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The Apparent Trap

‘The Apparent Trap’

Season 7, Episode 9 -  Aired November 25, 1999

When Lilith and Frederick spend Thanksgiving in Seattle, Freddie schemes to get Frasier and Lilith back together.

Quote from Martin

Frederick: So, Dad, is Mom staying for dinner?
Lilith: Yes, Frederick, I am.
Frederick: Isn't that great, Grandpa?
Martin: Great, Freddy. Real great! Isn't that great, Freddy?
Frederick: Are you okay, Grandpa?
Lilith: He's worried about his twitch.

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Quote from Frasier

Frasier: Daphne's preparing dinner.
Lilith: Oh, should we tell her there's an extra person?
[A clattering of plates is heard from the kitchen]
Frasier: No need.

Quote from Martin

Martin: Wait, wait, wait. What are you doing?
Daphne: I'm mashing the potatoes.
Martin: By hand? You're supposed to whip potatoes, that way every bite tastes the same.
Daphne: Isn't that a bit bland?
Martin: Hello? Welcome to potatoes!

Quote from Daphne

Lilith: Daphne, is your fiancée joining us?
Daphne: No, I'll be seeing him later. Donny has his own Thanksgiving tradition. He has a dinner for all the divorced men he's represented during the year. He's hosting twenty-five today.
Lilith: Wow. Twenty-five lonely, bitter men.
Daphne: It's been a good year.

Quote from Frasier

Frasier: You know, Lilith, we could probably get most of it done in the time you're still here in town.
Frederick: And if you stay here, you can finish the whole thing.
Frasier: Well, I guess that would be all right by me.
Lilith: Daphne, would that be too much of an imposition?
Daphne: Not at all, I'll be spending the weekend with Donny. Where is your father with that gravy? [exits to kitchen]
Lilith: Then I'll stay here. Although, maybe we should run this by your father.
[a crashing sound is heard from the kitchen]
Frasier: No need.

Quote from Frasier

Lilith: Yes, but I think we should have something about non-custodial parents and discipline.
Frasier: Exactly. The weekend the father needn't be a weakened father.
Lilith: [laughs] Frasier, you still have a direct line to my funny bone.
Frasier: [laughs] Thank God the line wasn't busy.

Quote from Niles

Lilith: I need to talk to you.
Niles: Does the door have to be closed?
Lilith: I thinks it's best, it's of a personal nature.
Niles: What's this about?
Lilith: Well, it's about an attraction that I thought was over and now I'm beginning to think, maybe it's not.
Niles: Usually in my dreams, this is where I try to run and can't.

Quote from Lilith

Lilith: This isn't about you, you egomaniac. This is about Frasier. I think he wants us together again.
Niles: He knows how I feel about you.
Lilith: Not us! Me and Frasier! Is there a chair here I could talk to?

Quote from Niles

Niles: Well, what makes you think he wants you to get back together?
Lilith: Well, first he offers to collaborate on this article. Now he's plying me with wine. At this very moment I expect he's asking your father to clear out for the night.
Niles: So he took a professional interest in your article and he offered you some wine on Thanksgiving. Now who's the egomaniac?

Quote from Frasier

Lilith: That's a very clever little boy we have.
Frasier: Could he actually be so devious?
Lilith: Ah. Well, if he wants something badly enough, he will figure out a way to get it. Remember when he was a baby, the bottle at the end of the maze?
Frasier: You know, I kinda regret doing that.

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