Frasier Season 3 Episode 6 Sleeping With The Enemy
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00:01Well, my husband is always criticizing me because in restaurants I like to listen in on strangers' conversations.
00:09I don't know why he makes such a big deal out of nothing.
00:13Well, June, I suppose your lack of interest makes your husband feel invisible.
00:20Imagine what it must be like to sit across from someone who is constantly scanning, searching,
00:27craning their neck to see just what the hell is going on out there.
00:32Oh, gosh, you're right. I've been insensitive.
00:36It's just common decency to stay focused on the other person.
00:40Huh? What?
00:43Oh, well, good for you, Jane.
00:46June!
00:47Oh, yeah, well, whatever. This is Dr. Frasier Crane, KACL. Have a day.
00:57What is going on?
00:59Oh, our beloved station manager decided we're not getting our raise this year.
01:04What?
01:06This is an outrage! I have a contract!
01:09Don't palpitate. It doesn't apply to the on-air talent.
01:12Oh, thank God.
01:13I'm sorry. I was being selfish, wasn't I?
01:29I, uh, feel very ashamed. It is nevertheless, uh, an outrage.
01:35It is not a personal outrage, but certainly, uh, a family of man outrage.
01:41Frasier, I spent that raise already on my new diamond earrings.
01:46I love them. I love them so much I slept with them.
01:49Well, Roz, as long as you're doing it for love, it's a step in the right direction.
01:56Real supportive, Frasier.
01:58We've been getting that raise every year, and now this Nazi in nylons comes waltzing in here
02:05and cancels it with some vague crap about corporate belt tightening.
02:09This isn't fair!
02:11Oh, actually, you're right.
02:14Maybe you should tell her what you just told me.
02:17Yes.
02:18Except I would leave out the Nazi in nylons bit.
02:21It's not your best icebreaker.
02:24Well, you're damn right we're gonna tell her.
02:27Yeah!
02:28We've all been here a hell of a lot longer than she has.
02:31Yeah!
02:32She pushes us, we push back.
02:37She's standing right behind me, isn't she?
02:41Yeah.
02:43Is there a problem?
02:45Nope.
02:46Good.
02:47Kate?
02:49Yeah?
02:50Uh, these people would like to speak with you.
02:53No, I'm sorry. I can't talk right now. I've got a meeting.
02:56Oh, I'm sorry, excuse me.
02:59I think your meeting can wait five minutes.
03:01Now, they're a little upset about your memo.
03:04I think you should discuss it with them.
03:05Dr. Crane, I wrote the memo, I signed the memo, I posted the memo.
03:11If I had anything more to say, I would have put it...
03:14Anybody?
03:16In the memo?
03:17Bravo!
03:19Okay.
03:20If she wants to play tough, we'll play tough back.
03:24We still have a lot of power here.
03:26Now, we could go on strike.
03:28Oh...
03:30Yes!
03:31You know what? I think you should listen to Roz.
03:35Every year, in exchange for your hard work, you receive a 5% raise.
03:39Now, you've fulfilled your part of the bargain.
03:41She has blithely changed the deal.
03:44In the hood, they call that being dissed.
03:48Yes!
03:50My street wise friend.
03:53You have a right to stand up for yourselves.
03:57Okay.
03:58Are we gonna do this?
03:59Are we together?
04:01What's the point?
04:02If we strike, they'll just replace us.
04:05They only care about the on-air people.
04:08So, we'll get their support.
04:10Frasier just said he's on our side.
04:11I did.
04:12Is that right?
04:13Well...
04:15Well, yes, I did.
04:16I did.
04:17Yes, but...
04:18My meager endorsement is meaningless without the support of the other talent.
04:23Did you hear that?
04:24Frasier's gonna get everyone on our side!
04:29I'd love to help, but you know, I'm already in hot water with that woman.
04:33You can't ask me to raise a mutiny against her.
04:37The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.
04:43James Tiberius Kirk, Captain Starship Enterprise.
