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It is the 62nd birthday of Martin Crane (John Mahoney), but no one is in a festive mood. A series of quarrels between Martin and Daphne (Jane Leeves) coupled with the latest round of sibling rivalry between Frasier (David Hyde Pierce) and Niles (David Hyde Pierce) threatens to put a damper on the evening. And just when it seems that nothing else can go wrong, Martin's birthday party is hit by a power outage that has plunged all Seattle into darkness. Using every vestige of professional skill that he can muster, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) tries to put a happy face on an extermely bleak situation. This was the final episode of Frasier's second season.