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Do you think Maris and I
are meant to be together?

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MARTIN: Oh, what's this?
- I got you a gift.

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- You did? What's the occasion?
- No reason.

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You can't give something
for no reason.

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- Yes, I can.
- No, you can't.

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- Yes, I can.
- No, you can't.

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You're starting
to take the fun out of this.

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But there's no reason for this.

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- Does there have to be a reason?
- Yeah.

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- Oh, would you just open it?
- Oh, jeez.

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- I knitted it myself.
- Oh, gee...

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You know, I had trouble
with the rolled collar.

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I'm surprised you didn't hear me
cursing from my bedroom.

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Boy, Daphne, this is really nice.
I wish I had something to give you.

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- We're back on that again.
- All right, all right.

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- But at least let me pay you for it.
- Pay me for it? It's a gift.

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Just a couple bucks for the yarn.

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- Dad, has Niles called?
- No.

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I've been standing out front
for 20 minutes.

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We're gonna be late
for our squash court.

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- Nice cardigan.
- Daphne surprised me with it.

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You don't seem very happy about it.

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I'm not. I mean, you just
don't give somebody something

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- for no reason. That's my rule.
- Dad, spontaneous gift-giving

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is one of life's great pleasures.

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Didn't you give Mom anything
without warning?

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Yeah, you.

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Where do you think
I got the rule from?

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[BELL DINGS]

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Oh, there you are. Come on,
Niles, let's shake a leg.

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- We'll be late for our court time.
- Just a minute.

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Of course I do, Maris.
Well, I miss you more.

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- No, I do. No, I do.
- Niles.

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More than Van Cleef
would miss Arpels.

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Oh, no, I don't.

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No, you have the prettier laugh.

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No, you do. No, you do.

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MARTIN:
I'm gonna go walk into the ocean.

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Oh, no, I would love to meet you
for lunch, but you know

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what Dr Deutsch said: No meetings
outside our therapy sessions.

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Oh, now, Maris... Oh, wait, hold on
a second. It's my other line. Hello.

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Get the hell off the phone.

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How rude.

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Please. You realize
it's also rude to be late?

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You're telling me about being late
for an appointment?

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FRASIER:
You're ridiculously tardy. Tardy, tardy.

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NILES: No, I think...
FRASIER: Forget it.

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How dare you hang up on me.

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Bunny?

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Do you mind if we
continue this conversation later?

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Oh, I'll be counting the minutes too.

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Well, I hope you're happy.
We have now officially lost our court.

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Well, I'm sorry. I would hope that
my attempt to salvage my marriage

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would be more important
than a squash game.

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Of course. I was just
looking forward to playing.

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I enjoy a morning game of squash
more than anyone.

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- No, I do.
- No, I do.

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No, no, stop it.

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Niles, I would love to see
you and Maris reconcile,

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if that's what you want. I'm just afraid
you might be going a bit too quickly.

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- Would you like some coffee?
- Please.

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Need I remind you last month
she served you with divorce papers?

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I'm aware of that.
We're not rushing into anything.

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We only see each other at therapy.

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That reminds me. Yesterday
at the cafë, I asked you a question,

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which you deftly avoided answering.

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Do you think Maris and I
are meant to be together?

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Right. Well...

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That's a tough question.

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Perhaps the better question
would be,

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"Do you think you and Maris
are meant to be together?"

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I serve you up a question.
You clumsily bat it back to me.

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We've hardly missed
our squash game at all.

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No, no, I'm really interested
in your opinion.

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- Let's say you were God.
- Niles, please, I don't wanna play God.

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Please. No, just play along.

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Let's say you are the supreme
ruler of heaven and earth.

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- What would you do?
- Well, for starters,

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I'd issue a recall on some
of my lesser species.

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[CELL PHONE RINGING]

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L...

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I still want an answer
to that question. Hello?

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What is it, pumpkin?
Oh, now, now... Dear, calm down.

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I'm sure that the banging
you hear is just the pipes.

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If a servant had been
walled in during the remodelling,

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he'd have died weeks ago.

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If it will ease your mind at all, why
don't you have Marta take roll call?

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- Hold on a second. Hello?
- Get out.

