Proxy Prexy

Context outside the activity. text: Brad is once again away on assignment reviewed full source context: Welcome to Reverse Psychology, the Fraser Rewatch podcast where we go backwards through every episode of the show. Tonight, we're covering Season 10, Episode 3, Proxy Prexy, which originally aired on October 8th in the year of Brad's Bar Mitzvah. Is this when we can finally dive deep into everyone's favorite rewatch podcast topic? Solitix? We'll find out. I'm your host, Curtis Schack. Joining me as always, it's our resident upside downer, it's Ryan. Curtis, I am feeling prexalicious tonight. Prexalicious? That sounds like something with pretzels. I think, yeah, I think it is. Isn't this episode not about pretzels? I hope you don't hear my crunching. I'm going to be pretzelizing. You're allowed, sure. Also with us today is a very special guest. It's the return of Hannah Schack. Hi. I thought you were teeing up Brad again. No, Brad is once again away on assignment, but thankfully Hannah was, uh, willing and able to step in. Oh, exciting. Welcome, Hannah. I did ask you to introduce me as the people's elixir. Um. Did you not do that for her? We could just do it again. Also with us today is the people's elixir. It's Hannah Schack. Didn't love that. Why'd you put some tang in there that wasn't needed? Well, I was just soaking up that elixir. That feels uncomfortable. Are you mad that Brad's not here? Because then you could have called him the people's accident. I'm so used to ignoring whoever's talking at this point because it's usually Brad and, um, I'm thrown off my game when I feel like I have to listen. So now you have to say things like Hannah. Uh, well, something I wanted to mention because it's kind of strange. The last time you were here, Hannah, it just so happened the episode you were on was going to drop on, uh, mother of the pod, my, my mom's birthday. Yes. I do recall. This was not planned in any way, shape or form, but it is a weird thing that's true. This episode is releasing on my birthday. Oh, that's weird. Happy birthday, Curt. Thank you. That's really weird. Why are you planning these weird events? I, I, if I could have planned it, I would have chosen not to. Is this why you wanted to drop them on Tuesdays? Just for that weird reason? Very funny. If I mapped that out, I was like, okay, I picked the day guys. I've got the perfect day for us. Sounds like you. It sounds like something you would do. And then next year you're like, Oh, it's weird. I'm just going to, I'm going to drop them on Wednesdays. No reason. Happy birthdays, whatever. Thank you. I mean, at some point where he gets to Ryan's birthday and we'll have to have Hannah back, I guess. I don't think it's a Tuesday. So I guess we'll, we'll see you in a couple of years, Hannah. All right. Just do like, call me when there's a birthday. I'll be there. And how do you feel about birthdays? I love birthdays. All of them? All of my birthdays or like everyone's birthdays? I was asking everyone's. Yeah. I guess it depends on how each individual celebrates. There are people that are like, Oh my God, it's my birthday month. It's my birthday week. You know, it's one day. Right. So we can, we can all agree it's egregious that Curtis is asking for us to wish him a happy birthday weeks in advance.

Context outside the activity. text: We will be checking in throughout the episode on those. reviewed full source context: This is a real affront. Oh, I learned what the word prexy means, by the way. I looked up a lot of words this episode. Wait, do they mention it in the episode? No. Cause I watched the whole episode. What the fuck is prexy still? It's made no sense. Do you want to guess? I had a theory that I didn't bother to fact check. I thought, okay, proxy makes sense because in this episode, Marty's sort of a proxy for, for Frazier. They're trying to be president of the condo board. So I thought it was just a really, really bad way of trying to rhyme president with proxy. Yeah. It's a real word. Proxy is a word. It means president. It's just usually, it's usually used in the context of president of a college for some reason. That's insane. Super bananas. Hannah, did you know this? I Googled it at the top of the episode. I also looked up many other words throughout. We will be checking in throughout the episode on those. I didn't know we have a live dictionary here. A lot of them, a lot of them went over my head and I was just like, I'm not even going back for that. I like, I was still mad about prexy. I didn't look it up at this point. I was like, I'm not going for any of these other words. We established very early on in this podcast that we just let it go when we don't have a first. I wouldn't normally, but this was the title. So it was upsetting. Yeah. It was like an almost apt name, but like, it's still stupid. Knowing it's a real word. It's an amazing name. It's a great name. I thought they had made up the word in an attempt to make it make sense. Oh yeah. They're, they're pretty much dead on. Well, should we find out how dead on the, that's not a transition. I don't even know what that was going to be. Should we find out how dead on your transitions are tonight, Curt? I think we just did.

Context outside the activity. Segment context: episode recap and discussion reviewed full source context: We open with a helicopter rising over Seattle. Frazier lacks the people skills to win his run for condo board president. He enlists Marty to run as his Manchurian candidate. Daphne wants to get her American citizenship. Daph makes breakfast for Marty for no reason. So the stuff that we're going to learn, I think it's literally like next episode where she's doing too much for no reason for him. That apparently is just her default state. Did she have to buy groceries too, or did, didn't she just use what they had? Impossible to say. It looked like a very bountiful breakfast for two people. And then, and then when Frazier comes in, Marty offers it to him like he did any of the work. I think he credits Daphne though. He didn't, he did not. Hannah, can we get a ruling on this? I, I just, no. The answer is no. Excuse me. Let me, let me rephrase the question. The birthday boy would like to know if you can make a ruling on this. I don't recall if Marty credited Daphne for the breakfast, but I'm pretty sure like Marty doesn't, Daphne does everything. So yeah. Yeah. That makes sense. It's implied that Marty's a useless POS. Whoa. Take it back. Did you guys see the craziest thing? Maybe the whole episode was right here in breakfast. Even before Frazier comes in. Oh really? Just sitting on the serving tray is just the pot of coffee. Just go into waste. Just cool. And no one's even reaching for it. It's upsetting. We have very strong opinions about coffee. We know this. It was a bad day to watch that. I don't know what you would call this. It's not upside down sleuthin'. It's more of an upside down confirmation. I feel like a few episodes back, we got some reference to the idea that maybe Daphne was pursuing her American citizenship. And in this episode, they just, like it's a deep sea plot that she is apparently decided to do that. We never find out if she succeeds. She doesn't succeed. We know that. They establish it. They continue it for one episode and then they never bring it up ever again. It's barely a plot in this episode. Like if they cut out that whole idea, it changes nothing about the series, nothing about the character and nothing about this episode. The only thing that you get out of it is Frazier joking that no Americans know our history, which is true. There is one other thing that comes out of it and we'll get to it in a later scene, but there's only one other thing that I think this accomplishes, but we'll get to it. Okay. I don't know what you're talking about, so I'm excited to find out. You're so disappointed. If anyone was really, like really following the citizenship storyline, they were very disappointed because it never comes up again. It's crazy. And they give up on the like episode like eight. It's always so weird with the Frazier pacing, but this is easily the weirdest one. I hope it starts in season nine. I hope it's just like making weird comments about it. Like all season nine, season 10, they throw two more in and just never follow through. Season nine is all about an angst around whether or not she should. And then this is like the episode where they announce she's doing it. It's happening. And they just drop it from there. It'd be amazing. It did lead to one of my, my favorite, um, Frazier. I don't know. Frazier actually has a strong episode, but I did love the, uh, he's painting the picture for, for Marty. We can actually achieve the dream of luxury apartment living that our founders intended. Loved that. So that was a nice tie into history. Yes.

