Author and financial analyst, Julia Wilcox, is hired at the station to do a stock market report during the last 10 minutes of Frasier’s show. She is infamous for losing her job after writing a financial advice book that cost many investors large sums of money. Her curt personality and rude behavior immediately makes her an outcast at the station. Frasier believes she is just bitter from enduring public humiliation and tries to warm up to her, but to no avail. The more he complains about her, the more his family thinks he likes her, which he denies.

Julia continues to belittle Frasier and they end up in a heated argument. As they get closer and the name-calling intensifies, Frasier misreads her actions asks if she is as turned on as he is. She is appalled and he immediately apologizes, but Kenny gets wind of the incident and fears that she will sue the station for sexual harassment. So, Kenny schedules a mandatory sexual harassment seminar for Saturday and everyone blames Frasier for ruining their weekend.

The painfully boring seminar leader, Van, involves the group in a role-playing activity. Bulldog and Noel nearly come to blows over a hypothetical scenario involving Roz. It’s not long before Frasier and Julia face each other in the hot seat and speak their minds. After Julia assures Kenny that she won’t sue, the session is cancelled. Afterwards, Frasier leaves Julia defenseless when tells her she’s afraid of failure and is covering up her insecurities.

Julia returns to the station with a new attitude towards Frasier and despite their continued bickering, they move towards a friendship. Meanwhile, Niles is running into problems when he is forced to see patients at his apartment while his office is being remodeled.