Frasier Season 4 Episode 6 Mixed Doubles
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00:00Oh, my God.
00:03Breathtaking.
00:04Don't be greedy. Your turn was over 40 seconds ago.
00:07All right, all right, all right.
00:09There, it's a penthouse unit.
00:11Second window from the right.
00:14Oh, Mama.
00:18You two know the way you do it isn't right, don't you?
00:21We're simply admiring a very rare Brancusi armchair, not a naked woman.
00:26That's what I'm talking about.
00:30Oh, hi, Dad.
00:33Oh, Debbie.
00:34You're home kind of early, aren't you?
00:36A bit. Something sort of happened.
00:40Oh, yeah? What?
00:41Well, you and I were having dinner.
00:44Everything was nice as could be, and I said,
00:47don't you like your potato?
00:49And he said, no, I'm not hungry for potato just now.
00:52So I said, well, if you don't like your potato,
00:55you're welcome to try my potato.
00:57Debbie, could we hasten to the post-potato portion of the dialogue?
01:04Well, that's when he said it.
01:06He said we'd been on again, off again for too long
01:10without making anything permanent.
01:12So maybe it was best if we just broke up.
01:15Oh, gosh, I'm sorry.
01:18You sure taken it well.
01:21Boy, if you'd have told me that Joe would end up dumping you tonight, I'd have better you.
01:25Oh, God, he dumped me!
01:28Somebody comfort her!
01:30Oh, this is so embarrassing!
01:39Oh, no, no, no, no, never mind about that.
01:42Expressing our feelings is always beneficial,
01:45even if it does come at the expense of our pride.
01:48And, uh, a very expensive, brand-new Italian subjection.
01:55You know, I don't seem to be doing much good here.
01:58Why don't you give it a try?
01:59Well, now, definitely.
02:03Sorry, you're better off without him.
02:05That guy was a bum.
02:06He was the best thing in my life!
02:09Oh, well, then, maybe you two just weren't meant for each other, you know?
02:13You're champagne and caviar sort of gal.
02:16He's a meat-and-potatoes guy.
02:20Potatoes!
02:22I'm messing up, too.
02:23I got it, Daphne.
02:25I'll get it!
02:31Hey, Daphne.
02:33Ross!
02:34Oh, my God, you got dumb!
02:41Did you make her answer the door?
02:43It's what she does!
02:46Oh, it's all right.
02:48Come on.
02:50I'm sorry about all this.
02:52It's all right.
02:53I guess I'm still at a point where I can't hear his name without crying.
02:57You hear that, everyone?
02:58No one mentions the name Joe.
03:00No!
03:00Brandy, now?
03:12Uh, yes, thank you.
03:15Fraser?
03:16Mm-hmm?
03:17I think I've just made an important decision.
03:20I'm going to tell Daphne how I feel about her.
03:22What?
03:23I'm going to tell her tonight.
03:25You're serious about this?
03:26I am dead serious.
03:28Maris and I are nowhere near reconciling.
03:31I know this is the right decision, because I'm completely calm about it.
03:35Look.
03:35Perhaps I'll take that brandy.
03:47Yes, all right.
03:49Now, I see, before you do something, this rash, perhaps you should consider it from all angles.
03:55I've spent three years considering Daphne from all angles.
03:57Yes.
04:01Just not sure if this is the right timing.
04:03No, no, if you're trying to rattle me, it's not going to work.
04:06I've been rehearsing this for months.
04:09Daphne?
04:10Something I need to talk to you about.
04:11It's a matter of...
04:13Daphne?
04:16For a long time now, I, uh, you and I, uh, we...
04:21Exactly how's the brandy getting here?
04:22By St. Bernard?
04:23Guys, I just think you should consider Daphne's state of mind.
04:34I mean, she's still reeling for her breakup with Joe.
04:37Listen, why don't you just give it one more day?
04:41A day?
04:42It's just a day.
04:43I mean, just one day.
04:44Please.
04:45I mean, you've waited this long.
04:47The other day won't make a difference.
04:52All right.
04:54Now, Daphne, if the jewelry wasn't that good and the sex wasn't that good,
04:59what have you really lost here?