activity request: I think Ryan and I are going to have to make some guesses here with this one as well. Inchoate. activity premise: Three words in this scene that came up. Inchoate. interaction mode: guess definitions with reveals raw respondent mention: Ryan and I reviewed full source context: I believe it was in this first scene. Frazier drops a few, um, vocab words that I wasn't familiar with. He said a lot of things I did just went right over my head. Three words in this scene that came up. Inchoate. Inchoate. He talked about the inchoate yearnings for change. I think Ryan and I are going to have to make some guesses here with this one as well. Inchoate. That's how he pronounced it, but it's spelled I-N-C-H-O-A-T-E. I wish you didn't give us the spelling. Now I, now I understand what's happening. Can you use it in the sentence he used it in? This year, I'm the only one running against the incumbent, which means the people will rally. Their inchoate yearnings for change behind my banner. Does it mean like inherent, like their natural yearnings? No. Does it mean like when you go to visit Kuwait, the country? Which is, I assume, how that's spelled? No. Oh. You're in Kuwait? So like when you're in cahoots, you're in Kuwaits. He probably just pronounced it like a dick. He did, but it means rudimentary or not fully formed. I know. Shout out to Brad. That was great. Good. That laugh went so long that I'm pretty sure it was fake. And was there another word in this scene? Yeah. Oh. Yes, there was. There were two more. I was just saying, wait, how many words did we cover? I thought that was two. That was one. Inchoate is one word. Then, leisure de man. That I've heard, leisure de man. I have not. Where have you heard that? I don't remember what it means, so I can't tell you the context of which I have heard it, but it's definitely a popular phrase. It is not popular. Sorry. I'm pretty sure I've been on the streets and people have talked about it. No. What was the context for it? Maybe that'll spoil my memory. If I drop out just as you announce your candidacy, people might suspect something's up. It's better that our political leisure de man remain sombrosa. How would a normal person say that, Dan? No one needs to know how the hot dogs are made. So, I mean, obviously, leisure de man's agenda, right? Not exactly. It's adjacent. Is it the gay agenda? Is it the gay agenda? You guys have to have a better, a snappier name for that. The gay-gender, but... The gay-gender. I'll bring it up at the next meeting. Thank you. Yes. I know you're the prexy of the gays, so... So, leisure de man is, like, sleight of hand. So, they're... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And they want to keep it sub-rosa. In this one, I do know. It's when you have sex with an ancient ghost. I was going to bring it up! Okay, so... What? I'm sorry, what? Ryan, this is... Sorry, Irish ancient ghost. Did you guys have a weird text thing before we got on here? I don't know. What is this weird incentive? You're going to be so mad when you find out. It's Star Trek. So, in Star Trek The Next Generation, that is the title... I know, not the opal. I get it. It's a title of an episode in which Dr. Crusher, her grandma dies, she goes back to Ireland, and an Irish ghost seduces her. There's no such thing as a ghost. You are some sort of anaphasic life form. Anaphasic energy is extremely unstable. It needs an organic host in order to maintain molecular cohesion, or else she'll die. Isn't that right? It's even more Star Trek than that. That's a plot of a Star Trek episode? Yes, it is. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Time out, pause. It's more Star Trek than that plot line? That's a very vintage Star Trek plot line? It is not back to Ireland. She goes to a planet that is just exactly like Ireland. It's basically Ireland. They moved Ireland to another planet, basically. Okay, I thought you were saying it was run of the mill to go talk to old grandma ghosts, or whatever the hell you said. You're not Nana. Nana's dead. Leave her alone! Well, the weirdest part is it's the ghost that her grandma was fucking, and now she's fucking it. So it's like her step-grandpa. They don't show it. How could they show it? Obviously they don't show it. What would that even be? Do I have to watch Star Trek, or would that be a much more disappointing scene that I'm now drawing up in my head? I think you'd be disappointed. Yes, you should watch Star Trek The Next Generation. You have been using me, Nana, my entire family for centuries! And I loved all of them! And they loved me! How many ghosts get fucked in total? Because that's going to be, I think, my tipping line here. In that episode or in the series? In the series. In the series. Let me think about it and I'll get back to you. Weirdly, the number goes down if you count the whole series. Alright, I'm probably out. Um, but sub-roset. Oh no, yeah, I want to guess. Oh, then yeah, guess. I think that's a color of wine. Like, you can be rosé or you can be sub-rosé. And I assume he's just pronouncing it wrong. In between red and pink. All of these definitions are pinned to the idea that it's being pronounced wrong. That's how it phrase your role. I've heard him say real words reportedly, so I know that's how he does. No, it means done in secret. Sub-rosa. Done in secret. I get the sub part. What's the rosa part? Is it one word? This is one word? Two words. It's technically two. I think it's, is it Latin? It's Latin, I think. Gotta be Latin. Gotta be Latin. Sub-rosa literally means under the rose in Latin. I'm so much more confused. The rose has often been associated with secrecy. So, under... Interesting. Okay, can you dive into that while we dive into the next scene? Because I want to know more about secret roses. co guesser: Curtis

Context outside the activity. Segment context: episode recap discussion and callbacks reviewed full source context: At the condom for the election, Fraser gives a transparently pro-Marty speech, leading to a landslide victory for the Recairee. Great. We got a little upside down sleuthing for you. Okay. I don't really, it doesn't really make sense, given all that we know, but apparently Marty was not just a cop, he was also a war hero, a decorated war hero. No, sorry, decorated cop. Oh, yeah. And a war hero. That doesn't sound right. Which war do you think it was? Korea? By the war on the gays. Yeah, you're right, age-wise, it's probably Korea. I think we learn in this scene that Fraser has been running for five years. For five years he's run, and apparently in 1998 lost to a coma patient. You don't have to have the president every year, do you? You can just do it whenever you feel like. It's not like you have a constitution you have to follow or something. I feel like they go through a lot of presidents just in this episode. Wow. Yeah. Yeah, good point. Maybe someone resigned or was killed. Do you think there's foul play around the coma patient? Like, Fraser thought that would help him and backfired? Oh, okay. There's a somewhat chance we see that episode, and that he caused the coma patient. I don't think he did it intentionally, or he would have mentioned it. Like, they're already acting sub-Rosa. I also scanned the candle. The flame is plasma-based. You were using it as a receptacle for yourself in order to get to me, in order to merge with me. They would have kept, they would have mentioned that on the demo. You'd be easy to mention that to a cop. Yeah. Yeah, one who's already doing illicit stuff. I mean, I think Marty probably did it, right? Fraser just told him he was a protester, and Marty's depressed. Well, so Hannah, I don't know if you saw the episode. Not too long ago, Marty goes out of his way to talk about how he would squash protests as a cop. No. He had no qualms saying it and thought it was hilarious. I have not seen that episode. Well, that's pretty much a real quote. That doesn't sound like the Marty I know. It fit perfectly within this character at the time. No one batted an eye. I just wanted to bring up that when the powers that be announced that the incumbent was stepping down, Marty said that he spent all night working on his speech. His speech that was essentially, I'll do my best. And I thought that was really cute. I like that a lot. I like that the speech is so short, so simple. Just, I'll try my best. Please vote for me. And then it's after that that he very suddenly is like, I was up all night with that speech. Exactly. It was so cute. Did you guys find the order of this business out of whack? Like, we didn't know going into the speeches that one guy just wasn't showing up and participating. First of all, didn't they notice he wasn't there? That is strange. Don't you say it ahead of time? Yeah, this feels like one of those writerly things where, for the audience, they wanted us to learn that after the speeches. But you're right, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Bananas. Makes no sense. Also, we find out throughout this episode, it's not just that Frasier has run and lost. But these weirdos who show up to the control board meetings are very anti-Frasier. It is weird that, like, nobody stood up to say, I will run if Frasier is basically the only. I mean, I know Marty runs. But it seems like somebody else should have thrown their hat in the ring. Yeah, I mean, these people are very diligent in attending these meetings. Is that how normal condo board meetings are? I don't know. You haven't had a condo. Well, go get one so we can find out and then attend the meeting and report back. All before my brif day. I did love how giddy Frasier was at getting two votes. It's not an insignificant percentage. Like, what are they, like, 12 votes total? There's 17 votes total. I assume that anyone running couldn't vote. So that means two people really just did vote for Frasier. Oh, I don't know if that's the right assumption. I don't know if that's true. I wonder if it's Marty and Frasier. We know Marty wouldn't have voted for Frasier. Why not? Yeah, he didn't want to do the work. He doesn't care. Why is he so giddy if he's like, you and I voted for me? Oh, because Frasier doesn't know that Marty voted for him. I'm not sure we do. Frasier, if he's saying he got two votes, that probably means he didn't vote for himself. Because otherwise, you'd be like, oh, I got an extra vote. Yeah. Good job, Frasier. Were there 17 people at this event? It felt like there was like 30. That room was packed. Absentee votes from the floor above. They just didn't want to go down to the meeting. Oh, mail-in.

