE MEMO?
BRAVO.
OKAY.
IF SHE WANTS TO PLAY TOUGH
WE'LL PLAY TOUGH BACK.
WE STILL HAVE POWER.
WE COULD GO ON STRIKE.
( negative murmuring)
NO, NO, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THINK YOU SHOULD
LISTEN TO ROZ.
EVERY YEAR, IN EXCHANGE
FOR YOUR HARD WORK
YOU RECEIVE A
FIVE PERCENT RAISE.
YOU FULFILLED YOUR
PART OF THE BARGAIN.
SHE HAS BLITHELY
CHANGED THE DEAL.
IN THE HOOD, THEY CALL
THAT "BEING DISSED."
YES, MY STREET-WISE FRIEND.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO
STAND UP FOR YOURSELVES.
OKAY. WE GOING TO DO THIS?
ARE WE TOGETHER?
WHAT'S THE POINT?
IF WE STRIKE, THEY'LL
JUST REPLACE US.
THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT
THE ON-AIR PEOPLE.
WE'LL GET THEIR SUPPORT.
FRASIER JUST SAID
HE'S ON OUR SIDE.
I DID?
WELL, YES, I DID.
I DID.
BUT MY MEAGER
ENDORSEMENT IS MEANINGLESS
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT
OF THE OTHER TALENT.
HEAR THAT? FRASIER'S GOING
TO GET EVERYONE ON OUR SIDE.
( cheering)
UH... I-I... I'D LOVE TO HELP
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M ALREADY IN
HOT WATER WITH THAT WOMAN.
YOU CAN'T ASK ME TO
RAISE A MUTINY AGAINST HER.
"THE NEEDS OF THE MANY
OUTWEIGH THE NEEDS
OF THE FEW OR THE ONE."
JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK,
CAPTAIN, STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
GO AWAY, YOU
ANNOYING LITTLE MAN.
PLEASE.
OH, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
YOU ORGANIZE YOUR PEOPLE.
I'LL TALK TO MINE.
( cheering)
HEY, BEAT IT.
( barking)
( barking louder)
HEY, IF YOU CAN'T
RUN WITH THE BULLDOG
STAY ON THE PORCH.
( doorbell rings)
NILES.
GOOD EVENING, FRASIER.
YOU LEFT YOUR MONT BLANC
IN MY CAR, SO I... OH.
I SEE COCKTAILS, HORS
D'OEUVRES, MILLING.
IF I WERE THE SUSPICIOUS TYPE
I'D SAY YOU WERE
THROWING A PARTY
TO WHICH I WAS NOT INVITED.
FEEL LIKE A WIENER, NILES?
INDEED, I DO.
NILES, THIS IS NOT
A PARTY AND, DAD
THAT IS $14.00-A-POUND
ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE.
WOW. MEANS EDDIE ATE
ABOUT 30 BUCKS' WORTH.
NILES, THESE PEOPLE ARE
COLLEAGUES FROM THE STATION.
WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS
A LABOR DISPUTE.
OH. WELL, FIGHT ON, PEOPLE.
THERE IS NO GREATER FRIEND
TO THE WORKING MAN
THAN MY OWN MARIS.
REMEMBER WHEN JOAQUIM'S
APPENDIX BURST?
SHE HAD HIM DRIVEN
BACK TO THE BORDER AT
HER OWN PERSONAL EXPENSE.
AH, GOOD EVENING, FRASIER.
GIL, CHERYL, FLOYD.
OH. WHAT A STUNNING APARTMENT.
THE PALATE IS PURE,
SUBTLE ELEGANCE.
THE DETAILING...
WELL, IT'S INSPIRED.
AND THE FURNISHINGS...
OH, DEAR.
IS THAT A CHAIR?
THAT IS MY FATHER'S CHAIR.
THIS MUST BE YOUR FATHER.
MARTY CRANE.
YOU PUT ON QUITE A SHOW.
YOU'VE HEARD MY LITTLE PROGRAM?
NO, I MEAN JUST COMING
THROUGH THE DOOR.
DOC, DOC, CAN WE HURRY THIS UP?
I GOT A CHARITY EVENT TONIGHT.
SHE'S NOT MUCH TO LOOK
AT, BUT WHAT THE HELL.
OKAY. WELL, SINCE
WE'RE ALL HERE...
REGARDING MANAGEMENT'S
CLAIM OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS.
I'VE DONE SOME CHECKING AROUND
AND I'VE FOUND THAT ADVERTISING
REVENUES ARE UP 11½%.
OH!
GIL CHESTERTON, THE
RESTAURANT CRITIC.
I JUST LOVE THOSE
WICKED THINGS YOU SAY
WHEN THE FOOD IS BAD.
KEEP BRINGING THESE AND
YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
THE WAGE FREEZE IS UNWARRANTED.
IT IS SIMPLY A PLOY OF AN OVERLY
AMBITIOUS STATION MANAGER.
SHE HAS TERRORIZED US.
SHE HAS TAMPERED WITH OUR SHOWS.
IT'S TIME WE SAID "NO" TO
THIS PRINCESS OF DARKNESS.
I GOT A BETTER IDEA.
WHY DON'T WE JUST
WALK UP TO MIKE TYSON
AND TELL HIM HE TALKS FUNNY?
WHAT ABOUT OUR SUPPORT STAFF?
IF WE DON'T BACK THIS STRIKE,
THEY MAY LOSE THEIR JOBS.
THEY'RE POWERLESS
WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT.
FRASIER, OLD MAN, WHY
DO THEY NEED RAISES?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO EAT CORN DOGS AND NACHOS.
THAT STATEMENT IS
APPALLINGLY ELITIST.
WELL, THANK YOU,
MR. EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
WE'D ALL LIKE TO
HELP THESE PEOPLE
BUT WE NEED OUR JOBS.
WE'RE WORKING STIFFS TOO
LIVING PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK, JUST LIKE THEY ARE.
EXCUSE ME. SOMEONE'S
BLOCKING ME IN DOWNSTAIRS.
WHO HAS A BMW?
A RED BMW?
WITH A RED INTERIOR.
OH, WELL, THAT'S ME.
