When the group gets into a discussion about whether lying is always morally wrong, Niles laughingly recalls how he and Frasier once pulled the school fire alarm to get out of gym class and blamed it on a known troublemaker named John Rajeski, who was expelled as a result.

Feeling guilty for lying, Frasier tracks down John, and discovers that he’s in jail. Frasier goes to the prison, where he learns that John’s life has been a series of mistakes and problems, which, with some unconscious help from Frasier, John traces directly back to his unjust expulsion from school.

Seeking to make amends, Frasier volunteers to help John fix his troubled marriage by counseling his wife, Susan. Aroused by dangerous situations, Susan begins to seduce Frasier, knowing that a newly-freed John will be home any minute. Frasier hides before John can see him, and must endure listening to John’s feeble attempts at romantic poetry. In the end, Frasier must create a diversion with the fire sprinkler in order to escape.