Four for the Seesaw
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| “"Four for the Seesaw"” | |||||||
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| Frasier episode | |||||||
 Frasier advising Niles to stop thinking about Maris but to think of their girlfriends as a piece of meat whom they will have sex with. |
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| Episode no. | Season 04 Episode 13 |
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| Written by | David Lloyd[1] | ||||||
| Directed by | Jeff Melman[2] | ||||||
| Guest stars | Megan Mullally (Beth Armstrong) Lisa Darr (Laura Parris) Andrew Heckler (Dr Morris Claman) |
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| Production no. | 40571-084 | ||||||
| Original airdate | 18 February 1997 | ||||||
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| List of Frasier episodes (Season 4) | |||||||
Four for the Seesaw is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of Frasier and the eighty fourth overall.
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[edit] Main cast and characters
Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
John Mahoney – Martin Crane
Jane Leeves – Daphne Moon
Peri Gilpin – Roz Doyle
[edit] Plot
Frasier is having his flu jab live on his show, and despite his fear of needles, is determined to go through with it. Martin and Daphne are also there to get theirs, but Martin is late for meeting Duke and so they leave without getting their jab. Roz, meanwhile, has designs on the doctor administering the injections. Later, on a particularly busy day at Cafe Nervosa, Frasier and Niles struggle to get a table and so decide to share a table with two attractive young women. Niles is a little apprehensive, still worrying about his separation from Maris, but Frasier convinces him that he needs to be spontaneous once in a while. The two women, Beth and Laura, turn out to be kitchen designers - much to Frasier and Niles' delight! The four of them seem to be getting on very well, with Beth taking a particular fancy to Niles, and Laura seemingly interested in Frasier. The two Crane boys, however, are unsure how to read their signals.
When Martin can't go to a mountain cabin with Sherry, he offers it to Frasier and Niles, and in the spirit of spontaneity that had got them this far, they decide to invite Laura and Beth to the cabin with them. Once there, they are still worrying about misreading the signals the women are giving them, but when Laura and Beth invite Frasier and Niles to bed, they finally get the signal they have been hoping for. It is at this very moment Niles starts feeling guilty about his separation from Maris, and decides to phone her to clarify the exact nature of their separation.
[edit] Episode title cards
- Designs
- Let's Vuitton With It
[edit] Memorable quotes
- Frasier suggests sharing a table with two women at Cafe Nervosa:
Niles: We can't sit with strange women.
Frasier: Why not - we married strange women!
- Frasier and Niles took Beth and Laura to the Seattle Rep:
Martin: Oh, what'd you see?
Laura: "The Man Who Came To Dinner" - it's about an ill-tempered invalid who moves into this person's house and just drives them crazy.
Martin: Comedy?
Frasier: I used to think so (!)
- Niles is finding this new spontaneous attitude to dating quite exhilarating:
Frasier: Feel like a new man?
Niles: I feel like a new woman - and thank God I remembered to pack one!!
- Frasier and Niles have trouble interpreting the women's signals:
Niles: They could be thinking Platonic - together in one room sleeping like babies.
Frasier: Yes - us in another, crying like babies.
- Niles phones Maris to clarify the nature of their separation:
Niles: I know we're allowed to see other people - my question is: how much of them are we allowed to see?
- Maris phones Niles to tell him he can't see other people:
Niles: You see what's happening here?
Frasier: Yes - your ex-wife is ruining my sex life!!
[edit] Trivia
- Mentions of Deirdre Sauvage, the novelist who used to live at Elliot Bay Towers and liked Martin a lot. Martin has to read Deidre's book The Rose & The Rapier to Daphne, and is naturally uncomfortable with this.
- Frasier has a fear of shots.[3]
