The Matchmaker (Frasier)

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Frasier season two September 1994 - May 1995 List of Frasier episodes
Episodes: Slow Tango in South Seattle The Unkindest Cut of All The Matchmaker Flour Child Duke's We Hardly Knew Ye' The Botched Language of the Cranes The Candidate Adventures in Paradise (Part I) Adventures in Paradise (Part II) Burying a Grudge Seat of Power Roz in the Doghouse Retirement Is Murder Fool Me Once, Shame On You... You Scratch My Book... The Show Where Sam Shows Up Daphne's Room The Club Someone to Watch Over Me Breaking the Ice An Affair to Forget Agents in America, Part III The Innkeepers Dark Victory

The Matchmaker is the third episode of season 2 of Frasier. It follows the 'farce' template of the show - comic and embarrassing situations emerging from a character not knowing something important. It was originally aired on the 4th October, 1994.

1 Plot
2 Cast
- 2.1 Guest Stars
3 Trivia

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

In this case, Frasier sees that Daphne is lonely, and when new manager Tom Duran, who is newly-single and loves England starts at the station, he decides they would be a perfect couple, and invites him over to meet her.

The problem is, Tom is gay, and naturally assumes that Frasier is hitting on him. The viewers learn this almost immediately after Frasier's invite, as he tells Roz his interpretation - that the word of his sexuality has spread, and reached the gay members of the staff.

Almost everything Frasier says gives Tom the wrong idea. When Tom mentions how nice the view from his apartment is, Frasier mentions that it's better from the bedroom. When Tom asks if it gets awkward having his dad around when he brings 'dates' home, he is told that Martin tries to steal them off him.

To further complicate matters, Niles knows about Frasier's intention of pairing Tom and Daphne up, so he is uncomfortable with Tom's presence - until he learns of Tom's real interests. He finally tells Frasier (Martin wanted to, but they tossed a coin for it and Niles won), shortly before Tom intends to make his big move.