Frasier's Imaginary Friend (Frasier)
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| “Frasier's Imaginary Friend” | |||||||
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| Frasier episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 1 |
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| Written by | Rob Greenberg | ||||||
| Directed by | David Lee | ||||||
| Guest stars | Sela Ward (Kelly Easterbrook) Lisa Coles (Joanna) |
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| Production no. | 40571-012 | ||||||
| Original airdate | 23rd September 1997 | ||||||
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| List of Frasier episodes (Season 5) | |||||||
Frasier's Imaginary Friend is the first episode from the fifth season of Frasier.
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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 outline
After he spontaneously decided to board the plane to Acapulco with Joanna - but she soon switches seats after learning she's the only reason he got on the plane. Frasier is then excited to get talking with another woman, but soon moves again once he meets her husband! While a reading a magazine, he realises that the model in the magazine is actually the woman sitting next to him on the plane, who introduces herself as Kelly Easterbrook. The pair become acquainted with Frasier even more attracted to Kelly once she tells him she's a supermodel AND a zoologist. The pair share a steamy time together in Mexico, but while Kelly wants to continue seeing Frasier, she asks him to not tell anyone about them as she's currently breaking up with a football player and doesn't want the media to find out.
Back in Seattle, Niles, Daphne and Martin were worried by Frasier's out-of-character spur of the moment trip with Niles worrying that it could be a sign over the desperate state of his love life - something that is given even greater gravitas when Frasier tells them he is dating a supermodel, but can't say who - although he eventually relents when no-one is prepeared to believe him, all of which serves to make Niles, Martin and Daphne think he's gone totally bonkers. This seems to be confirmed when Frasier tells them he is meeting Kelly for dinner in a restaurant, but when they go to join him, they find him eating alone having just missed Kelly who had to rush off. They try to get Frasier to admit the truth but Frasier is just exasperated that no-one believes him.
The day before Kelly is set to go on a trip for two months, she spends the night with Frasier. In an attempt to prove she's not a figment of his imagination, Frasier tries to clandestinly take a picture with himself and herself - while she's sleeping. When Kelly hears the camera resetting, she gets furious and storms out of the apartment, opting to take the stairs when the elevator doesn't show up. Moments later, Martin, Daphne and Niles step out of the elevator, leaving Frasier more frustrated than ever before. As the family stands around worried about Frasier, Kelly comes back to get her purse. Seeing the rest of the family, she vents about how sick the family must be for wanting a picture of her. After she storms out again for a final time, Frasier takes it all in stride, happy that he was finally proven correct.
[edit] Episode Title Cards
[edit] Memorable quotes
- Frasier stops reading the magazine on his flight to introduce himself to the passenger next to him:
Frasier: I'm Dr Frasier Crane from the radio
[Kelly points to herself in an advert]
Kelly: Kelly Easterbrook - from the magazine!
- Frasier, Roz and Bulldog are at KACL where the discussion turns to Frasier's sex life:
Bulldog: Frasier Crane's sex life? Wait a minute, there's a word for that - oxy, oxy....
Roz: Moron!
Bulldog: Hey, woah, easy - I'll get it!!
- Frasier refuses to discuss his relationship with Kelly with his family:
Frasier: I'm not at liberty to discuss it.
Niles: Oh yes, that pesky Club Med oath of silence (!)
- Neither Niles or Martin believe Frasier's story that he's dating a supermodel:
Niles: Doesn't he realise how outlandish it all sounds ?!
Martin: Even a fake supermodel would have dumped him by now!
- Frasier isn't happy that no-one believes him about his relationship with Kelly:
Frasier: I did not come back empty handed - I came back with 2 huge handfuls!
- Kelly is excited about her relationship with Frasier:
Kelly: I called all my friends, they couldn't believe it.
Frasier: Nor will mine (!)
- Frasier tries desperately to convince his family he is dating Kelly:
Frasier: I am not crazy! I am dating a supermodel zoologist, whom I stole away from a professional football player, and she is off to the Galápagos Islands to artificially inseminate iguanas! Now is that so hard to believe!
[edit] Trivia
- The episode title cards are all based on Hitchcock films.
