Frasier's Imaginary Friend

Infobox Television episode | Title = Frasier's Imaginary Friend
Series = Frasier


Season = 5
Episode = 01
Airdate = 23rd September 1997
Production = 40571-012
Writer = Rob Greenberg
Director = David Lee
Guests = Sela Ward (Kelly Easterbrook)
Lisa Coles (Joanna)
Kimberly Oja (Felicity)
Prev = Odd Man Out
Next = The Gift Horse
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 5)"Frasier’s Imaginary Friend" is the first episode in season 5 of American sitcom "Frasier".

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

The story continues from the previous episode ("Odd Man Out"), after Frasier spontaneously decides to board a plane to Acapulco with Joanna. She soon switches seats after learning this. While reading a magazine, he realises that the model in it is actually the woman sitting next to him on the plane, who introduces herself as Kelly Easterbrook. She tells him she is a supermodel and a student of zoology. 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 is currently breaking up with a football player and wants this kept out of the media. As it turns out, no one back in Seattle at home or at work will believe that Frasier met anyone in Mexico, still less that it was a supermodel. In fact, Niles, Daphne and Martin worry that, given the desperate state of his love life, he must be inventing a girlfriend.

Episode Title Cards

*"Strangers on a plane"
*"Shadow of a Doubt"
*"The Lady Vanishes"
*"Psycho"

Memorable Quotations

"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 is 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 is not happy that no one believes him about his relationship with Kelly"
Frasier: I did not come back empty-handed; I came back with two "huge" handfuls!

"Kelly is excited about her prospective trip to the Galápagos Islands"
Kelly: I called all my friends. They couldn't believe it.
Frasier: Nor will mine(!)

"Frasier tries desperately to convince his family"
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?!

Trivia

*The episode title cards are all based on Hitchcock films.
*For his performance in this episode Kelsey Grammer won the 1998 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

Notes

ee also

*List of Frasier episodes

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Derby/3267/51.html]