1 00:00:02,050 --> 00:00:04,052 [THEME MUSIC PLAYING] 2 00:00:11,310 --> 00:00:14,772 Oh, I got your message about the wine club Friday night, and, yes, I will be there. 3 00:00:14,856 --> 00:00:15,690 Oh, good. 4 00:00:15,774 --> 00:00:17,317 Dad's kicking me out of the house that night 5 00:00:17,401 --> 00:00:19,451 so he and Sherry can have a little party. 6 00:00:19,861 --> 00:00:24,158 Oh, you know, life really is a circle, isn't it? 7 00:00:25,285 --> 00:00:27,870 I'm letting Dad use my place for his friends to get together, 8 00:00:27,954 --> 00:00:29,538 and just a few years ago, 9 00:00:29,622 --> 00:00:32,459 it would have been Dad who'd have to leave his house for my parties. 10 00:00:32,543 --> 00:00:36,593 Yes. If you'd had any parties when we were young, that would be filled with irony. 11 00:00:40,218 --> 00:00:42,220 -Oh, thank goodness you're here! -Oh, Daphne. 12 00:00:42,304 --> 00:00:44,805 -I've got some rather shocking news. -What is it? 13 00:00:44,889 --> 00:00:47,935 I found a ring in your father's underwear drawer. 14 00:00:48,019 --> 00:00:51,981 What on earth would leave a ring around his underwear drawer? 15 00:00:58,030 --> 00:01:02,158 Not around, in. An engagement ring in a jewelry box. 16 00:01:02,242 --> 00:01:03,368 An engagement ring. 17 00:01:03,452 --> 00:01:05,704 Dad must be about to ask Sherry to marry him. 18 00:01:05,788 --> 00:01:07,790 -Do you know what that means? -Yes, we're going to hear 19 00:01:07,874 --> 00:01:10,724 what Mendelssohn's Wedding March sounds like on the banjo. 20 00:01:12,921 --> 00:01:16,049 It means she's going to be our mother. What are we going to do? 21 00:01:16,133 --> 00:01:19,636 Well, there's nothing we can do, Niles. It's what Dad wants. 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,806 But, but, what'll we even call her? 23 00:01:21,890 --> 00:01:24,340 Well, I suppose she'll want us to call her Mother. 24 00:01:24,643 --> 00:01:25,977 No, no, that's too formal. 25 00:01:26,061 --> 00:01:29,272 No, Mama. No, Ma. 26 00:01:29,356 --> 00:01:32,109 Oh, better still. "Don't you look nice, Ma." 27 00:01:32,193 --> 00:01:35,446 -FRASIER: Mm. -"Yes, I'd love another corn dog, Ma." 28 00:01:37,448 --> 00:01:39,743 "Off to the roller derby, Ma?" 29 00:01:41,662 --> 00:01:43,413 That's typical of you two. 30 00:01:43,497 --> 00:01:45,456 Your father is about to get married, 31 00:01:45,540 --> 00:01:48,252 and all you can think about is how it will affect you. 32 00:01:48,336 --> 00:01:49,712 What about me? 33 00:01:50,672 --> 00:01:51,630 What about you? 34 00:01:51,714 --> 00:01:54,008 Sherry's never exactly liked me. 35 00:01:54,092 --> 00:01:57,012 You don't think she'll try to make your father get rid of me, do you? 36 00:01:57,096 --> 00:02:00,307 Oh, no, Daphne, of course not. He'd be lost without you. 37 00:02:00,391 --> 00:02:04,353 Yes, and even if by some chance that were to happen, Daphne, I could always use you. 38 00:02:04,437 --> 00:02:09,150 I mean, I mean that I, I would know of, of a position you could take that… 39 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:13,572 Services that you could perform… 40 00:02:14,782 --> 00:02:16,283 I would know of an opening. 41 00:02:18,911 --> 00:02:19,829 This is on me. 42 00:02:24,126 --> 00:02:26,210 Marty, you need to stir the dip more. 43 00:02:26,294 --> 00:02:28,255 It's got whole lumps of soup mix in it. 44 00:02:28,922 --> 00:02:30,258 MARTIN: Sorry. 45 00:02:32,135 --> 00:02:35,054 My, my, my. [CHUCKLES] Quite the little shindig 46 00:02:35,138 --> 00:02:37,038 you two are planning for tonight, huh? 47 00:02:38,015 --> 00:02:40,686 You have the cheese logs… 48 00:02:43,230 --> 00:02:45,065 …erotic fortune cookies. 49 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:48,987 For after dinner a Bloopers tape… 50 00:02:50,530 --> 00:02:52,574 "Too Hot for Hee-Haw." 51 00:02:55,828 --> 00:02:59,122 I see that Martha Stewart party book I gave you really paid off. 52 00:02:59,206 --> 00:03:02,292 Oh, this old crowd, they wouldn't go for that frou-frou stuff. 