Context outside the activity. question: But like, what's a melange? answer: A melange is a mixture or medley. answer qualification: Of whatever. This happened to be fruit. Segment context: lookup within episode discussion without renewed guessing reviewed full source context: After a massage, Niles and Daphne enjoy a melange with Ross, who thought they said menage. This is a weird one. I really liked this scene. Well, okay. I did too. But like, what's a melange? What are we doing here? This was another word I looked up. A melange is a mixture or medley. Of? Of whatever. Not of fruit? This happened to be fruit. Wait. This happened to be fruit. Oh, that's annoying. Yeah. It's one of those things where clearly the writers wanted this plot to happen. And so it doesn't make a lot of sense that he would say he wouldn't ever mention the word fruit. He doesn't, you know, indicate that it's a fruit salad. He just calls it a melange. It's like more annoying knowing that now. Yeah. I thought it was like crudité, you know, where it's a fancy word for the same thing. You could have worked it out in a way that it would have been fine. It would have played just for the right wording. Easily. Why would you just offer someone a medley of stuff? That's crazy. And Davide's like, oh, Niles is amazing with his melanges. Like, what are you talking, he's good at combining things? What are you talking about? Well, that's, that is something that's a little bit like, it's a fruit salad. We see the fruit salad. It's just chunks of pineapple and strawberry and watermelon. Like it's, it is a fruit salad. I'm sure he picks good produce or whatever, but I just don't know how that could ever be amazing. I was hoping that they would play the scene in a different way so that Roz is feeling unsure and maybe we come back to it later and it still hasn't been addressed yet. Yes. That would have been much better. Having Daphne straight up be like, but she didn't say no, you know, all of that in the same scene. I guess cheapened it in a way. I wanted. Yeah. It was uncomfortable to be there, but they could have done something with it. There was no payoff, so it's fine to cheapen it. I will say, I think that in this case, you're right. I feel like a better Frasier episode would milk this more and she would spend a lot of time angst ridden thinking they want that or maybe even be into it. It would have been fun. Yeah. You know, there's lots of ways you could play it. That would be fun. They kind of let the air out immediately. And then it's a one note joke. The rest of the episode, it's just them making fun of her and it doesn't really go anywhere. It was fun when it was up in the air for a minute. Definitely. Do you guys think there was a sexy vibe to start the scene too? Like Daphne's given a massage in a town. Like she's presumably naked underneath her robe. Like this is a weird. I just thought for sure this is going to be Niles coming out and getting gross and horny at the sight of those two. I thought that was what the episode was going to be. I'm glad they didn't go in that direction. It was uncomfortable either way. It's uncomfortable to let people in your house when you're just in a robe, right? Yeah. And awkward them along. Yeah. To rub someone's neck was like, oh, I have no clothes underneath. Can I rub your neck real quick just to show you what happened to me? Roz was down though. Wait, are you talking about the threesome? I was going to say, do you guys think she was down for the threesome? Because that's a good question. Yeah. You think so? I mean, she thought about it. She needed time to think about it where I feel like she could have just immediately been like, oh no, I don't, I'm not into this sort of thing. Uh, the fact that she hesitated made it seem like, is she thinking about it? I think she was thinking about it. You're, you're right. There's not enough evidence to say that she would have followed through if they were sincerely asking for it. But, I think we have enough evidence in her facial expressions and her reactions that she wasn't horrified and she wasn't, wait a minute, what are you saying? What? She was like, oh, I hadn't thought of that before. I wouldn't have liked to have seen this in a more competent Frasier season. Because like, season 10, they're just going to do whatever they want with Roz. Season 11, Roz would, she would have put her foot down right away, right? Like, no, I'm not doing that. Or she just said yes. Like, she wouldn't have had that weird thinking about it for a moment. One other thing I noticed was, uh, Niles, before he makes the melange, is super, super insistent on a cheese plate or pate or a cheese plate. Like, he really wants the heart attack food. Oh, that's fun. I kind of feel like this is intentional foreshadowing. This is close enough to that episode that I think they knew they were going to do that and they just thought, here's an opportunity to establish his, his diet habits. I'm willing to give him credit for that. Yeah. What's your, what's your preferred post-massage food? I'm partial to, uh, crudités. That's $20 for crudités and this doesn't include a tequila. I mean, that's outrageous. I don't know what that is. It's a medley of vegetables. It's a veggie plate. A melange. A melange of veggies. Okay. But it is specific to veggies. I think the last time I got a massage, I got ice cream afterward. Oh, that's a good combo. Yeah, it was. I'm really a massage guy, but I would get, I would eat chorizo afterwards. Chorizo? It's a Spanish sausage. It should have been awkward right after the reveal. And it's not like Roz agrees to stay and like have, you know, food. If that gaffe happens for most people, you're running out of the apartment immediately, right? You're not just sticking around. Well, she still thinks there's a possibility, you know? Oh, you think she's still into it? I think Roz is a sexually liberated, confident woman. And she, you know, she has experience and she doesn't let things get awkward. I feel like she handled it like a pro. She was ready to move on. They kept jabbing at it. So. You're dead on. Yeah. Yeah. She did handle it like a pro. 100%. Yeah. I think to your point, she doesn't necessarily seem put off that they think she might be into it. She's annoyed that they're slut shaming her. The jokes were annoying, but like they were kind of clicking together though. It was kind of fun to see that happen. I don't think we've gotten that yet in the upside down. You mean Niles and Daphne clicking together? Yeah. Sorry. Yeah. Niles and Daphne were, they were, they were, they were doing some good stuff together. Like they might have actual chemistry. Yeah. As a married double. I think this is the first we've seen of that. We've seen Daphne recently have a run of good jokes directed at Roz, but this was the first one where we've got to see Niles and Daphne kind of together teaming up. definition provider: Hannah food prompt voice: Ryan crudites voice: Curtis ice cream voice: Hannah chorizo voice: Ryan