05:01Dr. Ross weighs in with the Gabor approach to therapy.
05:13What were the Sonics thinking last night?
05:16If you're two for 15 from behind the arc,
05:18why do you still give it to your two guard
05:20instead of jamming it down to your big man in the pain?
05:24Eddie, I believe that question was directed at you.
05:26You know, if you took an interest in sports,
05:35I bet you'd end up enjoying it.
05:37It's got drama.
05:38It's got graceful stuff.
05:41Thank you, Dad, but frankly,
05:42I'm quite satisfied with the likes of Papparotti's Pagliacci.
05:46You have your big man in the pain.
05:47I have mine.
05:56No else.
05:59Frazier.
06:02Either your boutonniere is way over the top,
06:04or you're here to execute last night's plan.
06:08Look, I know I don't have your total support in this,
06:11but how shall I focus?
06:13You don't care?
06:15If you could work the phrase rat's ass into there,
06:17you'd have it.
06:17The fact is,
06:25I'm tired of being lonely,
06:27and it makes no sense going on being lonely
06:28when the woman I long for is unattached.
06:31Yes, well,
06:32as I said to you at the time,
06:33you tried to jump out of the treehouse with an umbrella.
06:37I suppose you know what you're doing.
06:41Hey, Niles.
06:42Hey, Dad.
06:46Hello.
06:47Oh, just a second, please.
06:49Dad, is Daphne in the room?
06:50Gee, I don't know.
06:52Daphne!
06:53Oh, Dad!
06:55For God's sake, I can yell!
06:59What do you hold, please?
07:02I've been waiting 30 years to do that.
07:08You're probably wondering what I'm doing with these flowers.
07:10I don't know that you mention it.
07:12Well, I'll tell you.
07:15They're for Daphne.
07:16I'm going to tell her how I feel about her.
07:20Oh, that's great, Niles.
07:22That's great?
07:24Well, yeah.
07:25You're single now.
07:26She's single.
07:27What's the problem?
07:32That's so funny.
07:34What is?
07:36That's just not the reaction I expected.
07:38I thought you'd say something more Dad-like, you know, like, uh...
07:41You're out of your mind?
07:46She's never going to go for it in a million years.
07:49Stop it.
07:49Stop it.
07:50Someday you'll look back on this as the stupidest, most idiotic...
07:54I said stop it.
07:58Morning, Dr. Craig.
07:59Oh, hello, Daphne.
08:00Oh, don't you look nice.
08:02Oh, hello.
08:05Hello?
08:07Yes, Rodney.
08:09I'm so glad you called.
08:11Well, yes, I enjoyed meeting you, too.
08:15Uh-huh.
08:17Well, that would be lovely.
08:19I'll see you around four, then.
08:21Bye.
08:22Rodney.
08:24Rodney.
08:25Yes.
08:26You won't believe this.
08:28Last night, Roz insisted on taking me to this bar she calls the Shaw Thing.
08:33How flattering.
08:34They've named a bar after her.
08:41Well, she said whenever she takes a friend there, they always end up meeting someone.
08:47Well, I wasn't there ten minutes when she spun my bar stool around, and I was face-to-face
08:52with this nice-looking man.
08:53Rodney?
08:54Right.
08:56I suppose it's a bit soon for me to be seeing anyone else, but if I wait, he might not be
09:01available when I'm ready.
09:03Timing is everything.
09:06I can't wait to tell Roz.
09:11Give it a day, Niles.
09:13I believe that was your brilliant advice.
09:14I'm sorry, Niles.
09:17I really am.
09:19I don't know what to say.
09:20Too bad you didn't have that problem last night.
09:23I don't want to get you down.
09:26I'm not going to.
09:28I still have a fallback position.
09:30I'm going to call Roz and have her take me to that bar tonight.
09:35Niles.
09:36Really?
09:37A singles bar?
09:40Please.
09:41I'm not thinking clearly.
09:42It's not exactly your arena, is it?
09:45Listen, why don't you just give it a day and think it'll...
09:49Here, let me dial that for you.
09:50No.
09:51Well, I'm here.
10:08I forgot to gargle.
