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* Sam suggests Frasier and Lilith take Carla to dinner with her son Ludlow. Frasier isn't sure.

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* The episode's cold open has Woody, still dating Kelly, deciding to ask Sam if he can borrow Sam's Corvette. Sam finds this so ridiculous he falls to the floor laughing.
* Carla laments that she's worried about how Ludlow, her youngest and nicest son, will turn out due to his pronounced intellectualism, figuring if she's not careful, he'll turn into "some doughboy wearing a sweater and smoking a pipe". Enter Frasier, looking ''exactly'' like that.
* Sam suggests Frasier and Lilith take Carla to dinner with her son Ludlow. Frasier isn't sure.



* In the episode's B-plot, Sam starts dating a young woman who is in to every kind of sport, despite being massively out of shape.

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* In the episode's B-plot, Sam starts dating a young woman who is in to every kind of sport, despite being massively out of shape. At the end of his rope, he asks Frasier for help, just as she appears. Sam tries breaking it off, and she admits she's glad... now she just wants to date a guy who's ''not'' into extreme sports, but would rather just sit around and enjoy a warm bath with her. Sam's "what the hell just happened?!" look to Frasier is the clincher.
-->'''Frasier:''' Gee, that's kind of ironic.
* Defeated, Sam declares he's going to go home and collapse into a nice warm bath... or a wheelchair. A few minutes later, it turns out he just collapsed right outside the door. No-one bothers to help him.

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* Steaming afterward, Woody wonders if there's some way, ''any'' way to get back at Tyrone. Enter Kelly, wanting to apologize. The two commiserate, Woody noticing she smells nice. Kelly leaves... and Woody once again wonders ''how'' he can get back at Tyrone.
* With Rebecca in a chipper mood thanks to some praise, Woody asks her for the day off so he can go ask Kelly out. Rebecca initially says yes, then hears what he said and goes ''charging'' across the bar to tackle him to the floor.

[[AC:714: I Kid You Not]]
* Sam suggests Frasier and Lilith take Carla to dinner with her son Ludlow. Frasier isn't sure.
-->'''Frasier:''' Carla is a fine woman and a dear friend. ... actually, she's neither and I don't want to have dinner with her.
* At dinner, Ludlow begins acting out over not wanting to eat fish, setting Frasier's shoes on fire, resulting in him yelling, and Lilith's deadpan.
-->'''Lilith:''' Darling, everyone thinks you're yelling at your clams.


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* Woody only recalls he has the clown underwear still on before leaving, and tells Carla to tell Frasier. Naturally, the minute he leaves, she starts cackling.




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* Meanwhile, Sam's subplot is he's torn between feelings for an old flame, and her now older daughter. At one point Sam tries remembering the mom from his many conquests, and is surprised the gang can recall them. Norm explains:
-->'''Norm:''' I think it meant more to us, Sam.
* In the end, Sam finds out that far from hitting on him, the daughter wants "Uncle Sam" to give her away at her wedding. Carla consoles him that they knew he wanted to do the ''wrong'' thing, "and that's what matters."




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* The pay-off to Frasier's subplot when Lilith shows up for lunch (they were going to have lunch together, but she forgot). As they're walking up to Melville's, Frasier tries the trick on her, and explains. Lilith has one question.
-->'''Lilith:''' What day is [the conference]?\\
'''Frasier:''' ... My god. ''(hurries out of the door)''


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* Carla's reaction to Margaret O'Kieffe, a mailworker who is every bit as nuts about the mail service as Cliff.
-->'''Carla:''' Dear God, there's ''two'' of ya?


