Bizarre events jail Maris, held in a crossbow shooting that sparks a media frenzy and implicates Niles, who's oddly unperturbed. "He's not dealing with his emotions," Frasier notes. "The man's a walking pressure cooker."

Celebrity delights Niles, who's basking in the limelight over Maris's murder case and overshadowing Frasier's bid for glory at an awards fete that's also attended by Roz's snide sister.