Dissatisfied with the limits of talk radio, Frasier decides to join psychotherapeutic forces with his brother Niles. The deal? Frasier will share office space, therapy groups and speaking engagements with Niles. Martin sees only disaster ahead, and his premonition seems on target when Niles and Frasier fight over everything from the placement of a plant to the printing of their names on the office door.

During their first joint therapy group, Frasier’s constant quips and the patients’ fascination with his radio show sparks a jealous confrontation with Niles. The brothers take their argument into the hallway, where a nearby couples’ therapist, Dr. Schacter, overhears them bickering, and invites them to step inside for a session.

After engaging Frasier and Niles in a disastrous series of trust exercises, Schacter states that the Cranes are a hopeless case, and should avoid each other at all costs. The brothers are disheartened until they learn of Dr. Schacter’s sketchy schooling in the Caribbean. Dismissing his diagnosis in light of his inferior education, Niles and Frasier decide to celebrate their reconciliation over lunch, and depart bickering over where to eat.