But they chuckle. CUT back to the car. CUT to Niles in the elevator, also on the phone. Charlotte: I don't want a long-distance relationship. Daphne: Thanks for coming. Despite everything that's happened to them that day, they are still easy enough with each other to laugh about it. Frasier: The, uh, the entertainer. He walks out of the kitchen and exits to the living room, crying. I could drive us to the next station? I forgot - I have to catch a train to Portland in twenty minutes. Listen, about your dad's bachelor party...
Frasier: Charlotte and I spent the night together. Martin: Good. Roz: [not as interested as Frasier wants her to be] Okay. She hands him a paper. She's going to be here any second. The buzzing is heard again, and they sit up, smiling. The moment they share is very brief, but palpable. [SCENE_BREAK]
Scene 2 - On the road in Frasier's car Frasier is discussing dinner plans. [She caresses him.] [Then] This is Niles, by the way. [pause] I'm moving back to Chicago in three weeks.
Plan: A: his good mood; Q: What disappears when Frasier is driving Charlotte to the train station? A: a train; Q: What mode of transportation did Charlotte miss? A: Portland; Q: Where is Charlotte going to catch a train? A: three weeks; Q: How long until Charlotte moves back to Chicago? A: Chicago; Q: Where is Charlotte moving back to? A: a long-distance relationship; Q: What do neither Frasier nor Charlotte want? A: the car; Q: What breaks down on the way to the next station? A: an experienced car mechanic; Q: What is the profession of the person who helps Frasier and Charlotte? A: the entertainment; Q: What is Niles left to organize for Martin's bachelor party? A: Roz; Q: Who found a stripper for Niles? A: the stripper; Q: Who is mistaken for Martin's new physiotherapist? Summary: Having spent the night with Charlotte, Frasier is very pleased with himself. However, his good mood disappears when, while driving her to the station to catch a train to Portland, she tells him that in three weeks she will be moving back home to Chicago . Neither wants a long-distance relationship , so they are compelled to consider breaking up before things get more serious. In the midst of this conversation, they miss the train, so Frasier drives to the next station. Owing to his over-careful driving, they miss it again, and then the car breaks down on the way to the next station, leaving them stranded in the middle of nowhere. Fortunately, they find the house of an experienced car mechanic and his family, but they turn out to be rather eccentric. Meanwhile, in Frasier's absence, Niles is left to organize the entertainment for Martin's bachelor party , and Roz has found him a stripper . For Niles that she is coming round to be interviewed on the same day as Daphne's new nanny , while the stripper is mistaken for Martin's new physiotherapist .