TEXT: Skyline: Christmas lights on the Space Needle. ACT ONE Scene One - Café Nervosa Frasier and Roz are seated at a table. Martin comes in with Eddie. Martin: Hi, guys. Frasier: Oh hey, Dad. A waiter brings a cup for Roz and a plate of complimentary cookies. Waiter: Cappuccino to go. Holiday cookies, anyone? Frasier: Oh yes, I believe I will, thank you. Frasier and Roz each take one. Martin reaches for the plate, then pulls back. Martin: Oh, not for me. Roz: Watching your weight? Martin: Yeah, and it's killing me. But the other night, Ronee made a comment about my "bowl full of jelly." Roz: Well, everyone puts on a few this time of year. Frasier: Everyone doesn't sit around reading the newspaper, actually slurping from a bowl full of jelly. Roz: Well, you look great to me, Martin. Martin: Thanks. Roz: Merry Christmas. Roz picks up her coffee and a shopping bag and leaves. Martin: Oh, Eddie and I must have walked about three miles. I'm sweating like a pig. As he moves to take Roz's chair, Frasier hooks it with his foot and pulls it in. Martin: What the hell are you doing? Frasier: I am saving that seat for someone who may not wish to have it bedewed with pig sweat. Natalie, a young woman of dark and exotic beauty, enters. Natalie: [sultry French accent] Frasier? Frasier: Oh, Natalie! Natalie: Hello. Frasier: [shaking her hand] Hi. Frasier: This is my father, Martin Crane. Uh, Natalie Blanc of the Seattle Tourism Board. She wants me to do a promo for her. [to her] He was just leaving. Natalie: Oh, that little dog is adorable. Frasier: Yes, and he's smart as a chimp too! Off you go! He shoots Martin a meaningful look. Martin takes the hint and goes to the counter. Frasier:
SUMMARY:
It is Christmas . Frasier has been asked to act in a commercial for the Seattle Tourist Board, and is more than a little interested in Natalie who is arranging it. He meets her in Café Nervosa, but she also meets Martin and Eddie, and seeing how cute Eddie is, decides that he should be in the video as well - much to Frasier's chagrin . He hopes the arrival of his son Frederick will cheer him up, but when he sees he is now a goth , complete with new goth girlfriend Andi, and wants to spend all his time with her, Frasier is left a little shocked and somewhat downhearted. Niles sees Frederick's goth choice as a phase and typical of a teenage rebellion , prompting a discussion of what everyone did to rebel as a teenager, with Martin pointing out that Niles had never rebelled (even though in season 1 it is stated he was arrested for mooning president Nixon). This leads Niles to take some drastic action: he is "going to get high on reefer !". Frasier questions where he is going to get hold of some - answered when Roz delivers Niles a " pot brownie ". Niles' car alarm goes off at that point, and neither Frasier or Roz can stay so Roz gives the brownies to Martin who is just arriving in the Café. He tries to stop himself eating them, as he is trying to cut down on junk food , but can't help himself. Of course, he does not know they are laced with cannabis, but having eaten it, buys a normal one to make sure Niles doesn't know he has eaten the one destined for him. Niles, therefore, is none the wiser and eats his normal brownie still under the impression he will get high, while Frasier cannot believe his eyes when he finally sees the advert for the Seattle Tourist board - they have made Eddie the star with Frasier narrating what Eddie is saying. Undaunted, he leaves to go out on a date with Natalie after Niles arrives "high" on his pot brownie. Martin arrives soon after, and Niles believes that the crazy way his father begins acting is just the pot kicking in. It takes a sober Frasier to point out that it's their father that is high, claiming to Martin "You're stoned off your ass!", which leaves Niles somewhat deflated until his brother points out that he did get their cop father high. Meanwhile, Frasier is a bit depressed as his date (Natalie) left him midway through the date to meet another man. Freddie also experiences the same thing and the similarity in incidents help father and son to bond again.