Shutout in Seattle

Infobox Television episode | Title = Shutout in Seattle
Series = Frasier
Season = 6
Episode = 23
Airdate = 20 May 1999
Production =
Writer = David Isaacs
Director = Pamela Fryman
Guests = Jessica Cauffiel (Kit)
Alice Playten (Bonnie)
Prev = Visions of Daphne
Next =
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 6)"Shutout in Seattle" is the twenty-third and final episode in season 6 of American sitcom "Frasier". It is an hour-long episode.

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

*Patrick Kerr – Noel Shempsky
*Amy Brenneman – Faye Moskowitz
*Saul Rubinek – Donny Douglas
*Dan Butler – Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe

Plot outline

Niles has been having a difficult time recently, being surrounded by happy couples: Frasier and Faye; Daphne and Donny; and now Martin and Bonnie, a woman from McGinty's (previously seen in "Our Parents, Ourselves"). He meets Roz late one Saturday in Café Nervosa, and she has also had a bad day; her date cancelled earlier, and she resents the waitress serving them, whom she knows from the gym. The next day, Frasier is surprised to discover that she gave into her loneliness and slept with Bulldog, and is now mortified with embarrassment. Later on, Daphne confides in him the awful truth that she has lost her engagement ring, and is trying to conceal the fact from Donny.

Niles apparently goes missing, not answering any phonecalls, and Frasier and Martin suddenly panic in case he, also driven by loneliness, has gone back to Maris. They hasten to the Montana, only to discover that he is with Kit, the waitress from Café Nervosa whom Roz dislikes. Roz, incidentally, seems unable to resist the temptation to sleep with Bulldog again, but when he refers to her as his girlfriend, she is repulsed by the idea. However, she cannot bear to tell him this after he announces that KACL have fired him.

The Crane couples start to have problems: Frasier keeps calling Faye Cassandra by mistake; Martin is annoyed by the way Bonnie's poodle, Lady, dominates Eddie. Niles seems happy with Kit, even if his uncharacteristic new leather jacket and use of youthful slang terms like "buzz-kill" mystify his brother. In reality, the lifestyle does not suit him.

Episode Title Cards

*"Bed and breakfast"
*"Moon around the ring"
*"Sooner or later everyone comes to Café Nervosa"

Cultural reference

At the end of the episode, while in a piano bar, Martin, Frasier, and Niles sing the title song from the 1964 James Bond film, "Goldfinger".

Memorable Quotations

"Frasier wants to know what happened to his favourite scented candle in the bathroom"
Daphne: I'm going to let my attorney handle this one.
Donny: I'm sorry, Frasier, you know. I guess after a little champagne we got into the mood, and into the nude, and into the tub. And don't worry; we'll replace the candle.
Frasier: If only you could replace the image.

"Kit is out smoking on Frasier's balcony, and coughing at intervals"
Niles: She's so free, so spontaneous. She has breathed new life into me.
Frasier: You may have to return the favour.