It's contract renegotiation time at Seattle's KACL, so Frasier hires a new, ethical agent who plans to raise Frasier's profile by having the zoo name a new crane after him. Taking a different approach, Roz calls in Bebe Glazer, Frasier's former tough-as-nails agent, to represent her. Also, Niles unwittingly begins a battle of willpower with his estranged wife, Maris.
Frasier has to choose whether to return to his heartless former agent, Bebe Glazer, or stick with his current representative, well-meaning but non-confrontational Ben. Maris' insistence that Niles fire their latest couples' therapist, and Niles' refusal to do so, put their weekly conjugal visits on hiatus. Ben brings Frasier the wrong sort of publicity and Niles has trouble controlling his pent-up urges, but Frasier insists that both he and Niles do the ethical thing: Frasier must stay with his ethical agent, and Niles must not fire a perfectly good counselor just to have sex.
When the station re-negotiates everyone's contracts, Frasier refuses to re-sign with agent Bebe, choosing instead earnest do-gooder Ben. His resolve is tested when Ben's attempt to connect Frasier's public image with a rare crane at the zoo goes embarrassingly wrong.—crouchbk