JUST GIVE ME YOUR KEYS.
OH, NO, NO. I WAS JUST LEAVING.
OH, I'M GOING TOO.
BUT WHERE ARE YOUR ETHICS?
WHERE IS YOUR CONSCIENCE?
WHERE'S YOUR JOHN?
I NEED TO SLAP ON SOME CANOE.
Martin: HEY, I'M
WITH YOU PEOPLE.
THE HECK WITH THE
WORKERS... YOU GOT YOURS.
DAMN RIGHT.
CHANCES ARE, AFTER
THE STATION MANAGER
CRUSHES THE LITTLE PEOPLE
SHE WON'T COME
AFTER YOU BIG SHOTS.
RIGHT. WHY WOULD SHE?
I MEAN, SUPPOSEDLY, SHE'S
TRYING TO SAVE MONEY.
YOU'RE THE BIG-TICKET ITEMS.
AFTER ALL THIS, SHE WON'T
WORRY ABOUT THE SUPPORT STAFF
BACKING YOU GUYS UP, WILL SHE?
OH, BUT, NO, THAT'S CRAZY.
YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING
KATE MIGHT BE COMING
AFTER OUR MONEY NEXT?
NO, SHE WOULDN'T DO THAT.
SHE'S A PEACH, RIGHT?
SOFT AS A CREAM PUFF.
WE ALL KNOW NO
ONE HERE IS OVERPAID.
SUDDENLY, I'M FEELING
VERY NORMA RAE.
GREAT.
I'LL GET SOME MORE WINE.
DAD, THAT WAS BRILLIANT,
USING REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY.
I GUESS LIVING WITH ME
IS RUBBING OFF ON YOU.
I GUESS IT'S ONLY NATURAL
THAT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
WOULD INFLUENCE
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT.
ALL RIGHT, DAD.
OH, WAIT. I HOPE I DIDN'T HIT
SOME REPRESSED OEDIPAL NERVE.
VERY FUNNY.
THE LAST THING WE WANT
IS YOU SUBLIMATING YOUR
ANGER PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVELY.
OH, ALL RIGHT.
JUST STOP IT, YOU WISE ASS.
HEY, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
TAKING AFTER ME TOO.
ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH
THE ON-AIR TALENT
AND I...
SHH! IXNAY, DR. CRANE.
OH, YES.
YOU'VE REALLY DROPPED
THE CONE OF SILENCE NOW.
ANYWAY, I HAVE
DELIVERED ON MY PROMISE.
THE TALENT IS BEHIND YOU.
IF YOU STRIKE, WE STRIKE.
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL.
OKAY. SO, WHO IS
OUR SPOKESPERSON?
WHO IS LEADING THE CHARGE?
I AM. YOU WANT TO
MAKE SOMETHING OF IT?
OH, SHOOT. I SMILED AGAIN. OH...
ROSALINDA? A WORD.
OUR LEADER IS NOEL SHEMPSKY?
THE MAN HAS ALL THE BACKBONE
OF A PARAMECIUM.
DO YOU THINK THAT IS MY IDEA?
NOEL AND I WERE THE ONLY
TWO WHO VOLUNTEERED.
OF COURSE, THEY VOTED ME DOWN.
I'M SMARTER THAN HE IS, MORE
CONFIDENT, MORE ARTICULATE
BUT THOSE STUPID LITTLE
WUSSES THINK I'M A HOTHEAD!
BUT NOEL, ROZ!
A LOT OF PEOPLE'S JOBS ARE
RIDING ON THIS, INCLUDING MINE.
THEN YOU DO IT.
ME? NO. NO.
I'VE DONE ENOUGH ALREADY.
OH... WHAT?
DR. CRANE, I SEE THAT
YOU'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT MY NEGOTIATING SKILLS
BUT DON'T BE.
I HAVE A SECRET WEAPON.
I CAN FAINT AT WILL.
CHECK IT OUT.
OKAY, PEOPLE,
THERE'S BEEN A COUP.
I AM NOW YOUR LEADER.
YEAH!
TO THE LAIR OF THE SHE-WOLF!
( all grumbling and muttering)
WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
WE ARE DISSATISFIED
WITH THE WAGE FREEZE
AND WE DEMAND TO
SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IT.
DON'T WE?
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
ALL RIGHT, BUT AREN'T YOU
PEOPLE STILL ON THE CLOCK?
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
( subdued mumbling)
WELL, HI-HO, THE DERRY-O,
THE CHEESE STANDS ALONE.
THEY'RE A SHREWD GROUP.
THEY ONLY FLEX THEIR
MUSCLE WHEN THEY HAVE TO.
WELL DONE!
WILL YOU GET IN HERE?
I'M SURPRISED TO SEE YOU HERE.
THIS REALLY ISN'T
YOUR FIGHT, IS IT?
I AM HONORED TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
BY MY COLLEAGUES
TO SPEAK FOR THEM.
OH. THAT'S A SHAME.
I WAS KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING SHEMPSKY FAINT.
WELL, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO
SO WE MAY AS
WELL JUST GET TO IT.
IS THAT A... A NEW HAIRDO?
IT'S VERY FETCHING.
OOH. IS THAT A NEW TIE?
IT JUST LIGHTS UP
YOUR PRETTY FACE.
LOOK, WHAT IS IT ABOUT US?
I MEAN, WHY ALL THIS
FRICTION BETWEEN US?
FOR MY OWN PART, YOUR
INTOLERABLE SMUGNESS
REMINDS ME OF MY EX-WIFE
BUT WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF
YOUR ANTIPATHY TOWARD ME?
WAS THERE SOME INTIMIDATING
MALE FIGURE IN YOUR CHILDHOOD...
A FATHER, A PRIEST, A
DEPARTMENT STORE SANTA...
I DON'T KNOW!
I'M JUST SPITBALLING HERE.
I HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT THE
SOURCE OF OUR ANTAGONISM.
GOOD.
DO LET ME HEAR IT.
I'M A WOMAN, I'M AS SMART AS YOU
AND I'M YOUR BOSS.
COINCIDENCES ALL.
DOC
I DON'T WANT TO
ANALYZE YOUR HANG-UPS.
