Bad Dog (Frasier episode)

Infobox Television episode | Title = Bad Dog
Series = Frasier
Season = 5
Episode = 18
Airdate = 7 April 1998 (U.S.A)
Production = 40571-109
Writer = Suzanne Martin
Director = Pamela Fryman
Guests = Thomas J. Reilly (Father O'Rourke)
Peg Stewart (Mrs. McCloud)
Christopher M. Brown (Bulldog's engineer)
Robert Ruth (Coach Nugent)
Michelle Crispin (Bulldog's date)
Doug Hance (Joey Katona)
Peggy Miley (Bernice Briscoe)
Prev = The Perfect Guy
Next = Frasier Gotta Have It
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 5)

"Bad Dog" is the eighteenth 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

Whilst waiting in a long line at Café Nervosa, a conversation between Bulldog, Frasier and Roz about the up-coming SeaBee radio awards (and the extremely embarrassing maternity dress that the pregnant Roz must wear) is interrupted when Frasier spots a man who has a gun. In the chaos that follows, it appears that Bulldog acts heroically when he pulls Roz out of the way and causes the gunman to flee. The other patrons of the café proclaim him a hero, and the story appears later on the news. Frasier, however, was seemingly the only witness to what "actually" occurred: rather than bravely pushing Roz out of the way, Bulldog in fact cowardly attempted to use her as a human shield, only happening to knock his coffee onto the gunman, thus defusing the robbery attempt entirely by accident. Frasier is disgusted that Bulldog would knowingly accept praise for something that he did not do. Angrily confronting him with the truth, Frasier decides not to reveal it to everyone, but will instead wait for Bulldog's conscience to get the better of him. As Bulldog learns (on-air) that he will receive a special Man of the Year award for his actions, Frasier expects him to own up eventually. Time passes and the SeaBee ceremony approaches, and with Bulldog's apparent lack of guilt driving Frasier to distraction, he decides to use his position as host of the awards to engineer a few surprises. His tricks fail, but Martin comes up with a simple way to expose Bulldog as a fraud-he loudly states, "Look! He's got a gun!" Bulldog repeats his cowardly actions, and everyone turns their favor.

Episode Title Cards

*"Bad dog"
*"And the wiener is…"

Memorable Quotations

"Frasier runs into Niles in the elevator, and sees him wearing an absurd-looking grey cap"
Frasier: Niles, what have we determined about your success with…impulse purchases?
Niles: Really? The salesman thought I could pull it off.
Frasier: My suggestion exactly.

"Martin has taken a simple but effective approach to exposing Bulldog as a charlatan"
Frasier: Thanks, Dad.
Martin: I'm not a hero; I just wanted you to shut up.

ee also

*List of Frasier episodes