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The Crucible

‘The Crucible’

Season 1, Episode 6 -  Aired October 21, 1993

Frasier is embrassed when he hosts a party to showcase a new painting he bought, only to be told by the famous artist that the artwork is not hers.

Quote from Martin

Martin: For God's sake, Frasier, you're forty-one years old. It's time you learned something: the system ain't perfect. Sometimes the bad guy wins. And all those things you thought would be around to help you, the courts and the police department? Well, sometimes they're just not there when you need them. So you can either let it eat a hole in your stomach, or you can just file it away under the heading, "Sometimes Life Sucks."
Frasier: Yeah? Well, that file's getting pretty thick.

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Quote from Niles

Roz: Hi, Niles.
Niles: Oh, hello.
Roz: You may not remember me, I'm-
Niles: Of course I remember you. Would you be a love and watch that man with the cane?

Quote from Roz

Frasier: My God, Roz, she's the preeminent Neofauvist of the twentieth century! How could you put her on hold?
Roz: Well, the phone rang and I pushed the little button-

Quote from Niles

Niles: Enchanting, just enchanting.
Frasier: My God, Niles, why is no-one eating the mussoline of duck?
[Eddie hops onto the chair and starts eating it]
Frasier: Oh, you mangy little cur!
Niles: Well, now we know why.

Quote from Niles

Frasier: Look, Niles, the dog is eating the food, the pianist is too intrusive, the Pinot Noir is far too stagy and it's five past seven and Martha isn't even here yet!
Niles: I'm not going to have to sedate you, am I?

Quote from Roz

Frasier: Oh, hi, Roz, it's you. And you look radiant!
Roz: I look like crap. I've got a spot on my dress, I over-plucked one eyebrow, and the crotch of my pantyhose is creeping down to my knees.
Frasier: Couldn't you have just done that on the elevator? [Frasier takes Roz's coat] Oh, my goodness, Roz, you've got a neck!

Quote from Frasier

Frasier: Dad, dad, please!
Martin: Alright, alright, but stop shadowing me. I don't need a nursemaid.
Frasier: Alright, if you give me your word, that's good enough for me. [to Niles] Watch him!

Quote from Frasier

Martha Paxton: Dr. Crane? I'm Martha Paxton.
Frasier: Of course. Who else could you be?

Quote from Niles

Niles: Dr. Niles Crane. It's an hon our to shake your hand. [Niles shakes her poncho] Well, to shake anything of yours is an honor.

Quote from Frasier

Frasier: I think this is the perfect spot for an ideal viewing. Oh God, I've waited so long for this moment, I'm just going to stand back and let you describe your work - "Elegy in Green"— in your own words. The way you insinuate the palette but never lean on it, you capture the zeitgeist of our generation. It is the most perfect canvas it has ever my privilege to gaze upon. I mean, one can only imagine what inspired you to paint it.
Martha Paxton: I didn't paint it.
Frasier: Of course you didn't. You- You created it, you gave birth to it.
Martha Paxton: I didn't do anything to it. I never saw this painting before in my whole life.
Martin: And you thought I was gonna embarrass you!

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