I ALREADY GOT A FULL-TIME JOB.
LET'S JUST GET DOWN
TO BUSINESS, OKAY?
THERE'S VERY LITTLE TO DISCUSS.
THESE PEOPLE WERE
PROMISED A RAISE.
THEY HAVE FULFILLED
THEIR PART OF THE BARGAIN.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU
TO HONOR YOURS.
YOU HAVE 24 HOURS.
OR?
WE WALK EN MASSE
INCLUDING THE ON-AIR TALENT.
I'VE SEEN TO THAT MYSELF.
YOU HAVE? MM-HMM.
WHY ARE YOU GUNNING FOR ME?
GUNNING FOR YOU?
THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
DOING TO THOSE PEOPLE.
IT'S THE SHAME OF SEATTLE.
THIS IS ABOUT YOUR EGO
WHICH IS THE SIZE OF SEATTLE.
EVERY SUGGESTION
EVERY DECISION I'VE
MADE HAS BEEN MET
BY THIS IMPENETRABLE
WALL OF ARROGANCE
MASQUERADING AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THAT'S A DESPERATE SHOT...
ATTACKING ME BECAUSE I
HAVE A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE.
WHAT YOU HAVE
IS A FAT CONTRACT
AND SO HAVE THE
REST OF YOUR CRONIES
SO WHEN IT CAME
TIME FOR STAFF RAISES
THERE WAS NO
MONEY LEFT IN THE TILL.
OH, YOU ARE TWISTING THINGS
TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE IT'S MY FAULT.
OH, IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY.
THE DEVIL COMES DISGUISED
AS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
LISTEN...
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN RAISES
IF YOU HADN'T
TAKEN ALL THE MONEY
TO PAY FOR THOSE ARMANI SUITS.
OH, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
LET'S NOT OVERLOOK
THAT PRICEY LITTLE FENDI
SCARF YOU'RE WEARING.
WHAT ABOUT THIS
DESIGNER COLOGNE ON YOU?
HOW ABOUT THOSE POUTY LIPS
THAT COST A FORTUNE
IN COLLAGEN INJECTIONS?
THESE LIPS ARE MINE,
YOU ARROGANT GAS BAG!
YOU INTRACTABLE DESPOT!
BLOWHARD! TYRANT!
ASS! SHREW!
GET OUT!
NOW!
HEY, NILES.
MARIS FOUND A GRAY HAIR.
DAPHNE, GET NILES A BRANDY.
IT WAS RIGHT AT THE
APEX OF HER WIDOW'S PEAK.
BETTER BRING THE BOTTLE!
SHE BLAMES ME, DAD.
SHE SAID IT'S FROM THE
STRESS I CAUSED HER LAST NIGHT
WHEN I THOUGHTLESSLY
TURNED ON THE LIGHT
WHILE SHE WAS GETTING UNDRESSED.
GOOD EVENING, DR. CRANE.
LET ME TAKE THAT FOR YOU.
AFTER ALL, YOU ARE THE
FRIEND OF THE WORKING MAN.
THANK YOU.
DEFENDER OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
ALL RIGHT, DAPHNE.
STANDING UP TO THE BOSS ON
BEHALF OF THE DOWNTRODDEN.
SELFLESSLY RISKING...
DON'T YOU HAVE
SOME MEAT TO BOIL?
I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.
IT'S JUST BEEN A BAD DAY.
I WAS ELECTED BY THE EMPLOYEES
TO PRESENT OUR DEMANDS TO KATE.
WELL, THAT WAS A SMART MOVE.
DID YOU GIVE HER A
GOOD TONGUE LASHING?
IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING, YES.
I'M PROUD OF YOU, SON.
OH, DON'T BE, DAD.
I'M A FRAUD.
I WAS IN HER OFFICE.
TEMPERS FLARED.
THE NEXT THING I KNEW
WE WERE LOCKED
IN A PASSIONATE KISS.
OOH. GO ON.
DAPHNE, I'M REALLY
NOT THAT COMFORTABLE
TALKING ABOUT THIS
IN FRONT OF YOU.
OH, NO NEED TO BE SHY AROUND ME.
I'M A PROFESSIONAL
HEALTH CARE WORKER.
I'VE SEEN IT ALL.
I'VE HELPED YOUR FATHER
IN AND OUT OF THE BATHTUB.
I'VE SEEN HIS BITS.
OH, FOR GOD SAKE.
JUST TELL HER, WILL YOU?
ALL RIGHT.
IT WAS LIKE NOTHING I'VE
EVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
IT WAS JUST PURE SEX...
OVERWHELMING,
UNEXPECTED, ANIMAL-LIKE.
OH, WELL, THAT.
WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED
THAT. WHO HASN'T?
PFTTT.
I'M NO STRANGER TO
THAT FEELING MESELF.
IT CAN STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING.
AND YOU DON'T
KNOW WHO IT WILL BE.
WHY, YOU COULD BE
STANDING NEXT TO A PERSON
MONTH AFTER MONTH.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW
YOU'RE TEARING EACH
OTHER'S CLOTHES OFF.
THERE'S A WORD FOR IT.
HOPE.
HMM?
Frasier: OH, THIS IS MADNESS.
I'M ACTUALLY LUSTING
AFTER A WOMAN
THAT DOES NOTHING
BUT GRATE ON MY NERVES.
I CAN'T STAND HER.
CAN A MAN WANT TO
HAVE SEX WITH A WOMAN
HE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE?
YEAH. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WHAT ABOUT HER?
MAYBE SHE'S BEEN
HARBORING FEELINGS FOR ME.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE COULD
HAVE BEEN LUSTING AFTER ME
ALL THIS TIME?
COULD BE
BUT YOU ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A NEGOTIATION.
MAYBE SHE LAID THAT
SMACKEROO ON YOU
JUST TO RATTLE YOUR BRAIN.
DAD HAS A POINT.
YOUR MUSK-DRENCHED
ANIMAL MAGNETISM ASIDE
IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE SHE WAS
SIMPLY MANIPULATING YOU.
I HARDLY THINK SO.
