Frasier Season 5 Episode 8 Separately Seekin G Closure
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00:00Half-caff latte, please.
00:02Half-caff latte.
00:03Half-caff latte.
00:04Half-caff latte.
00:05I rather like this new system, it's lively.
00:07Well, it's more efficient.
00:09What can I get for you?
00:10I'll have a double short, low-fat, no-foam latte.
00:13Double short, low-fat, no-foam latte.
00:15Double short, non-fat, low-foam latte.
00:17Double short, non-fat, no-foam latte.
00:19Excuse me, I think there was a problem in the chain of command.
00:22The middle person reversed part of it.
00:24She said a double short, non-fat, low-foam latte.
00:28Double short, non-fat, low-foam latte.
00:30Double short, non-fat, low-foam latte.
00:32Double short, non-fat, no-foam latte.
00:34No, no, no, no, you did it again.
00:36That's not what I want.
00:37Well, you can just tell yourself.
00:39All right.
00:40I'll have a double short, low-fat, no-foam latte.
00:43Double short, low-fat, no-foam latte.
00:45Double short, low-fat, no-foam latte.
00:47Nutmeg?
00:48Nutmeg?
00:49Nutmeg?
00:50No thanks.
00:51Inflames my stomach lining.
00:52Inflames his stomach lining.
00:53Inflames his stomach lining.
00:54Inflames his stomach lining.
00:56Stop that.
00:59Hello, Niles.
01:00Welcome back.
01:01Yeah, thank you.
01:02I trust you and Samantha had a pleasant weekend?
01:04Oh, God, it was fabulous.
01:07We stayed at this gorgeous cabin just outside Aspen.
01:10Took a chopper every morning to the top of the mountain.
01:13Oh, I just didn't want it to end.
01:15This would explain why you're still wearing that ridiculous jacket in an overheated cafe.
01:19Oh, well, in Aspen we all wear them indoors.
01:22Oh, God, the funniest thing happened at the lodge last night.
01:25Jack Nicholson and Tom Brokaw discovered they were wearing exactly the same jacket.
01:29So they staged a mock fight.
01:31Suddenly Donna Karan flew between them pretending to referee.
01:34I laughed so hard I nearly spilled my toddy on someone named Puff Daddy.
01:40Can I get anything else for you here?
01:42Just a dustpan and broom to sweep up some of these names.
01:48Cappuccino, please.
01:50Oh, by the way, Niles, did we have plans for tonight?
01:53Yes, why?
01:54Well, I'm afraid I have to cancel.
01:56It's my one-month anniversary with Sam.
01:59I'd like to take her to La Scalier for dinner.
02:01I understand, of course. One month is quite a milestone.
02:04Thanks for the reminder. I need to change my water filter.
02:10Oh, damn, they put nutmeg on this.
02:12Oh, speaking of Meg, Meg Ryan told me the most delightful story
02:15about the practical joke Tony Hopkins played on Jodi at the wrap party for Lambs.
02:19My stomach lining is just not going to get a break today, is it?
02:25I'm sorry I was late, Fraser.
02:27Oh, no, no, no, it's all right.
02:29I took the liberty of ordering us the Taste of Monaco dinner.
02:33Oh, good choice.
02:35Well, as I recall, that's what you ordered on our first date.
02:39Of course, it wasn't food you were craving that night.
02:43You whisked me away and back to my place before the crab cakes could even arrive.
02:49You know, there's no better way to celebrate an anniversary
02:51than with an historical reenactment.
02:54I've got my costume on underneath.
02:57Actually, I'm really looking forward to those crab cakes.
03:01Oh, great, great. Well, yes, I suppose we should try the food here once.
03:06But be sure to leave some room.
03:08You're bound to find a little Frasier mint on your pillow when we get home.
03:12Oh, thank you.
03:14Be sure to leave some room.
03:16You're bound to find a little Frasier mint on your pillow when we get home.
03:21By the way, thanks again for this weekend.
03:25You're welcome.
03:27You know, it's funny. I think it was a real turning point for us.
03:29Well, for me.
