Room Service is the 15th episode of Season 5 of Frasier.
Synopsis[]
BEBE NEUWIRTH REPRISES THE ROLE OF LILITH -- When Frasier's (Kelsey Grammer) ex-wife Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth, 'Chicago') makes a surprise visit to inform him of her impending divorce, she shocks everyone by revealing her seductive, feminine side, a fact that doesn't go unnoticed by Niles (David Hyde Pierce). Lilith makes a request for Frasier to come to her hotel room and have a fling.
Starring[]
- Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane
- Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon
- David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane
- Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle
- and John Mahoney as Martin Crane
Special Guest Stars
Co-Starring
- John Ducey as Waiter
Guest caller
- Halle Berry as Betsy
Trivia[]
- Lilith's second husband, Brian, turns out to be gay and leaves her for Stan Dublonski.
- Niles and Lilith sleep together, effectively ending Frasier and Lilith's post-divorce liaisons.
- The celebrity caller in this episode is Halle Berry (Betsy) whose husband wants to take her on an anniversary cruise, but she has recurring nightmares about being shipwrecked.
- All of the title cards are references to Eugene O'Neill plays ("The Icewoman Cometh", "Strange Interlude", and "Long Night's Journey Into Day"). Frasier also likens Niles and himself to characters in an O'Neill play.
- This episode shares several similarities with the first season episode The Show Where Lilith Comes Back. These similarities include:
- A Crane brother sleeping with Lilith.
- Lilith ordering poached eggs from room service and having the order made incorrectly.
- The respective Crane brother frantically listing all the reasons why sleeping with Lilith was a mistake after she said "It's a mistake" referring to her eggs
- The respective Crane brother comforting Lilith in the mirror after her emotional breakdown.
- Both Frasier and Niles start off saying "Do you know what I see? I see a beautiful woman..."