THE WOMAN'S PASSION
SEEMED GENUINE.
YES, IT ALWAYS DOES.
COULD SHE JUST BE USING SEX
TO SWAY ME TO HER SIDE?
WHO MADE THE FIRST
MOVE, YOU OR HER?
THERE WAS NO FIRST MOVE.
IT WAS MORE LIKE SPONTANEOUS
SEXUAL COMBUSTION.
THERE'S ALWAYS A
FIRST MOVE. THINK.
ALL RIGHT.
I WAS STANDING IN FRONT
OF HER DESK LIKE SO.
SHE WAS FACING ME.
NILES, YOU BE KATE.
I WILL NOT.
LOOK, JUST STAND UP.
I'M ALWAYS THE GIRL.
IN EVERY PREP SCHOOL PLAY
I WAS THE GIRL.
GUINEVERE, MARIAN THE
LIBRARIAN, ADO ANNIE.
WELL, NO MORE.
WHEN DO I GET TO BE SHOELESS
JOE FROM HANNIBAL, MO?
THIS IS GETTING ME NOWHERE.
I'LL JUST HAVE TO GO DOWN THERE
AND CONFRONT HER MYSELF.
FIND OUT IF WHAT SHE WAS
FEELING WAS ACTUALLY GENUINE
OR IF SHE'S SIMPLY BEING
A CONNIVING FEMME FATALE.
COME ON NOW, DR. CRANE.
IT'S NOT LIKE MEN
HAVE NEVER USED SEX
TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.
HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY USE
SEX TO GET WHAT WE WANT?
SEX IS WHAT WE WANT.
( knocking on door)
KATE.
FRASIER.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE
SOME ISSUES TO DISCUSS.
ME TOO. HAVE A SEAT.
I PREFER TO STAND.
ME TOO.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE KISS.
YEAH, LET'S.
WHY DID IT HAPPEN?
SOME POSSIBILITIES.
UH, FRUSTRATION...
PASSION, THE STRESS
OF THE SITUATION...
MANIPULATION.
MANIPULATION.
THAT IS INTERESTING.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT YOU
FOCUSED ON MANIPULATION. WHY?
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
OF MANIPULATION.
YOU ADMIT THAT YOU
WERE MANIPULATING ME.
ME? I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU.
HOW DARE YOU THINK
I'D DO A THING LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF
FOR A WOMAN LIKE YOU
TO USE HER FEMININE WILES
TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS.
OH, VERY CLEVER.
WHAT ABOUT YOU USING
YOUR MASCULINE WILES
TO GET WHAT YOU WANT?
YOU THINK MY WILES
ARE MASCULINE?
NO, I AM NOT GOING
DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN.
OF COURSE YOU'RE NOT.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THAT ROAD
IS A CUL-DE-SAC
OF VULNERABILITY.
AND THAT'S NOT YOU, IS IT?
NO, YOU'RE CEMENT HARD.
CUL-DE-SAC OF VULNERABILITY?
ALL RIGHT, LISTEN.
YOU SEE ME
FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS OUT OF EVERY DAY
AND YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME?
THE ME ME?
ALL RIGHT, I CAN BE TOUGH.
I'VE GOT TO BE.
I CAN ALSO BE TENDER,
SPONTANEOUS...
SHY...
LUSTY...
PLAYFUL.
KITTENISH?
I CAN CLIMB YOU LIKE
A SCRATCHING POST.
DAMN IT! DAMN!
STOP!
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
THERE COUNTING ON US.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE GOT TO PUT
PERSONAL PLEASURE ASIDE
UNTIL WE GET THIS
THING RESOLVED.
IF IT TAKES EVERY MINUTE
OF EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY
AND EVERY OUNCE
OF STRENGTH WE HAVE
WE HAVE GOT TO
SETTLE THIS STRIKE.
THOSE PEOPLE DESERVE
A FIVE PERCENT RAISE.
THREE.
FOUR.
DONE.
HEY, ANY NEWS?
FRASIER'S HANGING TOUGH.
HE JUST KEEPS POUNDING THAT DESK
AND SAYING, "MORE, MORE, MORE!"
GOOD NEWS.
SHE'S OFFERED THREE.
TAKE IT. TAKE IT. TAKE IT.
NO. NEVER.
I'M GOING TO GET YOU FOUR.
I DON'T CARE
IF I HAVE TO STAY
IN THERE ALL NIGHT.
( all chanting): FRASIER!
FRASIER! FRASIER! FRASIER!
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE
BY PARAMOUNT TELEVISION, NBC]
[CAPTIONED BY THE CAPTION CENTER
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION]
always criticizing me
because in restaurants, I like
to listen in on
strangers' conversations.
I don't know why he makes
such a big deal out of nothing.
WELL, JUNE, I...
SUPPOSE YOUR LACK OF INTEREST
MAKES YOUR HUSBAND
FEEL INVISIBLE.
IMAGINE WHAT IT
MUST BE LIKE TO SIT...
ACROSS FROM SOMEONE
WHO IS CONSTANTLY SCANNING
SEARCHING, CRANING THEIR NECK
TO SEE JUST WHAT THE
HELL IS GOING ON OUT THERE.
Gosh, you're right.
I have been insensitive.
It's just common
decency to stay focused
on the other person.
HUH?
WHAT?
OH.
OH, GOOD FOR YOU, JANE.
June!
OH, YEAH, WELL, WHATEVER.
THIS IS DR. FRASIER
CRANE, KACL 780.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
OH, OUR BELOVED
STATION MANAGER DECIDED
WE'RE NOT GETTING
OUR RAISE THIS YEAR.
WHAT?! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
I HAVE A CONTRACT!
DON'T PALPITATE.
IT DOESN'T APPLY
TO ON-AIR TALENT.
OH, THANK GOD.
I'M SORRY.
I WAS BEING SELFISH, WASN'T I?
I, UH...
FEEL VERY ASHAMED.
IT IS, NEVERTHELESS, AN OUTRAGE.
IT IS NOT A PERSONAL OUTRAGE
BUT CERTAINLY A
FAMILY-OF-MAN OUTRAGE.
