Father of the Bride (Frasier episode)

Infobox Television episode | Title = Father of the Bride
Series = Frasier


Season = 7
Episode = 02
Airdate = 30 September 1999
Production =
Writer = Mark Reisman
Director = David Lee
Guests = Loryn Locklin (Sabrina)
Prev = Momma Mia
Next = Radio Wars
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 7)"Father of the Bride" is the second episode in season 7 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

*Saul Rubinek – Donny Douglas

Plot outline

Frasier is trying to decide on a wedding present for Daphne and Donny, and Roz is apprehensive in case she is asked to be a bridesmaid, recalling her previous experiences (all of which involved wearing awful dresses). After a conversation with Martin, Frasier decides to pay for the wedding flowers. Unfortunately, when he announces this to Daphne, he is suffering from a bout of hiccups brought on by some jerky Martin made him eat, he only manages to get as far as saying: "Dad and I would be honoured to pay for your wedding…". Daphne, who has so far been trying not to let her mother take control of the ceremony and arrangements because she is paying, is delighted. Consequently, Frasier feels obliged not to complete the sentence. However, he becomes so involved with the details of organising everything, trying to plan things his way, that Daphne starts to worry that she will have the same problem as with her mother.

Meanwhile, Niles is very pleased at having met an attractive woman through what he presumes to be a dating service. The name "Executive Match" rings bells with Frasier, as he heard Donny use it while discussing a client on the phone; it is, in fact, an escort agency, which means that Niles is unwittingly dating a call girl.

Episode Title Cards

*"The gift of Frasier"

Cultural reference

The episode title refers to a film of the same name, which was originally made in 1950 (or to its 1991 remake), and which deals with the problems of a man organising his daughter's wedding.

Memorable Quotations

"Roz is expecting Daphne to ask her to be a bridesmaid, and to have to wear an ugly dress"
Roz: When was the last time you found yourself staring at a bridesmaid instead of the bride?
Frasier: That would have been at my wedding to Lilith.

"It now seems that Frasier will be paying for the wedding. Donny finds the jerky responsible for his fit of hiccups"
Donny: "(reads box)" "Made from "filet mignon". How much did this stuff set you back?
Frasier: You have no idea.

"Niles is grinning, and wishes to challenge Frasier's attitude that dating services are a big con"
Niles: Well, I just got "conned" into meeting the most enchanting woman.
Frasier: I don't know what to say.
Niles: And I owe it all to "Executive Match".
Frasier: Now I do.

Niles: You thought these women were all beneath me.
Frasier: Beneath you and countless others.