TEXT: Act 1 Scene 1 - Cafe Nervosa Fade in. Niles and Daphne are at a table together, Frasier joins them. Frasier: What is this? St. Osric's Pre-Kindergartener Academy and Day Care Center? Do I hear the pitter-patter of petite elite feet? Niles: No, no, no. It's just that the wait list for St. Osric's is up to four years. So I thought we should get our application in now to be safe. Frasier: Very wise, Niles. You know, Lilith and I waited until Frederick was conceived before we enrolled him in private school. Niles: Mr. Procrastinator. Daphne: It's pre-kindergarten. They run around, they sing, they nap. I mean, how special can St. Osric's really be? Niles: Well, I hear the top two percent in coloring and putting away can pretty much write their own ticket. Frasier: Oh, Niles, guess who's coming to visit? Leland Barton. Niles: Really. From the Empire Club? Frasier: No, that's Barton Leland. Leland Barton was Mom's research assistant. They worked together closely for years. Niles: I don't remember him. Frasier: Oh, that's right. We were just boys when he moved to France. Apparently he gave up psychiatry and immersed himself in the Paris art world. Today he sits on the board of the Paris Museum of Modern Art. Niles: Wow. It takes a brave man to just chuck it all. Cross the ocean in pursuit of a new life in a new country. Daphne: [getting up] Or a brave woman. Niles: Oh, yes, that's absolutely right. That's exactly what you did. The brothers get up as well. Frasier: Just like Dr. Barton you bade farewell to the comforts of hearth and home and filled your sails with the winds of change and adventure. Daphne: I never looked at it that way. Now I'll
SUMMARY:
Frasier and his family receive a visit from Dr. Leland Barton ( David Ogden Stiers ), his late mother's research assistant, now settled in Paris. They find him sophisticated and erudite, with an interest in sherry and the arts - in short, surprisingly similar to Frasier and Niles. Roz even observes that they have some similar mannerisms, and when Leland confides in her how close he was to their mother, she cannot help considering the possibility that the similarities are more than just a coincidence. Martin makes some similar observations, and begins to feel unsettled by the thought. Niles and Daphne are also thinking about parenting , and although there are no children on the way yet, Niles is keen to get a place in advance at a decent kindergarten . The problem is that they have to put a name on the form.