TEXT: Skyline: The light at the top of the space needle glows. ACT I [Scene 1 - Cafe Nervosa Roz is seated at the table with a friend, Ann, who is quite obviously a rather chatty, but pleasant woman.] Ann: Does he wear jewelry? Because I don't do "man jewelry." Roz: He doesn't wear jewelry. Ann: What about skin issues? Because I have a thing against tags, growths, any kind of fleshy masses. Roz: Ann, he's male and his heart is beating. What else do you need to know? Ann: Okay, yeah. [Frasier enters.] Roz: Frasier! Frasier: Roz, I came as quickly as I could. What's the emergency? Roz: Well, no, it's not an emergency, it's just... Ann: [interrupting, taking Frasier's hand] Hi. I'm Ann Hodges. I'm divorced. Frasier: [sitting] I'm sorry. I'm Dr. Frasier Crane. Roz: I thought you two would like to meet. Ann is in insurance. Frasier: Well, I'm sorry she dragged you all the way down here. I've just renewed my policy, but perhaps Roz could introduce you to my brother Niles. Ann: Is he single? Frasier: No, but with a baby on the way, he might need some additional coverage. Ann: Super. Well, thanks a lot, Roz, this was totally worth a drive across town. [She exits.] Roz: Are you dense? I was trying to set you guys up. Frasier: Why would you do that? Roz: I don't know, maybe because you haven't had a date in ages, and it's starting to show. What is that, your purse? Frasier: This is a grocery tote. I wanted to pick up some vegetables and some cat food at the market. Roz: You did not get a cat. Frasier: No, no, I am catsitting for a neighbor, and I
SUMMARY:
Frasier seems to have become a lonely bachelor who spends his evenings eating vegetable soup and looking after a friend's cat, Mr. Bottomsley. Dining out with the family is also now an embarrassment for him, being between two couples: Niles and Daphne, and Martin and Ronee. Roz offers to set him up with a friend of hers, a divorcée who works in insurance , saying she would be the perfect "placeholder". Frasier is not keen, but desperate not to turn into a solitary old man, agrees to a date with Ann (played by Julia Sweeney ). Halfway through what he finds an insufferably dull meal, Kenny appears with his attractive cousin Liz Wright ( Krista Allen ) who works in the arts, and offers Frasier a way out. All he has to do is get rid of his date.