53 00:03:02,376 --> 00:03:06,172 Get 'em liquored up, put out some corn nuts, and they can go all night. 54 00:03:06,256 --> 00:03:08,966 -When you say all night… -Here ya go, smooth as silk. 55 00:03:09,050 --> 00:03:10,718 -SHERRY: Mwah. Thank you. -MARTIN: Mm. 56 00:03:10,802 --> 00:03:13,138 Who's going to be attending this soirée? 57 00:03:13,222 --> 00:03:15,891 Oh, just some old friends I'm dying for Marty to meet. 58 00:03:15,975 --> 00:03:18,769 Now let's see, there's Ray and Lola Sherwood. 59 00:03:18,853 --> 00:03:22,353 I worked with them in Atlantic City when they had a knife-throwing act. 60 00:03:24,276 --> 00:03:26,444 Oh, now, Marty, try not to stare at her eye. 61 00:03:26,528 --> 00:03:28,071 She gets self-conscious. 62 00:03:30,825 --> 00:03:32,076 And let's see… 63 00:03:33,661 --> 00:03:36,580 Oh, and Edie's coming with her new fiancé. 64 00:03:36,664 --> 00:03:39,502 -Oh, she finally met him, huh? -Hmm. Just this week. 65 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:44,256 They're engaged, and they just met this weekend? 66 00:03:44,340 --> 00:03:48,219 Well, you see, up until now, it's been kind of a pen pal relationship. 67 00:03:48,303 --> 00:03:51,056 He's been detained the last few years. 68 00:03:53,099 --> 00:03:55,894 Well, you know, you're going to need some room for those corn nuts. 69 00:03:55,978 --> 00:03:59,357 Why don't I just get this pesky priceless sculpture out of your way? 70 00:04:01,025 --> 00:04:02,985 Marty, I never heard back from Vic and Linda. 71 00:04:03,069 --> 00:04:04,863 -Did you get a message? -No. 72 00:04:04,947 --> 00:04:07,199 Well, gee, maybe they left one on my machine. 73 00:04:08,867 --> 00:04:10,667 So, what are you guys up to tonight? 74 00:04:12,204 --> 00:04:13,081 Um… 75 00:04:15,875 --> 00:04:19,295 Our wine club is having a vertical tasting of the Opus One. 76 00:04:19,379 --> 00:04:21,130 Oh, well, don't drink too much. 77 00:04:21,214 --> 00:04:23,884 Oh, [CHUCKLES] it's not like that, Dad. You don't actually drink the wine. 78 00:04:23,968 --> 00:04:25,886 You just swish it around and spit it out. 79 00:04:25,970 --> 00:04:28,472 We all did that at Duke's New Year's Eve party. 80 00:04:30,267 --> 00:04:32,435 'Course it wasn't wine, it was egg salad. 81 00:04:36,106 --> 00:04:37,315 You know, that is so weird. 82 00:04:37,399 --> 00:04:39,401 I just got a message from my manager down at McGinty's. 83 00:04:39,485 --> 00:04:41,695 Some guy came in asking a lot of questions about me. 84 00:04:41,779 --> 00:04:44,865 -What kind of questions? -Well, like where I used to work, 85 00:04:44,949 --> 00:04:47,660 the people I used to date, and the weirdest part is 86 00:04:47,744 --> 00:04:50,538 my neighbor told me somebody came around asking her about me, too. 87 00:04:50,622 --> 00:04:52,373 Sounds like somebody's checking up on you. 88 00:04:52,457 --> 00:04:53,583 You mean like a detective? 89 00:04:53,667 --> 00:04:56,045 Oh, no, it's probably a credit card company or something like that. 90 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,213 I wouldn't worry about it. 91 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,006 Well, still, it is a little scary. 92 00:04:59,090 --> 00:05:01,842 -I wish I knew who it was. -Oh, forget it, honey. 93 00:05:01,926 --> 00:05:06,473 I've been through this before. Private investigators never leave a trail. 94 00:05:06,557 --> 00:05:08,850 -Really, it could be anyone. -If you say so. 95 00:05:08,934 --> 00:05:10,352 Which one of you hired him? 96 00:05:12,187 --> 00:05:14,023 -That is just crazy! -Come on. 97 00:05:14,107 --> 00:05:16,275 Who else would have the money to do somethin' like that? 98 00:05:16,359 --> 00:05:18,069 I have no idea. We had nothing to do with it. 99 00:05:18,153 --> 00:05:20,488 Do you really think that we would hire someone to spy on Sherry? 