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Well, my husband is always criticizing me because in restaurants I like to

listen in on strangers' conversations.

I don't know why he makes such a big deal out of nothing.

Well, June, I suppose your lack of interest makes your husband feel

invisible. Imagine what it must be like to sit across from someone who's

constantly scanning, searching, craning their neck to see just what the hell is

going on out there.

Oh, gosh, you're right. I've been insensitive.

It's just common decency to stay focused on the other person.

Huh? What?

Oh, well, good for you, Jane.

June! Oh, yeah, well, whatever. This is Dr. Fraser Crane, KACL. Have a nice day.

What is going on?

Oh, our beloved station manager decided we're not getting our raise this year.

What?

This is an outrage! I have a contract!

Don't palpitate. It doesn't apply to the on-air talent.

Oh, thank God.

I'm sorry. I was being selfish, wasn't I?

I, uh, feel very ashamed.

It is, nevertheless, an outrage.

It's not a personal outrage, but certainly a family of man outrage.

Frazier, I spent that raise already.

on my new diamond earrings and i love them i love them so much i slept with

them well ross as long as you're doing it for love it's a step in the right

direction real supportive fraser We've been getting that raise every year, and

now this Nazi in nylons comes waltzing in here and cancels it with some vague

crap about corporate belt tightening. This isn't fair!

No,

actually, you're right.

Maybe you should tell her what you just told me.

Except I would leave out the Nazi in nylons bit. It's not your best

icebreaker.

No, you're damn right we're gonna tell her. Yeah!

We've all been here a hell of a lot longer than she has.

That's right!

She pushes us, we push back.

She's standing right behind me, isn't she?

Yeah.

Is there a problem?

Nope. Good.

Kate?

Yeah? These people would like to speak with you. No, I'm sorry. I can't talk

right now. I've got a meeting. I'm sorry. Excuse me.

I think your meeting can wait five minutes.

Now, they're a little upset about your memo. I think you should discuss it with

them. Dr. Crane.

I wrote the memo, I signed the memo, I posted the memo. If I had anything more

to say, I would have put it... Anybody?

In the memo?

Bravo!

Okay, if she wants to play tough, we'll play tough back.

We still have a lot of power here. Now, we could go on strike.

Yes!

You know what? I think you should listen to Roz.

Every year, in exchange for your hard work, you receive a 5% raise. Now,

you've fulfilled your part of the bargain. She has blithely changed the

deal. In the hood, they call that being dissed.

Yes, my streetwise friend.

You have a right to stand up for yourselves.

Okay, are we going to do this? Are we together?

What's the point?

If we strike, they'll just replace us. They only care about the on-air people.

So we'll get their support.

Frazier just said he's on our side.

I did? Well, yes,

I did. I did, yes. But my meager endorsement is meaningless without the

support of the other talent.

Did you hear that?

Frazier's going to get everyone on our side.

I'd love to, to help. But, you know, I'm already in hot water with that woman.

You can't ask me to raise a mutiny against her.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one. James Tiberius

Kirk, Captain Starship Enterprise.

Go away, you annoying little man.

Please?

Oh, all right, all right. You organize your people, I'll talk to Mark.

Stay on the porch.

Good evening, Frazier. You left your Mont Blanc in my car, so I... Oh.

I see cocktails.

Hors d'oeuvre.

Milling.

By the suspicious type, I'd say you were throwing a party to which I was not

invited.

Feel like a winner, Niles? Indeed I do.

This is not a party. And, Dad, that is $14 a pound andouille sausage.

Wow. Means Eddie ate about 30 bucks worth.

Now, these people are colleagues from the station. We're here to discuss a

labor dispute.

Oh, well, fight on, people.

You know, there is no greater friend to the working man than my own Maris.

Remember when our stable boy Joaquin's appendix burst?

She had him driven back to the border at her own personal expense.

Good evening, Frasier. Gil, Cheryl Floyd.

Oh, what a stunning apartment.

The palette is pure, subtle elegance. The detailing, well, it's inspired.

And the furnishings.

Oh, dear.

Is there a chair?

That is my father's chair.

Oh, well, this must be your father.

Marty Crane, you put on quite a show.

Oh, you've heard my little program.

No, I mean just coming through the door.

Can we hurry this thing up? I got a charity event tonight.

She's not much to look at, but what the hell.

Okay, well, since we're all here, um... Now, regarding management's claim of

financial distress, I've done some checking around and I've found that the

advertising revenues are up 11.5%. Ah!

Gil Chesterton, the restaurant critic.

Oh, I just love those wicked things you say when the food is bad.

Well, keep bringing these and you won't be disappointed.

The wage freeze is unwarranted. It is simply a ploy of an overly ambitious

station manager and typical of this woman. She has terrorized us. She has

tampered with our shows. It's time we said no to this princess of darkness.

I got a better idea.

Why don't we just walk up to Mike Tyson and tell him he talks funny?

What about our support staff?

If we don't back this strike, they may lose their jobs. They're powerless

without our support.

Frasier, old man, why do they need raises?

They're talking about people who eat corn dogs and nachos.

That statement is appallingly elitist. Well, thank you, Mr. Everyday People.