I SPENT THAT RAISE ALREADY
ON MY NEW DIAMOND EARRINGS.
I LOVE THEM.
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH
I SLEPT WITH THEM.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE
DOING IT FOR LOVE
IT'S A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
REAL SUPPORTIVE, FRASIER.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING
THAT RAISE EVERY YEAR
AND NOW, THIS NAZI IN NYLONS
COMES WALTZING IN HERE
AND CANCELS IT WITH
SOME VAGUE CRAP
ABOUT CORPORATE BELT TIGHTENING.
THIS ISN'T FAIR!
( all agreeing)
ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU SHOULD TELL HER
WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME.
EXCEPT I WOULD LEAVE
OUT THE "NAZI IN NYLONS" BIT.
IT'S NOT YOUR BEST ICE-BREAKER.
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT
WE'RE GOING TO TELL HER.
All: YEAH.
WE'VE BEEN HERE
LONGER THAN SHE HAS.
THAT'S THE SPIRIT.
SHE PUSHES US, WE PUSH BACK.
SHE'S STANDING RIGHT
BEHIND ME, ISN'T SHE?
YEAH.
IS THERE A PROBLEM?
NOPE.
GOOD.
KATE.
YEAH?
THESE PEOPLE WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
NO, I'M SORRY.
I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW.
I'VE GOT A MEETING.
I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME.
I THINK YOUR MEETING
CAN WAIT FIVE MINUTES.
THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT YOUR MEMO.
YOU SHOULD DISCUSS IT WITH THEM.
DR. CRANE, I WROTE THE MEMO
I SIGNED THE MEMO,
I POSTED THE MEMO.
IF I HAD ANYTHING MORE TO
SAY, I WOULD HAVE PUT IT...
ANYBODY?
IN THE MEMO?
BRAVO.
OKAY.
IF SHE WANTS TO PLAY TOUGH
WE'LL PLAY TOUGH BACK.
WE STILL HAVE POWER.
WE COULD GO ON STRIKE.
( negative murmuring)
NO, NO, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THINK YOU SHOULD
LISTEN TO ROZ.
EVERY YEAR, IN EXCHANGE
FOR YOUR HARD WORK
YOU RECEIVE A
FIVE PERCENT RAISE.
YOU FULFILLED YOUR
PART OF THE BARGAIN.
SHE HAS BLITHELY
CHANGED THE DEAL.
IN THE HOOD, THEY CALL
THAT "BEING DISSED."
YES, MY STREET-WISE FRIEND.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO
STAND UP FOR YOURSELVES.
OKAY. WE GOING TO DO THIS?
ARE WE TOGETHER?
WHAT'S THE POINT?
IF WE STRIKE, THEY'LL
JUST REPLACE US.
THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT
THE ON-AIR PEOPLE.
WE'LL GET THEIR SUPPORT.
FRASIER JUST SAID
HE'S ON OUR SIDE.
I DID?
WELL, YES, I DID.
I DID.
BUT MY MEAGER
ENDORSEMENT IS MEANINGLESS
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT
OF THE OTHER TALENT.
HEAR THAT? FRASIER'S GOING
TO GET EVERYONE ON OUR SIDE.
( cheering)
UH... I-I... I'D LOVE TO HELP
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M ALREADY IN
HOT WATER WITH THAT WOMAN.
YOU CAN'T ASK ME TO
RAISE A MUTINY AGAINST HER.
"THE NEEDS OF THE MANY
OUTWEIGH THE NEEDS
OF THE FEW OR THE ONE."
JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK,
CAPTAIN, STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
GO AWAY, YOU
ANNOYING LITTLE MAN.
PLEASE.
OH, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
YOU ORGANIZE YOUR PEOPLE.
I'LL TALK TO MINE.
( cheering)
HEY, BEAT IT.
( barking)
( barking louder)
HEY, IF YOU CAN'T
RUN WITH THE BULLDOG
STAY ON THE PORCH.
( doorbell rings)
NILES.
GOOD EVENING, FRASIER.
YOU LEFT YOUR MONT BLANC
IN MY CAR, SO I... OH.
I SEE COCKTAILS, HORS
D'OEUVRES, MILLING.
IF I WERE THE SUSPICIOUS TYPE
I'D SAY YOU WERE
THROWING A PARTY
TO WHICH I WAS NOT INVITED.
FEEL LIKE A WIENER, NILES?
INDEED, I DO.
NILES, THIS IS NOT
A PARTY AND, DAD
THAT IS $14.00-A-POUND
ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE.
WOW. MEANS EDDIE ATE
ABOUT 30 BUCKS' WORTH.
NILES, THESE PEOPLE ARE
COLLEAGUES FROM THE STATION.
WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS
A LABOR DISPUTE.
OH. WELL, FIGHT ON, PEOPLE.
THERE IS NO GREATER FRIEND
TO THE WORKING MAN
THAN MY OWN MARIS.
REMEMBER WHEN JOAQUIM'S
APPENDIX BURST?
SHE HAD HIM DRIVEN
BACK TO THE BORDER AT
HER OWN PERSONAL EXPENSE.
AH, GOOD EVENING, FRASIER.
GIL, CHERYL, FLOYD.
OH. WHAT A STUNNING APARTMENT.
THE PALATE IS PURE,
SUBTLE ELEGANCE.
THE DETAILING...
WELL, IT'S INSPIRED.
AND THE FURNISHINGS...
OH, DEAR.
IS THAT A CHAIR?
THAT IS MY FATHER'S CHAIR.
THIS MUST BE YOUR FATHER.
MARTY CRANE.
YOU PUT ON QUITE A SHOW.
YOU'VE HEARD MY LITTLE PROGRAM?
NO, I MEAN JUST COMING
THROUGH THE DOOR.
DOC, DOC, CAN WE HURRY THIS UP?
I GOT A CHARITY EVENT TONIGHT.
SHE'S NOT MUCH TO LOOK
AT, BUT WHAT THE HELL.
OKAY. WELL, SINCE
WE'RE ALL HERE...
REGARDING MANAGEMENT'S
CLAIM OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS.
I'VE DONE SOME CHECKING AROUND
AND I'VE FOUND THAT ADVERTISING
REVENUES ARE UP 11½%.