100 00:05:20,572 --> 00:05:22,699 -My God, I'm insulted! -As am I. 101 00:05:22,783 --> 00:05:24,868 Well, all right. 102 00:05:24,952 --> 00:05:26,787 Maybe I was jumping to the wrong conclusion. 103 00:05:26,871 --> 00:05:28,163 You most certainly have. 104 00:05:28,247 --> 00:05:30,083 MARTIN: Well, I'm sorry, boys. 105 00:05:30,167 --> 00:05:32,417 -It's all right, Dad. -Just forget about it. 106 00:05:33,378 --> 00:05:35,713 You hired a detective? How could you? 107 00:05:35,797 --> 00:05:38,759 -I have never been so insulted! Oh! -Niles… 108 00:05:38,843 --> 00:05:42,346 Okay, I'm sorry. I'm just, I'm just looking out for Dad here. 109 00:05:42,430 --> 00:05:43,889 What do we really know about this woman? 110 00:05:43,973 --> 00:05:46,725 She makes Dad happy. That's all we need to know. 111 00:05:46,809 --> 00:05:49,396 Is it? Some people do get married before they know all they should. 112 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:50,856 Remember Cousin Donald? 113 00:05:50,940 --> 00:05:53,692 He was married two years before he found out his wife used to be a man. 114 00:05:53,776 --> 00:05:54,860 Yes, well… 115 00:05:55,904 --> 00:05:57,697 Cousin Donald is a very rare case. 116 00:05:57,781 --> 00:06:00,575 First, most people don't have a hidden past. 117 00:06:00,659 --> 00:06:03,744 And, second, most people have a better eye for details than Cousin Donald. 118 00:06:03,828 --> 00:06:07,128 For God's sake, the woman could pick up a watermelon with one hand. 119 00:06:10,878 --> 00:06:14,382 I was just simply trying to get some background information. 120 00:06:14,466 --> 00:06:16,760 Well, stop it. 121 00:06:18,178 --> 00:06:19,971 -Call it off right now, Niles. -Consider it done. 122 00:06:20,055 --> 00:06:22,057 -All right. -We've gotta run. 123 00:06:22,141 --> 00:06:23,058 Yeah, yeah. 124 00:06:23,142 --> 00:06:25,019 -FRASIER: Goodbye. -MARTIN: Bye, boys. 125 00:06:25,103 --> 00:06:27,354 Have a nice time, you two. We'll save you some cake. 126 00:06:27,438 --> 00:06:30,400 Thank you. You see that, how sweet she is? 127 00:06:30,484 --> 00:06:33,111 My God, I can't believe you're actually having that woman investigated. 128 00:06:33,195 --> 00:06:35,445 You know, try having a little trust in people. 129 00:06:41,413 --> 00:06:43,289 Quick, is someone following me? 130 00:06:43,373 --> 00:06:45,625 Oh, yes, here comes Lady Law now. 131 00:06:46,334 --> 00:06:50,297 Excuse me, Ma'am, I saw you cross against the light. 132 00:06:50,381 --> 00:06:54,176 -I'm gonna have to write you a ticket. -Oh, I'm really sorry about that. 133 00:06:54,260 --> 00:06:57,347 It's just that it's so cold out there, and the pollution, 134 00:06:57,431 --> 00:07:00,516 and I just didn't want to expose my unborn child 135 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,894 to the elements any longer than I needed to. 136 00:07:03,311 --> 00:07:04,688 You're pregnant. 137 00:07:04,772 --> 00:07:07,608 Well, I know a little bit about that myself. 138 00:07:07,692 --> 00:07:10,611 Well, then you know exactly what I'm talking about. 139 00:07:10,695 --> 00:07:13,532 Society doesn't go easy on pregnant ladies, does it? 140 00:07:14,783 --> 00:07:15,784 So when are you due? 141 00:07:17,244 --> 00:07:18,996 I'm not pregnant. 142 00:07:23,418 --> 00:07:25,170 That's Roz Doyle. 143 00:07:26,004 --> 00:07:28,923 -Do you want to step over here, please? -R-O-Z… 144 00:07:31,510 --> 00:07:33,387 -Hello, Niles. -Oh, hello, Frasier. 145 00:07:33,471 --> 00:07:35,389 -May I borrow your pen? -Certainly. 146 00:07:36,015 --> 00:07:36,849 How do you do? 147 00:07:38,225 --> 00:07:39,894 I appreciate all your hard work, 148 00:07:39,978 --> 00:07:43,648 and I am sorry to have to break off the investigation in the middle. 149 00:07:43,732 --> 00:07:46,484 INVESTIGATOR: That's all right. People change their minds all the time. 150 00:07:46,568 --> 00:07:47,653 I'm sure they do. 151 00:07:48,529 --> 00:07:50,698 -There you are. -Thank you. Goodbye. 