Hey, I'm sure we'd all like to help these people, but we need our jobs.

We're working stiffs, too, living from paycheck to paycheck just like they are.

Excuse me, someone's blocking me in downstairs. Who has a BMW?

A red BMW.

With a red interior.

Oh, well, that's me.

Just give me your key. I'll leave it with the doorman. Oh, no, no. I was just

leaving. Oh, I'm going to. But where are your ethics?

Where is your conscience? Where's your john? I need to slap on some canoe.

Hey, I'm with you people. The heck with the workers.

You got yours.

Hey, damn right.

And chances are, after the station manager crushes the little people, she

won't come after you big shots.

Right.

Why would she?

Well, I mean, I suppose that she's trying to save money. You're the big

ticket items. And after all this, well, she won't have to worry about the

support staff backing you guys up, will she?

Oh, but no, that's crazy.

You're not suggesting that Kate might be coming after our money next? No, she

wouldn't do that. She's a peach, right?

Soft as a cream puff.

And we all know no one here is overpaid.

Suddenly I'm feeling very Norma Rae.

I'll get us some more wine.

Dad, that was brilliant using reverse psychology.

I guess living with me is rubbing off on you a little bit. Well, I guess it's

only natural that environmental factors would influence personality development.

All right, Dad. Oh, wait. I hope I didn't hit some long, repressed, oedipal

nerve. Very funny.

Because the last thing we want is for you to be sublimating your anger passive

-aggressively. Oh, oh, right. Just stop it, you wise-ass.

Hey, looks like I'm rubbing off on you, too.

All right, people, I have spoken with the on-air talent, and I... Shh!

Ixnay, Dr.

Crane.

Oh, yes.

You really dropped the cone of silence now.

Anyway, I have delivered on my promise. The talent is behind you. If you strike,

we strike. All for one and one for all. Okay, so who is our spokesperson? Who is

leading the charge?

I am.

You want to make something of it? Oh, shoot. I smiled again.

Rosalinda, a word?

Our leader is Noel Shemsky, the man who saw the backbone of a paramecium.

Do you think that is my idea?

Noel and I were the only two who volunteered.

Of course, they voted me down.

I'm smarter than he is, more confident, more articulate, but those stupid little

wusses think I'm a hothead.

But no, Roz.

A lot of people's jobs are riding on this, including mine. Then you do it.

Me? No, no, me, me, no, no, I've done enough already.

What? Dr. Crane, I can see that you're concerned about my negotiating skills,

but don't be.

I have a secret weapon.

I can faint at will. Check it out.

there's been a coup i am now your leader to the lair of the she-wolf

well

what have we here we are dissatisfied with the wage freeze and we demand to

speak to you about it don't we all right but aren't you people still on the

clock You'd better believe. Absolutely.

Well, hi-ho, the Dario. The cheese stands alone.

They're a shrewd group.

They only flex their muscle when they have to.

Well done!

Yeah, yeah. Oh, you get in here.

I'm kind of surprised to see you here. This really isn't your fight, is it?

I am honored to have been chosen by my colleagues to speak for them.

Oh, that's a shame. I was kind of looking forward to seeing Shemsky faint.

Well, we have a lot to do, so we may as well just get to it.

Settle.

A new hairdo? It's very fetching.

Ooh, is that a new tie?

It just lights up your pretty face.

But what is it about us? I mean, why all this friction between us? You know, for

my own part.

Your intolerable smugness reminds me of my ex-wife.

But what is the source of your antipathy toward me?

Was there some intimidating male figure in your childhood? A father? A priest?

A department store Santa? I don't know. I'm just spitballing here.

I have an idea about the source of our antagonism.

Good.

Do let me hear it.

I'm a woman.

I'm as smart as you.

And I'm your boss.

Coincidence is all.

You want to analyze your hang-ups? I already got a full-time job.

Let's just get down to business, okay?

Oh, very well. There's really very little to discuss.

These people were promised a raise. They have fulfilled their part of the

bargain. It's time for you to honor yours.

You have 24 hours.

Or? We walk en masse, including the on-air talent. I've seen to that myself.

You have?

Mm-hmm.

Why are you gunning for me?

Gunning for you?

This isn't about you. It's about what you're doing to those people. It's the

shame of Seattle. No, no. This is about your ego, which is the size of Seattle.

Every suggestion, every decision I've made has been met by this impenetrable

wall of arrogance masquerading as righteousness.

Oh, that's a desperate shot attacking me because I have a social conscience. What

you have is a fat contract, and so have the rest of your cronies. So when it

came time for staff raises, there was no more money left in the till. Oh, you

are... twisting things to make it look like it's my fault.

Oh, it's true what they say. The devil comes disguised as a beautiful woman.

There would have been raises if you hadn't taken all the money to pay for

those Armani suits.

Oh, what about you? Let's not overlook that pricey little Fendi scarf you're

wearing. What about this designer cologne on you? Well, how about those

party lips? It must have cost you a fortune in collagen injections.

These lips are mine, you arrogant gasbag.

You intractable despot.

Glowhard.

True!

Get out!

Now!

Hey,

Niles. Maris found a gray hair.

apex of her widow's peak.