10:10I'm wearing mismatched socks, and I'm so nervous I could wet myself.
10:12Well, at least we have your opening line down.
10:20You're going to have to be patient with me, Roz.
10:22This isn't exactly my milieu.
10:24Okay, let's make that lesson number one.
10:27If you're going to use words like milieu, you might as well show up here with a sore on your lip and a couple of kids.
10:33Point well taken.
10:40Will you sit down and relax?
10:43You're going to be fine.
10:45Just a few little rules you need to know.
10:47First, when you introduce yourself, be as casual as possible.
10:53Second, you cannot say enough nice things about her hair.
10:57I know that sounds shallow, but it really works.
11:00And third, hang on her every word.
11:04Be fascinated.
11:05Now go.
11:09What do you mean go?
11:10It's time.
11:11I'm not ready.
11:12Oh.
11:14I've run a lot of little babies in the water, and they've all come up swimming.
11:18Now go.
11:18No, no, I can possibly not yet.
11:20I have...
11:22Hello.
11:24Hello.
11:26Hope I'm not bothering you.
11:28No, not at all.
11:30I'm Adele.
11:32Niles.
11:34So, Adele.
11:35Is that one L or two?
11:39Two.
11:41Really?
11:58You're wasting your time.
12:00No, I'm not.
12:02You're not going to win.
12:03It's time we learned what it's like to be stared at all the time.
12:09Bring it on, buster.
12:11You've got nothing.
12:13You can't touch me.
12:15I'm...
12:16It's like his eyes turned into sorcerers' pinwheels and started spinning.
12:23It's...
12:24Just shake hands and say good fight.
12:29Oh, hi.
12:35How are you doing, Niles?
12:36Come on in.
12:37Yep.
12:37This is Adele Childs, my father, Martin.
12:40Nice to meet you.
12:41And my brother, Frazier.
12:43Nice to finally meet you.
12:45Nice to meet you, too.
12:46Are you all right?
12:47Your eyes look funny.
12:48Oh, I'm fine.
12:49I'm fine.
12:49Oh, oh, listen.
12:50Here are your tickets.
12:54Say, have you got time for a coffee before you go?
12:57That'd be nice.
12:58Splendid.
12:59Give me a chance to debut my Limoges coffee set.
13:02A series of six unique cups, each one representing a different wife of Henry VIII.
13:10My antique dealer just found an Anne of Cleves to complete the set.
13:18He loves to rub it in.
13:21I'm still looking for a Wilma to complete my juice glass set.
13:28I'll lend you a hand.
13:30Excuse me.
13:32So, what do you think?
13:35She seems very nice.
13:37She's fabulous.
13:39I know it's only been three dates, but I feel as though I've been rescued.
13:44I no longer have to worry about becoming one of those pitiful losers,
13:47embittered by a failed marriage,
13:50leading a lonely, pathetic life of fulfillment and good times.
13:59Shouldn't you make the beeping noise when you back up like that?
14:02Well, coffee will be ready in a moment.
14:06So, what were you two whispering about?
14:08Uh, nothing.
14:10Just how whenever you think you have your life figured out,
14:14something unexpected happens.
14:16Sorry, forgot my keys.
14:21Hello, all.
14:22Oh, everyone, this is Rodney Banks.
14:28Dr. Niles Cree?
14:30How do you do?
14:31The pleasure is mine.
14:32I don't know.
14:33I don't know.
14:34I don't know.
14:35I don't know.
14:36I don't know.
14:37I don't know.
14:38I don't know.
14:39I don't know.
14:40I don't know.
14:41I don't know.
14:42I don't know.
14:43Flu season.
14:44Can't be too careful.
14:45Oh, this is Dr. Frasier Cree and his father, Martin.
14:49Good to see you.
14:50How are you?
14:51Welcome.
14:52And, uh...
14:53Uh, this is Adele Childs.
14:54Oh, hello.
14:55Hello.
14:56Well, we've just had the most wonderful day at the marina.
14:59Oh, you got a boat?
15:01Actually, no.
15:02I have an inner ear curvature that makes me prone to motion sickness.
15:06But there's a charming bistro there that serves the most exquisite...
15:17Not me.
15:18Not me.