03:31See, I was so relaxed.
03:34In the beginning of relationships, usually I'm very tentative.
03:37I just have this dark fear that I'm about to be cut loose.
03:42Oh, I know, I know. I'm just being so insecure.
03:46It's nice to know that I'm on solid ground.
03:49Um, Frasier...
03:51I'm standing on quicksand, aren't I?
03:55God, I didn't want to talk about this until later, but...
03:58Oh, God.
04:00Oh, it's just not working out between the two of us.
04:03No, it's not you. It's me.
04:06I just don't feel the same way about us anymore.
04:09Things were going so well. What happened?
04:13Oh, nothing happened.
04:15Oh, we've had a wonderful time together, Frasier.
04:17It's just run its course.
04:21I'm sorry.
04:24Well...
04:27I'm sorry, too.
04:29I hope we can still be friends.
04:31Oh, yes. I'd like that, too.
04:35Well, you know, seeing as how we're friends and all,
04:39I suppose there's no reason we shouldn't stay and enjoy what's sure to be a splendid meal.
04:43Absolutely.
04:44Great.
04:51Your first course.
04:53Ah, thank you.
04:56Tell me, how many more courses are there?
04:59Six, sir.
05:00Could you bring those all at once?
05:06Good Lord.
05:08What?
05:09Look at this headline.
05:13Martin Crane dead.
05:16You don't need much coffee after that.
05:20Gee, 58. Poor guy. Hardly had a life.
05:24Handsome fellow, though.
05:26Yeah. Multimillionaire.
05:28Decorated war hero.
05:30Wrote a spy novel.
05:32Survived by his wife Florence, a former Miss Washington,
05:36and two sons, Joe, a Marine Corps colonel,
05:40and a professional baseball player, Mickey Crane.
05:46Nothing like starting the day off jealous of a dead guy.
05:52Well, hello, all.
05:54Morning, Dr. Crane.
05:56You were up and out early today.
05:58Yes, I was.
06:00You were up and out early today?
06:02Yes, well, I felt like taking a walk.
06:05Got a lot on my mind.
06:07Picked up some pastries.
06:08Oh, well.
06:09Great.
06:10Whatever it is, you'll cheer up when you see these photos from your ski weekend.
06:15Admit, I took a pee.
06:17I must say, this Sam of yours is quite a catch.
06:21She's gorgeous, smart, stylish.
06:24We broke up last night.
06:26Orange juice, anyone?
06:29I'm sorry to hear that, Bridge.
06:31Oh, it's all right.
06:33It was a mutual decision.
06:35Well, a little more mutual on her part than mine.
06:39Once you dunked me, I jumped right on board.
06:44Anyway, I'll be fine, dude.
06:45Well, that's the spirit.
06:46Just put it all behind you.
06:48Exactly.
06:50Well, I must admit, I'm having a little difficulty achieving closure.
06:54See, Sam said that her feelings changed for no reason.
06:58Can't help thinking it might have been something specific about me.
07:01Now, hold on.
07:02Don't try to make this your fault.
07:04Yeah, she's probably telling the truth.
07:06If a woman's trying to spare your feelings, she'll give you the old,
07:09it's not you, it's me.
07:13That's exactly what she said.
07:15Waffles, anyone?
07:18Now, you know, Bridge, I know you're always looking for an explanation for everything,
07:21but sometimes there isn't one.
07:23I know, I know, Dad.
07:25It's going to just drive me crazy, you know.
07:29Until I know why it ended, I'll just assume it was any number of things about me.
07:33My self-confidence will be shattered.
07:35Well, you got two choices here.
07:38You can spend days trying to figure it out until it drives you nuts,
07:41or you can do the smart thing, make a clean break,
07:44never talk to her again, and get on with your life.
07:52All right, Dad.
07:53That's exactly what I should do.
07:56No problem.
07:58You know, sometimes you're very insightful.
08:00Well, I've been around the block a few times.
08:07So when are you going to go talk to her?
08:08Right after my waffles.
08:23Sam! Sam!
08:24What are the chances you found my thinking place?