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Well, this is Dr Frasier Crane, saying
goodbye and good mental health.

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Your brother called.

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Lord, he must really want
an answer to that question.

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No, he wanted to tell you
the wine-club meeting was cancelled.

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- What question?
- Yesterday, he asked me straight out

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if I thought he and Maris
were meant for each other.

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- That's a loaded question.
- Yeah, you're telling me.

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I don't even know
what my answer is.

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Why don't you just play it safe
and say yes?

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In my experience, when someone
asks that question,

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they're not looking for honesty,
they're looking for reassurance.

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- Tell him what he wants to hear.
- I don't know, Roz.

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Trust me, Frasier. It's like if I ask you,
"Do I look fat in these pants?"

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You're right. There's only one way
to answer that question.

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What?

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- Do you think I look fat in these?
- No, I don't.

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- I work out. It's the pleats, isn't it?
- Just stop it. Get ahold of yourself.

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I was thinking about what you
had said. I'm gonna tell Niles yes,

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I think he and Maris
were meant to be together.

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Who are you waving to? Is that
Elise Edmonds from Promotions?

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- We got a little date tonight.
- A date? And you didn't tell me?

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It's no big deal.
I don't think she's interested.

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- Hi, Frasier. Hey, Roz.
FRASIER Hi.

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I'm sorry to interrupt.
I just wanted to make sure.

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- Am I still seeing you tonight?
- Yes, you are.

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Which means, of course,
that I'll be seeing you as well.

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Great. Bye.

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Whoa!

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That woman is totally into you.

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- You think so?
- Yeah. "I'll see you later. Great. Bye."

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- And that's a good sign?
- Hello.

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She might as well have calf-roped
you with her pantyhose.

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This promises to be
a very interesting evening.

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- I think so.
- Well, she is very attractive. Slender.

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Gee, I wonder why
your mind went there.

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- Not this again, Roz.
- Of course. She was next to me.

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I hate these pants.

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- I look like the Liberty Bell.
- The Liberty Bell...

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[DOORKNOB JOSTLING]

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- Afternoon, Mr Crane.
- Hello.

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- I've got the mail.
- Oh, thanks.

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You wanna just
put it on the table there?

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Is this for me?

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You know anybody else around here
who uses eucalyptus bubble bath?

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- Well, your son occasionally likes...
- Oh, never mind.

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- This is lovely.
- Well, I'm glad you like it,

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because I picked it all out myself.

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You know, I got you your fancy
soaps, and your moisturizers,

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and this rock thing that scrapes all the
dead skin off the bottom of your feet.

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Well, if you're gonna nap
on the couch, wear slippers.

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- Still, Mr Crane, you really overdid it.
- No, I didn't.

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- I don't know if I can accept this.
- Why not?

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Because you spent far too much.

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All right. Well, then, I'll take
a couple of things back.

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Wait, not that one.

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Daphne, would you please
just take the damn basket?

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What are you getting
so cross about?

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You can give me a gift, but I'm
not allowed to give you one back?

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- That's the reason you gave me this?
- Yeah, that's the way it works.

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Where I come from,
you don't give someone a gift

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because you have to.
Here, take your silly basket.

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All right, fine. Well, then, you can take
your crappy old cardigan back too.

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I don't know why you gave it
to me in the first place.

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- Because I like you.
- Well, I like you.

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Than why can't you just accept
my gift and be happy?

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- I am happy. I love that cardigan.
- And I love my damn basket.

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- What is all this?
- We're exchanging our damn gifts.

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MARTIN:
Well, here.

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- Here.
- Thanks.

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Thank you.

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Good Lord.

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It's like Christmas morning
in the Gambino household.

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By the way, Niles called while you
were in the shower to remind you

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about the squash tomorrow.

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That's strange. We just made that
date this morning. He must be

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champing at the bit to get
an answer to that question.

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What question?

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Oh, he asked me if I thought he
and Maris were meant to be together.

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Well, if you ask me,
you should keep your bazoo shut.

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You're always getting in trouble
opening that big bazoo of yours.

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How wonderful, Dad. We found a new
word to strike from your vocabulary,

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along with patootie and bupkis.