Context outside the activity. reviewed full source context: Frazier's policies are a hit, but Marty wants his wider parking spaces now. Frazier tries to tighten his grip on his puppet. Frazier is such a pageant mom. Yes. Yes, he is. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect way of putting it. I kind of want to see that episode. I was going to say, I like, I could absolutely see him and maybe we have, maybe you will. We've seen him direct zombies and it's, it's, you're dead on with the description. That was like last episode. Yeah. He does tend to take control of situations and you know, any, any tiny bit of power he's given, he runs with it. This is easily the stupidest thing to get into an argument over. Or they didn't really argue about it. Like no one, he doesn't even really disagree. He's just mad that Marty made the call. I didn't like explain this part of a scene, but what happens is this guy, I think Paul's his name. I don't really know what his job is. He seems to be in charge, even though he's not the president. So I don't know. So he comes to ask Marty permission for moving some recycling bins or something. And Marty's like, yeah, sure. Go ahead. Can I move it down the hall or some shit? Like very nondescript. It's like the landing of the staircase or something. Which would be a horrible, that'd be a horrible place to put trash cans. Yeah. I don't know why he wants it like in the lobby. But yeah. So, so he does this and then, um, Frasier is just instantly like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I make the decisions. Like you can't just say yes. You have to like get permission from me first. Doesn't say it was a bad call. Just right. He's mad that Marty made a call. Exactly. Which is very Frasier. I mean, I'm not surprised. Frasier's in the right, right? Like Marty's just like going to say yes to some shit. If you don't let that go, he doesn't even think twice about it. And it's like, it's fine for this event. But Marty's defense is like, oh, if it was a no brainer call, I'll just make it. It's like, you don't know what a no brainer call is. You're an idiot. And here's the thing. I feel like Frasier, we know he doesn't have people skills. There's a reason he isn't president. But it is surprising for a trained psychiatrist. He's been living with his father for some time, presumably. It's crazy that he doesn't know his father well enough to know. Clearly, if you put your foot down and try to tell him what to do, he's going to want to do the opposite. Like, I think that's clear. So why is he coming at him so aggressively instead of trying to like work his dad? He doesn't have any finesse. None. Which does. I mean, that kind of stacks up. He doesn't really have finesse at all in the series. But he also doesn't have any self-reflection. Like, it's fine that he isn't a finesse. But in this moment, he doesn't even seem to worry or notice that he's at the end of the scene at risk of his father going rogue. He thinks he's contained it. He thinks he's solved the problem. And I don't know how he could possibly think that under any circumstances. Wait, does he? I feel like, don't they end up storming out? I feel like he knows at this point that shit's going down. Am I wrong? I just love that moment of, that is not one of our hand signals. Oh, yes. Having that off screen. I love those clever little things that they do. And I feel like Frasier's just too self-centered to even consider that someone wouldn't do whatever he asks. He thinks that because Marty doesn't want to do the work that he's got leverage over Marty. But I don't think he's understanding that Marty is willing to both ignore Frasier and do not work. He also probably thinks the agreement was you run for president. I do all the work and might believe that they're actually going to stick to that agreement. Well, it is interesting. Marty's point that he goes, you're not even doing the thing I want. And he's like, I got five years of things I got to do. It does kind of feel like he could have moved that. He could have said like that's in flight, right? Like, I do that. I've got 15 things I got to do for that. I'll do it. There's no reason not to do it while also figuring out the rest of the problems. I'm not sure why he just didn't tackle it first. I think Frasier does throw a bit of a bait and switch. He says he's going to do this for his dad. But he thinks he gets to do all of his stuff first. And his dad's thing will be like at the back of the line. Why would Marty have agreed to that? When Marty calls him out, he goes, well, there's all these things you have to do. It's like, just start them. Just do one of them. He makes no effort to say I'm working on it. Like you said, you could put it in flight. He's not doing that.

Context outside the activity. Segment context: scene discussion comparison and personal anecdote text: I'm not going to practice cutting the cake for that reason. reviewed full source context: At the board meeting, Marty is muddling through Frasier's agenda before going rogue and proposing his partner spaces. This wins him a cake. Did you guys notice that the cake came in? In a baby stroller? I think, I mean, it was a rolling like a bar cart, basically. But the cake itself was at maybe not a 45 degree angle, but it was propped up slightly. And I thought, why would they do that? And I think it was so a camera would be able to see Marty's face on the cake when Frasier cuts his throat like an ungrateful. Oh, I'm sorry. You're going team Marty on this one. Always. Always. First of all, incredible knife skills on Frasier's part. Very accurate quick cut. I've never seen a cake more successfully cut. No one's ever got a cake like that. Could you imagine if he did the whole cake that left? So violently. Lesson to our audience. If you're cutting a cake, do it violently. You're going to get the cleanest cuts of cake you've ever seen. Yeah, do it. Well, I mean, it was, I was envious of that cut. In fairness to Frasier, he's pitching getting a patio on the roof. Like that's a great addition to any condo. It is wild how blase everybody is about the idea of a patio on, well, you know what? It just occurred to me. They're in Seattle. They don't need a patio on that roof. Are you kidding? I've been to some awesome Seattle rooftop patios. It's great. It's a great time. The amount of rain. The amount of rain in Seattle. When it's not raining, it's a great time up there. But how often does that happen? They have a lot of rooftop apartments, or like patios on rooftops of apartments. Rooftop apartment. A rooftop apartment would be really wild. Maybe some hair and all shit. Oh my football head! They also are very blase that like people are not into getting new ventilation, which is weird. Everyone should be on board with the vents if it's needed. And we know it's needed because in, I think it's season 10, maybe 11, Frasier complains about how drafty it is in his apartment. Like he didn't break out these vents. He's got some big improvements he wants to do, which is cool. But how much money is in the coffers for him to do all this? Yeah, what is the budget? It doesn't matter what the budget is. You pay for vents. Like he does some shit that's, I think he talks about how nice the plants are or some crap in the lobby. Like that's insane. But you get the vents. If you need vents, you get them. I'm with you. I'm all for the vents. I'm just saying like, that's probably a very expensive maintenance thing. Necessary. He's also pitching, let's build a patio. So I'm just like, how? And they're doing it. It's not like this is over the course of a year. Like this is over the course of like a couple weeks. Like two weeks. Like blow up your money. This is a luxury apartment though. Like no, no one's like you're spending too much money, Fraser. Or Marty Crane, I guess. I mean, they call it a luxury apartment for a reason, right? It's very fairly like upscale place. That money does not seem to be the problem. That's the other thing though. Like, okay, fine. They can afford it. But then that begs the question, why is it in such need