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* Cliff, jubilant about things, kisses Norm on the neck.
-->'''Norm:''' Cliff... you kissed me on the neck. Everyone's just lining up to kiss me today.\\
''(Sam and Carla step back in horror)''
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* Woody uses his connections to get Norm a job working for the city council. Norm thinks this might be business as usual for him. He's wrong.
-->'''Norm:''' Hey, this kind of makes you my boss, huh?\\
'''Woody:''' Oh, yeah, in a way. But you know, deep down and above all and through everything else, we're friends.\\
'''Norm:''' Of course. No man had a better one.\\
'''Woody:''' I feel the same way.\\
'''Norm:''' Pals.\\
'''Woody:''' Compadres.\\
'''Norm:''' [[LazyBum I may be late tomorrow.]]\\
'''Woody:''' ''(tone turns harsh)'' I wouldn't recommend it, Peterson.
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* Frasier and Lilith trying to deal with an extremely pretentious interior decorator they've hired. After Lilith declares he's getting the heave-ho, Frasier takes it upon himself as the man of the house to do so, marches over... and tells the man "you're too good for us", and gives him six months of pay in advance.
-->'''Lilith:''' I hope he can recover from that tongue-lashing you gave him.
* The two then hit upon the idea of just doing it themselves. Several seconds pass as they are completely out of their depth.
-->'''Frasier:''' I take it back. We ''suck.''


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* The bar's running gag of the day is making jokes about how little brainpower Cliff has.


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[[AC:708: Jumpin' Jerks]]
* Sam, high on successfully parajumping, talking with Woody about his plans to get with Rebecca.
-->'''Sam:''' I'm thinking about sex.\\
'''Woody:''' I think you're taking this "male bonding" thing too far.
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[[AC:705: Those Lips, Those Ice]]
* Rebecca manages to get tickets to the big Patriots game. When Cliff tries asking her about how she got them, she makes it clear she's not giving him any. Not because she can't, she just doesn't want to.
* Cliff spreads gossip about Eddie cheating on Carla with Franzi, and is smug when it looks like he's right.
-->'''Cliff:''' Don't say I didn't tell you so.\\
''(Carla [[FoodSlap throws a beer over him]] and storms off)''\\
'''Frasier:''' You gotta hand it to her. She didn't say it.
* In order to determine who goes with Woody to the game, Norm challenges Fras and Cliff to a race. He technically wins, but is so exhausted he collapses on the stairs outside Cheers.
-->'''Man:''' I think he wants something.\\
''(Rebecca looks out the window to see Norm making a "drink" motion)''\\
'''Rebecca:''' [[NoSympathy We don't do take-out.]]
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[[AC:1116: Is There a Doctor in the Howe?]]
* Turns out Woody's a mean drunk.
-->'''Norm:''' Sometimes you get depressed, sometimes you get giddy.\\
'''Woody:''' So, Norm, when're you gonna get off your butt and get a job?\\
'''Norm:''' Sometimes you just get brutally honest.

[[AC:1117: The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife, and Her Lover]]
* As everyone's being held hostage by Dr. Pascal, Vera phones the bar, demanding to know where Norm is. His claims they're being held hostage don't fly, because he's used that one before.
* Then Paul shows up, mistakenly thinking they're having a party and demands to be let in.
* Carla's solution to the problem:
-->'''Carla:''' ''(to Lilith)'' Here's the plan; you go with him.\\
'''Lilith:''' Then what?\\
'''Carla:''' That's it.
* Dr. Pascal implores Lilith to return to the biosphere not just for his sake, but for "Dr. Jarworsky".
-->'''Frasier:''' There were three people in there?\\
'''Lilith:''' Dr. Jarworsky is his imaginary friend. Did I mention Dr. Pascal is insane?


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* Gus, the former owner of Cheers, returns. Sam introduces him to Woody, saying he bought the bar off him, which Woody naturally misinterprets.
-->'''Gus:''' You must be Coach's boy.\\
'''Sam:''' Good guess, but no.
* Norm walks back in, and without even registering anything different, asks Gus for a beer. ''Then'' he catches on.
* Talking about the Twi-lite drive-in theatre, Cliff remembers how his mom used to take him to see films like ''Herbie''. Norm stops to work out the math on that one, until Sam begs him not to. [[note]]since Cliff and John Ratzenberger share the same age, Cliff would've been twenty two when it came out.[[/note]]
* Frasier agrees to join the gang in going to the drive-in, and as they leave Norm tells him he has the important role of "[[PunkInTheTrunk Trunk Boy]]". Frasier doesn't get it.


