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High Holidays

Frasier has been asked to star in a video for the Seattle Tourist Board, and is more than a little interested in Natalie who is arranging it. He meets her in Cafe Nervosa, but she also meets Martin and Eddie too, and seeing how cute Eddie is, decides that he should be in the video as well - much to Frasier's chagrin. However, the arrival of his son Frederick he hopes will cheer him up but when he sees he is now a goth, complete with new goth girlfriend Andi, and wants to spend all his time with her leaves Frasier a little shocked and somewhat downhearted. Niles sees Frederick's goth choice as a phase and typical of a teenage rebellion, prompting a discussion of what everyone did to rebel as a teenager, with Martin pointing out that Niles had never rebelled. This leads Niles to take some drastic action - he is going to get stoned on reefer! Frasier questions where he is going to get hold of some - answered when Roz delivers Niles some pot brownies made by her neighbour!

Unfortunately, Niles' car alarm goes off at that point, neither Frasier or Roz can stay so Roz gives the brownies to Martin who is just arriving in the Cafe. He tries to stop himself eating them as he is trying to cut down on junk food but can't help himself. Of course, he doesn't know they're laced with pot, but having eaten it, buys a normal one to make sure Niles doesn't know he has eaten the one destined for him. Niles, therefore, is none the wiser and eats his normal brownie still under the impression he will get high, while Frasier cannot believe his eyes when he finally sees the advert for the Seattle Tourist board - they have made Eddie the star with Frasier narrating what Eddie is saying. Undaunted, he leaves to go out on a date with Natalie after Niles arrives 'high' on his pot brownie. Martin arrives soon after, and Niles believes that the crazy way his father begins acting is just the pot kicking in. It takes a sober Frasier to point out that it's their father that is high, leaving Niles somewhat deflated until his brother points out that he did get their cop father high!

- Frasier tries to say something nice about Eddie when Natalie wants to put him in the commercial:
Frasier: There are times when I could just...... squeeze him to death (!)

- Frasier's reaction to seeing Frederick as a goth, followed by:
Martin [aside to Frasier]: Maybe you could move up that trip to the garlic festival (!)

- After everyone has met Frederick's goth girlfriend:
Niles: Well, at least he's not dating outside the faith (!).

- Niles lets Frasier in on his plan to rebel:
Frasier: And exactly which of your connections in the Seattle demi-monde is going to get you this reefer?
[Roz comes up to Frasier and Niles' table]
Roz: OK Niles, you're hooked up.

- Frasier is shocked to see his commercial consists of him voicing a 'talking' Eddie:
Frasier: It's like some Frankenstein hybrid of me and that no-talent dog!

- Niles arrives at Frasier's apartment 'high' on his pot brownie:
Niles: I'll use this opportunity to up my dosage.
[Niles eats a small crumb of his brownie]

- Martin shares with Niles some of the big ideas he has come up with while high:
Martin: What do you think this means - dog army?

- Frasier is somewhat perturbed to see his father coming out of the kitchen with no trousers on:
Frasier: Dad, where are your pants?
Martin: In the fridge. I had a reason - [fishes out one of his Post-It note ideas] - fridge pants.

Another great 'Frasier' episode from the pen of Christopher Lloyd that sees Frasier's big tourism video hijacked by Eddie, Frederick arriving in Seattle sporting his new goth look and Niles finally rebelling by deciding to take some reefer. All of the stories are brilliant in their own little way, but it's the way they come together that lifts this episode above a run-of-the-mill one, in particular Martin seeing a talking Eddie (Frasier's tourism video) while high on pot. In fact, John Mahoney is hilarious in this episode - his 'fridge pants' line was brilliant - and shows why he is still an essential part of the 'Frasier' cast. So while this yet another top notch Season 11 episode, the only downside is that this probably the last time we will see Trevor Einhorn as Frederick - another sad reminder that we are drawing closer to that last ever episode.

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