OH!
GIL CHESTERTON, THE
RESTAURANT CRITIC.
I JUST LOVE THOSE
WICKED THINGS YOU SAY
WHEN THE FOOD IS BAD.
KEEP BRINGING THESE AND
YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
THE WAGE FREEZE IS UNWARRANTED.
IT IS SIMPLY A PLOY OF AN OVERLY
AMBITIOUS STATION MANAGER.
SHE HAS TERRORIZED US.
SHE HAS TAMPERED WITH OUR SHOWS.
IT'S TIME WE SAID "NO" TO
THIS PRINCESS OF DARKNESS.
I GOT A BETTER IDEA.
WHY DON'T WE JUST
WALK UP TO MIKE TYSON
AND TELL HIM HE TALKS FUNNY?
WHAT ABOUT OUR SUPPORT STAFF?
IF WE DON'T BACK THIS STRIKE,
THEY MAY LOSE THEIR JOBS.
THEY'RE POWERLESS
WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT.
FRASIER, OLD MAN, WHY
DO THEY NEED RAISES?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO EAT CORN DOGS AND NACHOS.
THAT STATEMENT IS
APPALLINGLY ELITIST.
WELL, THANK YOU,
MR. EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
WE'D ALL LIKE TO
HELP THESE PEOPLE
BUT WE NEED OUR JOBS.
WE'RE WORKING STIFFS TOO
LIVING PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK, JUST LIKE THEY ARE.
EXCUSE ME. SOMEONE'S
BLOCKING ME IN DOWNSTAIRS.
WHO HAS A BMW?
A RED BMW?
WITH A RED INTERIOR.
OH, WELL, THAT'S ME.
JUST GIVE ME YOUR KEYS.
OH, NO, NO. I WAS JUST LEAVING.
OH, I'M GOING TOO.
BUT WHERE ARE YOUR ETHICS?
WHERE IS YOUR CONSCIENCE?
WHERE'S YOUR JOHN?
I NEED TO SLAP ON SOME CANOE.
Martin: HEY, I'M
WITH YOU PEOPLE.
THE HECK WITH THE
WORKERS... YOU GOT YOURS.
DAMN RIGHT.
CHANCES ARE, AFTER
THE STATION MANAGER
CRUSHES THE LITTLE PEOPLE
SHE WON'T COME
AFTER YOU BIG SHOTS.
RIGHT. WHY WOULD SHE?
I MEAN, SUPPOSEDLY, SHE'S
TRYING TO SAVE MONEY.
YOU'RE THE BIG-TICKET ITEMS.
AFTER ALL THIS, SHE WON'T
WORRY ABOUT THE SUPPORT STAFF
BACKING YOU GUYS UP, WILL SHE?
OH, BUT, NO, THAT'S CRAZY.
YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING
KATE MIGHT BE COMING
AFTER OUR MONEY NEXT?
NO, SHE WOULDN'T DO THAT.
SHE'S A PEACH, RIGHT?
SOFT AS A CREAM PUFF.
WE ALL KNOW NO
ONE HERE IS OVERPAID.
SUDDENLY, I'M FEELING
VERY NORMA RAE.
GREAT.
I'LL GET SOME MORE WINE.
DAD, THAT WAS BRILLIANT,
USING REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY.
I GUESS LIVING WITH ME
IS RUBBING OFF ON YOU.
I GUESS IT'S ONLY NATURAL
THAT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
WOULD INFLUENCE
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT.
ALL RIGHT, DAD.
OH, WAIT. I HOPE I DIDN'T HIT
SOME REPRESSED OEDIPAL NERVE.
VERY FUNNY.
THE LAST THING WE WANT
IS YOU SUBLIMATING YOUR
ANGER PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVELY.
OH, ALL RIGHT.
JUST STOP IT, YOU WISE ASS.
HEY, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
TAKING AFTER ME TOO.
ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH
THE ON-AIR TALENT
AND I...
SHH! IXNAY, DR. CRANE.
OH, YES.
YOU'VE REALLY DROPPED
THE CONE OF SILENCE NOW.
ANYWAY, I HAVE
DELIVERED ON MY PROMISE.
THE TALENT IS BEHIND YOU.
IF YOU STRIKE, WE STRIKE.
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL.
OKAY. SO, WHO IS
OUR SPOKESPERSON?
WHO IS LEADING THE CHARGE?
I AM. YOU WANT TO
MAKE SOMETHING OF IT?
OH, SHOOT. I SMILED AGAIN. OH...
ROSALINDA? A WORD.
OUR LEADER IS NOEL SHEMPSKY?
THE MAN HAS ALL THE BACKBONE
OF A PARAMECIUM.
DO YOU THINK THAT IS MY IDEA?
NOEL AND I WERE THE ONLY
TWO WHO VOLUNTEERED.
OF COURSE, THEY VOTED ME DOWN.
I'M SMARTER THAN HE IS, MORE
CONFIDENT, MORE ARTICULATE
BUT THOSE STUPID LITTLE
WUSSES THINK I'M A HOTHEAD!
BUT NOEL, ROZ!
A LOT OF PEOPLE'S JOBS ARE
RIDING ON THIS, INCLUDING MINE.
THEN YOU DO IT.
ME? NO. NO.
I'VE DONE ENOUGH ALREADY.
OH... WHAT?
DR. CRANE, I SEE THAT
YOU'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT MY NEGOTIATING SKILLS
BUT DON'T BE.
I HAVE A SECRET WEAPON.
I CAN FAINT AT WILL.
CHECK IT OUT.
OKAY, PEOPLE,
THERE'S BEEN A COUP.
I AM NOW YOUR LEADER.
YEAH!
TO THE LAIR OF THE SHE-WOLF!
( all grumbling and muttering)
WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
WE ARE DISSATISFIED
WITH THE WAGE FREEZE
AND WE DEMAND TO
SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IT.
DON'T WE?
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
ALL RIGHT, BUT AREN'T YOU
PEOPLE STILL ON THE CLOCK?
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
( subdued mumbling)
WELL, HI-HO, THE DERRY-O,
THE CHEESE STANDS ALONE.
