Frasier Online Episode Guide -> Season 4 -> Episode 4.02

Love Bites Dog

Roz fixes up Frasier with a friend of hers who is a golf pro, but Frasier gets passed over when his date takes an interest in Bulldog. Bulldog isn't going to let Frasier forget this, but then she dumps him, too. Bulldog is so distraught that Frasier has to take over hosting the Sports Talks show. Meanwhile, after ruining Martin's favourite shoes, Daphne searches to replace the hard-to-find footwear. Also, Niles considers placing an ad in a local publication after realizing he needs to see more patients in order to make ends meet.

- Roz tries to talk up her friend she wants Frasier to date:
Roz: She's a former pro golfer. She just hasn't found the right guy.
Frasier: A woman golfer - are we sure there is a right guy (?)

- Daphne's attempt to dry Martin's shoes in the microwave goes disastrously wrong when they go up in flames:
Frasier: English cooking strikes again (!)

- Frasier is rather comtemptuous after he reads iles' magazine ad:
Frasier: All you need now is a cartoon of you holding a shrunken head!
Niles: I'm sorry I didn't hear you - I was too distracted by your head going by on the side of a bus!!

- Frasier can't believe Bulldog stole his date from under his nose:
Bulldog: Hey, I have no sense of decency - that way my other senses are enhanced!

- Frasier recalls a moment from his childhood:
Frasier: I'd go home to Niles, we'd put on "The Brandenburg Concertos" and play air violin.

- Frasier takes a call while trying to fill in for Bulldog on his sports show:
Caller: What's your take on those Damn Yankees this season?
Frasier: Are you talking about the frothy musical adaptation of the Faustian myth, or the sports team I know nothing about?
Caller: What a weenie!!

- Frasier is still fired up from "being a man" after helping Bulldog when Niles stops by distraught after losing their dinner reservation:
Frasier: I say we go somewhere we don't even need a reservation!
[Niles slaps Frasier]
Frasier: Thank you Niles.

A rather odd episode that features 3 subplots, 2 of which are funny but pointless: Martin and Daphne looking for his shoes goes nowhere, while Niles' magazine ad story builds to a very amusing misprint - that's it. This leaves Frasier trying to console a distraught Bulldog after he gets dumped by tring to think "like a man" as opposed to thinking intellectually, which is pretty amusing especially when it leads to him telling Niles they should visit a restaurant that doesn't need a reservation (earning him a slap from his brother which brings him down to earth). All these plots give us some nice scenes and lines along the way - I particularly enjoyed Frasier struggling to fill in for Bulldog on his show - but I found the episode as a whole rather unfulfilling as all the plot strands struggle for screentime.

Rating

78 %

Avg. Viewer Review: 90.7%
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