The Kid (Frasier episode)

Infobox Television episode | Title = The Kid
Series = Frasier


Season = 5
Episode = 04
Airdate = 4 November 1997
Production =
Writer = Jeffrey Richman & Suzanne Martin
Director = Jeff Melman
Guests = Todd Babcock (Rick)
Prev = Halloween
Next = The 1000th Show
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 5)"The Kid" is the fourth episode in season 5 of American sitcom "Frasier". It is the second part of a storyline that spans two episodes, continuing from the previous "Halloween".

Cast and characters

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

Recurring cast

*Dan Butler – Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe

Plot outline

Following the events of the Halloween party, Frasier and Niles are full of contrition. Roz left the party in a hurry and refused to answer the telephone all night, but at KACL the next day she seems to be fine, and announces that she will keep the baby. She also tells Frasier that, while planning to raise the child alone, she did break the news to the father, who happens to be now living in Cairo and working as an architect. However, later on she calls round to Frasier's apartment, and as she is telling the others the same story, Frasier notices that this time she says the father is an archaeologist. After some interrogation, Roz admits that she has not told the father, though she does know who it is. Frasier finds the answer by chance at Café Nervosa, while being served by a cheerful young waiter called Rick.

Episode Title Cards

*"Let's see Alec Guinness blow up one of those"

Memorable Quotations

"Roz has been up all night thinking about what to do"
Frasier: I suppose a decision of that magnitude would take many sleepless…
Roz: I’m having the baby.
Frasier: …hours to make.

"Niles has apologised to Daphne for his misguided proposal the previous evening"
Niles: I happen to believe that if a woman finds herself in such a predicament, a man of honour has an obligation to step up and do the right thing.
Daphne: And now poor Roz really is in that predicament.
Niles: Do I smell chicken?

"The idea of being a single parent is suddenly causing Roz a lot of stress. Frasier is trying to console her, as a parent himself"
Roz: I have to know everything. You could know half of everything: you could know about the milk, and Lilith could know about the bootees and the snugglies…
Frasier: You never met Lilith, did you?