Sleeping With The Enemy

Mont Blanc is a luxury brand known for its high-end writing instruments, watches, and leather goods.

“you left your Mont Blanc in my car”— Niles

Giorgio Armani is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1975, known for its high-end suits and clothing.

“if you hadn't taken all the money to pay for those Armani suits”— Kate

An Italian luxury fashion house known for its leather goods, fur, ready-to-wear, and accessories.

“Let's not overlook that pricey little Fendi scarf you're wearing!”— Frasier

A men's cologne by Dana, introduced in 1936, known as an affordable and widely available fragrance.

“Where's your john? I need to slap on some Canoe.”— Bulldog

A 1979 film starring Sally Field as a factory worker who becomes involved in labor union activities. It won Field an Academy Award for Best Actress.

“Suddenly, I'm feeling very Norma Rae.”— Gil

A stock character archetype, particularly associated with film noir, of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in compromising situati…

“she was simply being a conniving femme fatale”— Frasier

A famous quote from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), spoken by Spock (Leonard Nimoy), here misattributed to Captain Kirk by Noel.

“"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one." James Tiberius Kirk, Captain, Starship Enterprise.”— Noel

A spiced, smoked sausage originating from France, commonly used in Cajun and Creole cuisine.

“that is fourteen-dollar-a-pound andouille sausage”— Frasier

The fragile, delusional protagonist of Tennessee Williams' 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire.

“I DRAW THE LINE AT BLANCHE DUBOIS”— Frasier

A reference to the children's singing game 'The Farmer in the Dell,' in which the final verse has 'the cheese stands alone.'

“Well hi-ho the dairy-o, the cheese stands alone.”— Kate

The legendary queen consort of King Arthur in Arthurian legend, often depicted in medieval romances and theatrical adaptations.

“Guinevere, Marian the Librarian, Ado Annie”— Niles

The fictional captain of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, played by William Shatner.

“"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one." James Tiberius Kirk, Captain, Starship Enterprise.”— Noel

The iconic fictional starship from the Star Trek franchise.

“James Tiberius Kirk, Captain, Starship Enterprise.”— Noel

A hand gesture from Star Trek, popularized by the character Spock, involving a raised hand with fingers parted between the middle and ring fingers.

“does the Vulcan salute”— Noel

A reference to the malfunctioning secrecy device from the TV series Get Smart (1965-1970).

“You've really dropped the cone of silence now.”— Frasier

American professional boxer who was the undisputed world heavyweight champion in the late 1980s, known for his intimidating presence and distinctive voice.

“Why don't we just walk up to Mike Tyson and tell him he talks funny?”— Bulldog

Bayerische Motoren Werke, a German multinational luxury automobile manufacturer.

“Who has a BMW?”— Niles

A cosmetic procedure involving injecting collagen into the lips or face to add volume, popular in the 1990s.

“those pouty lips that must have cost you a fortune in collagen injections”— Frasier

A psychological technique involving advocating for the opposite of what one desires in order to achieve the desired outcome.

“Dad, that was brilliant, using reverse psychology!”— Frasier

Referring to the Oedipus complex, a Freudian psychoanalytic theory describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the s…

“I hope I didn't hit some long-repressed Oedipal nerve”— Martin

In psychoanalysis, sublimation is a defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.

“the last thing we want is for you to be sublimating your anger passive/aggressive”— Martin

A psychological term describing behavior characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and avoidance of direct confrontation.

“sublimating your anger passive/aggressive”— Martin

A character from the 1957 Meredith Willson musical The Music Man, the female romantic lead.

“Guinevere, Marian the Librarian, Ado Annie”— Niles

A comic female character from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1943), known for the song 'I Cain't Say No.'

“Guinevere, Marian the Librarian, Ado Annie”— Niles

A character from the 1955 musical Damn Yankees by Adler and Ross, a male lead role about a baseball player who makes a deal with the devil.

“When do I get to be Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo'?!”— Niles