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* The city's councillor stops into the bar on the election trail, and to Frasier's increasing aggravation can't say a single meaningful word.
-->'''Frasier:''' But he didn't ''say '''anything!'''''

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* Rebecca, now locked onto GoldDigger mode, tries pestering Mr. Stone to tell her the news he wanted to break to her in private. He tells her that they're giving the bar back to Sam, leaving her standing completely still, much to Sam's irritation since he'd been ready for a date, and he asks the guys to help carry the frozen Rebecca outside.
* After Cliff's latest piece of bull, Carla tells him he should write a book about everything he "knows". Cliff thinks she's joking... until she produces a pen and paper, and tells him to not come out the back room until he's written sixty thousand words. Cliff looks to the others, [[NoSympathy and gets nothing]], so in defeat he slouches off.



* Rebecca meets Mr. Stone at Melvin's, and after checking where she's sitting, asks the maitr'd for a seat in the ''other'' room.



* Carla imploring Sam not to provoke the wrath of God by citing how someone she knew swore off eating unhealthy, then had a burger. All his teeth fell out. She's worried what will happen to Sam if he breaks his vow of abstinence. After a moment's thought, so is he.
* Sam trying the old IHaveThisFriend routine on Father Barry, who sees through it pretty easily.
-->'''Father Barry:''' In all the years I've been a priest, I've never once met anyone's friend.




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* The episode ends with Rebecca needing a dress zipped up, and asking visibly ''trembling'' Sam to help. He can't manage it, and [[BrickJoke runs to the piano]], along with Frasier.
-->'''Frasier:''' Play that piano, Sam!

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[[AC:609: Pudd'n Head Boyd]]
* Frasier and Lilith plan to go on vacation, but as Frasier's exulting Lilith's beeper goes off. She marches off with it, vowing the only way Frasier will get it off her is via strip-search.
-->'''Frasier:''' The vacation has begun!
* At the episode's beginning, Rebecca is complaining about Woody's absence, until Sam shows her a bouquet he sent as an apology.
-->'''Rebecca:''' ''(reading)'' "I'm sorry I'm late, please dock my pay." Now ''this'' is the way to be late!
* In the episode's A-plot, Woody apparently entices a woman with his Mark Twain impression. Cliff, of all people, thinks this is weird. Norm points out [[MommasBoy something]], which Cliff doesn't take well.
-->'''Cliff:''' ''(rapidly)'' My ma's not old and she's never gonna die before I do so just shut it, okay?!
* Woody gets increasingly worried about Mary's evident interest in him. Norm takes a look at her and weighs in.
-->'''Norm:''' You could do worse...
* At the end, Woody tries to confess to Mary he's young. She reveals she knew this.
-->'''Mary:''' I'm not ''stupid.''




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* At the end of the episode, Rebecca plants a big one on Sam, who insists she must have felt something about him or she wouldn't have put so much effort in it. To prove him wrong, she immediately grabs Frasier and plants a kiss on him as he walks in the door, and leaves him sprawled on the table.
-->'''Sam:''' Frasier? ''(no response. Sam starts waving his hand over Frasier's face)'' ... Frasier?\\
''(Frasier [[HereWeGoAgain hiccups again]])''

