A very bad-tempered Frasier takes out his frustration through an act of civil disobedience, refusing to pay a small parking fee and blocking the exit lane of the garage.
After several failed runs for condo board president, Frasier nominates his more popular father as a figurehead. However, Martin becomes increasingly independent of Frasier's control.
In preparation for son Frederick's Bar Mitzvah, Frasier makes a deal with co-worker and "Star Trek" super fan Noel -- who promises to teach the doc enough Hebrew to deliver his speech at the ceremony.
Frasier and Martin hire a new housekeeper that Martin likes, but she turns out to be hopeless at work. Meanwhile, Niles keeps beating impossible odds and worries that it's a bad thing.
Frasier and Niles bicker over which of their two households should host Christmas dinner for the Crane family. When Martin is appointed the tie-breaker, each brother tries to bribe him.
The station hires financial analyst Julia Wilcox, an abrasive and sharp-tongued woman with no time for anyone. Frasier becomes aroused and makes an advance, leading to a sexual harassment training session for the entire staff.
Daphne attempts to throw a dinner party, with a reclusive artist as the guest of honor, but fails to escape the Crane family curse which always shows up at such events.
After winning a squash tournament partnered with gym teacher Chelsea, Frasier starts dating her. Seeing her on the job one day, however, brings back nightmares of an abusive coach from his childhood.
Now that Kenny's divorce is final, the realization that his wife is never coming back hits him hard. Frasier suggests he see a psychiatrist, and Kenny asks him to be his "shrink."
After the KACL staff participate in a low-income house-building project, Frasier becomes a nuisance to the family, offering incessant advice for its decor.
Leland Barton, Hester Crane's old research assistant, visits Seattle. He is so alike in personality to Frasier and Niles that Martin starts to wonder who is the boys' real father.
Julia has finished her affair with Frasier's accountant, Avery, and is vacillating between depression and anger. Frasier offers his support, even despite her determination to break into Avery's office and cause chaos.
Unsettled by Frasier's burgeoning relationship with Julia, Roz reverses her decision to leave KACL, but issues an ultimatum to Frasier: dump Julia, or they are no longer friends.
