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The Impossible Dream

Frasier has a recurring erotic dream in which he wakes up in bed, hears the shower running and is shocked when the person who emerges is the radio station's food critic Gil Chesterton. Frasier is slightly appalled and becomes obsessed with the meaning of this dream, and so turns to his brother for help and advice. At first he believes it has some connection with food, then some connection with his mother, before even considering that his subconscious is tryuing to tell him something about his sexuality. Discussing this very notion with his father leaves Martin very uncomfortable, so Frasier is grateful when he eventually works out what the dream means.

- After Frasier finds out Roz has spread the word about his dream:
Frasier: Just exactly when did you have time to spread the news?
Roz: You don't think I was listening to your show, do you?

- Niles is relating an episode from that day:
Niles: I hardly need to tell you how the story ends?
Frasier: Just tell me when the story ends

- Niles suggest free association to solve Frasier's dream:
Niles: Crescent...Moon...Daphne Moon...French maids outfit...
Frasier: Will you stop - this is my dream.
Niles: I was showing you the proces.
Frasier: You were 3 words away from a cigarette!

- Niles getting excited over Daphne's story of a dream she had with another girl in a gymnasium.

- Daphne has her own theory on Frasier's dream:
Daphne: Who was in the shower? Gil. What is a shower? Water. What are found in water? Fish. What do fish have? Gils. Do you see where I'm going with this?
Frasier: Insane (?)

- Frasier tells his father the truth about his dream:
Frasier: The dream is about me and a male co-worker, Gil Chesterton.
Martin: You don't care if I ever sleep again, do you?

An odd episode, both in content and in tone, with Frasier wondering if he is gay at the age of 43. It is a relatively enjoyable episode, nevertheless, more so for the odd moments like Daphne and Martin pretending to be criminals in the lift and Daphne's fish association, but with the episode rounded off by an appearance by Sigmund Freud, the mix as a whole doesn't quite gel.

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