[[AC:611: My Fair Clavin]]
* Rebecca manages to outwit Sam. Having been caught smoking after promising she'd sleep with him if she was, she acquires, but makes it clear she's totally unenthused about the whole thing, which puts Sam off so much he refuses to go along with it... just as Rebecca wanted.
-->'''Carla:''' So what happened?\\
'''Sam:''' She demanded I sleep with her and I said "no."\\
''(beat, as Sam realizes what he's just said and slaps himself in the head)''
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[[AC:608: Bidding on the Boys]]
* As a result of the bar bidding, Sam has inadvertently wound up on a date with Lilith, who has done so to spite Frasier. Sam tries reassuring Frasier that he'd never intentionally steal someone in another relationship. However...
-->'''Frasier:''' What about Diane?\\
'''Sam:''' ... and didn't God punish me for that one?\\
'''Frasier:''' Well, yes, but... ''jeez'', Sam.
* Lilith trying to seduce Sam, who is desperately trying not to succumb. Her dancing must be seen to be believed.
* Sam scolds Frasier and Lilith for looking ridiculous when he, thanks to Lilith, is currently ''sans'' pants and hasn't bothered putting them back on.
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** In the same vein, his depressed outbursts throughout the episode:
-->'''Frasier:''' Oh, who the hell do we think we're kidding? We're all a bunch of pathetic dropouts. Scorned by our loved ones, as if anybody ever loved us at all.
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* Frasier and Sam talking about channelling his frustration into piano playing, leading to Frasier saying a little too much.

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* Frasier and Sam talking about channelling channeling his frustration into piano playing, leading to Frasier saying a little too much.



'''Frasier:''' Well, what, I don't have a life?

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'''Frasier:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Well, what, I don't have a life?life?]]



* Kelly's jerkass boyfriend comes to Cheers, looking for a fight with Woody, who accepts. Everyone goes into the back room.

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* Kelly's jerkass {{Jerkass}} boyfriend comes to Cheers, looking for a fight with Woody, who accepts. Everyone goes into the back room.



-->'''Woody:''' Mrs Peterson did something like this to you?\\

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-->'''Woody:''' Mrs Mrs. Peterson did something like this to you?\\



'''Frasier:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' You know, ''[hangs up the phone]'' I think Lilith's mother owes us a favour, thanks anyway, Woody. ''[leaves; Woody waves goodbye]''\\

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'''Frasier:''' ''(slams his hand on the phone's switchhook)'' ''[{{Beat}}]'' You know, ''[hangs up the phone]'' I think Lilith's mother owes us a favour, thanks anyway, Woody. ''[leaves; Woody waves goodbye]''\\



-->'''Lilith:''' We're not saying we want to intimate right ''now''.\\

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-->'''Lilith:''' We're not saying we want to be intimate right ''now''.\\

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-->'''Rebecca:''' You're out of uniform.

[[AC:605: The Crane Mutiny]]
* Thanks to manipulation from Norm and Cliff, Frasier nearly breaks up with Lilith, even writing her a DearJohnLetter, until he realizes what he's done and hurries home. It initially seems he's prevented Lilith from seeing the letter... [[FoodSlap not so]].
-->'''Frasier:''' You've read the letter?\\
'''Lilith:''' Of course I have, you licentious ''quack!''
* It seems like Frasier manages to prevent Lilith hurtling anything valuable at him, but while he's running her a bath she sneaks off to Cheers and meets Rebecca, only to learn the woman has no idea who Fras even ''is''. As she's leaving, a panicked Frasier arrives, and Lilith decides to screw with his head by making him "break up" with Rebecca.

[[AC:606: Paint Your Office]]
* Norm reveals he can do interior decorating, which makes Cliff start taunting him. Rebecca offers to let him paint her office to pay off his monstrous tab, and Cliff objects; this would place him and Norm on different social strata and they'd have nothing to talk about.
-->'''Norm:''' Gloss or enamel?
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[[AC:821: Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh]]
* Having believed Gary's stole Tecumseh, the gang try to get back at him, only to realize Gary wasn't involved, and therefore shave their heads as "penance". Then they find out Sam has tried to duck out on this. His pleas are not terribly moving.
-->'''Sam:''' Guys, we're talking about my ''hair!'' ... without my hair, I'd just be one of you guys! I tried to do it, I swear to God, but man, I love my hair!

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