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You're gonna answer him, aren't you?

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I think I have to. But listen,
I'm just gonna play it safe.

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Tell him yes. He's gonna do
what he wants to anyway.

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I don't know. He takes
your opinion pretty seriously.

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Well, when we were younger,
there was a certain sway

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I had over him, but...

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Do you remember back in prep
school when he was gonna try out

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for the track team?
I convinced him all the cool kids

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were gonna join the Madrigal Society?

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I'm not just talking about school.
He's always come to you

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for career decisions too.
Where to do his residency,

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where to set up his practice.

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Perhaps I have
underestimated my influence.

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You know, frankly,
my opinion could be

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the single most important factor
in his making this decision.

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- I don't know if I'd go as far as that.
- Please, Dad.

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You don't know what it's like
to have your opinion matter.

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Niles depends on me. He deserves
my true and honest answer.

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- And what is that?
- Well...

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Maris has always been
spoiled and selfish

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and led him around by the nose.

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I'd have to say my answer
would be no.

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Thank you, Dad. I've changed
my answer from a yes to a no.

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MARTIN:
There you go.

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FRASIER: On the other hand...
MARTIN: I knew it.

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Well, no, you know, there are
a lot of other factors here, Dad.

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Niles does love Maris.

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She has agreed to go into therapy,
and Niles swears

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that she's a changed person. L...

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I don't know. I guess if I really
wanna know what's going on

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in Maris' mind,
I've got to ask her myself.

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- You agree with that, don't you, Dad?
MARTIN: Oh, yeah, sure.

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FRASIER: Well, I've got
a couple hours before my date.

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So if I really wanna know
what Maris is thinking,

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I will go directly to the source.

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- Are you ready to order?
- Well, not quite yet.

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I'm still waiting on someone.
Oh, there she is now.

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Marta.

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Marta, I can't tell you how nice
it is to see you again.

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My pleasure. And this coffee
is too, too divine.

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I see your English lessons
with Maris are progressing nicely.

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Yes. She teaching me many words.

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That coat is so dëclassë.

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Listen, Marta, I'm gonna come
right to my point.

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Dr Crane and Maris... Missy Crane.

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- Have been seeing
a couples' therapist lately,

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- and I understand it's going very well.
- Therapy helping Missy Crane a lot.

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Really? So you would say
that she's a changed person?

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<i>Si, si. Missy Crane very different,
nicer to everyone.</i>

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And this time no happy pills.

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For my birthday, she gave me
beautiful Chanel makeup bag.

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It's a knockoff, but it's big.

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Oh, all right then,
this is my question:

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If Dr Crane and Mrs Crane
were to get back together again,

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do you?

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Do you think that Mrs Crane
would treat Dr Crane better?

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Oh, yes. Please ask
Dr Crane to come home.

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Marta, you've been most helpful.
You know, lately, I've been wondering

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if Niles and Maris ought
to be together.

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And now, thanks to you, I know that
the answer to that question is yes.

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[MARTA LAUGHS]

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What?
Did I say something funny?

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No, my beeper on vibrate.
It tickle me.

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Sorry. I have to go.
Missy Crane need me.

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<i>- Oh, thanks, all right. I understand.
- Thanks for cafe.</i>

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Call me. Mean it.

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Well, there is a limit.

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- Hey.
- Oh, Daphne.

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Was that Mrs Crane's Marta
who was just leaving?

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It was.
We were just sharing a coffee.

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Marta helped allay my fears about
Niles and Maris getting back together.

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Yes, I think she'd be glad to see
Dr Crane back in that household.

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- I should go get my beans.
- Wait, Daphne. What do you mean?

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Well, I'm sure Dr Crane
acts as a good buffer

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between Mrs Crane and the help.

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Gee, it never occurred to me that
Marta might have an ulterior motive.

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Who could blame her?
Mrs Crane can be a bit demanding.

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Well, then, this taints
Marta's entire testimony.

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Is it possible
she could have lied to me?

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No. With my trained eye, very
few things can escape my notice,

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as I'm sure
you've observed, Daphne.

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You think that l...?
But could she have lied to me?

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You know, see,
this is the predicament I'm in.

