"Frasier Crane's Day Off" is the twenty-third episode of the first season of American sitcom Frasier.
Frasier is feeling ill with an oncoming dose of the flu. Co-worker Gil Chesterton, having heard Frasier sneezing on the air during his radio show, proceeds to make a fuss over Frasier's health, bringing him some 'lovingly prepared' chicken soup ("so lovingly prepared even the chicken gets well") and suggesting that he get some rest. Frasier is su...
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"Frasier Crane's Day Off" is the twenty-third episode of the first season of American sitcom Frasier.
Frasier is feeling ill with an oncoming dose of the flu. Co-worker Gil Chesterton, having heard Frasier sneezing on the air during his radio show, proceeds to make a fuss over Frasier's health, bringing him some 'lovingly prepared' chicken soup ("so lovingly prepared even the chicken gets well") and suggesting that he get some rest. Frasier is suspicious of Gil's kindness. While Roz thinks that Gil is simply being generous, Frasier wonders whether Gil is hoping to take advantage of his illness in order to steal the Frasier Crane Show's time slot. At this point, it becomes apparent that Gil has also been buttering up the station manager. Frasier, determined not to let his illness derail him, pointedly tells Roz that he'll 'see her tomorrow'.
However, the next morning Frasier feels worse, and despite some blustering about his fitness he soon succumbs to Daphne's persuasion that he stay...
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