Better bring the bottle.

She blames me, Dad.

She said it's from the stress I caused her last night when I thoughtlessly

turned on the light while she was getting undressed.

Good evening, Dr.

Crane. Oh, let me take that for you. After all, you are the friend of the

working man.

Thank you, dear.

Defender of the little people. All right, dear.

Standing up to the boss on behalf of the downtrodden, selflessly risking your

own... Don't you have some meat to boil?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I apologise. It's just been a bad day.

I was elected by the employees to present our demands to Kate.

Well, that was a smart move.

Did you give her a good tongue lashing?

manner of speaking, yes.

Well, I'm proud of you, son.

Oh, don't be, Dad.

I'm a fraud.

I was in her office, tempers flared, and the next thing I knew, we were

locked in a passionate kiss.

Oh, go on.

Daphne, I'm really not that comfortable talking about this in front of you. Oh,

no need to be shy around me. I'm a professional health care worker.

seen it all. I've helped your father in and out of the bathtub. Okay, Dad.

I've seen his bits.

Oh, for God's sake.

Just tell him. Oh, all right.

It was like nothing I've ever experienced before. It was just pure

sex.

Overwhelming. Unexpected. Animal-like.

Oh, well, that. We've all experienced that. Who hasn't?

I'm no stranger to that feeling myself.

It can strike without warning. And you don't know who it will be. Why, you

could be standing next to a person month after month, and then the next thing you

know, you're tearing each other's clothes off.

There's a word for it.

Hope. Oh,

this is madness.

I'm actually lusting after a woman that does nothing but great on my nerves. I

can't stand her. Oh, really, Dr Crane? Come on. want to have sex with a woman

he doesn't even like? Yeah.

Absolutely.

But what about her?

Maybe she's been harboring feelings for me.

Is it possible that she could have been lusting after me all this time?

It could be, but you know, you're in the middle of a negotiation.

Maybe she laid that smackaroo on you just to rattle your brain.

Dad has a point.

Your musk-drenched animal magnetism aside, it's quite possible she was

simply manipulating you.

Well, I hardly think so.

The woman's passion seemed genuine.

Yes, it always does.

Do you suppose it's possible she's just using sex to sway me to her side?

Well, figure it out. Who made the first move, you or her? There was no first

move. It was more like spontaneous sexual combustion.

There's always a first move. Think.

All right.

I was standing in front of her desk like so.

She was facing me. Niles, you be Kate. I will not.

Well, just stand up. I'm always the girl. In every prep school play, I was

the girl.

Guinevere, Marion the librarian, 8-0 Annie. Well, no more. I'm through with

it. When do I get to be Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Moe?

This is getting me nowhere.

All right.

I'll just have to go down there and confront her myself.

Find out if what she was feeling was actually genuine or if she's simply

being a conniving femme fatale.

Come on now, Dr. Crane.

It's not like men have never used sex to get what they want.

How can we possibly use sex to get what we want? Sex is what we want!

Jane. Fraser.

I think we have some issues to discuss. Me too.

Have a seat.

I'd prefer to stand. Me too.

Let's talk about the kiss. Yeah, let's. All right. Why did it happen?

Some possibilities.

Frustration.

Passion. The stress of the situation.

Manipulation.

Manipulation.

That is interesting.

What's interesting is that you focused on manipulation. Why?

Because there's a possibility of manipulation.

So you admit that you were manipulating me. Me? I'm talking about you.

How dare you think I'd do a thing like that? It's not unheard of for a woman

like you to use her feminine wiles to get what she wants. Oh, very clever.

What about you using your masculine wiles to get what you want?

You think my wiles are masculine?

No, I am not going down that road again.

Of course you're not.

Because at the end of that road is a cul-de-sac of vulnerability.

That's not you, is it?

No, you're cement hard.

Cul-de-sac of vulnerability?

All right, listen. You see me for a couple of hours out of every day, and

you think you know me?

The me-me?

All right, I can be tough. Okay, I've got to be. I can also be tender.

Spontaneous. Shy.

Lusty. Playful.

Kittenish.

I could climb you like a scratching post.

Damn it!

Stop!

What are we doing?

God, there are people out there counting on us. You're absolutely right. We've

got to put personal pleasure aside until we get this thing resolved.

Absolutely. We owe it to them.

It takes every minute of every hour of every day and every ounce of strength we

have. We have got to settle this strike. All right.

Those people deserve a 5% raise.

I'll give you three. Four.

Done.

Hey, any news?

Frazier's hanging tough. He just keeps pounding that desk and saying, more,

more, more.

Okay.

She's offered three percent. We'll take it.

We'll take it. We'll take it. No, never.

I'm going to get you four.

I don't care if I have to stay in there all night. All right.

Frasier! Frasier!

Frasier! Frasier!

Frasier!

Frasier!

Frasier! Hey,

baby, I hear the blues are calling. Tossed salads and scrambled eggs.

Oh my.

And maybe I seem a bit confused.

Yeah, maybe. But I got you pegged.

But I don't know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs.

They're calling again.

Scrambled eggs all over my face.

What is a boy to do?

Good night, Seattle!