15:19Hello.
15:20Oh, I can't talk now, Duke.
15:23I'm in the Twilight Zone.
15:31Do you like a coffee?
15:32Oh, yes.
15:33That would be lovely.
15:34I'll give you a hand, Frasier.
15:35What the hell was that?
15:36I think maybe we should put a little red mark on the reel, Niles, so we can tell him apart.
15:52Niles must be going nuts.
15:53Can I lend you a hand?
15:54Oh, no, that's fine, Niles.
15:55Oh, but wait, wait, wait a minute.
15:56Um, so what do you think of Rodney?
15:57A bit of a pretentious fop, wouldn't you say?
15:58He doesn't remind you of anyone?
15:59Remind me of anyone?
16:00I'm so sorry, but about my coffee.
16:01I neglected to mention that I like my milk steamed, but just a dollop of foam, such as
16:07might give the effect of a cumulus cloud reflected in a still pond.
16:12Oh, no, that's fine, Niles.
16:13Oh, but wait, wait a minute.
16:14Um, so what do you think of Rodney?
16:15A bit of a pretentious fop, wouldn't you say?
16:16He doesn't remind you of anyone?
16:17Remind me of anyone?
16:18So sorry, but about my coffee.
16:20I neglected to mention that I like my milk steamed, but just a dollop of foam, such as might
16:25give the effect of a cumulus cloud reflected in a still pond.
16:30Consider it done.
16:39I want to kill myself.
16:45Come on, Niles, it's funny.
16:47No, it's not remotely funny.
16:50Frasier talked me out of approaching Daphne on the same night she fell for that man.
16:55You can't possibly be mad at me.
16:57No, no, Frasier.
16:59I'm grateful.
17:00Come here.
17:01Let me show you how grateful I am.
17:03Niles, calm down!
17:05Isn't Rodney just great?
17:07Oh, yeah, nice girl, lovely man.
17:09You know, I think it was the moment I broke up with Joe and I heard a voice say,
17:13Daphne, it's time you went for a completely new type of man.
17:18You're a dead man!
17:21I'm sure of our guests their coffee.
17:24Here we are, coffee.
17:26Milk's on its way, Niles is still steamy.
17:33Nothing on earth smells quite so heavenly as a freshly brewed cup of coffee.
17:39Well, perhaps one thing does.
17:43Stop that!
17:45He loves to smell my hair.
17:56Anne Boleyn.
17:57Catherine of Aragon.
17:59Oh, for heaven's sake, Niles.
18:12You don't take my calls.
18:14You ignore me.
18:16God's sake, it's the behavior of a pouting adolescent.
18:20Are you quite finished now?
18:25You put gum on my chair, didn't you?
18:30Yep.
18:34Niles, listen, I am terribly sorry if I steered you wrong.
18:41Just think about it, Niles.
18:44You do have a wonderful new woman in your life now, don't you?
18:50Yes, I suppose I do.
18:53And Adele does make you very happy, doesn't she?
18:58Yes.
18:59Yes, she does.
19:00Well then, if you've ever taken any of my advice before, take this.
19:05Adele could very well be the path to your happiness.
19:10But let's just say I'm wrong.
19:19But you're not wrong.
19:21Well, Adele is a wonderful, affectionate woman.
19:25She's clearly drawn to a man of my type.
19:30Just thinking about her lifts my spirits.
19:33Frasier?
19:36Niles, a hug.
19:38Look.
19:44I don't believe it.
19:46The betrayal.
19:48No one treats Daphne like that.
19:50Niles!
19:54Whatever you do, do not engage him in a physical fight.
19:57The whole thing would just look too weird.
20:03Hello, Adele.
20:10Oh, no.
20:12I know this may look a tad incriminating, but the truth is...
20:15Oh, spare me, you ludicrous Puppinjay.
20:21I know exactly what's going on.
20:22I saw the whole thing from my table.
20:24I was gonna call you.
20:26You see, Rodney and I...
20:31I'm sorry.
20:33So am I, Adele.
20:34But I'm mostly sorry for Daphne.
20:37How do you intend to handle that small matter?
20:40I was planning on telling her this evening at Granville's.