of so many drastic changes? Like why is it not already? Because of the shoddy guy that was before them who now needs to do public service or whatever. It turns out they hate Fraser so much that they stuck out for five years with the worst management because like the place is turning to shit because they just really can't stand Fraser. They had two presidents in a row were horrible due to corruption. Always the way. Hell of a cut though. Like yeah, it was a nice throw, but hell of a cut. It was astonishing. Like I want to know, did Kelsey Grammer actually make that cut? Was there a stunt guy involved? Did you see there was a woman in the background who looked horrified? Just one of the background actors. That's fun. I wonder if that was genuine, like, oh my God, I can't believe he cut the cake so well and so violently, or if they were told to look disturbed. Why would she be horrified? She's like, I just saw sports moment of the year. Like I'm gonna, if anything, she should stand up and applaud. A disgruntled man who lives in the building who has a knife. No, I'm sorry. I'm at the actress. That was a genuine reaction. Ah. I understand why someone would be horrified. The way he holds the knife beforehand is anytime someone holds a knife like that and you're looking at a person, that's a bad sign. Doesn't matter what happens after that. I'm gonna say something that I think might be controversial. In Breaking Bad, there is a famous scene. You know Ethan's not on this episode, right? It'll be relayed through channels. So in Breaking Bad, Brank Cranston has to fling a pizza and it lands on a roof. And when he does it, like, it just so happens the actor somehow managed to get this pizza perfectly on the roof. Like, it's not a mess at all. He could not have done it better. Such a good scene. It's such a, it's a wild scene for the show. But even if you watch like the behind the scenes about it, they're all just like, whoa, I can't believe that happened. Like, you did that in one try and it's perfect. I think this is a part of that. I think Frasier cuttings is the perfect slice of cake that quickly. I don't think they knew it was going to be that clean. I think they were just like going for the aggressiveness. And lo and behold, it's a great way to cut a cake. We should all try it for our next cake. For your kid's next birthday party. I'm not trusted with big knives. What? I did slice my hand open once accidentally. It was an accident. I like that you specified accident twice. That's a bad sign. Well, because when I had to go to the urgent care, I didn't want them to think, you know, it was self-harm. Oh, yeah. It was a genuine mistake. Just a very dumb one. My parents had a watermelon cutting knife that was cool looking. Is that a normal, is that a knife? A dedicated knife for watermelons? Yes. What? It was a serrated knife. Maybe it wasn't serrated. Either way. Was it green? How do you know it was a watermelon knife? Yes, it looked like a watermelon. It had a green handle. And then the, like, this sheath was red. And it had holes in it. So you could see the black seeds on the blade. Oh, my God. What? I wanted to look at the blade. So I had it in my hand. I was going to take the sheath off. And I thought, I should be careful. I don't want to cut myself. And then immediately sliced into my hand. I'm sorry. What? Can you walk us through this a little better? What do you mean? Okay. I was holding the handle in my right hand. Of the knife. Of the knife. Yes. Yes. With the blade pointed inward. In a sheath. Yes. I really love that use of inward. Now it does sound like self-harm. It wasn't pointed at my heart. You know, it was like. I don't know. I'm trying to do this in my, like, I'm trying to pan a moment. It feels like it's pointing at your heart. It's not pointing at my heart. Okay. The handle in my right hand. When four fingers are pointing out, one finger's pointing back at you. Right palm up, holding the handle. Left hand palm down, holding the sheath. Okay. I went to pull the sheath left with my left hand and thug the blade into my right palm. As in one fell. Wait, what? Right palm? I did not see. I honestly don't know what you're describing. You pulled the knife out with your right hand, but then cut your right hand? Well, I pulled the sheath away with my left hand. What? Thus digging the knife into my right. You don't de-sheath the knife with the sheath. That's crazy. That's a terrible plan. It wasn't a plan. You said you didn't want to cut yourself. Exactly. And then immediately did so. So I won't be practicing. I'm not going to practice cutting the cake for that reason. I think that's a great idea. Yeah. You should stay away from any knives. I'm going to recommend even be in charge of the knife. Did you pull it out by the thing that you're supposed to hang it up with? Let it go. knife storyteller: Hannah explanation requester: Ryan

Context outside the activity. Segment context: episode discussion including quoted civil war exchange reviewed full source context: Back at home, Fraser confronts Marty, who thinks he can go it alone. I did write, the puppet thinks he's a real boy. That was fun. That's a great line. And the delivery is fantastic. And then Marty was annoying, which is standard. So this was a pretty regular scene. Yeah, this is a transition scene. There's not a whole lot to it. Agreed. We get a title card. Check your Seattle guidebooks. Four directions. At the cafe, Ross loudly tells Niles and Daphne she does not want a threesome with them. This attracts discount Matt Barry, who comes over and offers his services instead. He did look like Matt Barry. Who's non-discounted Matt Barry? Is that a famous person? Have you seen What We Do in the Shadows TV show? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That is that guy. Sounds like a regular wacko. A real son of a bitch. Was it maybe just that guy? I think because I was pretty sure it was not a famous guy. No, it wasn't him. 100% thought it was that person. So I mentioned earlier this trying to become an American citizen thing would come back in another scene. This is the scene. So they kind of open with a very weird bit. Don't you just love this part of American history? I'm not much of a Civil War buff. Really, it's fascinating. Much more so than the English Civil War. Impossible. Didn't you want to be there when Charles I unfurled his standard at Nottingham in 1642? Ugh, you sound like school. We'll let Frasier settle it. Which Civil War was more interesting? Spanish! But I don't have time to prove it. I do not know why, but this scene really stuck with me. Like, this is one of those scenes from this show that I really remembered. I think I was very tickled as a young man. The idea that Niall thinks the English Civil War is more interesting than the American one. I don't know why I thought that was so funny, but I did. I don't even know if that's a real thing. I thought maybe they were just making that one up. No, there was an English Civil War. I don't know that. But now you do. I don't trust you. You're not a trustworthy source. You know words sometimes. That doesn't make you a knower of history. It's not. They're not being sub-rose about it. You can Google. I didn't. I obviously didn't. Hannah Tiebreaker. Was there an English Civil War? You're asking me, was there one or did I know that there was one? I would like answers to both, please. Honestly, you just give a yes or a no. It's fine either way. History is not my strong suit. I did not know that there was an English Civil War, but I did disagree.

