The Unnatural (Frasier episode)

Infobox Television episode | Title = The Unnatural
Series = Frasier
Season = 4
Episode = 16
Airdate = 1 April 1997
Production =
Writer = Michael B. Kaplan
Director = Pamela Fryman
Guests = Bobby Sherman
Prev = Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead
Next = Roz's Turn
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 4)

"The Unnatural" is the sixteenth episode in season 4 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
*Trevor Einhorn – Frederick Crane

Plot outline

Frasier's son, Frederick, is visiting him in Seattle for the week. He has requested a tour of Microsoft, which Frasier is having difficulty organising. He remembers that Roz used to date a Microsoft executive, and hopes she can help, but it turns out that he resigned soon after Roz dumped him. While on a tour of KACL, Frederick meets Bulldog, who is in need of another player to join the KACL softball team. Not wanting to disillusion the boy, Bulldog claims that Frasier is an expert softball player, but that he is unavailable for the next game because of the Microsoft tour. Frederick promptly informs his father that he no longer wants to visit Microsoft; rather, he wants to see Frasier play in the softball game. This leaves Frasier with, as he sees it, only one option: he must learn to play.

Meanwhile, Niles is having some trouble dealing with the fact that Frederick has a crush on Daphne, and she enjoys spending time with him.

Episode title cards

*"Who delivered the Gettysburg Address?
*"The unnatural"
*"15%…20% if the service is exceptional"

Memorable Quotations

"Roz takes issue with one of Bulldog's decisions as the KACL softball team captain"
Roz: Liz Budner?! Why? What can she do that I can't?
Bulldog: It's what she "will" do that you won't!

"Frederick is returning from a walk with Martin"
Frederick: Dad, did Grandpa ever tell you the story of how he captured four bank robbers with just a nightstick?
Frasier: No. He did tell me how he captured "two" bank robbers with just a revolver, his partner and a SWAT team.

"Frasier and Niles are at Café Nervosa discussing the impending softball game. Frederick and Daphne arrive from the amusement park"
Frasier: So you see the problem?
Niles: I certainly do!
Frasier: No, that's "your" problem!