TEXT: ACT ONE Scene One - Apartment Daphne is eating breakfast at the table. The door opens and she hears two dogs barking at each other. Martin drags Eddie through the door. Martin: Come on in! Come on, it's all over! He won't mess with you! [closes door; to Eddie] Are you nuts? That was a Doberman! Daphne: Oh dear, what happened? Martin: Oh, get the first aid kit. Eddie got into a fight. We were on the elevator with that Doberman from upstairs. Eddie took a perfectly innocent sniff, and wham! Daphne brings the first aid kit from the powder room. Frasier enters. Frasier: Morning, all. What's all this? Daphne: Eddie was viciously attacked. Frasier: Oh. [then] Is that coffee cake I smell? Martin: Well, now that I look at it, it's just a scratch. But I probably should take him to the vet's anyway. Daphne: What are you doing up so early? Frasier: Oh, the new station manager's taking over today. She wanted to meet with all of us. Martin: "She?" Oh, working for a woman, huh? Frasier: Yes, why? Martin: Well, it's tough on guys, taking orders from a woman. We resent it! Frasier: That's absurd. If I had trouble taking orders from a woman, Frederick would never have been conceived! Doorbell. Daphne: My brothers couldn't stand taking orders from me. I was forever telling them, "Billy, clean your room," "Reginald, get your elbow out of the gravy," "Nigel, take that thing back to the hospital, the whole house is full of flies!" Frasier opens the door to Niles. Frasier: Morning, Niles. Niles: Hello, Frasier. Dad, Daphne. Uh, I can't stay, I just wanted to ask a favor. Dad, can I borrow your gun? Martin: Maris taking singing lessons again? Niles: No. Our home security system is down for repairs, and with no electric
SUMMARY:
New station manager at KACL Kate Costas (Mercedes Ruehl) has a reputation for being a fearsome perfectionist, and everyone at her last radio station was afraid of her. Frasier refuses her demands to change his show in various sensationalist ways (such as themed shows and giving priority to "juicier calls"). His show is moved to the graveyard shift as a result, spoiling his sleep patterns and making Roz bitterly resentful.