TEXT: Act 1 Scene 1 - Café Nervosa Fade in. Roz and Frasier are seated at a table near the counter. The café is very busy and all the waiters are engaged. Roz: So when's Freddie comin' in? Frasier: Oh, actually, he's arriving in a few hours, I'm picking him up at the airport. Gosh, you know, I'm so excited to see him. It was Lilith's turn to have him for his birthday this year, but apparently there was an accident at the lab. One of her monkeys bit her on the tongue. Roz: [disturbed] What exactly was she doing with the monkey? Frasier: She was teaching them sign language. I guess one of them made a disparaging remark about her new haircut, she stuck her tongue out. Roz: Wow! How bad does a haircut have to be for a monkey to hate it? Frasier: [rising] Well, I guess I'm just gonna have to get myself a cup of coffee. [He notices something.] Oh, somebody dropped a wallet. Roz: Hmmm. Is he cute? Frasier: It's hard to tell from a driver's license photo, but he is five foot six, weighs two hundred pounds and has corrective lenses. Roz: Leave it on the floor! Frasier: Well, thank God I don't share your "Good deeds for hunks only" policy. [to counterman] Excuse me, I just found this... A man comes in behind him. Man: Hey, hey, is that my wallet you got there? Frasier: Is it? I just found it on the floor over there, I was just about to leave it at the counter. Please, no reward. Man: What happened to my cash? Frasier: Well, I don't know. It was empty when I found it. Man: Yeah, right! I had seven bucks in here! Frasier: Well I'm sure some lucky thief is off enjoying a matinee and a small soda! Man: At least you left my credit card! Jer
SUMMARY:
After several acts of kindness backfire, Frasier starts to lose his faith in humanity. Driving home in the rain, he comes across a stranded woman and considers whether or not to give her a ride. Despite the events of the day, he decides to help her, only to discover that she is a prostitute (and also a transvestite), and that the police are watching everything. He is arrested and held at Martin's old precinct, where Martin and Niles must bail him out. Upon returning home and explaining the situation, his son Frederick asks; "So are you saying you shouldn't help people?" The scene returns to Frasier in the car contemplating whether or not to give the woman a ride (the preceding events having been what Frasier later describes as a 'bad daydream'). Despite knowing that this good deed, like all the others, may backfire he still decides to help her.