Both are dressed in tuxedos, as are Niles, Martin and Bulldog who are also in the room. Frasier: He also told them that she wears her hair in a bun to hide the third eye in the back of her head. Frasier: Well, apparently she was driving him and Toby to a Junior Mensa meeting, she looked in the rearview mirror and saw that they were making faces at the other cars. Niles nods his head in sympathy before subtly removing the glass of champagne from Daphne's hand and passing it to Frasier who nods his head in agreement. Remember in prep school when we were so desperate to avoid The President's Physical Fitness Test...
Frasier: ...that we lit a match underneath the fire alarm and all the sprinklers went off. Frasier: [shocked] Expelled? But don't tell him that. Got in with the wrong crowd. Frasier: You did say high school, not prep school? Martin is sitting back in his chair. The man is convinced that getting thrown out of prep school was the beginning of his life of crime. You know, I just feel so guilty. I really do, but there is a problem. By now Frasier has had enough and, revisiting his childhood, he holds a lighter up to the smoke alarm. A drenched Frasier emerges from his hiding place looking satisfied with himself. She rushes over to help and Niles, deciding that he's not going through the burning process again, pretends that he is actually leaning down to stroke Eddie.
Plan: A: the moral balance; Q: What is the discussion about polite lying about? A: a transgression; Q: What did the boys commit against a bully in high school? A: the boys; Q: Who activated a fire alarm to avoid P.E. class? A: P.E.; Q: What class did the brothers activate a fire alarm to avoid? A: the brothers; Q: Who felt guilty for the act of a bully? A: a convict; Q: What is the man the brothers try to contact and reconcile with? A: Frasier; Q: Who convinces the man that his expulsion led to his current situation? A: a violent temper; Q: What does the man have that Frasier does not want to reveal? A: the full story; Q: What does Frasier not tell the man about his expulsion? A: his guilt; Q: What does Frasier try to assuage by smoothing over the bully's troubled marriage? A: the man's wife; Q: Who molests Frasier? Summary: A discussion of the moral balance of polite lying leads to the recollection of a transgression the boys perpetrated against a bully in high school. They activated a fire alarm to avoid P.E. class and blamed the other student, who was summarily expelled. Feeling guilty, the brothers attempt to contact and reconcile with the man, only to discover that he is a convict. While visiting him, Frasier convinces both himself and the man that his expulsion led directly to his current situation. Frasier also learns that the man possesses a violent temper, and so does not tell him the full story of his expulsion. However, his guilt persists, and he decides to assuage it by smoothing over the bully's troubled marriage. Frasier meets with the man's wife, who says that their marital problems are caused by her sexual interest in danger , and then molests Frasier just before her husband arrives. Frasier hides from the violent ex-con in his apartment, then uses his lighter to activate the room's smoke alarm so that he might escape.