152 00:07:53,534 --> 00:07:55,536 There, now don't you feel better? 153 00:07:55,620 --> 00:07:56,788 I suppose so. 154 00:07:56,872 --> 00:07:58,972 You have to admit I was right on this one. 155 00:07:59,625 --> 00:08:03,837 You had absolutely no justification for giving in to your baser instincts 156 00:08:03,921 --> 00:08:05,840 and prying into Sherry's past. 157 00:08:06,841 --> 00:08:10,344 I almost forgot. I wrote up a little report on what I found out so far. 158 00:08:10,428 --> 00:08:12,013 That's one interesting lady. 159 00:08:19,605 --> 00:08:22,025 Well, I should've just told him to drop that in the trash. 160 00:08:22,109 --> 00:08:24,694 After all, we're concerned with Dad's happiness. 161 00:08:24,778 --> 00:08:29,950 Sometimes, Frasier, you are like a beacon, piercing the fog of my baser instincts. 162 00:08:30,034 --> 00:08:31,660 Excuse me, Miss, would you just drop that in… 163 00:08:31,744 --> 00:08:32,620 Give me that! 164 00:08:34,622 --> 00:08:36,040 You've proven your point. 165 00:08:37,041 --> 00:08:38,460 I hate myself for what I'm doing. 166 00:08:38,544 --> 00:08:40,644 Frasier, we're doing it for Dad's own good. 167 00:08:41,547 --> 00:08:44,466 Well, so far, so good. 168 00:08:44,550 --> 00:08:46,885 -Mm-hm. -Graduated from high school. 169 00:08:49,264 --> 00:08:50,765 Almost paid off her Subaru. 170 00:08:52,642 --> 00:08:54,393 Did you know she'd been married? 171 00:08:54,477 --> 00:08:57,106 Yes, she mentioned that. Uh, to Johnny Dempsey. 172 00:08:58,274 --> 00:09:03,195 There were two others: Ned Foley, Marc Wallace. 173 00:09:03,279 --> 00:09:06,658 Well, that's a bit troubling. Three previous marriages? 174 00:09:07,742 --> 00:09:09,119 Vincent Mayhew, 175 00:09:10,704 --> 00:09:12,664 Milton Mandell… 176 00:09:15,334 --> 00:09:17,044 -…Walt… -Just give me the total. 177 00:09:17,128 --> 00:09:19,046 Six. That we know of. 178 00:09:19,130 --> 00:09:22,730 God, you had to go and fire that detective before he finished his report! 179 00:09:23,093 --> 00:09:26,429 -Six husbands. -Yes. 180 00:09:26,513 --> 00:09:29,433 She's obviously incapable of remaining in a relationship. 181 00:09:30,393 --> 00:09:32,394 That doesn't bode well for the marriage, does it? 182 00:09:32,478 --> 00:09:36,128 On the upside, it does bode well for Dad getting a "yes" when he proposes. 183 00:09:37,901 --> 00:09:39,694 Look, he has a right to know about this. 184 00:09:39,778 --> 00:09:42,364 Yes, but we've already told him we weren't involved in the investigation. 185 00:09:42,448 --> 00:09:43,949 We can't just tell him now we were lying. 186 00:09:44,033 --> 00:09:45,742 Maybe there's some way to impart the information 187 00:09:45,826 --> 00:09:47,620 without explaining how we came by it. 188 00:09:47,704 --> 00:09:49,789 Just sort of drop it casually in the conversation. 189 00:09:49,873 --> 00:09:51,624 And how would that go? "Oh, Dad, 190 00:09:51,708 --> 00:09:55,212 you going to the Sherry Ex-Husband Convention this year?" Please. 191 00:09:57,048 --> 00:09:59,258 Besides that, you know, Dad may know everything already. 192 00:09:59,342 --> 00:10:01,510 Well, I think we need to find that out. 193 00:10:01,594 --> 00:10:04,764 How would we feel if we let Dad marry this woman, and in a year's time, 194 00:10:04,848 --> 00:10:06,808 he's tossed aside like Danny Mitchell? 195 00:10:06,892 --> 00:10:07,767 Who's that? 196 00:10:07,851 --> 00:10:09,770 Page five. Engaged, but never married. 197 00:10:15,401 --> 00:10:16,360 MARTIN: Hey, boys. 198 00:10:16,444 --> 00:10:17,778 -Hey, Dad. -Oh, Dad, hi. 199 00:10:17,862 --> 00:10:19,738 Daph, what do you think about this jacket? 200 00:10:19,822 --> 00:10:22,784 I don't know, it's just, something just doesn't quite feel right. 201 00:10:22,868 --> 00:10:25,018 -I think it's nice. Yes. -MARTIN: Really? 