TEXT: ACT ONE Scene One - Apartment Frasier & Martin are sitting in their apartment as Daphne walks through the door laughing with Donny. Martin: Oh, hey! How was your afternoon? Daphne: Do you know what this wonderful man did? Donny: [modest] Oh Daphne, please don't... Daphne: [shushes him, then] He filled a basket full of my favorite English foods: blood pudding, jellied eels, kidney pie. And then he hid it in the shrub so we'd stumble upon it during our stroll through the park. Donny: I was only a little afraid that somebody would find it before we got there, but fortunately - [off basket] untouched. Frasier: Yes, well just because it was untouched doesn't mean someone didn't find it. Niles enters the room from the kitchen. Daphne: Hello, Dr. Crane. Niles: [happily] Hello, Daphne. [much less enthusiastic] Donny. Donny: Hey, Tiger. Look what I've got for you. Think fast. Donny throws Niles some keys, however as usual he doesn't think fast and the keys go flying off. Frasier picks them up and hands them to Niles. Niles: What are the keys to? Donny: Your ex-wife's lakefront cottage, now YOUR lakefront cottage. A little something I hammered out for you in the settlement. Niles: Thank you, Donny! I never thought I'd see "Shady Glen" again. Donny & Daphne kiss at the door. Donny leaves and Daphne walks over to the other side of the room. Frasier: Well, congratulations, Niles. Martin: Yeah, looks like Donny really did a job on Maris's legal team! Niles: Yes, well he certainly is ruthless all right. [in Daphne's earshot] As a divorce lawyer, what a callous attitude he must have towards human relationships. Daphne: Yeah, you'd think so, Dr. Crane, but actually he's just the opposite. I've
SUMMARY:
Niles has been awarded Maris' lake-front cottage, Shady Glen, in the divorce settlement. Frasier suggests he go with Niles and Martin to spend a weekend there, to take his brother's mind off his troubles. Niles tries to persuade Daphne to join them, but she declines. He then devises a plan to split her up from Donny, by inviting him to the cottage, and also inviting Roz, whom he used to date. He hopes that they may re-connect. Things start to become more complicated when Frasier and Martin arrive ahead of schedule, and Niles pretends that Roz is there for his benefit; and then Daphne also appears, having changed her mind about coming.