James Oliver

A stranger sets Frasier up on a blind date with Lilith. Lilith is in town for a one-day conference and tries to connect with Frasier, but they keep missing each other. At Caf Nervosa, Lilith complains about her relationship woes to an attractive colleague, Nancy. Lilith leaves for the conference and Frasier just misses her again. He ends up in conversation with Nancy, both unaware of their connection to Lilith.Nancy tells Frasier he would be perfect for her friend and wants to introduce them over dinner that night. Frasier reluctantly agrees to meet Lilith at her hotel before his date and is surprised to learn that she also has a blind date. Frasier and Lilith secretly call Nancy to tell them they're running late. Signals get crossed and Frasier and Lilith unknowingly dump each other. They spend a cordial evening together and even work as a team to counsel a bickering couple next door. At the end of the evening, Frasier and Lilith fall asleep on the couch watching a movie. Meanwhile, Martin is about to put his gun in storage and Niles accidentally knocks it off the table. A bullet fires through Frasier's favorite chair, statue and through the mantel. Martin, Niles and Daphne try to make quick repairs but Frasier arrives home early, forcing them to pose in amusing ways to hide the holes.

Niles cracks under the pressure of Maris' murder case. Maris is arrested for murdering her Argentinean boyfriend and the police question Niles about his lunch with her that morning. Frasier and Martin laugh it off when Niles fears he's a suspect. Moments later, breaking news reports that Maris' murder weapon was an antique crossbow, which Niles lent to her for a play. After a long night of interrogation, Niles returns home in abnormally good spirits. He's even unaffected by the front page of the paper declaring him as the exhusband who provided the murder weapon. At Caf Nervosa, Nile escapes the entourage of press and Frasier steps in as his spokesperson, accidentally stating that Niles should be 'executed' instead of 'exonerated'. Niles still remains calm and composed, even when Daphne lashes out at him for taking calls from Maris in jail. With Niles bottling up his emotions, Frasier fears he's on the verge of a breakdown. Niles finally cracks when Roz takes the last straw at Caf Nervosa. Feeling suffocated, he starts to disrobe and before long, he's sitting in the corner covered only by the newspaper he's reading. Frasier rushes to the scene, wraps him up and takes him home. After twenty hours of sleep, Niles emerges as his old self and tells Maris off.

Jack finally connects with Kim on the phone but has to deliver some devastating news. Meanwhile, Kate begins to feel responsible for Marie’s terrorist actions.

Lilith comes to Seattle to ask Frasier to father another child. Lilith unexpectedly comes to town to talk to Frasier about an important matter, while Martin makes every effort to dodge her. Lilith tells Frasier that she is there to ask him for a favor to make her life complete--having another child! She asks Frasier to consider artificial insemination so that Frederick can have a full sibling with the same genetic makeup. After much thought, Frasier politely explains to Lilith that he is opposed to her proposition. However, she manages to change his mind through manipulation, telling him touching stories about Frederick's childhood and reminding him that he's their greatest achievement. A high-strung Lilith accompanies Frasier to the hospital to begin the process. However, Frasier starts having second thoughts about his decision when she makes inappropriate remarks about how things should be done. He suddenly realizes that she is trying to recreate the past now that Frederick is getting older and tells her he can't go through with it. Meanwhile, Daphne takes a disastrous road trip to an amusement park in Canada with Mrs. Moon, Roz and her daughter Alice. While she is away, Niles obsesses over a blurry photograph at the end of a roll, which he believes is an illicit shot of Daphne. However, he is disturbed and embarrassed when he realizes that it is actually a shot of Martin's chest. Lilith's hopes for a complete life are restored on the plane ride home when she reconnects with a fellow male passenger she met on her way out.