TEXT: ACT ONE Scene One - KACL Frasier is wrapping up the show. Frasier: And sadly, no one was able to answer today's psychological mind-teaser, so once again the prize goes unclaimed. By the way, today's answer was "anhedonia." Anhedonia. [chuckles] This is Dr. Frasier Crane, saying good day Seattle, and good mental health. He goes off the air. Kenny comes in. Kenny: [low whistle] That was a real brain-bender, Doc. You know, the idea is to let people win once in a while. Frasier: Oh please, Kenny, I will not pander. When some lucky individual looks at his prize, I want him to be able to say, "I earned this." Kenny: It's an antenna ball! Frasier: Well... Kenny: [as Roz comes in] Oh Roz, I got some good news! Your documentary is a go! Roz: Oh, that's great! Thank you, Kenny! [hugs him] Kenny: Congratulations! Frasier: Roz, you're doing a documentary? Roz: Yeah well, I've been wanting to do something on my own, so I thought I'd do a special on space - what with it being 2001 and all. We're gonna do the Cassini mission to Saturn, and telerobotics, that kind of stuff. Kenny: [re: Frasier] You got a show, [re: Roz] you got a show - I don't know who to kiss up to anymore! Roz: You don't have to kiss up to anyone. Kenny: Ho-ho-ho! I wish I didn't. Kenny leaves the booth. Frasier: So Roz, you're a space nerd! Roz: I wouldn't go that far. There is just something about rockets, though. Frasier: Ah, indeed. [Orson Welles voice] Roz, sounds like your show could be a portal from which we can glimpse the promise of the future -
SUMMARY:
Roz has the chance to create her own documentary, and she has decided to use the theme of outer space. Frasier persuades her to let him act as narrator, assuring her that he has no problem working for her for a change. However, at the first meeting they have with the scriptwriters, Frasier makes many suggestions and Roz dismisses them all. This leads to an argument, in which she accuses him of being overbearing and he quits the program. The atmosphere between them is tense for a while afterwards, with neither agreeing to apologize or back down. Then Roz announces that she has replaced Frasier with former astronaut John Glenn . Frasier is furious, but determined to prove that she was shutting him out deliberately. Meanwhile, Martin and Niles decide to build a kite together for the recently reinstated spring kite festival. They are extremely proud of their dragon, but Martin forbids Niles from testing it outdoors. Niles, however, cannot resist the temptation of the balcony.