TEXT: Skyline: A helicopter rises above the skyline. ACT ONE Scene One - Frasier's Apartment - Morning Daphne is setting the table for breakfast. Martin comes out. Martin: Hey, Daphne! You seen Eddie? Daphne: No, I haven't. Martin: It just doesn't feel right to start the day without him licking me awake. Daphne: Well, don't look at me. Frasier comes in the front door with Eddie. Frasier: Morning, all. Daphne, I got treats! Martin: What the hell are you doing with him? Frasier: We went for a walk. Martin: I'm talking to Eddie. Frasier: When I saw what a beautiful day it was, I headed for the park. Of course, the only people in the park at this hour of the morning without dogs are winos and that guy in the harem pants that washes his hair in the fountain. He says hello, by the way. Daphne: It is sort of nice out, isn't it? Frasier: Sort of nice? My God, haven't you people noticed this? It's incredible! Dad, you should feel this. It's eighty degrees outside and it's the middle of February! Daphne: Oh, it is beautiful, and in the middle of such a terrible winter. Oh, I love nature's little aberrations: warm days in winter, four leaf clovers, Australians... Frasier: Yes, it is glorious. It defies you not to take a moment to acknowledge the power that created it. Martin: [out the window] Thank you, global warming! Hey Frasier, think your guy down at the liquor store could send a bottle of Scotch to my buddy Jimmy in Montana? Frasier: Sure, Dad. What's the occasion? Martin: Today's his sixteenth birthday. Frasier: Oh well, you'll want to throw in a hooker too, won't you? Martin: No, don't you get it? It's February 29th. Frasier: Hmm. Martin: It's a leap year. Frasier: Right
SUMMARY:
It is February 29, Leap Year Day , and Frasier is encouraging everyone to do something different: he commends a trip to a friend's birthday party in Montana to his father, and a new haircut to Daphne. He himself decides to sing a challenging aria ("Ella mi fu rapita; Parmi veder le lagrime") from Verdi 's Rigoletto at the PBS Pledge Drive that evening, instead of the traditional Buttons and Bows . Niles is planning a reunion with Maris. Everyone's attempts to do new things meet with failure.