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Recap / Frasier S 10 E 13 Lilith Needs A Favor

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Lilith visits Frasier to ask a rather perplexing favor from him. Niles thinks that Daphne unintentionally sent her a picture of her private parts.


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  • Bookends: The episode opens with Lilith speaking to the man sitting next to her on her flight to Seattle. The final scene shows her on the flight back to Boston where she's coincidentally sat next to the same man.
  • But Not Too White: Lilith and Albert (played by Brent Spiner) bond over jokes they've heard about how pale they both are.
    Flight Attendant: Oh dear, you two look awfully pale. Can I bring you anything?
    Lilith: Not unless you have any extra melanin lying around.
  • Car Ride Games: Alice tries to play "Punch Buggy" and keeps hitting Daphne's mother who doesn't immediately catch on. Once Roz explains it, Gertrude decides to "Play the Jeeps and Fords" which is really an excuse to smack Roz a few times.
  • Chosen Conception Partner: The titular "favor": Lilith wants to have another baby and asks Frasier to donate sperm. She has no interest in them getting back together, she chose to approach Frasier first so the child would be a full sibling to Freddie. Frasier realises that she's just feeling anxious about Freddie growing up and talks her out of the idea.
  • Home Porn Movie: Of the photographic variety. Niles thinks that Daphne left him an intimate picture of herself. Turns out it was actually a picture Martin took of his own chest, having dropped the camera while trying to get a shot of Eddie.
  • Potty Emergency: Roz has to ask Daphne to pull over at another rest stop because she's had "thirsty-two ounces" of soda and can't hold it in any more.
  • Road Trip Plot: Daphne, her mother, Roz and Alice are going on a trip to "Canadian Fun Country". They're already arguing and have had to stop multiple times before they even make it out of Seattle.
  • Ship Tease: During the final scene, Lilith and Albert discover they're sitting together on the flight back to Boston. Lilith looks intrigued when he reveals he's a physicist with high standards for lab cleanliness.
  • Tangled Family Tree: Martin delivers a rather convoluted set of details about how the Crane family would be like if he (Martin) decided to donate his sperm for Lilith to have another child.
    Martin: Can you imagine? Lilith's and my kid would be brother to you and Niles and Freddie. And if you and Lilith got back together, you'd be his step-father and his brother and Niles would be your son and his own uncle. It's almost worth doing just so that I can tell the story.

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