TEXT: ACT ONE Scene One - Café Nervosa Frasier is seated at a table. Niles comes in. Niles: Hello, Frasier. Frasier: Oh, Niles! Niles: [to counter waiter] Double latte, full fat, chocolate shavings. Frasier: Ah, the self-pity special. Niles turns to Frasier's table and starts wiping down the other chair. Niles: I've had a hellish week. To top it all off, old Reggie Belknap, the president of our wine club, kicked the bucket. The man's body was not even properly chilled before the club jackals began angling to succeed him. You've never seen such vicious, cutthroat conniving! Frasier: Who's winning? Niles: Well, Maris, of course, but just barely. Matthew Pym tried to stage a coup! Fortunately, Maris has photos she took at his wedding - photos that clearly show the label on the champagne he served. Frasier: Domestic? Niles: Oh-ho-ho-ho, not just domestic. From... Connecticut. Niles sees Bebe Glaser enter the Café and hang up her coat. Niles: Oh dear, don't turn around. It's that dreadful woman who works for you. Frasier: Who? Niles: Um, uh... Lady MacBeth without the sincerity? Frasier: Oh! Oh, Bebe's here! Oh, yes. [stands and pulls up another chair] Now, listen Niles, I care for her just as little as you do, but she is a terrific agent, which is why I overlook the fact that she's pushy and obnoxious and the most appalling phony I've ever known. [turns around] Bebe, darling, how are you! Frasier and Bebe throw their arms open and kiss each other's cheeks. They sit at the table. Bebe: My poor wounded baby! I just heard what those misers you work for are trying to do to you! Well, don't you worry, they're not
SUMMARY:
When the station rejects Frasier's demand for a raise, he enlists his manipulative agent Bebe Glazer to help.