‘Dinner at Eight’
Season 1, Episode 3 - Aired September 30, 1993
After Frasier and Niles' plan to take their father to a fancy restaurant falls apart, they show themselves up at one of Martin's favorite eateries. Meanwhile, Niles meets Daphne for the first time and is immediately smitten, despite being married to Maris.
Quote from Frasier
Frasier: So, how do the calls look today?
Roz: Well, we've got a couple of jilted lovers, a man who's afraid of his car, a manic-depressive and three people who feel their lives are going nowhere.
Frasier: Oh, I love a Monday.
Quote from Daphne
Daphne: Well, aren't you a bobby-dazzler!
Frasier: I'm going to go out on a limb and take that as a compliment.
Quote from Daphne
Frasier: Where are you off to?
Daphne: I'm going to poker night.
Frasier: I wouldn't have pegged you as a card player.
Daphne: [Doorbell] It's mostly social. Me and the girls just bumping the gums. No one ever loses more than $500 or $600.
Quote from Niles
Frasier: What's in the bag?
Niles: Uh, just a little treat I picked up for Dad. Some Devonshire clotted cream.
Frasier: For Dad?
Daphne: I love Devonshire clotted cream.
Niles: Isn't that lucky? You two can share it.
Quote from Niles
Frasier: Niles, you've never had colitis a day in your life!
Niles: I know, but I couldn't bear to disappoint her.
Quote from Martin
Martin: I just walk in this place and my mouth starts watering. There's nothing like the smell of charbroiled meat.
Quote from Niles
Frasier: I guess you're right, Dad. It's just a tie.
Niles: A Hugo Boss tie.
Quote from Niles
Niles: A funny thing happened the other day. One of my patients had a rather amusing Freudian slip. He was having dinner with his wife and he meant to say, "Pass the salt." But instead he said, "You've ruined my life, you blood-sucking shrew."
[Frasier and Niles laugh]
Martin: I'll bet she didn't like that.
Niles: No, Dad. She didn't.
Quote from Martin
Niles: Say, how was your buddy's retirement party?
Martin: Oh, it was great. You know, I really miss those guys. Bad news, though. Remember Mo Hanson, the desk captain at my old precinct? Killed in a boating accident.
Niles: Oh, I'm sorry.
Martin: Well, at least he went quick. Hank Krinski, well, he had three bypasses before he went. Jimmy Berman had this weird disease. I went to visit him in the hospital. By the time he died, his skin was all yellow and he'd just wasted away to nothing. Nice nurse, though. Betty, I think her name was.
Quote from Martin
Waitress: How about you?
Frasier: Could I see the other side of that one?
Martin: Just bring us those three, medium rare, all the fixings. Hey, come on. There's a lull at the salad bar.