04:52Go away, you annoying little man.
04:57Please?
04:58Oh, all right, all right.
05:03You organize your people, I'll talk to Mark.
05:23Hey, beat it.
05:24Hey, you can't run with a bulldog, stay in the porch.
05:40Well, good evening, Frasier.
05:41You left your Mont Blanc in my car, so I...
05:44Oh.
05:47I see cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, milling.
05:51By the suspicious type, I'd say you were throwing a party to which I was not invited.
05:58Feel like a winner, Niles?
06:00Indeed, I do.
06:06Niles, this is not a party, and Dad, that is $14 a pound andouille sausage.
06:12Wow.
06:13Means that ain't about 30 bucks worth.
06:15Niles, these people are colleagues from the station.
06:21We're here to discuss a labor dispute.
06:23Oh, well.
06:25Fight on, people.
06:27You know, there is no greater friend to the working man than my own Maris.
06:32Remember when our stable boy Joaquin's appendix burst?
06:35She had him driven back to the border at her own personal expense.
06:39Ah, good evening, Frasier.
06:45Oh, Cheryl Floyd.
06:47Oh, what a stunning apartment.
06:50The palette is pure, subtle elegance.
06:54The detailing.
06:55Well, it's inspired.
06:58And the furnishings.
07:00Oh, dear.
07:01Is that a chair?
07:05That is my father's chair.
07:08Oh.
07:09Well, this must be your father.
07:11Marty Crane.
07:13You put on quite a show.
07:15Oh, you've heard my little program.
07:17No, I mean just coming through the door.
07:23Doc, Doc.
07:24Can we hurry this thing up?
07:25I got a charity event tonight.
07:27She's not much to look at, but what the hell.
07:31Okay, well, since we're all here.
07:35Now, regarding management's claim of financial distress.
07:38I've done some checking around and I've found that the advertising revenues are up 11 and a half percent.
07:46Gil Chesterton, the restaurant critic.
07:49Oh, I just love those wicked things you say when the food is bad.
07:54Well, keep bringing these and you won't be disappointed.
07:56The wage freeze is unwarranted.
07:58The wage freeze is unwarranted.
08:02It is simply a ploy of an overly ambitious station manager and typical of this woman.
08:07She has terrorized us.
08:08She has tampered with our shows.
08:09It's time we said no to this princess of darkness.
08:12I got a better idea.
08:14Why don't we just walk up to Mike Tyson and tell him he talks funny.
08:18What about our support staff?
08:24If we don't back this strike, they may lose their jobs.
08:28They're powerless without our support.
08:29Frasier, old man, why do they need raises?
08:33They're talking about people who eat corn dogs and nachos.
08:39That statement is appallingly elitist.
08:42Well, thank you, Mr. Everyday People.
08:47Hey, I'm sure we'd all like to help these people, but we need our jobs.
08:51We're working stiffs too, living from paycheck to paycheck just like they are.
08:56Excuse me, someone's blocking me in downstairs.
08:59Who has a BMW?
09:05A red BMW.
09:09With a red interior.
09:10Oh, well, that's me.
09:13Just give me your key. I'll leave it with the doorman.
09:15Oh, no, no. I was just leaving.
09:17Oh, I'm going to.
09:19Where are your ethics?
09:21Where's your conscience?
09:22Where's your John? I need to slap on some canoe.
09:25Hey, I'm with you people.
09:31Back with the workers. You got yours.
09:34Damn right.
09:36And chances are, after the station manager crushes the little people, she won't come after you big shots.
09:43Right.
09:45Why would she?
09:46Well, I mean, suppose that she's trying to save money. You're the big ticket items. And after all this, well, she won't have to worry about the support staff backing you guys up, will she? Oh, but no, that's crazy.
09:59I'm not suggesting that Kate might be coming after all money next.
10:01No, she wouldn't do that. She's a peach, right? Soft as a cream puff. And we all know no one here is overpaid.
