Frasier decides to hold a dinner party, and there is lots to plan. First, he and Niles have to find a date on which they are both available, and subsequently persuade Martin to reschedule his poker game. Next, they have to find a good caterer. Then they must finalize a guest list, and to save argument they choose using a blackballing system. Once all these are sorted, they can start inviting people. Unfortunately, when the Walburts ring back to accept the invitation, the answering machine takes the message, and Frasier and Niles hear the couple talking about them before they realize they are still connected. This leads the brothers to worry that their friends see them rather like a married couple themselves. Also, they hear Allison Walburt say to her husband, "You get the one [Dr Crane], you get that other one", and this leads them to wonder which one she is referring to as "that other one". As a result, the dinner party is over before it's started.