The Wizard and Roz

Infobox Television episode | Title = The Wizard and Roz
Series = Frasier
Season = 08
Episode = 20
Airdate = 8 May 2001
Production =
Writer = Saladin K. Patterson
Director = Sheldon Epps
Guests = Fisher Stevens (Dr. Morey)
Prev = Daphne Returns
Next = Semi-Decent Proposal

"The Wizard and Roz" is the twentieth episode in season 8 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

*René Auberjonois – Dr. William Tewksbury

Plot outline

Frasier has been receiving some informal therapy from Dr. Tewkesbury, his old Harvard mentor, whom he holds in the highest esteem. He runs into him unexpectedly one day at Café Nervosa, and introduces him to Roz. He is subsequently startled when, calling round to Roz's apartment a few days later, he finds Dr. Tewksbury there with Roz, wearing one of her robes. It turns out that they got on well after that initial introduction. After that, Frasier cannot get the image of his esteemed mentor in a silk robe out of his head.

Daphne makes Niles promise not to go to Nervosa after she has a premonition that something bad will happen to him there. She later catches him in there with a coffee, and is very angry. They decide to call in a specialist, who can apply scientific methods to test her alleged psychic abilities.

Episode title cards

*"Don't forget the Geiger counter and the divining rod"
*"The doctor makes a house call"
*"The big city proves too much for Peterson"

Cultural reference

The episode title is a reference to the story by L. Frank Baum, "The Wizard of Oz", or to the 1939 film version.

Memorable Quotations

"Dr. Tewksbury has been observing Niles and Daphne in Café Nervosa. Roz explains Daphne's belief that she is psychic"
Tewksbury: Well, no matter who's right or wrong, Niles needs to set up stricter boundaries with his patients. I learned that from years of practice.
Roz: No, she's not his patient; she's his girlfriend.
Tewkesbury: Oh well, in that case, no matter who's right or wrong, "he's" wrong. I learned that from years of marriage.