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Recap / Frasier S 01 E 20 Fortysomething

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Due to his anxiety about his age, Frasier accidentally asks out a young saleswoman.


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  • Age-Gap Romance: Frasier, who is 41, ends up pursuing Carrie, who is 22.
  • Balloon Belly: Frasier gets indignant when Martin implies that he has one of these after suggesting that he get a pair of elastic pants.
  • Compensating for Something: Carrie things Bulldog is doing this.
  • Gaslighting: Roz begins doing this to Frasier when his absent-minded tendencies show up.
  • Noodle Incident: Apparently, Daphne has had some experiences that made her think before inquiring about a person's age.
  • Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: After being needled by Roz one-times-too-many, Frasier ups and leaves his booth…then immediately returns since his show is still on the air for another period of time.
  • "Shaggy Dog" Story: It turns out, Carrie was only interested in Frasier due to some unresolved, misplaced feeling about her estranged Frasier and would have found actually going out with Frasier to be too awkward, which spoils Frasier's resolve to actually ask out Carrie.
  • Special Guest: Reba McEntire guest stars as one of Frasier's callers.
  • The Tag: Daphne is folding the laundry with Eddie staring at her and she is ignoring him every step of the way.

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