TEXT: Act One. Scene One - Frasier's Apartment. Martin and Sherry are sat reading the newspaper on the couch as Daphne enters from her room. Daphne: Well, I'm off to get our lunch. Any special requests? Sherry: Oh, no, no, no, anything you pick you will be fine. Daphne: Okay, then. Back in a bit. Sherry: She is such a doll. You are such a doll! Daphne exits. Sherry: I thought she'd never leave! Martin: I know. It's nice to have some time alone finally. Sherry: Oh, isn't it? Martin: Come here, you. Martin and Sherry start kissing passionately. Then Eddie runs in and starts licking Sherry's face. Martin: Hey, get your own. Now, come on now, get away, come on. Come with me, come on, Eddie. [gets up] Come on. Martin opens the powder room and puts Eddie inside. Martin: There you go. Seat's already up for you. It's happy hour! [shuts door] Where were we? Sherry: Oh, come here, you little devil, you. Martin and Sherry start kissing again but Daphne enters with Niles and Frasier carrying food bags. Daphne: Well, look who was just coming home with take-out from the gourmet shop. Martin and Sherry act happy but look at each other annoyed. Sherry: Boys, hi. Don't you look handsome in your best bib and tucker. Come and give Aunt Sherry a great big kiss! Niles: Perhaps just a friendly wave from across the room. Niles waves to her. Sherry: Niles, you are so shy. Thank God your big brother isn't. Now come on, Fras, plant one on me. [he reluctantly does] Frasier: [screws his face] Has Eddie been licking you? Sherry: Yes. Frasier: Yes, yes, I thought your perfume had a hint of sausage in it. Sherry: So, you two've been
SUMMARY:
Frasier has a new antique Japanese door knocker , which he claims "is said to bring peace and tranquility to any home it adorns". Minutes after he fixes it to his front door, he receives an angry note from Ms. Langer, the chair of the condo board, claiming that the knocker violates rules of hallway decoration. He decides to raise the issue in a rhetorical manner at the next condo board meeting, but Ms. Langer dismisses the request so abruptly that Frasier loses his temper, calls her a tyrant and storms out, to the applause of the other residents. Soon afterwards, Frasier is approached in the unlit car park of Elliot Bay Towers by a secretive figure, who wants him to stand as presidential candidate against Ms. Langer, for the good of the other residents. He is initially reluctant, but then Martin and Daphne start receiving angry notes as well, and Frasier decides it is time to take action.