- Head Game
Infobox Television episode | Title = Head Game
Series =Frasier
Season = 4
Episode = 05
Airdate =12 November 1996
Writer =Rob Greenberg
Director = David Lee
Guests = Lorenzo Newton (Reggie) Ken Magee (guard) Stu Lantx (sportscaster) Loren Lazerine (fan) Lisa Dergen (cheerleader) Christopher M. Brown (Lenny) Geoff Callan (Hank) Jim Graci (game announcer)Wendy Wasserstein (Linda)
Prev =A Crane's Critique
Next = Mixed Doubles
Episode List =List of Frasier episodes "Head Game" is the fifth episode of season 4 of American sitcom "
Frasier ".Cast and characters
Main cast and characters
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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
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Dan Butler –Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe Plot outline
Frasier is about to spend a week in Aspen at a psychiatrists' convention, and he asks Niles to stand in for him at KACL. Niles has always had a scornful attitude towards radio psychiatry, and initially refuses, but Frasier calls in a favour, reminding him of a previous occasion when he endured a gruesome evening at the opera with Maris' sister, Brie. The first show Niles does is an embarrassing experience for him, though Roz finds it very entertaining. While making way for Bulldog in the studio, Niles meets a basketball player called Reggie, who is having trouble maintaining his focus during the game. Niles gives him two minutes' worth of advice in the corridor, and later that day Martin sees Reggie win a game for the Sonics on television. Niles is hailed as a hero in Seattle, and given VIP tickets to the next game, but he soon discovers that it was not his psychiatric expertise that Reggie believes helped him; it was his hair.
Episode title cards
*"Stranger in a strange land"
*"Hoopla"
*"Ay, there's the rub"Memorable Quotations
"While standing in for his brother, Niles finds himself giving useful advice to a listener's cat"Linda: What did you say to him?Niles: Well, I'd like to tell you, but that would violate doctor-cat confidentiality!
"Martin and Daphne have just witnessed the results of Niles' handiwork on Reggie McLemore"Martin: I gotta say: I'm impressed.Daphne: Yeah. I'm starting to think maybe "I" should spend an hour or two on the couch with you. "(Niles grins)"Martin: Are you kidding? With Niles, it'd only take two minutes!Niles: "(grin fades)" Thanks, Dad.
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