202 00:10:25,246 --> 00:10:26,163 FRASIER: You know, Dad, 203 00:10:26,247 --> 00:10:28,456 I was talking with a lady today down at the cafe. 204 00:10:28,540 --> 00:10:31,335 I happened to mention that I had been married twice before. 205 00:10:31,419 --> 00:10:36,257 Oh, a look clouded over her face as if I had confessed to some unspeakable sin. 206 00:10:36,341 --> 00:10:38,802 Hmm. Makes you wonder what people go through 207 00:10:38,886 --> 00:10:41,013 who've been married even more times than that. 208 00:10:41,097 --> 00:10:43,432 -Quite a taboo they face. -Oh, I don't know. It's so… 209 00:10:43,516 --> 00:10:44,850 [SHUSHES] 210 00:10:44,934 --> 00:10:49,105 You know, Dad, I think it all hearkens back to the puritanical streak 211 00:10:49,189 --> 00:10:52,233 that still runs through this country. What do you think? 212 00:10:52,317 --> 00:10:55,655 There's a yakkety-yak streak that runs through this family. 213 00:10:57,991 --> 00:10:59,742 Maybe it's the shirt. You like this shirt? 214 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:01,452 Yes, it's nice. 215 00:11:01,536 --> 00:11:04,247 Might make a good topic to discuss on my show, Niles. 216 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:08,084 You know, the hurdles that are faced by people with multiple marriages. 217 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:10,962 Of course, the hard part would be rounding up enough people 218 00:11:11,046 --> 00:11:13,716 who've been married a significant number of times. 219 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,885 -Do you know anyone? -No, I don't. 220 00:11:15,969 --> 00:11:18,269 -You know Mrs. Kranz upstairs… -BOTH: Shh! 221 00:11:20,056 --> 00:11:22,956 -How about you, Dad? -Oh, yeah, sure, I know some people. 222 00:11:23,561 --> 00:11:26,104 -Really, you do? -Well, I think. 223 00:11:26,188 --> 00:11:28,190 -You think? -Well, maybe I do, maybe I don't. 224 00:11:28,274 --> 00:11:31,737 Who cares? God, I hate this shirt. I gotta go change this shirt. 225 00:11:34,156 --> 00:11:37,506 -Well, that was fruitless. -I'll tell you one thing I'm sure of… 226 00:11:39,412 --> 00:11:40,246 Yes? 227 00:11:41,414 --> 00:11:43,958 Oh, I'm allowed to talk now, am I? 228 00:11:46,961 --> 00:11:48,922 I've never seen your father so nervous. 229 00:11:49,006 --> 00:11:50,340 He's meeting Sherry at McGinty's, 230 00:11:50,424 --> 00:11:52,724 and I'll bet he's planning to pop the question. 231 00:11:53,302 --> 00:11:55,554 That's it, Frasier, we're just gonna tell him what we found out. 232 00:11:55,638 --> 00:11:57,390 But we still don't know what he knows. 233 00:11:57,474 --> 00:11:59,850 Don't you think if she had told him she'd been married six times 234 00:11:59,934 --> 00:12:01,018 that he would remember? 235 00:12:01,102 --> 00:12:01,936 Who, Sherry? 236 00:12:02,020 --> 00:12:04,273 You know, maybe this shirt isn't so bad. 237 00:12:04,357 --> 00:12:07,693 Uh, especially with this new jacket. What do you think of this new jacket? 238 00:12:07,777 --> 00:12:09,027 -DAPHNE: I think it's nice. -Yeah? 239 00:12:09,111 --> 00:12:10,738 Sherry's been married six times? 240 00:12:11,822 --> 00:12:13,492 Who told you that? 241 00:12:14,451 --> 00:12:15,744 They did. 242 00:12:21,501 --> 00:12:22,918 What's this all about? 243 00:12:23,002 --> 00:12:25,296 I'd love to see that first shirt with the second jacket. 244 00:12:25,380 --> 00:12:26,672 Oh, come on. 245 00:12:27,673 --> 00:12:30,552 You got this from the investigator. You did hire him, didn't ya? 246 00:12:30,636 --> 00:12:32,679 All right, I guess there's no use in denying it. 247 00:12:32,763 --> 00:12:35,223 Yes, yes, we did hire him. 248 00:12:35,307 --> 00:12:38,894 Although the word "we" is not entirely accurate. 249 00:12:38,978 --> 00:12:41,578 -Frasier, I am shocked that… -Oh, shut up, Niles! 