TEXT: ACT ONE Scene One - Apartment - Night It's late at night and everyone is fast asleep in the Crane household. Suddenly, the fire alarm goes off. Martin and Frasier come running out in their sleepwear, panicking. Frasier: Oh my God! Fire! Martin: Eddie! Eddie! Where are you, boy? Frasier: Dad, wake up! Dad, are you in there? Martin: Eddie! Here, Eddie! Come on! Frasier: Dad, where are you? Where's the fire? Frasier turns the lights on. Martin: Have you seen Eddie? Frasier: What's burning? Where's the fire? Martin: Eddie! Then Daphne comes running out in her nightie. Daphne: It's alright, it's alright! False alarm! The one above my bed went off. Frasier and Martin sag, breathing heavily. Frasier: Thank God! Daphne: Oh, and don't worry about Eddie - he's back in my room. God, the noise the bloody thing makes! It would be less upsetting just to wake up on fire! Martin: What the hell triggered it? Daphne: Who knows? I was dozing quite peacefully when it started screaming away for no reason at all. Eddie runs in and jumps onto the chair with a packet of cigarettes in his mouth. Frasier: I see. [takes the packet] What have we here? Eddie, you've been smoking in Daphne's bedroom, bad dog! Daphne: I know, you have a no-smoking rule. I'm sorry. But every now and again I feel a bit tense and I find a ciggy can be very soothing. Martin: Oh yeah, it's real soothing. It only should be an hour before my heart stops fibrillating. [exits] Frasier: [reading clock] Oh, it figures, 3 AM. Of course this would happen the night before I have an early morning meeting! He starts to exit, but notices Daphne sitting on the couch, depressed. Frasier: Daphne, aren't you going back to bed? Da
SUMMARY:
Sympathetic about Daphne's unsatisfactory love life, Frasier tries to fix her up with Tom Duran, the new station manager (Eric Lutes). Tom is gay, and interpret's Frasier's invitation to dinner as romantic interest.