- Flour Child
Infobox Television episode | Title = Flour Child
Series =Frasier
Season = 2
Episode = 04
Airdate =11 October 1994
Guests =Charlayne Woodard (Arleen) Aaron Heyman (Clarence) Linda Porter (Mary)Alvy Moore (Patient) Robin Kriegler (Mother)Amy Madigan (Maggie)
Writer = Christopher Lloyd
Director =James Burrows
Prev = The Matchmaker
Next =Duke's We Hardly Knew Ye'
Episode list =List of Frasier episodes "Flour Child" is the fourth episode of the second season of American sitcom "
Frasier ".Cast and characters
Main cast and characters
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Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
*David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
*John Mahoney –Martin Crane
*Jane Leeves –Daphne Moon
*Peri Gilpin –Roz Doyle Plot outline
After witnessing a birth, Niles starts to contemplate the idea of becoming a parent himself. Frasier mentions in passing that schools often give teenagers who want to be a parent a bag of flour to look after and watch for a week, and Niles takes the idea seriously and decides to try it. Over the week, the baby is bumped, soaked, set on fire, poked with a chopstick, and finally gored by Eddie the dog.
Meanwhile, Frasier is asked to sign a card for a work colleague. He jokingly writes "Dear Clarence, you're not getting older, you're just getting closer to death", before finding to his horror that the card is not for a birthday; Clarence has had a kidney transplant. To avoid embarrassment he has to buy the exact same card, sneak into the hospital to get the old one back, and recreate everyone else's messages letter-for-letter. When returning the card he sees Clarence, who is delighted that Frasier "went to the trouble to visit when the rest of those bums didn't even send me a card".
Episode Title Cards
*"Special delivery"
*"Flour child"
*"No guts, no glory"Memorable Quotations
"Frasier is attempting to reassure a taxi driver in labour. She screams"Frasier: Is the pain that bad?Arleen: No, you're DRIVING ME CRAZY!
"Martin takes charge"Martin: I'm gonna get ready to bring your beautiful baby into this world, OK? Good, now are there any questions?Niles: Yes: should our meter still be running?
"Niles runs enthusiastically into the kitchen looking for the flour. He picks up a bag and reads the sideNiles: “Extra-refined”. He's taking after his old man already!Frasier: "(smiles)" No, Niles, that's the sugar. If we're gonna do this, we're gonna do it right. "(finds the flour, reads)" “Bleached, 100% fat free, best when kept in an airtight container”. Seems this one's taking after its mother.
"Niles' bag of flour is showing signs of fire damage after being dried beside the
hearth "Frasier: He caught on fire?Niles: It was not as careless as you make it seem. After all, a real child would have "cried" before it burst into flames.
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