- The Apparent Trap
Infobox Television episode | Title = The Apparent Trap
Series =Frasier
Season = 7
Episode = 09
Airdate =25 November 1999
Production =
Writer = Dan O'Shannon
Director =Kelsey Grammer
Guests =
Prev =The Late Dr. Crane
Next =Back Talk
Episode list =List of Frasier episodes (Season 7)"The Apparent Trap" is the eighth episode in season 7 of American sitcom "Frasier ".Cast and characters
Main cast and characters
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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
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Bebe Neuwirth –Lilith Sternin
*Trevor Einhorn – Frederick CranePlot outline
Frederick is coming to celebrate Thanksgiving with his father, while Lilith spends the holiday with a colleague. At the last minute, this colleague cancels, and Lilith asks Frasier if she can join them. He concedes, acknowledging that the season should be a celebration of family, even though there is still some awkwardness between Lilith and Niles following their brief tryst. Lilith happens to be writing an article about raising a child after
divorce , and Frederick suggests she collaborate with Frasier, and do so while she stays at the apartment. He then goes to some effort to bring his parents closer together, saying privately to each how much the other is missing them, setting up mood lighting and romantic music. It is not long before they realise they are being set up, but they cannot help wondering if Frederick has some other motive behind his elaborate scheme.Episode Title Cards
*"As all of
Vancouver kneels to give thanks…"
*"The apparent trap"Cultural reference
The episode title refers to the
1961 film, "The Parent Trap" (or its1998 remake), in which two identical twins conspire to re-unite their estranged parents.Memorable Quotations
"Frasier explains to Roz that Lilith will be in Vancouver for Thanksgiving"Frasier: You know, come to think of it, do they even celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada?Roz: They will when she leaves.
"Frasier urges Niles and Lilith to behave as they used to towards each other: by trading insults"Niles: Well, I learned if you kiss her too fast you get an ice cream headache.Lilith: You also learned that I have twice your upper body strength, so shut your pie hole!Frasier: Was that so hard?
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