- Niles suggests to Maris that they go into marriage counseling; she responds by serving him with divorce papers.
- Niles is in good spirits; his separation from Maris could soon be over, as he is suggesting marriage guidance counselling. Unfortunately, a courier arrives with ill tidings: Maris has served Niles with divorce papers. Niles appears to take this bombshell with remarkable calm, but his façade of cool disintegrates rapidly as he attempts to call Maris and beg her to take him back. Frasier reminds him not to allow her to push him around any more, which was the reason for the separation in the first place. While Daphne unsuccessfully attempts to throw out a box of old rubbish belonging to Martin, Frasier and Niles discover an old journal belonging to their late mother, which details with remarkable accuracy what appears to be the relationship between the brothers. Niles is shaken by his mother's assertion that he "constantly allows himself to be cowed and dominated, especially by females", and at this point reveals that he has not signed the divorce papers, but instead sent them back with a grovelling letter. Fortunately, Maris is out of town until later that day, so the brothers break into her house, only to be trapped by Maris' new Dobermans. They retrieve the letter before she reads it, but Niles discovers that Maris is already removing him from her life, even having a painting they'd posed for together edited to replace him with a tree. Before escaping, determined not to be pushed around any more, Niles signs the divorce papers. However, another glance through their mother's notes reveals something very significant about the case study: the Frasier and Niles described are laboratory rats.
- Niles finally puts his foot down and demands that Maris resolve their marital separation either by seeking couples counselling or getting a divorce. Also, Frasier reflects on his discomfort with personal contact. Meanwhile, Martin stops Daphne from discarding a box of random old gadgets.
- Niles suggests to Maris that they go into marriage counseling; she responds by serving him with divorce papers. Daphne tries to throw out a box of Martin's unused junk. Frasier and Niles look through it and find an old scientific journal by their mother. She observes that Frasier has a fear of physical contact, and Niles is easily cowed by females. Niles confesses that he returned the divorce papers with a groveling note begging Maris to take him back. While Maris is away, he and Frasier sneak into her mansion to steal them back.—crouchbk
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