10:13Suddenly, I'm feeling very normal Ray.
10:16Right. I'll get us some more wine.
10:18Dad, that was brilliant using reverse psychology. I guess living with me is rubbing off on you a little bit.
10:19Well, I guess it's only natural that environmental factors would influence personality development.
10:34All right.
10:35Well, oh, wait. I hope I didn't hit some long repressed edible nerve.
10:41Very funny.
10:42Because the last thing we want is for you to be sublimating your anger passive-aggressively.
10:46Oh, oh, right. Just stop it, you wise hair.
10:50Hey, looks like I'm rubbing off on you, too.
10:52All right, people. I have spoken with the on-air talent and I...
11:07Ixnay, Dr. Crane.
11:16Oh, yes. You've really dropped the cone of silence now.
11:22Anyway, I have delivered on my promise. The talent is behind you. If you strike, we strike. All for one and one for all.
11:33Okay. So, who is our spokesperson? Who is leading the charge?
11:38I am. You want to make something of it? Oh, shoot. I smiled again.
11:47Rosalinda? A word?
11:52Our leader is Noel Shimsky? The man who saw the backbone of a paramecium.
12:01What? Do you think that is my idea?
12:04Noel and I were the only two who volunteered.
12:07Of course, they voted me down.
12:09I'm smarter than he is, more confident, more articulate, but those stupid little wusses think I'm a hothead.
12:15But, no, Ros. A lot of people's jobs are riding on this, including mine.
12:24Then you do it!
12:25Me? No, no, me! Me! No, no, no!
12:29What?
12:30Dr. Crane, I can see that you're concerned about my negotiating skills, but don't be.
12:36I have a secret weapon.
12:39I can faint at will. Check it out.
12:51Okay, people, there's been a coup. I am now your leader.
12:56To the lair of the she-wolf.
13:00Well, what have we here?
13:12We are dissatisfied with the wage freeze, and we demand to speak to you about it.
13:18Don't we?
13:19Yes.
13:22All right, but aren't you people still on the clock?
13:25You'd better believe.
13:26Well, hi-ho, the derri-o, the cheese stands alone.
13:36They're a shrewd group. They only flex their muscle when they have to.
13:45Well done!
13:46Yeah, yeah. Will you get in here?
13:55I'm kind of surprised to see you here. This really isn't your fight, is it?
13:59I am honored to have been chosen by my colleagues to speak for them.
14:04Oh, that's a shame. I was kind of looking forward to seeing Shemsky fame.
14:08Well, we have a lot to do, so we may as well just get to it.
14:15So?
14:17A new hairdo. It's very fetching.
14:19Ooh, is that a new tie? It just lights up your pretty face.
14:23But what is it about us? I mean, why all this friction between us?
14:30You know, for my own part, your intolerable smugness reminds me of my ex-wife.
14:36But what is the source of your antipathy toward me?
14:40Was there some intimidating male figure in your childhood?
14:44A father? A priest? A department store Santa?
14:47Now, I don't know. I'm just spitballing here.
14:51I have an idea about the source of our antagonism.
14:56Good. Do let me hear it.
14:59I'm a woman, I'm as smart as you, and I'm your boss.
15:04Coincidence is all.
15:07Doc, I don't want to analyze your hang-ups.
15:11I already got a full-time job.
15:13Let's just get down to business, okay?
15:15Oh, very well. There's really very little to discuss.
15:19These people were promised to raise.
15:21They have fulfilled their part of the bargain.
15:23It's time for you to honor yours.
15:24You have 24 hours.
15:26Or?
15:27We walk en masse, including the on-air talent I've seen to that myself.
15:32You have?
15:33Mm-hmm.
15:35Why are you gunning for me?
15:38Gunning for you?
15:40This isn't about you. It's about what you're doing to those people.
15:43It's the shame of Seattle.
15:44No, no. This is about your ego, which is the size of Seattle.
