Maris is arrested for murdering her Argentinean boyfriend and the police question Niles about his lunch with her that morning. Frasier and Martin laugh it off when Niles fears he’s a suspect. Moments later, breaking news reports that Maris’ murder weapon was an antique crossbow, which Niles lent to her for a play.

After a long night of interrogation, Niles returns home in abnormally good spirits. He’s even unaffected by the front page of the paper declaring him as the exhusband who provided the murder weapon. At Café Nervosa, Nile escapes the entourage of press and Frasier steps in as his spokesperson, accidentally stating that Niles should be “executed” instead of “exonerated”. Niles still remains calm and composed, even when Daphne lashes out at him for taking calls from Maris in jail.

With Niles bottling up his emotions, Frasier fears he’s on the verge of a breakdown. Niles finally cracks when Roz takes the last straw at Café Nervosa. Feeling suffocated, he starts to disrobe and before long, he’s sitting in the corner covered only by the newspaper he’s reading. Frasier rushes to the scene, wraps him up and takes him home. After twenty hours of sleep, Niles emerges as his old self and tells Maris off.