TEXT: ACT ONE THIS GETS TRICKY, SO PAY ATTENTION Scene One - Cafe Nervosa - UNIVERSE 1 [SCENE_BREAK] Frasier and Roz are having coffee together. Frasier: All right, if you must know, I'm just about to leave for something called a "speed date." Roz: What's a speed date? Frasier: Well, apparently it's the latest thing: twelve men and twelve women get together in a room. They spend eight minutes talking to one other and then move on to the next person after a bell rings. Basically, it's all the stress and humiliation of a blind date... times twelve. Roz: Wow, talk about desperate. So what brought this on? Frasier: Well, I'm just so tired of being surrounded by happy couples, I just thought I should do something a bit more proactive. Roz: You wouldn't be talking about Niles and Daphne, would you? Frasier: Oh, among others. Believe me, no one could be happier for Niles than I, but there are days when his lovesick swain act wears the tiniest bit thin. Niles walks up. He is carrying a shopping bag and his jacket. He is wearing a t-shirt (!) that has a heart-shaped picture of Daphne and him on it surrounded by red hearts. He has a huge grin on his face. Niles: Hello, all. He holds a pose in front of them. Frasier rolls his eyes. Niles: Notice anything different? Roz: I like it. Niles: Thank you. I've never worn an undergarment in public before. Frasier: Is that my sweater? Niles: Oh, yes, here. What's the emergency? He hands over the bag and sits. Frasier: Well, actually, I was going out this evening and I was thinking about changing my attire. While the suit projects a certain professionalism, you know "Dr. Frasier Crane," I was thinking perhaps the sweater could impart a more casual feel, "Just Fraizh." [He holds the sweater up.]
SUMMARY:
Frasier is in Café Nervosa trying to decide whether to wear a smart suit or a casual sweater to go speed dating. The episode has two parallel storylines, which interchange throughout. They diverge at the point where he makes the decision: in the first, he chooses the suit, and meets and dates a woman called Monica, who breaks up with him after he treats the relationship too intensely. Daphne decides to cook a special meal for Niles, but accidentally includes an ingredient he is allergic to. As a result, he falls ill which ruins a surprise trip to Cancun he had planned for the two. In the second storyline, Frasier chooses the sweater, and goes speed dating but has a miserable evening. Daphne and Niles prepare for their trip to Cancun, as Fraiser told Daphne about Niles' allergy before she put the ingredient in. Roz arranges a blind date for Frasier, who turns out to be one of the women he encountered speed dating. The two storylines converge when both versions of Frasier, after listening to an enamored caller on a repeat broadcast of his show, decide to make a U-turn towards the restaurant where the caller had mentioned she was the chef and had suggested meeting her there any time. During the credits scene, Martin ends up doing the same thing in both scenarios: relaxing in his chair, drinking beer, and petting Eddie.