 This is a story of old relationships and new relationships with a little politics thrown in. Sam and Diane, still in the rocky period following Diane Chambers day at the opera, are trying to ignore each other romantically and one-up each other with the passion of their respective dates. Frasier is celebrating the first anniversary of Diane leaving him at the altar by spewing venomous words in Diane s direction, although deep in his heart he still loves her. Thrown into this mix is beautiful City Councillor Janet Eldridge, who comes by the bar on her re-election campaign tour. Diane is politically at odds with the Councillor, and Diane is spurred to work on the campaign of Janet s opponent, Jim Fleener. Asking for volunteers to work on the Fleener campaign, Diane gets Frasier, who has no idea who Jim Fleener is or what he stands for; Frasier obviously just wants to spend time with Diane. Unlike Diane, Sam gets along very well with Janet. In fact, they start dating. Diane is suspicious of Janet s intentions, thinking that Janet is only pursuing Sam to have a handsome local celebrity on her arms to boost her visibility and approval amongst the voters. It doesn t hurt either that Sam is Irish. But Diane is also concerned about the possibility of her relationship with Sam with Janet now in the picture. Sam admits as much that he is serious about the Councillor. But how does the Councillor feel? Diane confronts Janet with her outward suspicions, which Janet doesn t deny and actually confirms. However her motivations have changed from Sam as political prop to Sam as the true love in her life. Diane is crushed when Fleener loses the election to Janet, but also when Diane possibly loses Sam to Janet forever.