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Bully For Martin

Frasier goes to visit his father with a pizza at his new place of work - as a night security guard in an office block. He also meets Martin's new boss, Richie- and soon wishes he hadn't. The man is a bully, berating Martin for the smallest things. This leaves Frasier aghast, but when he confronts his father, Martin just says that his boss, Richie, is a bully and that he should just accept it and try and work with him. Frasier however, thinks differently, and decides to meet the son of Martin's boss - who is also the head of the security company - to try and work things out.

This seemingly has the opposite effect, as Richie is now angry that someone spoke to his son about him, and suspects that it was Martin. This manifests itself by Richie giving Martin all the graveyard slots, so Frasier and Niles head down to the office block and to speak to Richie themselves but hide in a cupboard when Martin arrives. Unknown to them, Richie and Martin can see Frasier and Niles on the security cameras and decide to make their stay as long as possible..... Meanwhile, Roz just can't stop going on about the love in her life Roger.

- Frasier arrives at Martin's place of work with a pizza:
Martin: What kind you get?
Frasier: Proschutto and fonchina.
Martin: Oh, I had my heart set on ham and mushroom

- Frasier messing with the business man.

- Martin arrives home from work:
Martin: Eight hours of staring at those monitors can really wear you out
[Turns on TV]

- Roz goes to buy a pastry form Cafe Nervosa, after going on about Roger:
Niles: Grab one for me to ...
Roz: OK
[She disappears]
Niles: .... so I can stick it in my ears?

- Niles takes his chance to escape from Roz:
Niles: Well, I know girl talk when I hear it.
Roz: Girl talk? He's the one going to a doll museum!

- Richie is angry after someone talked to his son about him:
Richie: He thinks just cos I work for him, he's my boss!

- Martin phoning Frasier knowing he's in the cupboard

The main storyline in this episode seems dull and a bit petty, as shown when Frasier says to Richie's son 'Your Dad's been picking on my Dad'. Neither is it helped by Roz given the thankless task of droning on about Roger, however it is lifted by the scene right at the end when Martin takes advantage of the fact that he can see Niles and Frasier on the security cameras and phones Frasier. I found it very funny that Frasier tried to pretend he was in a restaurant, with Niles as the waiter, but that scene aside I found the episode as a whole rather weak.

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