An Affair to Forget

Infobox Television episode | Title = An Affair to Forget
Series = Frasier
Season = 2
Episode = 21
Airdate = 2 May 1995
Production = 40571-012
Writer = Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano
Director = Phillip Charles Mackenzie
Guests = Brian Cousins (Gunnar)
Glenne Headley (Gretchen)

Prev = Breaking the Ice
Next = Agents in America, Part III
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 2)

"An Affair to Forget" is the twenty-first episode from the second season 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

*Irene Olga Lopez – Marta

Plot outline

Frasier receives a call on air about a woman who is convinced her husband, a German fencing instructor, is having an affair with a wealthy new client. Later, he learns from Niles that Maris has taken up fencing, with a German fencing instructor called Gunnar. Frasier is convinced that Maris is having an affair with Gunnar but Martin just says it's coincidence. However, when the caller rings back and says she has found letters describing the 'other woman' as 'not quite human woman', and reveals that her husband's name is Gunnar, Frasier is convinced. He goes to see Maris, in her sensory deprivation tank, and says that she has to end the affair and then opens it up to confront her face to face, only to find Niles sitting there. Apparently, Marta has trouble with her pronouns and so Niles is Missy Crane. Niles is determined to stand up to Gunnar and challenges him to a duel.

Episode Title Cards

*"Bavarians at the gate"
*"In case you're wondering, it's a sensory deprivation tank"
*"Get out your dictionaries"

Memorable Quotations

"After Roz gives the caller advice how to know if her husband is cheating"
Frasier: You know, Roz, when I hear advice like that, it makes me wish there was a law against two women standing round a watercooler.

"Niles is insisting on reading all the instructions on how to build his new model ship with Martin"
Daphne: Look at the size of that. You'll have fun building that.
Martin: Not as much fun as I'm having reading about it.

"Roz is trying to set up a blind date"
Frasier: I've had my fair share of pity dates.
Roz: Yes, but this time you wouldn't be the one being pitied.

"Frasier tries to calm Niles down after he learns about Maris and Gunnar"
Frasier: In the end I'm sure she'll choose the man who's caring and sensitive.
Niles: Oh, that was just something we used to tell ourselves in chess club.

Notes

Won Emmy for writing in a comedy series in 1995.

ee also

*List of Frasier episodes

External links