Both laugh at this joke. But as he reads on, he realizes that it's really a scientific journal, and "Frasier and Niles" were their mother's two favorite lab rats! Daphne: It's a box of junk. Everything is going to be fine. Frasier and Niles come back, telling Martin and Daphne the news; Niles is on the road to divorce. Frasier: What? He constantly allows himself to be cowed and dominated, especially by females." He takes a pen, signs the divorce papers, and drops them back on the coffee table (after removing his groveling note). Look around. Niles is stung by his mother's words; Frasier suggests that he has a chance to assert himself by signing the divorce papers. Niles: [heading for a nearby desk] The letter should be over here with the rest of Maris's unopened mail. She's willing to go into counseling! That was harsh. Then a courier comes in and hands Niles an envelope: divorce papers. They are trapped.
Plan: A: good spirits; Q: What is Niles in? A: marriage guidance counselling; Q: What does Niles suggest to Maris? A: divorce papers; Q: What does the courier bring? A: an old journal; Q: What do Frasier and Niles find in a box of papers belonging to Martin? A: their late mother; Q: Who's journal did Frasier and Niles find? A: remarkable accuracy; Q: What is the accuracy of the journal? A: females; Q: What does Niles' mother say he is dominated by? A: the divorce papers; Q: What does Niles send back with a grovelling letter? A: her house; Q: Where did Niles and Frasier break into? A: laboratory rats; Q: What were Frasier and Niles described as? Summary: Niles is in good spirits; his separation from Maris could soon be over, as he is suggesting marriage guidance counselling . However, a courier arrives with divorce papers. In a box of papers belonging to Martin, Frasier and Niles discover an old journal belonging to their late mother, which details with remarkable accuracy what appears to be the relationship between the brothers. Niles is shaken by his mother's assertion that he "constantly allows himself to be cowed and dominated, especially by females", and at this point reveals that he has not signed the divorce papers, but instead sent them back with a grovelling letter. The brothers break into her house and retrieve the letter before she reads it. Determined not to be pushed around any more, Niles signs the divorce papers. However, upon further reading of their mother's notes, they realise that the Frasier and Niles she was describing are laboratory rats.