Frasier: Uh, Carla, look, I know what you're going through. I mean, you've sacrificed your whole life for your kids and now, on the big day, Nick swoops in and tries to hog all the glory. Look, it happens all the time. One parent uses the child as leverage against the other.
Carla: Really, Doc?
Frasier: Oh, yes, yes. Often in a broken marriage the child becomes nothing more than, a helpless pawn in the war between the two adults. Of course that hasn't happened with, with Lilith and myself because she's gone. But, uh, she'll be back. Oh, I know she'll be back, you know why? 'Cause I have Frederick. Yes, sir, he's my little trump card.
Sam: Thank you very much.
Frasier: He is, you know. I have a plan. [laughs evilly]