ACT ONE
Scene One - KACL Frasier is doing his show. Daphne: By the way, still waiting for that sandpaper. Daphne: Carpentry? END OF ACT TWO
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Niles and Martin are sitting on the floor applying varnish to the TV table. Everything from the adoring salute to Sully, to the cartoon of me and Satan doing a jig on Sully's coffin. Frasier: Hello, and welcome back to the Frasier Crane Show. Frasier: In fact, KQZY is not only going to be carrying the show, but they've invited Roz and me to conduct Monday's broadcast from their studios in Spokane. Frasier: Often a fear of darkness is a fear of the unknown. Go back to Seattle. He exits. He gives Roz a thumbs-up, but Caller 2 hangs up. He goes off the air. I should have known better! I was going to say "you suck" but while the phone was ringing I heard that last caller and I just want to tell her to hang in there. I'm afraid of the dark. Just emptiness. Martin: But this isn't for resale, I'm going to make a TV table out of it. Niles and Martin, finished, start to rise - but Niles has caught his tie in the table. Niles: Oh, how can you say that? Niles: This is as bad as working with Dad. Press: [singing] For he's a jolly good fellow...
As they continue, Frasier dismounts the podium, and motions to Kenny for a stiff drink. Real straight grain, too. Roger is not coming to Spokane. Roz: We broke up. Roz: We just talked about some problems we'd been having and decided, you know, we'd be better off apart. She goes into her booth. So, Roz, what time do you want me to pick up you and Roger on Sunday? They want to help you. Used to build all sorts of things. Wanted to stop by and wish my successor luck. You once tried to report him to the Child Labor Board. [all the reporters greet him]
Sully: Hey, guys. [looks at Roz]
Roz: Are you asking me to call in? [points]
Frasier: Hello, and welcome from Seattle to Spokane, this is the Frasier Crane Radio Network.
Plan: A: Frasier; Q: Who wants to help Roz after she and Roger break up? A: a station; Q: Who picked up Frasier's show in Spokane? A: Roz; Q: Who is afraid of the dark? A: the station; Q: Who invited Frasier and Roz to Spokane? A: a press conference; Q: Where does Frasier go to introduce himself to the local media? A: the reporters; Q: Who is obnoxious and condescending at the press conference? A: local icon Neil Sullivan; Q: Who is Sully? A: Sully; Q: Who is Neil Sullivan affectionately known as? A: Frasier luck; Q: What does Sully wish Frasier? A: a dramatic final send-off; Q: What do the reporters give to Sully? A: every caller; Q: Who wants Frasier to go back to Seattle? A: the air; Q: When did Sully come back on what? A: his brand; Q: What kind of therapy does Frasier want to show the locals? A: therapy; Q: What does Frasier want to show the local audience he can help with? A: the problem; Q: What does Frasier dig deeper into to help Roz? A: Niles; Q: Who recalls his childhood hatred of building things with Martin? A: Daphne; Q: Who is the bossy one in the episode? A: a TV table; Q: What do Martin, Niles and Daphne try to build? Summary: Frasier's show has been picked up by a station in Spokane , and he excitedly announces that he and Roz have been invited there by the station to do their first show from Spokane. Once off air, he also learns from Roz that she and Roger have broken up. Frasier wants to help, but Roz says she is OK about it. Once in Spokane, Frasier appears at a press conference to introduce himself and Roz to the local media. During this conference the reporters are obnoxious and condescending as they say that he will probably never be able to live up to local icon Neil Sullivan (affectionately known as Sully by the locals). When Sully arrives to make a final appearance and to wish Frasier luck the reporters give a dramatic final send-off. Things do not go too smoothly during Frasier's show either; every caller wants him to go back to Seattle , with some deciding to boycott the station until Sully comes back on the air. Frasier is determined to show the local audience his brand of therapy can help, and so convinces Roz to call in with a problem. Originally Roz improvises and says she is afraid of the dark. But Frasier delves deeper into the problem and this soon develops into him resolving Roz's feeling of loss and emptiness over the break-up with Roger. Meanwhile, Martin, Niles and Daphne work together to try to build a TV table. Earlier in the episode when Martin expresses his desire to build the TV table, Niles recalls his childhood hatred of building things with Martin as Martin was never any good. But in a turn of events Daphne is the real bossy one and not only upsets Niles but Martin also.