08:30Frasier, listen, I'm ten minutes late for a deposition.
08:34We can walk and talk.
08:36All right.
08:39So, you know, I'm loving this new arrangement of ours.
08:42I think this being friends thing is going to work out great.
08:45Listen, can you pick up the pace a little?
08:47Right, right.
08:49So how you been?
08:50Frasier, I just saw you last night.
08:52So you did.
08:53And, you know, now that you bring up last night,
08:55God, you do walk fast.
08:58I was hoping for a little clarification.
09:02I can't do this.
09:03It has nothing to do with you.
09:04Yes, but it seems highly unlikely that such a sudden change
09:09could have nothing to do with me.
09:12I mean, maybe it was something that I did unintentionally.
09:16I'm not sure.
09:17No, I'm sorry.
09:18My fault.
09:19But, you know, something this weekend, maybe?
09:22I mean, I know I played the piano in the lounge a little too long,
09:25but who knew General Schwarzkopf was so crazy for show tunes?
09:28All right.
09:30There's nothing I'm not telling you.
09:31Sometimes things just end.
09:33Please try not to take it so personally.
09:38All right.
09:39All right, look, I really am late.
09:41I'll talk to you soon, okay?
09:45Take care.
09:52Oh.
09:53What's the matter with you?
09:56That's just it.
09:58I don't know.
10:07Where is Frazier?
10:08He knows we have reservations at Bavetta's.
10:11If you're late, they give away your table
10:13and make you sit in the kitchen with the owner's mother.
10:19What the hell did I do with that remote?
10:22Daph, are you sure you haven't seen it?
10:24Positive.
10:25They ought to make one with a sensor on it.
10:28You get more than 20 feet from the TV,
10:30it senses it and starts beeping.
10:34Or maybe for a deaf person,
10:36they could make one that has purple smoke coming out of it,
10:39like some kind of flare system or something.
10:42Mr. Crane, I'm begging you.
10:44You've got to get out of the house more.
10:51Hello.
10:52Hello, Niles.
10:53What a pleasant surprise.
10:54Just what Mama Bavetta will say when we pull up a chair.
10:58Oh, that's right.
10:59Dinner.
11:00I completely forgot.
11:02I took a long walk after work.
11:05I'm sorry, Niles.
11:06It must have completely slipped my mind.
11:08Well, Bavetta's out now.
11:10I take it you're still consumed with the Sam situation?
11:13Just trying to figure out what happened.
11:15Well, the relationship ended.
11:16That's what happened.
11:17Yes, but there's got to be a reason.
11:18See?
11:19You're fixated.
11:20I am not fixated.
11:21That is fixated.
11:22What are you doing?
11:26This is stupid.
11:28Maybe if I stick together ten chopsticks
11:31and put a rubber tip on the end for gripping.
11:40Oh, hello.
11:41Hi.
11:42Oh, be ready in a sec, Ross.
11:43Oh, it's all right.
11:44Maybe it doesn't start till late.
11:45Oh, that's right.
11:46I forgot you two had plans.
11:47Come on in, Ross.
11:48All right.
11:49You know, I was wondering.
11:50I don't know why Sam broke up with you, okay?
11:53Just like I didn't know two hours ago.
11:56Just like Gil and Bulldog and Miss Judy
11:58from the Arts and Crafts Hour didn't know.
12:03Oh.
12:05Never hurts to ask.
12:07Miss Judy had some real insights
12:08before she had to make her popsicle stick run.
12:11I'm going to go to Duke's, watch the game there.
12:14Oh, wait, wait, everybody.
12:15Before you're scattered,
12:16I'd like to ask an enormous favor
12:19in the spirit of, well, self-improvement.
12:23I'd like you to tell me, in your own words,
12:26just what exactly about me you find unlovable.
12:32No, no, no, no, no.
12:33Please, please.
12:36Please, honestly, really,
12:38for the sake of our future relationships, I'm just...
12:42I know that you're afraid to hurt my feelings,
12:44but I can stand a little constructive criticism.
12:48Come on, please.
12:49Tell me, what do you think are my main faults?