THEY'RE A SHREWD GROUP.
THEY ONLY FLEX THEIR
MUSCLE WHEN THEY HAVE TO.
WELL DONE!
WILL YOU GET IN HERE?
I'M SURPRISED TO SEE YOU HERE.
THIS REALLY ISN'T
YOUR FIGHT, IS IT?
I AM HONORED TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
BY MY COLLEAGUES
TO SPEAK FOR THEM.
OH. THAT'S A SHAME.
I WAS KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING SHEMPSKY FAINT.
WELL, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO
SO WE MAY AS
WELL JUST GET TO IT.
IS THAT A... A NEW HAIRDO?
IT'S VERY FETCHING.
OOH. IS THAT A NEW TIE?
IT JUST LIGHTS UP
YOUR PRETTY FACE.
LOOK, WHAT IS IT ABOUT US?
I MEAN, WHY ALL THIS
FRICTION BETWEEN US?
FOR MY OWN PART, YOUR
INTOLERABLE SMUGNESS
REMINDS ME OF MY EX-WIFE
BUT WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF
YOUR ANTIPATHY TOWARD ME?
WAS THERE SOME INTIMIDATING
MALE FIGURE IN YOUR CHILDHOOD...
A FATHER, A PRIEST, A
DEPARTMENT STORE SANTA...
I DON'T KNOW!
I'M JUST SPITBALLING HERE.
I HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT THE
SOURCE OF OUR ANTAGONISM.
GOOD.
DO LET ME HEAR IT.
I'M A WOMAN, I'M AS SMART AS YOU
AND I'M YOUR BOSS.
COINCIDENCES ALL.
DOC
I DON'T WANT TO
ANALYZE YOUR HANG-UPS.
I ALREADY GOT A FULL-TIME JOB.
LET'S JUST GET DOWN
TO BUSINESS, OKAY?
THERE'S VERY LITTLE TO DISCUSS.
THESE PEOPLE WERE
PROMISED A RAISE.
THEY HAVE FULFILLED
THEIR PART OF THE BARGAIN.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU
TO HONOR YOURS.
YOU HAVE 24 HOURS.
OR?
WE WALK EN MASSE
INCLUDING THE ON-AIR TALENT.
I'VE SEEN TO THAT MYSELF.
YOU HAVE? MM-HMM.
WHY ARE YOU GUNNING FOR ME?
GUNNING FOR YOU?
THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
DOING TO THOSE PEOPLE.
IT'S THE SHAME OF SEATTLE.
THIS IS ABOUT YOUR EGO
WHICH IS THE SIZE OF SEATTLE.
EVERY SUGGESTION
EVERY DECISION I'VE
MADE HAS BEEN MET
BY THIS IMPENETRABLE
WALL OF ARROGANCE
MASQUERADING AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THAT'S A DESPERATE SHOT...
ATTACKING ME BECAUSE I
HAVE A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE.
WHAT YOU HAVE
IS A FAT CONTRACT
AND SO HAVE THE
REST OF YOUR CRONIES
SO WHEN IT CAME
TIME FOR STAFF RAISES
THERE WAS NO
MONEY LEFT IN THE TILL.
OH, YOU ARE TWISTING THINGS
TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE IT'S MY FAULT.
OH, IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY.
THE DEVIL COMES DISGUISED
AS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
LISTEN...
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN RAISES
IF YOU HADN'T
TAKEN ALL THE MONEY
TO PAY FOR THOSE ARMANI SUITS.
OH, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
LET'S NOT OVERLOOK
THAT PRICEY LITTLE FENDI
SCARF YOU'RE WEARING.
WHAT ABOUT THIS
DESIGNER COLOGNE ON YOU?
HOW ABOUT THOSE POUTY LIPS
THAT COST A FORTUNE
IN COLLAGEN INJECTIONS?
THESE LIPS ARE MINE,
YOU ARROGANT GAS BAG!
YOU INTRACTABLE DESPOT!
BLOWHARD! TYRANT!
ASS! SHREW!
GET OUT!
NOW!
HEY, NILES.
MARIS FOUND A GRAY HAIR.
DAPHNE, GET NILES A BRANDY.
IT WAS RIGHT AT THE
APEX OF HER WIDOW'S PEAK.
BETTER BRING THE BOTTLE!
SHE BLAMES ME, DAD.
SHE SAID IT'S FROM THE
STRESS I CAUSED HER LAST NIGHT
WHEN I THOUGHTLESSLY
TURNED ON THE LIGHT
WHILE SHE WAS GETTING UNDRESSED.
GOOD EVENING, DR. CRANE.
LET ME TAKE THAT FOR YOU.
AFTER ALL, YOU ARE THE
FRIEND OF THE WORKING MAN.
THANK YOU.
DEFENDER OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
ALL RIGHT, DAPHNE.
STANDING UP TO THE BOSS ON
BEHALF OF THE DOWNTRODDEN.
SELFLESSLY RISKING...
DON'T YOU HAVE
SOME MEAT TO BOIL?
I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.
IT'S JUST BEEN A BAD DAY.
I WAS ELECTED BY THE EMPLOYEES
TO PRESENT OUR DEMANDS TO KATE.
WELL, THAT WAS A SMART MOVE.
DID YOU GIVE HER A
GOOD TONGUE LASHING?
IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING, YES.
I'M PROUD OF YOU, SON.
OH, DON'T BE, DAD.
I'M A FRAUD.
I WAS IN HER OFFICE.
TEMPERS FLARED.
THE NEXT THING I KNEW
WE WERE LOCKED
IN A PASSIONATE KISS.
OOH. GO ON.
DAPHNE, I'M REALLY
NOT THAT COMFORTABLE
TALKING ABOUT THIS
IN FRONT OF YOU.
OH, NO NEED TO BE SHY AROUND ME.
I'M A PROFESSIONAL
HEALTH CARE WORKER.
I'VE SEEN IT ALL.
I'VE HELPED YOUR FATHER
IN AND OUT OF THE BATHTUB.
I'VE SEEN HIS BITS.
OH, FOR GOD SAKE.
