Niles has tickets for the race track at the weekend, and offers them to Frasier; he prefers not to go, as something about the jockeys reminds him of Maris. When Martin declines the invitation to join him, Frasier suddenly realizes that he has a shortage of friends in Seattle, as most of his old ones are back in Boston. He talks on the theme of making friends on his radio show later, saying how he hopes he comes across as approachable, and receives several messages from people touched by his words, who ask if they can meet him on a friendly basis. Most of them range from eccentric to seriously disturbed, but there is one fax which seems to come from a fairly normal man, name of Bob Reynolds. Frasier arranges to meet him at Café Nervosa, and once there, when Bob quotes Mark Twain during the conversation, Frasier instantly thinks this is a great opportunity and suggests they have dinner together. However, it soon becomes apparent that they have nothing in common: Bob, a photographer at a local discount store, likes wearing a tam o'shanter and has an obsessive interest in barbecue. Frasier is ready to turn down the offer of dinner but then sees that Bob is in a wheelchair.