12:52Well, let's start with what you're doing now.
12:55You analyze everything to death.
12:57Sam said it wasn't your fault,
12:59but you keep digging around and digging around
13:01until you drive everybody nuts.
13:03Okay.
13:04Dad thinks I am over-analytical.
13:07That's great.
13:08We got the ball rolling.
13:09Okay, who's next?
13:10Niles?
13:11I'm sorry.
13:12I'm not entirely sure how useful this exercise is.
13:14Niles, I don't care how you feel about it.
13:15You're going to participate.
13:16Pushy.
13:17Well, yes, if that's what it takes to...
13:18Oh, thank you.
13:24All right, Daphne, it's your turn.
13:26Don't be shy.
13:27Well, if I had to choose,
13:30I'd say you are a bit of a fuss-budget.
13:33Fuss-budget?
13:34All right, well, listen,
13:35if you don't mind the substitution,
13:36I think maybe demanding is more limoges.
13:39Pretentious.
13:41Right.
13:42Now, see, this is very good.
13:43Roz, you must have something.
13:45Well, you are a little full of yourself.
13:47Great.
13:48Okay, pompous.
13:51And you do tend to ramble on with the callers.
13:54Telequacious.
13:56Pretentious.
13:57Dad, I already wrote that down.
13:59Underline it.
14:09Oh, uh, uh, snippy.
14:11Snippy.
14:12Sarcastic.
14:13Bossy.
14:14Huffy.
14:15Vain.
14:20Oh, well, how nice.
14:21We've finally found an activity
14:22we can all enjoy together.
14:26Oh, come on, Frasier,
14:27why don't you just admit what you're doing here?
14:29This isn't some
14:30help-me-be-a-better-person thing.
14:32You're trying to figure out
14:33what you can fix so you can win Sam back.
14:36Oh, now, Roz, that's preposterous.
14:38Look who you're talking to.
14:40I've been down this road so many times
14:41I call it the Roz Expressway.
14:45I've heard that phrase before,
14:46but in a slightly different context.
14:55Well, all right.
14:57Maybe there is some,
14:58some truth in what you say.
15:00I mean, after all,
15:03Sam is really quite a catch.
15:05Why wouldn't I want to get her back?
15:07But you shouldn't change yourself
15:10just to please her.
15:12And it's not healthy.
15:14And it doesn't work.
15:16If it did, Steve Wilson would be my husband
15:18and not just some name tattooed on my butt.
15:23If you want my advice,
15:24the best thing you can do is nothing.
15:27Just leave her be to think about
15:28what she's missing out on.
15:30I totally agree.
15:31No candy, no flowers,
15:33and whatever you do, don't call.
15:37Well, I don't see anything wrong
15:38with keeping the lines of communication open.
15:40Oh, God, you called, didn't you?
15:43Well, maybe I left a carefully worded message.
15:46Oh, Frazier, you never call somebody
15:47who's broken up with you.
15:48It makes you look desperate.
15:49Well, I didn't have any choice.
15:51You wouldn't return any of my pages.
15:58God, I've blown it, haven't I?
16:02Well, that depends.
16:03What did you say in your message?
16:05Well, nothing undignified.
16:07Of course, tone of voice is everything, isn't it?
16:09You know, maybe I should just play them for you.
16:11Wait, you have her access code
16:12to her answering machine?
16:13Yes, luckily I set it up with her.
16:15I gave her an access code
16:16that would be easy to remember my birthday.
16:18What's so easy about May 7th?
16:21I wouldn't know, Dad.
16:22My birthday's in March.
16:27Oh, that's right, the 7th.
16:28That's Eddie's.
16:32Okay, okay, here we go.
16:33All right, now.
16:36Listen and tell me
16:37if you think I sound desperate.
16:40Hi, Sam.
16:41Two quick things.
16:42Dinner at Le Sky A is now at 8.30,
16:44and the judge needs to see you
16:46at 9 tomorrow morning, not 10.
16:48Bye.
16:49I didn't get desperate.
16:50I got feminine.
16:51Shut up, Miles.
