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Beware Of Greeks

Nikos, Frasier's Greek cousin, comes to the station to invite the Cranes to his wedding. This is the first that Frasier is hearing of his young cousin's wedding leading Frasier to believe thaat Nikos' mother, Zora, still hates him for years ago talking Nikos out of Medical School and pursuing his passion for street juggling. Despite both Martin and Niles thinking it's a bad idea, Frasier goes down to Zora's Greek restaurant and persuades the angry, tough-talking Zora into a reconcilliation with the condition that Frasier never again gives Nikos advice. Zora especially wants Nikos to marry his bride, Mary Ann, since she is from an extremely affluent family.

At the wedding, Niles tries to escape the libidinous Yvonne while Martin tries to connect with his brother Ed. When Frasier finds out that Nikos doesn't truly love Mary Ann, he can't help but give more words of advice. Then Frasier arranges for the sudden arrival of Nikos' true love, Crystal the juggler, and Zora goes apoplectic.......

- Frasier surmises that he doesn't want to meet Yvonne again, and Daphne wonders who Yvonne is:
Frasier: A distant cousin who has a slight crush on Niles
Niles: A slight crush? There are cannibals who are less man hungry!!

- Martin is still angry about the fact hat he hasn't seen his brother in years:
Martin: Can you imagine what it's like to live in the same city as your brother and not see him for 5 years?
Frasier: No, but I'd like to give it a try (!)

- Frasier meets Aunt Zora in the kitchen of her Greek restuarant:
Frasier: Aunt Zora, I realise I'm not the most welcome person here
- Aunt Zora spits at him!

- Yvonne gets to meet Niles and Frasier again:
Yvonne: I haven't seen you two in a long time.
Niles: I haven't seen your two in a long time, either (!)

- Aunt Zora sees Frasier talking to Nikos and wants to make sure he's keeping his promise:
Frasier: I made you a promise and I'd die before breaking it.
Aunt Zora: Or soon after (!)

- Niles is annoyed that Aunt Zora announced to everyone that he's now single:
Niles: Within seconds Yvonne started purring so loudly, my allergies kicked in!

- Frasier finds Niles hiding in the kitchen from Yvonne:
Frasier: For God's sake Niles, why don't you just hide in the men's room?
Niles: Where do you think Yvonne is right now?!

- Nikos' true love Crystal turns up at the restaurant, and thank Frasier for getting them back together:
Crystal: We owe our happinesss to him.
Frasier: Why couldn't she have been a mime (?!)

Despite the fact that in Episode 1.22 - Author, Author, Martin states that he never had a brother, in this episode we see not only Martin's brother but also a side of the Crane family that has never been mentioned before and isn't mentioned after either. If you can get past the fact that this is therefore a rather contrived episode, it is rather an entertaining one that features a great over-the-top (and Emmy nominated) perfomance from Patti LuPone as Aunt Zora. It's also fun to see Martin and Walt meet up again after years apart - and have almost nothing to say to each other, but perhaps best of all was Niles who spends all of his time trying to escape the clutches of "Yvonne The Terrible". I loved the final scene too where Crystal and Nikos get back together and Frasier has to endure the wrath of Aunt Zora, making this a highly amusing episode.

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