250 00:12:44,609 --> 00:12:48,280 Look, Dad, we were just concerned about you. 251 00:12:48,364 --> 00:12:50,741 We know about the engagement ring. 252 00:12:50,825 --> 00:12:52,659 My ring? Which one of you went through my drawers? 253 00:12:52,743 --> 00:12:54,328 Pointing fingers won't do us any good. 254 00:12:54,412 --> 00:12:57,212 -What the hell is the matter with you two? -She did it! 255 00:13:00,919 --> 00:13:04,769 Well, it's nice to know there isn't a single person in this house I can trust. 256 00:13:05,049 --> 00:13:08,199 Sherry told me about her marriages the first week of our dating. 257 00:13:08,594 --> 00:13:10,637 I didn't tell you because it's none of your damn business, 258 00:13:10,721 --> 00:13:14,100 just like it's none of your damn business who I marry or who I don't marry. 259 00:13:14,184 --> 00:13:17,020 I don't know why I'm even wasting my time talking to you. 260 00:13:18,230 --> 00:13:21,317 You see what I get for confiding in you two blabbermouths. 261 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:24,320 The next time I find something interesting in your father's underwear drawer, 262 00:13:24,404 --> 00:13:25,655 I'm just gonna sit on it. 263 00:13:34,331 --> 00:13:38,377 -Well, this evening is an entire disaster. -Mm. 264 00:13:39,171 --> 00:13:41,631 All right, I'm already late for dinner with Maris. 265 00:13:42,424 --> 00:13:44,467 I just don't know how this could've happened. 266 00:13:44,551 --> 00:13:45,385 Yes. 267 00:13:46,386 --> 00:13:49,431 Who'd have guessed that something so innocent as spying on a man's girlfriend 268 00:13:49,515 --> 00:13:52,185 and riffling his underwear drawer could turn so ugly? 269 00:13:54,479 --> 00:13:56,029 Well, there is one consolation. 270 00:13:56,857 --> 00:13:59,692 We told Dad the truth and we were able to bear his anger. 271 00:13:59,776 --> 00:14:01,903 That's the nice thing about our relationship. 272 00:14:01,987 --> 00:14:02,863 We're all adults. 273 00:14:04,282 --> 00:14:07,576 We can talk things through. We're not afraid of confrontation. 274 00:14:07,660 --> 00:14:10,460 Stop stalling, Niles. Dad must be on the elevator by now. 275 00:14:13,167 --> 00:14:14,918 Look what I found in your father's jacket. 276 00:14:15,002 --> 00:14:16,503 Well, I do not want to know about it. 277 00:14:16,587 --> 00:14:19,637 He forgot the ring. This is going to be embarrassing for him. 278 00:14:20,633 --> 00:14:24,721 -I suppose I could take it down to him. -No, no, Daphne, I should do that. 279 00:14:25,555 --> 00:14:27,306 It'll give me an excellent opportunity to show him 280 00:14:27,390 --> 00:14:30,102 just how happy I am that he's marrying Sherry. 281 00:14:30,186 --> 00:14:32,146 -That would be very nice. -Yes. 282 00:14:32,230 --> 00:14:36,108 You know, I just can't figure out why he would propose in a place like McGinty's. 283 00:14:36,192 --> 00:14:38,862 It seems like such a, a shabby setting. 284 00:14:38,946 --> 00:14:41,782 Well, I guess maybe he was just trying to match the ring. 285 00:14:44,368 --> 00:14:46,370 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 286 00:14:47,288 --> 00:14:50,750 So I told her that you and I would take a trip up there this spring. 287 00:14:52,043 --> 00:14:55,004 -Well, you like my sister, right? -Yeah, sure. 288 00:14:55,088 --> 00:14:56,631 Oh, now, come on, Martin. 289 00:14:56,715 --> 00:14:59,301 You can't hold one little embarrassing moment against her. 290 00:14:59,385 --> 00:15:02,388 -She didn't know you were in there. -[LAUGHS] 291 00:15:02,930 --> 00:15:05,725 No, no, I don't. No, I like your sister. 292 00:15:06,393 --> 00:15:09,770 Well, then what is wrong with you? You're being so quiet. 293 00:15:09,854 --> 00:15:11,397 I got somethin' on my mind. 294 00:15:11,481 --> 00:15:12,942 Well, what is it? 295 00:15:14,860 --> 00:15:17,071 I've been thinkin' a lot about us, and… 296 00:15:19,824 --> 00:15:21,158 Where do you see us going? 