Before they can get there another patron from the bar gets in before them.] But Little Joe? Frasier and Niles are going up to Frasier's apartment in the elevator.] Frasier: Well... it's a masterpiece. He just said it was a book. Houghton: I want to thank you two. However he becomes bemused by the whole tranquillity of the scene and just stares at the two of them suspiciously. It is T.H. Martin: Who? Niles: And didn't Dad mention that Houghton was on his way to his publisher's after the game with a new manuscript? Niles: I've always idolised him. Niles: Oh let him be. Roz: Him? Somebody had to read it first. The scene SWITCHES to later on and Houghton and Martin are sitting at a table after the game talking.] This is Frasier and Niles. [He leaves.] [Niles looks blankly at him] They play two games! [to Frasier] I never thought I'd utter these words but it actually surpasses "Time Flies Tomorrow."
Plan: A: Frasier and Niles; Q: Who read the manuscript of Houghton's new book? A: spot T.H. Houghton; Q: What do Frasier and Niles do from an outdoor table at the Cafe Nervosa? A: T.H. Houghton; Q: Who is the author that Frasier and Niles idolize? A: Robert Prosky; Q: Who played T.H. Houghton? A: childhood; Q: When did Frasier and Niles idolize T.H. Houghton? A: a sports bar; Q: Where does Houghton end up after they lose track of him? A: Martin; Q: Who does Houghton become friends with at a sports bar? A: his satchel; Q: What did Houghton leave behind when he visited Frasier's apartment? Summary: From an outdoor table at the Cafe Nervosa, Frasier and Niles spot T.H. Houghton ( Robert Prosky ), an author they idolised from childhood, whose one and only work was a landmark novel called Time Flies Tomorrow . Wanting to speak to him, they follow him, but lose track of him, later finding him at a sports bar talking to Martin, who he becomes friends with. When Houghton visits Frasier's apartment, he accidentally leaves his satchel behind, which contains a manuscript of his long-awaited new book. Frasier and Niles read it and consider it a masterpiece, but in trying to praise Houghton, they convince him that the novel is hopelessly derivative and he destroys it before it can be published.