And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon: Part 1 is the first part of the premiere of Season 8 of Frasier.
Synopsis[]
NILES AND DAPHNE DECLARE THEIR TRUE LOVE — BUT IT'S GONNA COST 'EM -- After last season's shocking finale, Niles (David Hyde Pierce) and Daphne (Jane Leeves) flee her wedding altar but soon discover the heavy price to pay for admitting their true love as jilted groom Donny (guest star Saul Rubinek) and bitter wife Mel (guest star Jane Adams) seek revenge, against now Frasier in paticular. As if Daphne didn't have enough drama in her life, her deadbeat brother Simon (guest star Anthony LaPaglia) is beginning to eye her unreturned wedding gifts with evil intent.
Starring[]
- Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane
- Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon
- David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane
- Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle
- and John Mahoney as Martin Crane
- Special Guest Stars
- Jane Adams as Mel Karnofsky
- Saul Rubinek as Donny Douglas
- Anthony LaPaglia as Simon Moon
- Co-Starring
- Tim Edward Rhoze as Delivery Man
Trivia[]
- ALLUSIONS
- The title is the last line of the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle."
- BEHIND THE SCENES
- Jane Leeves is in her early stages of pregnancy in this episode. Under the Hawaiian shirt, you can see her bump.
- After the process server serves Daphne, he leaves Frasier's apartment by going around the hallway to the right. This makes no sense since we know the elevator is directly facing Frasier's door. However, it was established earlier in the show that a stairwell is around the corner, so it makes sense he would choose that to make a speedier exit than simply turn around and wait for the elevator, to avoid a possible confrontation with Daphne or someone else in the building over Daphne being served.
- ERRORS
- Donny launches a breach of contract lawsuit against Daphne for backing out of their wedding, in which he seeks "$100,000 in punitive damages". However, Washington State does not allow for punitive damages in its courts. Only cases heard in Federal Court are eligible for punitive damages in the State of Washington.
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