16:54Oh, here.
16:55Hello, Sam.
16:56It's Fraser.
16:57Give me a call if you get a chance.
16:59Bye.
17:00You don't sound desperate at all.
17:03Hi, Sam.
17:04Not to mention I'll be at the office.
17:06Call me.
17:08It's Fraser.
17:09Well, maybe just a whiff of desperation.
17:14Hi, I'm at the office now.
17:18Still at the office.
17:22I stepped out to the coffee machine.
17:24Thought I might have missed you.
17:26How quickly a whiff becomes a stench.
17:30You know, they just get worse after that.
17:33There's more?
17:34Yes.
17:35Not any more, though.
17:36There.
17:37Message is erased.
17:38Hey, your messages were not the only ones on there.
17:41What about the one from her secretary
17:42about the meeting with the judge?
17:44Oh, my God, you're right.
17:45That did sound important.
17:47So what are you going to do about it?
17:48Well, I guess I could just call back
17:50and leave a message saying that I
17:52inadvertently erased the message of hers
17:53while I was erasing a bunch of other messages
17:55that I left earlier.
17:56With her secret access code.
17:58Right.
17:59Oh, God, this is humiliating.
18:01Well, Frasier, I hate to appear unsupportive,
18:04but I've got to get to Duke's for the game.
18:07Yeah, and we're going to be late for that movie.
18:09Oh, wait, I forgot my purse.
18:12Oh, don't worry about it, Frasier.
18:14You'll be fine.
18:16You'll bounce back.
18:17You're tough.
18:18And resourceful.
18:20Resilient.
18:21Optimistic.
18:22Tenacious.
18:23Conceited.
18:24Different list, Daph.
18:28See you all.
18:32It's hard to believe this picture was taken
18:34only three days ago.
18:39Look at us.
18:41How happy I was.
18:44Now I'll never see her again.
18:46Aren't you over-dramatizing?
18:48You're bound to run into her now and then.
18:50No, I was talking about me and Leslie Stoll.
18:55You know, Frasier, looking at these photos,
18:57I can't help noticing there are very few
18:59of you and Sam together.
19:01What are you getting at?
19:03Well, I'm just wondering how much
19:05you really feel for this woman.
19:07Oh, don't be ridiculous.
19:08I haven't felt this way in ages.
19:10I'm sorry.
19:11Guess I was wrong.
19:13It's love, then.
19:15All right.
19:18I don't know about love.
19:20We've only been seeing each other for a month.
19:22But you could see yourself falling in love with her.
19:25Possibly.
19:27Sometime down the line.
19:28Yes, yes, perhaps.
19:30Well, no wonder you're heartbroken.
19:33You've just lost the only woman
19:35you could even possibly sometime down the line
19:37perhaps fall in love with.
19:42I'm surprised the country music people
19:44haven't jumped all over this world.
19:46Good.
19:56All right, so I don't rhapsodize about her.
19:59No, you did rhapsodize
20:01when she took you to Cigar Valon
20:03and you were seated in a secret VIP room
20:06we never knew existed.
20:07Oh, what, are you suggesting that I'm so shallow
20:09I was with her mainly for her connections?
20:11I wouldn't put it as harshly as that,
20:13but let's face it.
20:15Ever since we were young
20:16you've had a yearning to run with the cool kids
20:18and it's never worked out for you.
20:20Your one day on the football team.
20:26The summer you bought that motorcycle.
20:28Although, to be accurate...
20:29Hey, it's only a moped if you pedal it
20:31and I never pedaled.
20:36I just wonder if what you're mourning
20:38isn't so much the loss of Sam
20:40as the loss of her celebrity lifestyle.
20:43I must admit things never did seem quite right
20:46between us and...
20:48God, if it hadn't been for her friends
20:50I probably would have broken it off myself.
20:52Oh, God.
20:54Shame on me.
20:56Don't punish yourself, Richard.
20:58At least you're deep enough to realize you're shallow.
21:01Yes.
21:06Dinner?
21:07Let's!
21:08All right.
21:10Although, I've still got to phone her about that message.