20:43We're meeting for drinks.
20:45Granville's.
20:47Why don't you do her a favor?
20:49Let me tell her.
20:50Might be better coming from a friend.
20:53Yes, sir.
20:54Perhaps you're right.
20:56Please tell her that I'm sorry.
20:57Sometimes when a man meets the woman that he's meant to be with, there's nothing he can do to resist it.
21:05I hope Daphne understands that.
21:07I hope she understands it, too.
21:17Rodney?
21:19Is that the hell?
21:24You know, there's just one thing I'd like to ask you, Rodney.
21:29Do you have an older brother?
21:32As a matter of fact, I do.
21:34He's always been the pride of the family.
21:37Handsome, successful, brilliant.
21:40I've always been rather jealous of him.
21:45Spooky.
22:00Evening, Daphne.
22:02Hello, Dr. Crane.
22:04You don't seem surprised to see me.
22:06I was running late, so I called Rodney on his cell phone.
22:11He told me everything.
22:13Oh.
22:15I'm sorry.
22:17I'm sorry for you, too.
22:19Join me in a little sorrow drowning?
22:22I believe I will.
22:24One more of these, please.
22:31Well, you know, I can't really blame Adele.
22:39Rodney's that sort of man that women seem to go for.
22:44Yes, he is.
22:47Well, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you.
22:51No, you didn't.
22:53I guess I'm just more in the mood to hear about his negative qualities right now.
22:58Oh, well.
23:00It's kind of a know-it-all.
23:02Bit fussy.
23:04I'll have everything just so.
23:06He's nuts about cleanliness.
23:08Then there's his clothes, his precious shoes.
23:10I don't like this road we're on.
23:13I mean, wouldn't it be better if we discussed what's in our future?
23:23I suppose.
23:25I'll tell you one thing.
23:27After the run I've had lately, I pity the next man I date.
23:31I'd probably rip him to shreds.
23:35What about the man after that?
23:40Men can be such an unfeeling lot.
23:44Look at Rodney.
23:46The minute he heard I'd just broken up with someone, he moved right in for the kill.
23:51Is that how all men are?
23:53No, not all men.
23:56No, of course they aren't.
23:59You're not.
24:01You're kind, sensitive.
24:04If you asked me, you were too good for that, Adele.
24:09Thank you, Daphne.
24:12Now the truth is, my heart was never really in that relationship.
24:20I thought it might not be.
24:23There was someone else who was too much on my mind.
24:28I had a feeling, Dr. Crane.
24:31You did?
24:33Yes.
24:35As long as you still have feelings for your wife, you know you can't be involved with anyone else.
24:40And it makes sense to me.
24:41Well, I know I'd never get involved with a man who was separated.
24:50Even if he'd worshipped you from the day he laid eyes on you?
24:53I don't think that's not just how they put it, too.
24:54I think I need to do a bit of separating myself from Joe, I mean.
25:06Yes, I'll wait a good long time before I do any more dating.
25:12Well, I'm glad to hear that.
25:15You know, it's funny when you think about it.
25:20The two of us both coming to this same singles bar this week.
25:25You know, this was the very stool I was on when I met Rodney.
25:29I was sitting here when I met Adele.
25:35What?
25:37Oh, I was just thinking.
25:39If it had been a different time in both our lives, we might actually have met.
25:45How do you suppose that would have gone?
25:47What, our conversation?
25:49Yes, go on, just for fun.
25:51We could both use a smile.
25:54Well, I would have said, is this seat taken?
25:59And you would have said, no.
26:02And you would have said, my name is Daphne.
26:05And I would have said, my name is Niles.
26:09And then I would have said, what are you doing for the rest of your life?
26:15Oh, you always know just the right thing to say.
26:22Oh, I love you, Dr. Crane.
26:28I love you too, Daphne.
26:29Hey, baby, I hear the blues are calling.
26:42Tossed salads and scrambled eggs.
26:46Oh, my.
26:48And maybe I seem a bit confused.
26:50Well, maybe.
26:51But I got you pegged.
26:53Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
26:56But I don't know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs.
27:03They're calling again.
27:06Good night, Seattle. We love you.
27:08We love you.