Julia Sweeney plays Frasier's gauche dinner date, whom Roz terms "a placeholder to keep your dating muscles toned." Could be. Frasier's attracted at dinner to another woman, who happens to be Kenny's visiting cousin.

The return of Maris, still unseen, vexes Niles, who covers up his evasiveness with Daphne by throwing his bride a baby shower. The last-minute soiree turns into a disaster. And so does Frasier's reentry into private practice.