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* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] during the ColdOpen when Lilith (a Behaviorist who follows the works of Gestalt) takes a swipe at Frasier's Freudian approach to a caller's over-eating problem. She goes on to suggest the problem is a case of negative reinforcement that can be solved with behavioral modification techniques.
-->'''Lilith:''' Congratulations Frasier, you've led another unsuspecting innocent down one of your dark, dead-end Freudian hallways.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Martin claims he prefers Maris over Lilith because Lilith is apparently weirder. As the show goes on, it's made clear that Maris is far, ''far'' weirder than Lilith could ever hope to be.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Martin claims he prefers Maris over Lilith because Lilith is apparently weirder. As the show goes on, it's made clear that Maris is far, ''far'' weirder than Lilith could ever hope to be.be, even during her "new-age Earth Mother" phase she had when she was pregnant with Fredrick.
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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: After learning when the letter was written, Lilith excuses herself and tries to leave with some dignity only for the straps of her purse to get caught in the door. She spends a few seconds futilely trying to pull it through the gap before ringing the doorbell and sheepishly thanking Frasier when he opens the door.

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Lilith comes to Seattle after finding a lost letter of reconciliation from Frasier and tries to rekindle their relationship.
Original airdate, February 3, 1994.

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Lilith comes to Seattle after finding a lost letter of reconciliation from Frasier and tries to rekindle their relationship.
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* {{Troll}}: Roz suggests Frasier invite Lilith to dinner on air, which Frasier can't turn down without looking like a jackass. Roz is safe because she's union, and Frasier can't fire her.

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* {{Troll}}: Roz suggests Frasier invite Lilith to dinner on air, which Frasier can't turn down without looking like a jackass.
* UltimateJobSecurity: After suggesting he and Lilith go to dinner Frasier scrawls out a sign telling
Roz is safe because she's union, and Frasier can't fire her.fired. Roz holds up one of her own saying "I'm union".
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* DeathGlare: Frasier shoots one at Roz when she suggests over the air that Frasier invite Lilith to his place for dinner.

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* BackhandedApology: Lilith's apology to chortling at Maris's wedding vows are mostly just saying she will apologise for Niles being insecure and in need of validation. Which, fortunately, he is.
* CrazyPrepared: When Frasier writes a sign saying "you're fired" to Roz, she immediately picks one up declaring "I'm union".
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Martin claims he prefers Maris over Lilith because Lilith is apparently weirder. As the show goes on, it's made clear that Maris is far, ''far'' weirder than Lilith could ever hope to be.



* NewOldFlame: Lilith returns hoping to reconcile with Frasier.

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* NewOldFlame: ObnoxiousInlaws: Martin and Niles both dislike Lilith. In Martin's case, it's just curmudgeonly dislike. In Niles's, it's because Lilith returns hoping guffawed at Maris's wedding vows (although given they sound ridiculously glurge-y, it's hard to reconcile with Frasier.blame her) and has never apologised.
* PokeInTheThirdEye: Daphne at least tries to be civil to Lilith, but her mere presence in Seattle is giving Daphne a raging headache, which she figures might well kill her before the weekend is out. The minute Lilith leaves, it clears up.
* SarcasmBlind: Niles takes Lilith's BackhandedApology at face value, hugs her and forgives several years of bad blood, much to Lilith's confusion.
-->'''Frasier:''' He [[AwfulWeddedLife doesn't get that kind of validation at home, you see.]]


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* {{Troll}}: Roz suggests Frasier invite Lilith to dinner on air, which Frasier can't turn down without looking like a jackass. Roz is safe because she's union, and Frasier can't fire her.
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* AccidentalPublicConfession: Frasier admits that he and Lilith made a mistake being intimate in the hotel together just as Lilith corrects him that the mistake she meant was the eggs she ordered for breakfast.


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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: As Frasier blurts out how big a mistake his and Lilith's night together was, Lilith tells him that she meant the hotel made a mistake with her breakfast. Causing Frasier to backtrack himself.


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* ImAManICantHelpIt: Lilith and Frasier lampshade this trope as to why he acted so impulsively with his ex.
* KickTheDog: Frasier comparing his spending the night with Lilith to being "Devil's advocate". In front of her no less.
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* TooSoon: In the morning, Lilith looks at the breakfast and says "This was a mistake," which Frasier takes as an admission about their relationship and quickly recites his own litany of reasons why they should not reconcile. When Lilith says she was talking about the breakfast, Frasier immediately backtracks.
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* FearsBeingAlone: Lilith confesses to being terrified living as a single divorced mother alone.

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* FearsBeingAlone: HatesBeingAlone: Lilith confesses to being terrified living as a single divorced mother alone.

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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Frasier written one in a letter addressed to Lilith hoping for a reconciliation. However, the letter was written nearly a year prior to Frasier moving to Seattle.

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Frasier written one in a letter addressed to Lilith hoping for a reconciliation. However, the letter was written nearly a year prior to Frasier moving to Seattle.Seattle.
** Frasier and Lilith say one to each other as they embrace in the hotel.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Frasier thinks this as he awakens the morning after sleeping with Lilith.



* TooSoon: In the morning, Lilith looks at the breakfast and says "This was a mistake," which Frasier takes as an admission about their relationship and quickly recites his own litany of reasons why they should not reconcile. When Lilith says she was talking about the breakfast, Frasier immediately backtracks.

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* TooSoon: In the morning, Lilith looks at the breakfast and says "This was a mistake," which Frasier takes as an admission about their relationship and quickly recites his own litany of reasons why they should not reconcile. When Lilith says she was talking about the breakfast, Frasier immediately backtracks.backtracks.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Frasier and his ex Lilith. Until they arrive at the hotel she's staying at.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Frasier written one in a letter addressed to Lilith hoping for a reconciliation. However, the letter was written nearly a year prior to Frasier moving to Seattle.
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* TooSoon: In the morning, Lilith looks at the breakfast and says "This was a mistake," which Frasier takes as an admission about their relationship and quickly recites his own litany of reasons why they should not reconcile.

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* TooSoon: In the morning, Lilith looks at the breakfast and says "This was a mistake," which Frasier takes as an admission about their relationship and quickly recites his own litany of reasons why they should not reconcile. When Lilith says she was talking about the breakfast, Frasier immediately backtracks.
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Lilith comes to Seattle after finding a lost letter of reconciliation from Frasier and tries to rekindle their relationship.
Original airdate, February 3, 1994.
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* FearsBeingAlone: Lilith confesses to being terrified living as a single divorced mother alone.
* NewOldFlame: Lilith returns hoping to reconcile with Frasier.
* SexyDiscretionShot: Frasier and Lilith falling on the bed together and the camera cutting to black.
* TooSoon: In the morning, Lilith looks at the breakfast and says "This was a mistake," which Frasier takes as an admission about their relationship and quickly recites his own litany of reasons why they should not reconcile.

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