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Every time someone gives me
a valid argument, somebody else

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comes along, gives me
a perfectly valid counterargument.

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One minute I think the answer is yes,
the next minute I think it's no.

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This is driving me crazy.
No, I've got to stick with it.

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Niles asked me what I think...
That's it. What I think.

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I don't know
what I think right now.

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But that's where I should focus.
Don't you agree?

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Oh, yes, absolutely.

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ELISE: Oh, I'm so glad
we're finally doing this.

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- Oh, yeah, me too.
- Is everything all right, Frasier?

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Oh, yes, yes, yes.
I'm just a little preoccupied.

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Stop obsessing.

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Enjoy the date.

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Here we are.

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So where are we going?

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I've chosen a little Italian place
I know, if that's all right.

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- I trust your judgement.
- Okay.

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But then, who doesn't?

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Are you okay?

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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I told myself I wasn't gonna
bring this up to you.

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I don't really think
it's appropriate for a first date,

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but I haven't been able to think about
anything else all day, so here goes.

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Do you think it's possible

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for two people
to be meant for each other?

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- You've thought about that all day?
- Yes.

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- Well, yes, I do.
- I do too.

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But how do you know that they're
meant for each other?

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Of course, it's essential that they have
similar interests, goals in common.

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- Don't forget physical attraction.
- Oh, well, that's a given. Yeah.

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But you know, my ex-wife
and I had all those things,

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and our marriage
was an unmitigated disaster.

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She probably
just didn't appreciate you.

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No, not entirely.

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Did she listen
to your show every day,

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sometimes even tape it so she
could listen to it in bed at night?

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I didn't have a show then.

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I guess what it comes down to is...
What is that special something

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that makes us cry out,
"Yes, we are meant to be together"?

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Who knows? All that matters
is that we both feel it.

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Hmm?

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I would've told you months ago
how I felt, but I was too insecure.

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I never dreamed you felt
the same way I did.

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Frasier, don't turn shy
on me now. What you thinking?

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Elise, I'm...

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I'm thinking you are
quite the practical joker.

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Pretending not to know I was
talking about my brother Niles

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and his wife.
Surely Roz must have told you.

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00:15:23.867 --> 00:15:25.937
Oh, yeah.

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Sense of humour. That's another thing
that's important to have in common.

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Frasier, I have a headache. I'm gonna
take a rain check on tonight, okay?

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00:15:33.907 --> 00:15:35.863
Oh, no, Elise.
Listen, please, we can still go out.

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Pretend none of this ever happened.

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- Perfect.
- Oh, don't... Elise, please don't...

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I can't for the life of me
figure out why this decision

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is causing me so much anxiety.

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There's just so many things
to be considered, you know.

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On one hand, well, perhaps I'm afraid
that if Niles and Maris reconcile,

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we may lose the friendship he and I
developed during their separation.

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On the other hand, if Maris
does take him back,

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well, then, I won't have to feel
so responsible for him.

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Ah, there's just so much at stake.

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[EDDIE BARKING]

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Oh, not that kind of steak.

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00:16:19.867 --> 00:16:23.980
Stop it. You know, you're driving
me crazy. I just can't think here.

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I'm gonna go take a walk.

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00:16:26.547 --> 00:16:30.301
What? Oh, not with you. Go away.

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00:16:30.947 --> 00:16:33.170
Time for your bath.

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So gullible.

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<i>ROZ:
Tell him what he wants to hear.</i>

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<i>MARTIN: He takes your opinion
pretty seriously.</i>

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<i>MARTA: Missy Crane very different,
nicer to everyone.</i>

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<i>MARTIN: Bazoo, shut your bazoo.
ROZ: Fat, fat, fat, fat.</i>

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<i>DAPHNE:
Dr Crane makes a good buffer.</i>

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[EDDIE BARKING]

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[DOOR BUZZING]

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- Who's there?
FRASIER: It's Frasier. Let me in.

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- How did you get up here?
- The doorman was asleep.

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- Well, what a coincidence, so was I.
- I'm sorry, Niles.

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- I apologize for the late hour.
- Well, what's wrong?