15:51Every suggestion, every decision I've made has been met by this impenetrable wall of arrogance masquerading as righteousness.
16:00Oh, that's a desperate shot attacking me because I have a social conscience.
16:05What you have is a fat contract, and so have the rest of your cronies.
16:09So when it came time for staff raises, there was no more money left in the till.
16:14Oh, you are twisting things to make it look like it's my fault.
16:18Oh, it's true what they say. The devil comes disguised as a beautiful woman.
16:22Listen, there would have been raises if you hadn't taken all the money to pay for those Armani suits.
16:31Oh, what about you? Let's not overlook that pricey little Fendi scarf you're wearing.
16:36What about this designer cologne on you?
16:39Well, how about those pouty lips? It must have cost you a fortune in collagen injections.
16:43These lips are mine, you arrogant gas bag.
16:47You intractable despot.
16:49Flow hard.
16:50Tyrant.
16:51Ass.
16:51True.
16:59Get out.
17:04Now.
17:13Hey, Niles.
17:22Maris found a gray hair.
17:26Daphne, get Niles a brandy.
17:29It was right at the apex of her widow's peak.
17:32Better bring the bottle.
17:35She blames me, Dad.
17:36She said it's from the stress I caused her last night when I thoughtlessly turned on the light while she was getting undressed.
17:50Oh, good evening, Dr. Crane.
17:53Oh, let me take that for you.
17:55After all, you are the friend of the working man.
17:59Thank you, dear.
18:01Defender of the little people.
18:02All right, dear.
18:03Standing up to the boss on behalf of the downtrodden.
18:07Selflessly risking your own...
18:09Don't you have some meat to boil?
18:15I'm sorry.
18:16I'm sorry.
18:16I apologize.
18:17It's just been a...
18:18A bad day.
18:21I was elected by the employees to present our demands to...
18:26To Kate.
18:27Well, that was a smart move.
18:30Did you give her a good tongue lashing?
18:33In a manner of speaking, yes.
18:44Well, I'm proud of you, son.
18:47Oh, don't be, Dad.
18:49I'm a fraud.
18:50I was in her office, tempers flared, and...
18:56The next thing I knew, we were locked in a passionate kiss.
19:04Oh, go on.
19:07Daphne, I'm really not that comfortable talking about this in front of you.
19:10Oh, no need to be shy around me.
19:13I'm a professional health care worker.
19:16I've seen it all.
19:18I've helped your father in and out of the bathtub.
19:20Okay, dear.
19:22I've seen his bits.
19:23Oh, for God's sake.
19:27Just tell him we'll go all right.
19:31It was like nothing I've ever experienced before.
19:33It was just pure sex, overwhelming, unexpected, animal-like.
19:41Oh, well, that, we've all experienced that.
19:43Who hasn't?
19:44I'm no stranger to that feeling myself.
19:53It can strike without warning, and you don't know who it will be.
19:57Why?
19:58You could be standing next to a person, month after month,
20:02and then the next thing you know, you're tearing each other's clothes off.
20:07There's a word for it.
20:09Hope.
20:10Hmm?
20:14Oh, this is madness.
20:16I'm actually lusting after a woman that does nothing but great on my nerves.
20:20I can't stand her.
20:22Oh, really, Dr. Crane?
20:24Can a man want to have sex with a woman he doesn't even like?
20:27Yeah.
20:28Absolutely.
20:31But what about her?
20:33Maybe she's been harboring feelings for me.
20:38Is it possible that she could have been lusting after me all this time?
20:41Well, it could be, but, you know, you're in the middle of a negotiation.
20:47Maybe she'd let that smackaroo on you just to rattle your brain.
20:50Dad has a point.
20:52Your musk-drenched animal magnetism aside,
20:56it's quite possible she was simply manipulating you.
20:59Well, I hardly think so.
21:02The woman's passion seemed genuine.
21:05Yes, it always does.
21:11Do you suppose it's possible she's just using sex to sway me to her side?
