"Kissing Cousin" is the fourth episode in season 10 of American sitcom Frasier.

Cast and characters

Main cast and characters

• Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
• David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
• John Mahoney – Martin Crane
• Jane Leeves – Daphne Moon
• Peri Gilpin – Roz Doyle

Recurring cast

• Tom McGowan – Kenny Daly

Plot outline

Roz receives a visit from her vicenarian cousin, Jen, who typifies her age group (according to Niles) on account of her endless cynicism about everything. She also parties very hard, and since she has always looked up to Roz as the only exciting person in her home town, Roz feels obliged to maintain this image by joining her cousin at clubs until the small hours. However, Roz is not as young as she used to be, and the lack of sleep starts to take its toll. Frasier finds Jen's opinionated attitude intolerable, especially when she expresses her negative views on Freud. Rather surprisingly, the person she experiences the best connection with is Kenny, who is impressed by her plan to travel to Vietnam.

Meanwhile, at home Frasier and Martin are becoming lazier than ever about doing household chores, so whenever Daphne visits she offers to help, and ends up waiting on them hand and foot.

Episode Title Cards

• He’s also seen Boston and Kansas

Cultural references

• The episode title comes from the 1964 musical film Kissin' Cousins, starring Elvis Presley.
• As he is launching into a disquisition on Freud, Frasier mentions a woman named Clytemnestra. This was the wife of the Greek king Agamemnon, who murdered him on his return from Troy.