21:13Oh, you know what?
21:15Why don't we stop by Lescalier on our way to dinner?
21:17You can just run in and tell her in person.
21:19Even better!
21:20God, Niles, I can't tell you how helpful this has been.
21:24Really, how can I ever repay you?
21:26You can start by getting me into that VIP room
21:29at Cigar Moulin.
21:30Where is the entrance?
21:31Behind the cigarette machine.
21:33No, that's just a decoy.
21:35It's through the dry cleaner next door.
21:36No.
21:39Hello, Sam.
21:40Frasier.
21:42I know you didn't expect to see me tonight.
21:44Well, no.
21:46Of course, after all those messages,
21:48I can't say I'm totally surprised.
21:50Oh, God, you heard them.
21:52I checked my machine this afternoon.
21:55Frasier, I think we really need to talk.
21:57No, no, we don't.
21:58I...
21:59I promise you,
22:01I'm going to get you out of here.
22:03I'm going to get you out of here.
22:05I'm going to get you out of here.
22:07I'm going to get you out of here.
22:08I will never call you again.
22:10I've thought about this,
22:12and believe me, you made the right decision.
22:14No, no, I didn't.
22:16Excuse me.
22:18Yeah, please sit down.
22:20I was going to call you later anyway.
22:23You see, I think I figured out
22:26what happened between the two of us.
22:29I panicked.
22:31You see, I was starting to really care about you,
22:33thought we might even have a future, even,
22:35and, well, it scared me.
22:38But the way you pursued me,
22:41showing up at the courthouse
22:43and leaving all of those messages,
22:45and now you're here,
22:47obviously you feel just as strongly as I do.
22:51It's funny, really,
22:53both of us falling in love so fast
22:55and not realizing the other one felt the same way.
22:58We should be laughing.
23:00Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
23:12Listen, Sam...
23:13No, no, no, no.
23:14I'm going to tell you
23:16what we're going to be doing this weekend.
23:18We are taking the concord
23:21to London for a party
23:23at Alec Guinness' place.
23:25I'm not so sure.
23:26Sir Alec Guinness?
23:28Yes, well, I know it's a long way to go, but Stephen is going to be there, and he's promised to play some songs from the new one.
23:35Look, I don't know him. Stephen Sondheim?
23:39Yes. Oh, and you'll never guess who'll be singing with him.
23:42No, please don't tell me. Please.
23:44Rachel, what? What is it? You seem upset.
23:52Sam, I can't see you anymore.
23:55What?
23:56Look, I think you're an incredible woman, but I've come to a realization about us.
24:04Well, about me.
24:06And I just don't see any future for us. I know it sounds strange after the way I was pursuing you, but...
24:15I've been in it for all the wrong reasons.
24:18Like what?
24:20Well, I'm not very proud of this, but...
24:23Maybe I was a little dazzled by the circle you're traveling.
24:29So you were with me just so you could be around some famous people?
24:33It's not as though I wasn't fond of you as well.
24:35Fond of me? Oh, well, thank you very much.
24:38Look, look, I understand that you're upset, and I'm just going to go.
24:42I don't believe this. My friends!
24:45Look, I know it's shallow, but it's something I'm going to have to work on.
24:50Hi, Sam. How are you?
24:53Leslie, hello!
24:56It's Frasier Crane we met this weekend.
24:58Oh, how are you?
24:59Hi.
25:00What kind of sick bastard are you?
25:05You're right, you're right. Look, we're just having a little bit of a spat,
25:08but of course I don't need to tell you, being the ace reporter that you are.
25:13Oh, just get out of here right now!
25:17Okay, fine. Listen, if you're in town for a while, maybe we can have lunch.
25:20Get out!
25:22What is the matter with me?
25:25Leslie!
25:35Hey, baby, I hear the blues are calling,
25:37tossed salads and scrambled eggs.
25:41Quite stylish.
25:43And maybe I seem a bit confused.
25:46Well, maybe.
25:47But I got you pegged.
25:52But I don't know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs.
25:59They're calling again.
26:02Good night, everybody!