Hungry Heart (Frasier episode)

Infobox Television episode | Title = Hungry Heart
Series = Frasier
Season = 8
Episode = 14
Airdate = 20 February 2001
Production =
Writer = Gayle Abrams
Director = Kelsey Grammer
Guests = Illeana Douglas (Kenny's wife)
Prev = Sliding Frasiers
Next = Hooping Cranes

"Hungry Heart" is the fourteenth episode in season 8 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

Kenny appears at Frasier's apartment in a panic, and explains that he has a date with a young woman he met in a bar. Frasier, realising that Kenny does not want to jeopardise his marriage, offers to go to the restaurant and make his apologies to this Janis. What he does not realise is that Janis left a message on Kenny's answering machine at home, and Kenny's wife went first to the restaurant, chased Janis away, then sat and waited for her husband. Frasier arrives, and assumes that she is Janis, and she decides not to tell him the truth. They end up dining together, and Frasier believes he has saved Kenny's marriage. However, when they decide to meet again, Kenny starts to suspect that his wife is having an affair.

Meanwhile, Daphne has now gained so much weight that even Niles cannot ignore it, especially when she has a fall in the apartment and it takes all three Crane men to lift her back up. Niles promises to help her lose weight, but Daphne is unable to stop eating just like that.

Episode title cards

*"Moonstuck"
*"Hungry heart"

Memorable Quotations

"Frasier is darting between Kenny and his wife in the apartment. Martin has not seen either of them"
Frasier: Dad, I thought you were going to clear out tonight. I've got a date!
"Enter Kenny"
Kenny: Doc, I need you in the bedroom. "(exit)"
Martin: "(pause)" Pretty.