Context outside the activity. Segment context: episode discussion identification lookups and hypothetical rewrites reviewed full source context: Suck it, Curt. Oh. Almost to God, there is a 80% chance I knew there was an English Civil War because I watched Frasier as a child. Because your mom made you watch Frasier when you were very young. Let me. Aw, cute. I really did love that Frasier-like. That was one of the best lines of probably the season. Well, he's unhinged, right? Like, he is on the warpath in the scene. Love unhinged Frasier. And I do like them trying to talk him down. He's just like, I'm not having that. Yeah, and this is very funny when Niles is trying to be like, this could be good for our father. And Frasier's like, fuck off. I'm going to destroy him. I don't care that something positive can be happening for him. He's a terrible person. I think he said, I don't know why I talk to you people. Just a great, it's fun to see him deranged like this. Also really funny to say that line to them when Roz really should say that, right? Like, she deserves to say that to him. She's just getting punished because they're psychopaths. Frasier gets to come in and just dish on them. And this is the other thing about this subplot with Roz that sort of bothers me. The only thing we get for this episode, the only payoff at all to the joke is that they're making fun of her and she doesn't like it. I really thought that the most basic thing they could have done was in this scene, just call them on it. Like, just like, okay, you know what? I do. I do want to have a street threesome with you. Let's go do that and turn it on them where now they're uncomfortable because they're like, oh God, she really wants to do this now. Like, I think that would have been fun. No, we don't even get that. It would have been a Roz way to approach it. Yeah, I think so. Season 11 Roz anyway. At the meeting, the residents confront Marty for his botched parking spot plan. Frazier rushes to his defense, but Marty confesses and resigns, leaving runner-up Frazier, the official Traxie. The guy that is old. Is that Professor Farnsworth? What? The old guy. One of the people that- From Futurama? You're asking if he's the cartoon character? I'm asking if he's the voice of the cartoon character. I know he's probably not the professor, although he's pretty old. I'm looking it up. I don't know. I did not- I don't think so. I think he would be younger than that. It felt like a distinct voice. I felt like I recognized it. Oh, I do know, since you're on Brad here, I will say the swinger, which is how he is credited. The actor's name is Don Tiffany. Oh. The guy you're referring to might be Conrad Janis. Sounds right. Was he Professor Farnsworth? No, that was Billy West. Conrad Janis, American trombonist and actor. Could you imagine trombonist being like your leading, that's what you're known for? I mean, it'd be better than a Frazier podcast. Sure, but like if someone was like, oh, Ryan, he did a Frazier podcast. He's trombonist and did a Frazier podcast. Like, that'd be a cool two things. Hey, Curt. Did Jonathan Frakes play jazz trombone or was it only Riker who played jazz trombone? I don't know what's happening. Riker has that trait because the actor does, I believe. I think they worked it into the show. Just pour Star Trek for you, Ryan. I'm almost lost on me. How was he a trombone in the episodes of Star Trek? Probably was he, was he doing trombone while the ghosts were banging? I mean. Not in that episode. That's too bad. We, we don't know that. He might've been doing it in his quarters while she was doing that. That should have been a smash cut. That would have been good. I had no idea what to do on this one. I nearly imagine now. So this scene, would you like to talk about this scene? Yeah, I'll go out and say it. Marty defends his son for the first time, I think, in the whole show. And it's nice to see. He's a sweet man. Well, he isn't. But in this moment, yes. You've got Frazier ready to go on a warpath. But as soon as his father is threatened, he gets defensive and tries to save Marty's face. But then Marty kind of reciprocates and confesses and defends his son. And it's all around nice. Frazier we've seen be nice sometimes. Marty, this is the first time we've really seen him be a dad. It's just not true. I enjoyed the moment when somebody called out, like, did you just hire a guy with a paintbrush or whatever to fix the parking spaces? He just went, no. I like when he's looking at his papers trying to pretend they want the feasibility study. And the guy's like, there's only one piece of paper there. You know, you don't have anything. Do feasibility studies have to happen, though? I feel like it's a nice bonus. Well, obviously, they don't have to happen because they didn't. Well, OK. But I mean, like, that guy talking about, like, it's in their bylaws. If you're going to change the parking lot, you have to have a feasibility study. It's, again, the exact same people. They were so jazzed about the idea of whiter spaces. And I get that now that reality is hitting and they have to park on the street, they're, like, frustrated or whatever. Not until this scene does anybody realize that whiter spaces means fewer spots. Like, what do they think they were in favor of in the previous scene? Yeah, that is a good idea. If you understand that you'll lose spots, like, that question should have come up. Also, do they not have to vote? They, like, let they elect the president and he can just do whatever. Yeah, it's weird because you would expect the kind of weirdos who show up to this religiously are going to be very, like, contentious. And they're detail oriented. We see that in this scene, right? If you're asking for a feasibility study, which I don't know why you would have. They're on such a Marty high. At this point. They just think he's the bee's knees and they just want to let him run. They trust him, I guess. Because he's a war hero. Well, came back to bite them immediately. I also liked when they're like, who's going to pay the fines that went from when we parked illegally? It's like, well, you still have to pay them. No one tells you to park illegally. Yeah, that is fun. And that also rings very true for, like, wealthy people, like, in a luxury apartment. They just think they're allowed to park wherever it's convenient for them. 100%. I'm glad these guys had this happen to them. Long time coming. Well, and at the end, we get Frazier. It's not clear to me if he is going to continue to be president or if he sort of also resigns because he sort of flicks them off as he leaves. But he doesn't exactly say, I'm not going to be president. I love when he's, I love when he goes, well, bylaws are bylaws. So, and then does this flick off? No, that's the impression I got was that he is saying, fuck these guys and also quitting. But I don't buy that. I don't feel like Frazier would turn down his fight. After five years, he is officially president. And he's not going to just run with it. He knows they won't appreciate him. As much as he wants things done, he wants the people to appreciate the things that are done. And now he just knows they're ungrateful swine. I guess you're right. They're bad, too. Like, they deserve the hell they're in. And I hope their parking lot situation never recovers. We don't know that it does. Presumably, now that they've been painted too wide, they need a feasibility study before they can. Somebody's getting screwed. Somebody's losing their spot. By the way, Marty's solution of maybe we can take current plus, does everybody need their car? Like, these are insane questions in this moment. It's not that insane. Why does Marty even worry about the spaces? When does he drive? Is he allowed to drive? No way. There's no chance. Marty? Yeah. POS that causes all the problems because he doesn't think about things? Yeah, that guy. Wow. I'm just saying, would you trust him behind a wheel? I wouldn't. I don't know how good his vision is. I guess that would be a question. That'd be a question. You'd raise it quick. He doesn't look sturdy. I mean, he's not sturdy, certainly. He was shot in the hip. Which we know. Fraser plays this out with Ross getting hit on by American Matt Barry. I don't really understand why Matt Barry would hit on her here. She flatly rejected it, loudly rejected it, actually. It doesn't really indicate that she's a potential buyer. I felt the same way. I thought, like, he clearly heard her say, I will not have a threesome with you. Where he's like, oh, I'd like, you know, unconventional sex. And you guys, here's my card. Dead on Matt Barry impression. Thank you so much. So it just felt like maybe this guy's best jerk. And he doesn't care about what she wants. Oh. Well, I was like, ooh, there's a woman. I want that one. And that's the extent of his thoughts. I don't know whether he's a jerk in that way or not. I will say it does not strike me as odd that he hits on her. Because while he knows she doesn't want a threesome, he's not necessarily offering her a threesome here. He's offering her himself, presumably. That's not what we're presuming. We're presuming he's giving the same speech he gave to Niles and Daphne. That's the implication. And he gave the same card. He gave the same card. He doesn't say to Niles and Daphne that he's into threesomes. He says to Daphne and Niles that he's into non-traditional sex. So he might be into more than just multiple partners. And I think he's the type of guy who is going to, he's going to go for it. Like he's going to ask every woman he sees and hope that a small percentage of the yet. Wouldn't that have been a better version of the scrambled egg scene if he's just giving his card to every woman entering the coffee shop? Yes. Totally. If he gave it to every person, regardless of sex, that would have been great. Maybe Niles and Daphne are sitting in the corner, like at the cafe and get a little bit offended that they're not special. Oh, that would have been great. That would have been great. That's way better. Yeah. Only we were in the writer's room 20 years ago. Or if anyone with a pulse was. roz rewrite voice: Curtis answer: Don Tiffany card rewrite voice: Ryan card rewrite expansion: Hannah card rewrite reaction: Curtis

