TEXT: ACT ONE Scene One <unk> Frasier's Apartment Frasier is looking through the telescope. Niles fidgets beside him. Martin is reading the paper in his Armchair. Frasier: Oh my God... breathtaking. Niles: Well, don't be greedy! Your turn was over forty seconds ago! Frasier: All right, all right, Niles, all right. [steps away] It's the penthouse unit, fourth from the left. Niles: [looking] Oh, mama! Martin: You two know that what you're doing isn't right, don't you? Frasier: We're simply admiring a very rare Brancusi armchair, not a naked woman. Martin: That's what I'm talking about. Daphne comes in the front door, dressed for an evening out. Martin: Oh, hi, Daph. Daphne: Evening. Martin: You're home kind of early, aren't you? Daphne: A bit. Something... sort of happened. Martin: Oh, yeah? What? Daphne: Well, Joe and I were having dinner. Everything was nice as could be, and I said, "Don't you like your potato?" And he said, "No, I'm not hungry for potato just now." So I said, "Well, if you don't like your potato you're welcome to try my potato"<unk> Frasier: Daphne? Could we hasten to the post-potato portion of the dialogue? Daphne: Well, that's when he said it. He said we'd been "on-again, off-again" for too long without making anything permanent, so maybe it was best if we just broke up. Martin: Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. You're sure taking it well. Boy, if you'd have told me Joe would end up dumping you tonight, I'd have been<unk> Daphne: Oh, God. He dumped me! She bursts into tears. Martin: Somebody comfort her! Niles: Right! He moves to hug Daphne, obviously anxious for the opportunity. But Frasier gets there first.
SUMMARY:
Daphne breaks up with her boyfriend Joe. Niles decides to tell Daphne how he feels about her, but Frasier persuades him to wait for a day in order to consider it. The next day, Niles arrives at the apartment with a large bouquet of flowers, only to find that the previous night Daphne met a man called Rodney at a singles bar, whom she intends to go out with. Niles is despondent, but determined not to let it get him down, and asks Roz to take him to the same singles bar, where he meets a woman called Adelle. Rodney proves to be very similar in character to Niles, though neither Daphne nor Niles seem to realise it. Frasier and Niles later see him in Café Nervosa with Adelle.