297 00:15:21,994 --> 00:15:23,995 Well, gee, I don't know. 298 00:15:24,079 --> 00:15:26,414 I mean, I, I'm havin' fun the way things are. 299 00:15:26,498 --> 00:15:29,417 You have your life, I have mine. No pressure. 300 00:15:29,501 --> 00:15:31,712 Yeah, that's what I thought you'd say. 301 00:15:31,796 --> 00:15:33,881 Is there something wrong with that, just having fun? 302 00:15:33,965 --> 00:15:38,011 No. It's… we've been just having fun for a long time now. 303 00:15:39,597 --> 00:15:41,056 Let me ask you something. 304 00:15:41,890 --> 00:15:43,434 Where do you see us in a year? 305 00:15:44,476 --> 00:15:45,602 Five years? 306 00:15:45,686 --> 00:15:47,105 Oh, gee. 307 00:15:48,940 --> 00:15:52,402 I don't know. I try not to look too far ahead. 308 00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:55,953 Well, I guess that's the difference between us. 309 00:15:56,824 --> 00:15:59,452 Because I can't stop thinkin' that far ahead. 310 00:16:03,164 --> 00:16:06,126 But, you know, I've come to realize, Sherry, that… 311 00:16:07,252 --> 00:16:09,046 I want to get married again. 312 00:16:10,255 --> 00:16:13,843 And, you know, that's not anything that you're interested in. 313 00:16:14,719 --> 00:16:17,555 Well, can… can you blame me? 314 00:16:17,639 --> 00:16:19,932 I mean, Marty, you know my track record. 315 00:16:20,016 --> 00:16:23,603 I've been down that road a lot of times. 316 00:16:23,687 --> 00:16:28,316 I mean, um, I've learned the hard way. 317 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,236 I'm not looking for forever. 318 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:31,404 Well… 319 00:16:33,865 --> 00:16:34,783 I am. 320 00:16:36,076 --> 00:16:38,496 So you're, you're breaking up with me? 321 00:16:40,456 --> 00:16:43,417 We're just looking for different things, Sherry. I'm sorry. 322 00:16:44,502 --> 00:16:45,461 [SIGHS] 323 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:49,132 God, it's hot in here. 324 00:16:49,216 --> 00:16:50,342 Yeah. 325 00:16:53,303 --> 00:16:54,179 Oh. 326 00:16:54,888 --> 00:16:56,933 [SHERRY, MARTIN TALKING INDISTINCTLY] 327 00:16:58,559 --> 00:17:01,395 Oh, Dad, Dad, fancy seeing you here. 328 00:17:01,479 --> 00:17:04,065 -Can I speak with you for a second? -Will you get out of here? Please. 329 00:17:04,149 --> 00:17:07,110 Dad, listen, I've got something with me here that I think you might like to have 330 00:17:07,194 --> 00:17:08,945 before you tell Sherry what you want to tell her. 331 00:17:09,029 --> 00:17:10,906 Oh, he's already told me. 332 00:17:12,324 --> 00:17:13,326 He has? 333 00:17:14,452 --> 00:17:16,662 Well, that is just wonderful. 334 00:17:16,746 --> 00:17:18,372 And may I say, it's about time. 335 00:17:18,456 --> 00:17:20,708 I… I couldn't be happier for you. 336 00:17:20,792 --> 00:17:22,836 -Well, that's nice to know. -Frasier! 337 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,214 Well, Dad, I'd like you to know everybody is 100% behind this decision. 338 00:17:26,298 --> 00:17:28,342 -My God, we're all so excited! -Frasier! 339 00:17:28,426 --> 00:17:32,764 Well, I'm so glad that you're so happy your father is breaking up with me. 340 00:17:33,974 --> 00:17:34,975 Breaking up? 341 00:17:40,398 --> 00:17:41,482 I had no idea. 342 00:17:42,483 --> 00:17:46,033 And you get paid to help people through their difficult moments in life? 343 00:17:52,995 --> 00:17:55,121 It isn't easy saying goodbye, is it? 344 00:17:55,205 --> 00:17:56,207 No. 345 00:17:57,125 --> 00:17:59,335 It doesn't get any easier either. 346 00:17:59,419 --> 00:18:00,545 I should know. 347 00:18:01,921 --> 00:18:05,842 Listen, Marty, this is, um, heh, usually the time people say, 348 00:18:05,926 --> 00:18:07,177 "Well, let's be friends." 349 00:18:07,261 --> 00:18:13,351 And then, oh, there's a phone call or two, but they never see each other again. 