segment type: episode evaluation and personal ratings activity request: Was this a good episode? Segment context: non game structured discussion reviewed full source context: Well, Hannah, what did you think? Was this a good episode? This is a new one for you, right? This was not part of your watch yet? Correct. I had not seen this episode. I thought it was fine. It was good. There was, you know, I didn't care for the way they went about the threesome jokes. The bulk of the jokes in the whole episode. Yes. Yeah. It was also a Frasier heavy episode, which aren't typically my favorite, but I didn't hate it. I thought it was, I thought it was good. I would give it like a five out of 10 melanges. Massage. I had not brought it up before, but I want to say now, I hate the way that Daphne says massage. I hate it. Do you like or hate that Roz then imitates it once and then goes away from it? Yes. I thought that was fine because I felt like she was mocking her a little bit. I think she was. Yeah. I actually think I ranked this too high now after talking it over with you guys. I, I ranked this, uh, still middle of the pack, but higher on the pack. It's 12 out of 45. I thought it was, I don't know. I, I laughed more than I feel like I typically do at some of these things. So I don't know why I rated it so high. Whoa. 12. Oh my God. I know. What's the anchor point? Uh, number 11 is Miss Right Now with Jennifer Tilly. Oh my God. What are you doing? What are you doing? Number 13 is, um, you're going to hate this because it was recent. Bristle while you were. Oh, Curt. Uh, you're mailed it again. Oh no. I might've hired a proxy to, to make my choice this time. Cause I, I don't know if I agree with my, my original plan. I might have to revisit that, but, um, I, I rated it awfully high. Oh, Ryan, what about you? I did find myself sort of like smiling and enjoying the episode, but I, I also at the same time noticed, I think this is prevalent in season 10. There was some good lines, but this felt actually like a fairly predictable route. Like the way they do all the setups, the ending scenes, you can kind of work out how they would happen, which is not what we've seen in the Frasier episodes past. Like they pull a bunch of things for previous scenes and then come up with like this wild ending, which you, it's hard to draw up. This just follows the regular course. Like Frasier and Marty come up with this deal. You know, it's going to go poorly. It goes poorly and like, it's fine. It is good, but it's just not, it's not Frasier quality that I've seen before. And I think that that really should hurt it. There was, there was definitely lines I liked. It's, it's a definitely Marty heavy episode, which is in this case fine. Cause it does rely on him being incompetent, but I don't know. This was the first one where I noticed Frasier quality is different between season 10 and 11 in a way that like felt really tangible. So I'm going to give it like a five, three. Okay. Fair enough.

title: law and order fictional character unit activity premise: So we're going to figure out what I should think. activity request: I'm going to give you both a chance to sort of sway me officially to your side. rules: So I'm going to be the judge and the jury come to a verdict based on three exhibits that are going to be in this courtroom. method: fictional prosecution and defense arguments then character verdict final adjudication: I rule Marty is good. result type: character verdict reviewed full source context: In the TV justice system, the audience is represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The fans who put characters on a pedestal and the Koenigs who nitpick them. These are their stories. So we're doing law and order fictional character unit because we all know that Ryan hates Marty as evidenced in this episode, but Hannah loves him. So we're going to figure out what I should think. Hannah, for a little bit of context, the last episode we recorded, I, uh, I've been starting to crack seeing a lot of these last, like I, I started this rewatch thinking that Marty's a great character and I love him. And I, I thought for sure Ryan was going to turn around instantly. But if anything, I've come more towards Ryan's side, seeing some of what we've seen in these last two seasons, but I'm not definitively pro or ampy Martin anymore. I'm right on the fence. Hannah was really strongly supportive of him in the first Christmas episode. And she's like, come talk to me if you watch some more episodes. And over a season later, there's absolutely no defense for Marty. He's way worse. You have not gotten to the, the best of Marty. Okay. I'll leave it at them. Which is probably true for all of the characters. I hope I've gotten to his worst. Like if it gets worse, it's like, we're talking about like, like Nazi stuff. Like we're not, we can't get much worse than we've seen. So, so here's what we're going to do. I'm going to give you both a chance to sort of sway me officially to your side. So I'm going to be the judge and the jury come to a verdict based on three exhibits that are going to be in this courtroom. I should have asked about this sooner, but it makes no sense to call this law and order, right? That's like an investigative show. It's not a judge show. At least half. You're doing like a judge John Hodgman thing, which is cool, but like, it doesn't make sense to call it law and order. I very strongly considered basing this off of the early 2000s BB Newworth vehicle, law and order trial by jury, which was a hundred percent about the trial. So I honestly, I don't know if you're making a joke right now or if that's a real thing that has happened. The, the, the actress who played Lilith starred in a early 2000s law and order spinoff that barely survived a season called law and order trial by jury. You know what people don't want? They don't want the cop part. They just want the Jack McCoy. So let's just give them that. Didn't last long. But this is going to be law and order fictional character unit. So I'm also making a pun on the SVU. So none of it works. We're going to start with exhibit A. It's the cane in the KACL studios with Roz. Brian, as prosecutor, you can go first. Tell me what exactly was happening with the cane in the studios with Roz. It was a very strange maneuver by Marty. I don't know why he was mad at Roz. Maybe she was like exhibiting her sexuality, not towards him or something, but he was mad at her for sure that one day. I thought you were going to stop there. He was mad at her. Now this crafty son of a bitch. He actually has a fake cane. I don't know if you know this. It's like a gimmick cane. And he brought his gimmick cane one day and said near the stairs. He's like, Roz, I want you to try this out. Like, this is a really cool cane. And Roz is like, Marty, I trust you because you're old and stupid. This is going to be great. And then she goes and presses down and there's no, it's all give or whatever. It's like plush. It's like rubber. Yeah. And she just falls and collapses and she dies on the stairs. Okay. So we're presuming there are stairs in the KACL studios? I assume so. I don't think it's a one floor situation. We do not have evidence of that. I will say I want to push back on the issue of him being the kind of guy who would have a fake cane. Oh, Marty has a fake cane. That cane doesn't do it. But we've seen him do a terrible magic trick. So it is plausible. Hannah, counselor, would defense like to... Would defense like to rest? Would you just like to let, obviously, the situation I laid out, that's clearly what happened? Why would I rest? Because you're tired of hearing how terrible Marty is because it's so true. If something happened at KACL with his cane, it would potentially be that maybe Roz got locked in her little part of the studio where the producer sits. There are two doors there. For some reason, both of them got locked. Maybe there was a fire and he had to use his cane to break through the glass to save her. So she's dead. He's dead. There's no way he's getting through this glass in a fire situation. In a real panic situation, no way. I'm hearing Marty as arsonist in this scenario. So should I reserve my judgment till I've heard all three or should I... I mean, it sounds like you did