Room Service (Frasier episode)

Infobox Television episode | Title = Room Service
Series = Frasier
Season = 5
Episode = 15
Airdate = 3 March 1998
Writer = Ken Levine & David Isaacs
Director = David Lee
Guests = John Ducey (waiter)
Halle Berry (Betsy)
Prev = The Ski Lodge
Next = Beware of Greeks
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes

"Room Service" is the fifteenth 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

*Bebe Neuwirth – Lilith Sternin

Plot outline

Lilith has come to Seattle to tell Frasier that her new husband has left her for the interior decorator. Frasier is worried, as they have been in this situation before, and he finds Lilith irresistible when she is vulnerable. He exhorts Niles to help him resist temptation, particularly when she goes to dinner with them wearing a very revealing new dress. Ironically, after getting drunk, it is Niles and Lilith who sleep together in her hotel room. The next morning they realise what happened, and Lilith hastens to conceal the encounter from Frasier when he suddenly appears at the hotel. However, she and Niles ordered breakfast the previous night on room service, and the waiter delivering it has very unfortunate timing.

Episode Title Cards

*"The Ice Woman cometh"
*"Strange interlude"
*"Long night’s journey into day"

Memorable Quotations

"Lilith has come to the studio at KACL, and starts sobbing when Frasier enquires about her husband"
Lilith: Brian was looking for someone a bit more feminine…and he found him!

"Roz discovers that Brian's new partner was working on extending their master bedroom"
Lilith: It's ironic, isn't it? No sooner do I get the closet of my dreams than my husband comes out of it!

"Frasier tells Niles the news about Lilith's husband, and the response is not exactly sympathetic"
Frasier: Her husband has left her, and get this: for a man.
Niles: Damn! I owe Dad five dollars.

"While Frasier waits in the hotel room, Lilith stealthily informs Niles, who is hiding in the en-suite, of his brother's amorous intentions"
Niles: Does the man have no scruples? He specifically asked me last night to keep him away from you. But the minute my back is turned he sneaks back here and…"(catches Lilith's eye)" yes, I'm aware of the irony.