350 00:18:14,728 --> 00:18:19,524 Well, I just want you to know that I am around for you 351 00:18:19,608 --> 00:18:24,030 if you ever get lonely or you just need to talk. 352 00:18:28,743 --> 00:18:30,704 -Thanks. -Mm. 353 00:18:32,790 --> 00:18:35,792 Oh, and when you call, if a man answers, hang up. 354 00:18:35,876 --> 00:18:37,169 [BOTH CHUCKLE] 355 00:18:40,799 --> 00:18:42,801 [TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY] 356 00:18:57,025 --> 00:18:57,859 Hi, Dad. 357 00:18:59,694 --> 00:19:01,894 Obviously I came down here to bring you this. 358 00:19:04,242 --> 00:19:07,495 Obviously I made another colossal blunder in a week full of them. 359 00:19:09,914 --> 00:19:11,457 Look, I'm really sorry, Dad. 360 00:19:14,419 --> 00:19:16,769 I guess you don't really feel like talkin', huh? 361 00:19:17,965 --> 00:19:20,509 Frasier, sometimes I just feel like… 362 00:19:21,678 --> 00:19:24,138 Sitting and watching a game, all right? 363 00:19:25,181 --> 00:19:26,266 Fine. 364 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:29,227 I can do that. Yeah. Sure. 365 00:19:31,814 --> 00:19:35,901 Well, so, the, uh, Sonics and, uh… 366 00:19:35,985 --> 00:19:37,570 Bulls. Huh. 367 00:19:38,446 --> 00:19:40,991 That Jordan, he's really somethin', huh? Yeah. 368 00:19:42,826 --> 00:19:45,579 The way he scores those points… 369 00:19:47,790 --> 00:19:50,290 …and gets the ball back when the other team misses. 370 00:19:52,128 --> 00:19:53,587 Wow, well, that's incredible! 371 00:19:53,671 --> 00:19:56,021 He made the same impossible shot twice in a row. 372 00:19:56,675 --> 00:19:57,968 It's the instant replay. 373 00:20:04,183 --> 00:20:06,394 I was carrying this thing around for a month. 374 00:20:07,478 --> 00:20:09,439 -Really? -Yeah. 375 00:20:11,608 --> 00:20:13,944 But at the end of every night, I just… 376 00:20:16,155 --> 00:20:17,948 I just couldn't pop the question. 377 00:20:20,534 --> 00:20:23,872 And then I realized it was because I knew what the answer would be. 378 00:20:25,457 --> 00:20:27,375 She didn't want to get married again. 379 00:20:29,544 --> 00:20:32,005 -I'm sorry, Dad. -Oh, it's all right. 380 00:20:32,089 --> 00:20:34,675 Maybe it wouldn't have worked out between us anyway. 381 00:20:36,886 --> 00:20:38,555 Your mom's a hard act to follow. 382 00:20:41,224 --> 00:20:43,685 I never went through anything like this with her. 383 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,690 We knew we were meant to be together. 384 00:20:49,108 --> 00:20:50,234 And that was that. 385 00:20:52,904 --> 00:20:54,864 It's hard to find that out there. 386 00:20:56,325 --> 00:20:57,868 I've been trying for a while. 387 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:02,289 You'll get there. 388 00:21:06,044 --> 00:21:07,045 Hope we both do. 389 00:21:09,422 --> 00:21:11,007 You know, Dad, in time… 390 00:21:12,969 --> 00:21:14,971 [TV ANNOUNCERS TALKING INDISTINCTLY] 391 00:21:18,182 --> 00:21:21,143 Oh, that was quite a shot! 392 00:21:21,770 --> 00:21:23,397 Payton's been pretty hot lately. 393 00:21:23,981 --> 00:21:26,733 -What's the score here anyway? -Sonics are only down by five. 394 00:21:26,817 --> 00:21:28,651 They've still got a chance if they can hold Jordan. 395 00:21:28,735 --> 00:21:30,779 -Can I get a beer here, please? -Yeah, make that two. 396 00:21:30,863 --> 00:21:31,990 [GLASSES CLINKING] 397 00:21:39,915 --> 00:21:40,999 [THEME MUSIC PLAYING] 398 00:21:41,083 --> 00:21:43,001 ♪ Hey, baby I hear the blues a-callin' ♪ 399 00:21:43,085 --> 00:21:46,158 ♪ Tossed salad and scrambled eggs 400 00:21:46,242 --> 00:21:47,757 Quite stylish. 401 00:21:47,841 --> 00:21:50,551 ♪ And maybe I seem a bit confused ♪ 402 00:21:50,635 --> 00:21:52,762 ♪ Yeah, maybe, but I got you pegged ♪ 403 00:21:52,846 --> 00:21:55,014 Ha, ha, ha, ha! 404 00:21:55,098 --> 00:21:56,454 ♪ But I don't know what to do ♪ 405 00:21:56,538 --> 00:21:59,937 ♪ With those tossed salads and scrambled eggs ♪ 406 00:22:01,022 --> 00:22:03,774 ♪ They're callin' again ♪ 407 00:22:03,858 --> 00:22:06,486 Frasier has left the building.