not reserve your judgment and you made your choice. I'm an impartial jurist and I will not have any sass. Any more sass and you're in contempt. All right. Next up, exhibit B, the Barker lounger in Frazier's apartment with Daphne. I would guess if something happened in Frazier's apartment with the Barker lounger and Daphne, perhaps it was that after... I'm sorry, I'm going to interrupt you because this happened. You're not telling me what might have happened. You're telling me what happened. So just have some conviction. No maybes. All right. Marty, you know, Daphne, I'm trying to do this without referencing episodes that haven't happened yet. Sorry. You made this very difficult for the defense. Yeah. You got assigned Marty. That's very difficult. Do you want me to actually go first? No. Marty, just fan it and I'll say my piece. Marty appreciates all the things that Daphne does for him. And so he decides he's going to give her a massage for once because she's helped him with his bum hip all this time. I'm sorry. Are you on prosecution or are you on... Are you defending Marty? I'm defending him. He's helping her. You want this old man to touch Daphne? We know Daphne will never let him touch her. We know that? It's come up. It's come up a few times. Okay. And she's in the Barker lounger? Is that what's happening? Yeah. Okay. So it's all above board. It's, you know, just a shoulder massage, I presume. Yeah. Okay. All right, Marty. Okay. Well, counselor, that sounds pretty reasonable. Why did you bring this evidence to court? I'm sorry, Curt. What's up? Sorry, Captain Curt. What's your name? You're a judge. Judge Judy. What's a Barker lounger real quick? Oh, it's his chair. His like, uh, ratty old chair. Why didn't you just, why didn't you just say that? Why'd you call it a Barker? You're in contempt. I don't think, uh, I don't think, I don't know when this was, but I don't think Marty was, uh, doing anything nefarious towards Daphne. He wouldn't do that. She's pretty much the thing, the person that keeps him alive. But I do think those two probably got together and plotted against Frasier and found the ugliest fucking thing they could find on the planet and threw it in his nice apartment. So I'm pretty sure that those two were up to nefarious deeds when that Barker lounger got decisioned. And you're, you're suggesting that the nefarious deed is messing with Frasier? Because I'm, I'm not sure there are any laws on the book against that. Making the ugliest piece of shit thing for his apartment. Well, he's giving the good fortune of letting Marty live there for free and even like providing services for Marty to like enjoy his life. And instead all he does is reward his son by buying, I don't know, like the first chair ever made, whatever this thing is. Okay. Hmm. Not sure what law you're, you're citing there, but okay. Bad fatherhood, bad fatherhood, Curt. It's a, it's maybe not like a legal law, but like it's an important natural law. Uh, we do not follow natural law, Ms. Court. We've, we follow martial law. Uh, exhibit C. Well, the defense rests. Exhibit, oh, I don't mean you want to do that because there's still exhibit C. D. Cheese in Cafe Nervosa with Niles. Yeah. I mean, this is an obvious case. So we know that the Marty's like got a shitty health portfolio, whatever the things have happened to him. I'm certain at some point he realized cheese was his downfall. And you know what? He subtly pushes it on his son because the son annoys him sometimes. So like he knows something bad will happen. I don't think it's like a full blown heart event. I think he just like wants to take Niles down a peg and have like a subtle bad thing happen to him. So he continues to push cheese on him. Also, I don't know why you've put it in Cafe Nervosa. I don't think they've ever eaten cheese at a coffee shop. Is this post surgery? This is pre-surgery. No, this is pre-surgery. I think he's pretty much the reason Niles got put in the hospital. I knew it was intentional. He wasn't just being nice and offering his son some lovely cheese. Yeah. He, he wanted to hurt. Now he wanted to take him down a peg. Again, not heart event. He, that was, Marty's dumb. He doesn't understand how things work. Like he went too far on accident, but I, yeah, he wanted to like something like, you know, diabetes or something to happen to him. Okay. I'm going to need you to step in here and tell me where he's going wrong. I'm going to say that what happened at Cafe Nervosa is that Marty wanted to- Are you bratting right now? Can you not say it either? She's not obsessed with it. She doesn't have to say it, right? Nervosa. Nervosa. Does it help that I, I had a speech impediment once or no? Damn, Curt, dude, what are you doing? Why are you, why are you going at it? No, I feel like an asshole. You should. You're doing a real Marty, doing a real Marty thing right now. Casey, if you're any better, I was mostly trying to make fun of Brad. No, you did a bad job. You did a Brad job. To be fair, it was just ours for the issue. But anyway. Well, there's something in Nervosa. Marty took Niles to Cafe Nervosa. That is hard to say. Wow. I'm not Brad's type. That's just the characteristic of third host or guest. Yeah. Must not be able to say Nervosa. We give you a bum mic. That's just to mess with you. Marty takes Niles to the cafe. He wants to impress him by ordering coffee in Italian, accidentally asks for cheese, but doesn't want to own up to it. And so he acts as though that was intentional, that he wanted cheese with his coffee. This is an actual episode of Frasier. Which is the deorder? The stinkiest one you can find. Ooh, amazing. Okay, this is next level stuff. This is Frasier writers room caliber. Like season, not season 10. Not season 10. Not season 10. I'm not trying to insult you. I'm trying to compliment you. This was amazing. You've done enough, Curt. I do. I do. I do want to watch that episode. It's fine. It's fine. It's the B plot. I do have to confess that is a reference to a Gilmore Girls episode. Oh. In which we hear that story, but we don't see it happen. Was it one of the 51 that you made Ethan watch? It was only 18. And no, it was not. I don't know how long Gilmore Girls is. I don't know if that's like basically the equivalent to what he made you watch, or you just were not as committed to it. There were only seven original seasons. Ah, okay. Would you like to make a closing argument? What I will say in Marty's defense is that the best is yet to come. He's so funny and snarky, and he's a great foil to Frasier and Niles, and I feel like they need that balance. And he's, from what I remember, a good man. But from the things you're telling me from the episodes, I don't remember. I'm not sure I can 100% stand by that. However, I don't think he would murder Ross. You know, I don't know if it's murder. It's homicide. It's intentional. It's murder. Yeah. Would the prosecution like to rest? Yeah, yeah. I will just say, I don't hate Marty. He's like such a bad example for what fathers can be. Like, he really lowers the bar. He really, like, it makes my job easier as a father. So I don't hate him. He's just someone I can point to and be like, I'm better than that guy at being a dad. So power to Marty and his suppression of any sort of protest. Well, now for my verdict. Given that at least one of the three scenarios seem to be completely a non-crime and, in fact, a benefit, a sign of Marty doing good. And the absolutely stellar explanation and totally in character and exactly what Marty would do based on seasons 10 and 11 Marty on the third example with the cheese. I rule Marty is good. What? Is that what we're playing for? Good or bad? Ryan, you will be reporting to the bailiff as you are in contempt of tort. I am absolutely in contempt. answer: Yes it’s Curtis

Context outside the activity. response context: And I just want to say your current intention that Frazier is doing something reasonable and responsible is very funny. reviewed full source context: But before you do that, why don't you tell us what to expect next week when we cover the previous episode of season 10 episode 2, Enemy at the Gate. Ah, Frazier very reasonably and responsibly declares all-out war on the Canadian goose. Okay, I don't want to say much because I do remember the episode that we're talking about. And I just want to say your current intention that Frazier is doing something reasonable and responsible is very funny. I'm very excited for you to see the next episode. If this is the episode of Frazier that I think it is, I hate that episode. Oh, interesting.

Segment context: post signoff dictionary production discussion action: No, I'm deciding if we should have a sting for it. Context outside the activity. reviewed full source context: Frazier drops a few vocab words that I wasn't familiar with. He said a lot of things I did. It just went right over my head. Are you going to have a lot of these throughout the episode or just a couple? I think it's just three. Three or four. Okay. Curtis is like, are you going to, I'm sorry, are you going to bother us throughout the whole episode with words? No, I'm deciding if we should have a sting for it. Go ahead with your dictionary, do we have a name for it? Dictionary dynamism? I don't know. Not that.