JUST TELL HER, WILL YOU?
ALL RIGHT.
IT WAS LIKE NOTHING I'VE
EVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
IT WAS JUST PURE SEX...
OVERWHELMING,
UNEXPECTED, ANIMAL-LIKE.
OH, WELL, THAT.
WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED
THAT. WHO HASN'T?
PFTTT.
I'M NO STRANGER TO
THAT FEELING MESELF.
IT CAN STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING.
AND YOU DON'T
KNOW WHO IT WILL BE.
WHY, YOU COULD BE
STANDING NEXT TO A PERSON
MONTH AFTER MONTH.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW
YOU'RE TEARING EACH
OTHER'S CLOTHES OFF.
THERE'S A WORD FOR IT.
HOPE.
HMM?
Frasier: OH, THIS IS MADNESS.
I'M ACTUALLY LUSTING
AFTER A WOMAN
THAT DOES NOTHING
BUT GRATE ON MY NERVES.
I CAN'T STAND HER.
CAN A MAN WANT TO
HAVE SEX WITH A WOMAN
HE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE?
YEAH. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WHAT ABOUT HER?
MAYBE SHE'S BEEN
HARBORING FEELINGS FOR ME.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE COULD
HAVE BEEN LUSTING AFTER ME
ALL THIS TIME?
COULD BE
BUT YOU ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A NEGOTIATION.
MAYBE SHE LAID THAT
SMACKEROO ON YOU
JUST TO RATTLE YOUR BRAIN.
DAD HAS A POINT.
YOUR MUSK-DRENCHED
ANIMAL MAGNETISM ASIDE
IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE SHE WAS
SIMPLY MANIPULATING YOU.
I HARDLY THINK SO.
THE WOMAN'S PASSION
SEEMED GENUINE.
YES, IT ALWAYS DOES.
COULD SHE JUST BE USING SEX
TO SWAY ME TO HER SIDE?
WHO MADE THE FIRST
MOVE, YOU OR HER?
THERE WAS NO FIRST MOVE.
IT WAS MORE LIKE SPONTANEOUS
SEXUAL COMBUSTION.
THERE'S ALWAYS A
FIRST MOVE. THINK.
ALL RIGHT.
I WAS STANDING IN FRONT
OF HER DESK LIKE SO.
SHE WAS FACING ME.
NILES, YOU BE KATE.
I WILL NOT.
LOOK, JUST STAND UP.
I'M ALWAYS THE GIRL.
IN EVERY PREP SCHOOL PLAY
I WAS THE GIRL.
GUINEVERE, MARIAN THE
LIBRARIAN, ADO ANNIE.
WELL, NO MORE.
WHEN DO I GET TO BE SHOELESS
JOE FROM HANNIBAL, MO?
THIS IS GETTING ME NOWHERE.
I'LL JUST HAVE TO GO DOWN THERE
AND CONFRONT HER MYSELF.
FIND OUT IF WHAT SHE WAS
FEELING WAS ACTUALLY GENUINE
OR IF SHE'S SIMPLY BEING
A CONNIVING FEMME FATALE.
COME ON NOW, DR. CRANE.
IT'S NOT LIKE MEN
HAVE NEVER USED SEX
TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.
HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY USE
SEX TO GET WHAT WE WANT?
SEX IS WHAT WE WANT.
( knocking on door)
KATE.
FRASIER.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE
SOME ISSUES TO DISCUSS.
ME TOO. HAVE A SEAT.
I PREFER TO STAND.
ME TOO.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE KISS.
YEAH, LET'S.
WHY DID IT HAPPEN?
SOME POSSIBILITIES.
UH, FRUSTRATION...
PASSION, THE STRESS
OF THE SITUATION...
MANIPULATION.
MANIPULATION.
THAT IS INTERESTING.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT YOU
FOCUSED ON MANIPULATION. WHY?
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
OF MANIPULATION.
YOU ADMIT THAT YOU
WERE MANIPULATING ME.
ME? I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU.
HOW DARE YOU THINK
I'D DO A THING LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF
FOR A WOMAN LIKE YOU
TO USE HER FEMININE WILES
TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS.
OH, VERY CLEVER.
WHAT ABOUT YOU USING
YOUR MASCULINE WILES
TO GET WHAT YOU WANT?
YOU THINK MY WILES
ARE MASCULINE?
NO, I AM NOT GOING
DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN.
OF COURSE YOU'RE NOT.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THAT ROAD
IS A CUL-DE-SAC
OF VULNERABILITY.
AND THAT'S NOT YOU, IS IT?
NO, YOU'RE CEMENT HARD.
CUL-DE-SAC OF VULNERABILITY?
ALL RIGHT, LISTEN.
YOU SEE ME
FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS OUT OF EVERY DAY
AND YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME?
THE ME ME?
ALL RIGHT, I CAN BE TOUGH.
I'VE GOT TO BE.
I CAN ALSO BE TENDER,
SPONTANEOUS...
SHY...
LUSTY...
PLAYFUL.
KITTENISH?
I CAN CLIMB YOU LIKE
A SCRATCHING POST.
DAMN IT! DAMN!
STOP!
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
THERE COUNTING ON US.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE GOT TO PUT
PERSONAL PLEASURE ASIDE
UNTIL WE GET THIS
THING RESOLVED.
IF IT TAKES EVERY MINUTE
OF EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY
AND EVERY OUNCE
OF STRENGTH WE HAVE
WE HAVE GOT TO
SETTLE THIS STRIKE.
THOSE PEOPLE DESERVE
A FIVE PERCENT RAISE.
THREE.
FOUR.
DONE.
HEY, ANY NEWS?
FRASIER'S HANGING TOUGH.
HE JUST KEEPS POUNDING THAT DESK
AND SAYING, "MORE, MORE, MORE!"
GOOD NEWS.
SHE'S OFFERED THREE.
TAKE IT. TAKE IT. TAKE IT.
NO. NEVER.
I'M GOING TO GET YOU FOUR.
I DON'T CARE
IF I HAVE TO STAY
IN THERE ALL NIGHT.
( all chanting): FRASIER!
FRASIER! FRASIER! FRASIER!
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