21:16Well, figure it out.
21:17Who made the first move, you or her?
21:19There was no first move.
21:21It was more like spontaneous sexual combustion.
21:23There's always a first move.
21:25Think.
21:27All right.
21:27I was standing in front of her desk like so.
21:32She was facing me.
21:33Niles, you be Kate.
21:34I will not.
21:36Well, just stand up.
21:37I'm always the girl.
21:39In every prep school play, I was the girl.
21:43Guinevere, Marion the Librarian, 8-0 Annie.
21:46Well, no more.
21:47I'm through with it.
21:47When do I get to be Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Moe?
21:50This is getting me nowhere.
21:52All right.
21:54Just have to go down there and confront her myself.
21:58Find out if what she was feeling was actually genuine or she's simply being a conniving femme fatale.
22:06Come on now, Dr. Crane.
22:08It's not like men have never used sex to get what they want.
22:12How can we possibly use sex to get what we want?
22:16Sex is what we want.
22:20I think we have some issues to discuss.
22:47Me too.
22:48Have a seat.
22:49I'd prefer to stand.
22:50Me too.
22:54Let's talk about the kiss.
22:56Yeah, let's.
22:57All right.
22:58Why did it happen?
22:59Some possibilities.
23:02Frustration.
23:04Passion.
23:05The stress of the situation.
23:09Manipulation.
23:11Manipulation.
23:14That is interesting.
23:15What's interesting is that you focused on manipulation.
23:19Why?
23:20Because there's a possibility of manipulation.
23:23So you admit that you were manipulating me?
23:26Me?
23:26I'm talking about you.
23:28How dare you think I'd do a thing like that?
23:30It's not unheard of for a woman like you to use her feminine wiles to get what she wants.
23:36Oh, very clever.
23:37What about you using your masculine wiles to get what you want?
23:42You think my wiles are masculine?
23:45No, I am not going down that road again.
23:51Of course you're not.
23:52Because at the end of that road is our cul-de-sac of vulnerability.
24:00That's not you, is it?
24:01No, you're a cement hard.
24:05Cul-de-sac of vulnerability?
24:07All right, listen.
24:11You see me for a couple of hours out of every day and you think you know me?
24:16The me-me?
24:18All right, I can be tough.
24:20Okay, I've got to be.
24:21I can also be tender.
24:25Spontaneous.
24:25Spontaneous.
24:26Shy.
24:28Lusty.
24:30Playful.
24:32Kitten-ish.
24:32I could climb you like a scratching post.
24:39Damn!
24:45Stop!
24:48What are we doing?
24:50God, there are people out there counting on us.
24:53All right, you're absolutely right.
24:55We've got to put personal pleasure aside until we get this thing resolved.
24:59Absolutely.
24:59We all went to that.
25:01It takes every minute of every hour of every day.
25:04And every ounce of strength we have, we have got to settle this strike.
25:08All right.
25:09Those people deserve a 5% raise.
25:12I'll give you 3.
25:134.
25:14Done.
25:23Hey, any news?
25:25Fraser's hanging tough.
25:27He just keeps pounding that desk and saying,
25:29More, more, more.
25:30Okay.
25:41Good news.
25:46She's offered 3%.
25:48We'll take you.
25:50We'll take you.
25:50We'll take you.
25:51No.
25:51Never.
25:53I'm going to get you 4.
25:55I don't care if I have to stay in there all night.
25:57All right.
26:01Fringe up.
26:02Fringe up.
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26:11Hey, baby.
26:14I hear the blues are calling.
26:16Tossed salads and scrambled eggs.
26:19Oh, my.
26:21And maybe I seem a bit confused.
26:25Yeah, maybe.
26:26But I got you pegged.
26:28Ha, ha, ha, ha.
26:30But I don't know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs.
26:38They're calling again.
26:41Scrambled eggs all over my face.
26:45What is it, boy, to do?
26:50Good night, Seattle.
26:51We love you.
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