A very bad-tempered Frasier takes out his frustration through an act of civil disobedience, refusing to pay a small parking fee and blocking the exit lane of the garage.
After several failed runs for condo board president, Frasier nominates his more popular father as a figurehead. However, Martin becomes increasingly independent of Frasier's control.
Frasier wants to impress everyone by giving his sons Barmitzvah blessing in Hebrew. He recruits his co-worker Noel to teach it to him, but in exchange Noel asks Frasier to get an autograph for him at a Star Trek convention. When Fraiser fails to do so, Noel teaches him the blessing in Klingon to get revenge.
Frasier and Martin interview several candidates to replace Daphne as their housekeeper. Martin complains about Frasier's pushiness, accusing Frasier of not trusting him. Frasier gives in and hires Martin's choice, a sports fan named Trish Haney. When Trish turns out to be totally irresponsible, Martin secretly handles the apartment's cleaning duties himself, rather than face Frasier's I-told-you-so. Meanwhile, a series of one-in-a-million chance events happen to Niles, the last being diagnosed with a critical heart condition.
Frasier and Niles bicker over which of their two households should host Christmas dinner for the Crane family. When Martin is appointed the tie-breaker, each brother tries to bribe him.
The station hires financial analyst Julia Wilcox, an abrasive and sharp-tongued woman with no time for anyone. During a particularly vicious argument with her, Frasier becomes aroused and makes an advance, leading to a mandatory sexual harassment training session for the entire staff.
Daphne attempts to throw a dinner party, with a reclusive artist as the guest of honor, but fails to escape the Crane family curse which always shows up at such events.
After winning a squash tournament partnered with gym teacher Chelsea, Frasier starts dating her. Seeing her on the job one day, however, brings back nightmares of an abusive coach from his childhood.
Now that Kenny's divorce is final, the realization that his wife is never coming back hits him hard. Frasier suggests he see a psychiatrist, and Kenny asks him to be his "shrink". Frasier reluctantly agrees, but then is energized by the thrill of deeply analyzing a patient again. Kenny, on the other hand, doesn't care for the long sessions. After going out for a drink with Martin, he realizes that he just wants to have some fun and ends his sessions with Frasier, much to his disappointment.
Frasier and Niles acquire an inside source of top-quality caviar, and become "dealers" to the rest of Seattle's elite, dramatically improving their status. Martin wrestles with a bank's bureaucratic procedures, trying to return a trivial overpayment on his account.
After the KACL staff participate in a low-income house-building project, Frasier becomes a nuisance to the family, offering incessant advice for its decor. Martin and Eddie score a success with a safety assembly at an elementary school, but Niles must fill in at the next one when Martin gets sick.
Leland Barton, Hester Crane's old research assistant, visits Seattle. He is so alike in personality to Frasier and Niles that Martin starts to wonder who is the boys' real father.
Julia breaks off her affair with Avery, Frasier's accountant. She breaks into his office to steal back some of her work. Frasier follows her, and as he constantly urges her to do the right thing, she succumbs to a sudden attraction and kisses him. Roz is offered a plum position at another radio station. Niles develops a passion for target shooting.
Unsettled by Frasier's burgeoning relationship with Julia, Roz reverses her decision to leave KACL, but issues an ultimatum to Frasier: dump Julia, or they are no longer friends. Frasier refuses, and Roz takes the new job after all. Niles and Daphne decide it is time to try and conceive, and work up the nerve to order Gertrude out of the house.