While Frasier frantically prepares to host an important party, Niles tries to dissuade Daphne from pursuing a romance with Frasier's contractor.
Tropes:
- Cannot Tell a Lie: As Frasier puts it, Niles is such a slave to his ethics that his nose bleeds whenever he tells a lie.
- Karma Houdini: Daphne never finds out that Niles lied to her about Joe.
- Last-Second Joke Problem: Just as it seems as though the bribe has managed to get all the handymen out of Fraiser's apartment in time for his party guests arrival, does a loud flush come from the bathroom, followed by the last of the handymen exiting. Cue fade to black.
- Malicious Slander: Niles's jealousy of Joe charming Daphne causes him to make up a lie about how Joe Really Gets Around.
- My God, You Are Serious!: Niles, when Frasier asks for help moving Martin's chair.Niles: You know I don't lift.
Frasier: Yes. With that stick where it is, I'm surprised you can bend. - Sure, Let's Go with That: As Niles prepares to confess that he made a mistake by jealously lying to Daphne about his head contractor Joe being a womanizer, he begins by saying that Joe didn't do any work for a client Niles claimed Joe slept with. A slovenly worker nearby agrees, saying that he's that woman's contractor and she is "one tough broad to satisfy" and he is "the only one who can make her happy" (as a contractor). Daphne thinks those comments are sexual innuendos and that the mistake Niles made was mixing up which contractor was the womanizer rather than making the whole story up. After a brief pause, Niles encourages this idea by saying "[h]ard to believe, isn't it?"
- Yandere: Niles's infatuation for Daphne is taken to another level in this episode where he tries to sabotage a potential relationship.
