The Show Where Sam Shows Up

Infobox Television episode | Title = The Show Where Sam Shows Up
Series = Frasier
Season = 2
Episode = 16
Airdate = 21 February 1995 U.S.
Production =
Writer = Ken Levine & David Isaacs
Director = James Burrows
Guests = Ted Danson (Sam Malone)
Téa Leoni (Sheila)

Prev = You Scratch My Book...
Next = Daphne's Room
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 2)

"The Show Where Sam Shows Up" is the seventeenth episode in season 2 of American sitcom "Frasier", and the fortieth overall.

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

Plot outline

Frasier Crane's old friend from "Cheers", Sam Malone, comes to Seattle because he claims the Seattle Mariners want to interview him for a job on their pitching staff. After meeting Niles and Martin and flirting with Daphne, Sam finally discusses the real nature of his visit to Seattle. Sam explains to Frasier that he got cold feet and did not want to get married to Sheila. What he does not know is that Frasier slept with Sheila three months before Sam's visit.

Frasier Crane discusses the situation with Sheila and they agree not to tell Sam. But, then Sam wants to take Frasier's and be completely honest with his fiancée. Sam tells Sheila that he had an affair with two women they night they got engaged. Sheila then confesses to Sam that she had an affair with Paul and, on a separate occasion, Cliff (Frasier's and Sam's acquaintances from "Cheers"), not Frasier. Sam is very upset and he doesn't want to get married to Sheila. The episode ends with Frasier and Sam driving in Frasier's BMW talking about their friendship and their pursuit of finding the right woman.

Episode Title Cards

*"Martin rises from the dead"
*"A dirty little secret"

Memorable Quotations

"Sam is telling Frasier about his fiancée"
Sam: She's a terrific person. She's smart, she's funny, she's horny. I mean, she’s just the kinda chick you wanna stick up on a pedestal.
Frasier: You know, Sam, it's always amazed me how you can elevate and demean in the same sentence.

"Just after they meet Sheila, Frasier reveals to Roz and Niles that he slept with her"
Roz: "You" slept with "her"?
Niles: On what desert island with no hope of rescue was this?!

Frasier: Did you see the way she ran out of here the minute she saw me?
Niles: Ah yes, the trademark of all your bedmates.

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/frasier/show/70/summary.html tv.com]