 Martin accompanies Frasier and Niles to their favorite restaurant, where Frasier heaps praise on a hideous painting that the owner has bought to secure a good table. Martin and the boys get into a fight over who should pay the check. Later, Martin feels bad and makes up by buying Frasier the painting. Frasier can t bear to tell him the truth. Meanwhile, Niles s spineless side is on display in response to Maris s underhanded tactics to draw guests away from a party he s throwing on the same night as hers.