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00:18:58.267 --> 00:19:00.576
- You smell of the streets.
- Well, l...

335
00:19:01.187 --> 00:19:04.145
I've been wandering Seattle in search
for an answer to your question.

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00:19:04.347 --> 00:19:05.621
I know how crucial my opinion is.

337
00:19:05.827 --> 00:19:07.419
I didn't wanna take
your question lightly.

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00:19:08.347 --> 00:19:10.650
What question?

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00:19:10.987 --> 00:19:13.626
You asked if I thought that you
and Maris were meant for each other.

340
00:19:13.827 --> 00:19:14.976
Oh, right.

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00:19:15.187 --> 00:19:16.256
I've been to hell and back

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00:19:16.467 --> 00:19:18.219
agonizing over this question,
and you forgot.

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00:19:18.427 --> 00:19:20.702
No, I didn't forget.
I'm sorry, Frasier, I'm groggy.

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00:19:20.907 --> 00:19:22.863
Come in, come in.

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00:19:25.387 --> 00:19:28.345
I'm touched that you've
given it this much thought.

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00:19:28.707 --> 00:19:30.777
- You're a good brother.
- Thank you.

347
00:19:30.987 --> 00:19:32.784
So please.

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00:19:36.267 --> 00:19:37.905
Well, this...

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This is hard for me to say, but...

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00:19:43.147 --> 00:19:44.466
No.

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00:19:45.867 --> 00:19:48.620
I don't think you and Maris
are meant to be together.

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00:19:49.307 --> 00:19:53.220
I believe that a marriage
should be built on a foundation

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of friendship and mutual respect.

354
00:19:55.907 --> 00:19:58.979
With Maris, I fear that you'll never
experience those things fully.

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00:19:59.547 --> 00:20:03.960
And I question whether
you'll ever be truly happy.

356
00:20:06.667 --> 00:20:08.146
I see.

357
00:20:09.667 --> 00:20:11.976
Well, thank you.

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00:20:12.187 --> 00:20:14.576
- You're hurt, aren't you?
- No, no, I...

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00:20:14.787 --> 00:20:18.223
I just need some time to process this.

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00:20:18.427 --> 00:20:20.702
I appreciate your stopping by.
It's just one of those times

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00:20:20.907 --> 00:20:21.942
when I need to be alone.

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00:20:22.107 --> 00:20:23.335
[BELL RINGING]

363
00:20:23.507 --> 00:20:25.145
- Did you just hear a bell?
- No.

364
00:20:25.347 --> 00:20:29.560
Why don't you come on,
go home, get some rest...

365
00:20:29.227 --> 00:20:30.376
[BELL RINGING]

366
00:20:30.547 --> 00:20:32.299
- There it is again.
- No, I don't think so.

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00:20:32.507 --> 00:20:34.304
Wait a minute.

368
00:20:34.867 --> 00:20:37.970
Oh, Niles...

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00:20:37.307 --> 00:20:38.979
Maris is here, isn't she?
How could you?

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00:20:39.187 --> 00:20:41.655
Well, she offered, and I said yes.

371
00:20:42.270 --> 00:20:44.336
How could you do this
without waiting for my opinion?

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00:20:44.547 --> 00:20:47.220
Well, someone certainly has
a high opinion of his opinion.

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00:20:47.427 --> 00:20:50.464
Why don't you just go run back
to her before she sprains her wrist?

374
00:20:50.667 --> 00:20:52.660
Oh, no... Frasier.

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00:20:52.267 --> 00:20:54.462
Frasier. I know what you're thinking,
but you're wrong.

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00:20:54.667 --> 00:20:56.180
Maris has changed.

377
00:20:56.827 --> 00:20:58.658
She now understands
that she cannot control me.

378
00:20:58.867 --> 00:21:00.950
I am my own man.

379
00:21:00.267 --> 00:21:01.416
[BELL RINGING]

380
00:21:01.587 --> 00:21:02.986
I don't actually respond to that.

381
00:21:03.147 --> 00:21:04.705
It's a little joke we have between us.

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00:21:04.867 --> 00:21:05.856
[WHISTLE BLOWING]

383
00:21:06.270 --> 00:21:08.630
Okay, that means business.