Frasier Gotta Have It

Infobox Television episode | Title = Frasier Gotta Have It
Series = Frasier


Caption = The free spirited Caitlin "moon howling"
Season = 5
Episode = 19
Airdate = 21 April 1998 (U.S.A)
Production = 519-116
Writer = Rob Greenberg [ [http://www.tv.com/frasier/frasier-gotta-have-it/episode/17066/summary.html Frasier: Frasier Gotta Have It - TV.com ] ]
Director = Dan Butler
Guests = Lisa Edelstein (Caitlin) [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0582404/ "Frasier" Frasier Gotta Have It (1998) ] ]

Prev = Bad Dog
Next = First Date
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 5)

"Frasier Gotta Have It" is the nineteenth episode in season 5 of American sitcom "Frasier", and the one hundred and sixteenth overall.

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

Plot outline

Frasier begins a steamy love affair with Caitlin, a free-spirited artist. Whenever they are together they have wonderful sex, but hardly any conversation. Frasier thinks that she may be the one, but realises they have nothing in common after Niles makes a few remarks about Frasier's fling. Niles tries to get Frasier to admit that this 'relationship' is based solely on sex, but Frasier insists that he has a real future with Caitlin. Frasier begins to obsess about this, and wonders if he should carry on with the relationship. Martin, Roz and Daphne all share with Frasier their memories of relationships that were steamy but superficial. Niles, of course, tries to make up a story but gets caught. Also, Niles can't get enough of Daphne's story about sunbathing in the nude. Frasier is convinced that he must break up with Caitlin and goes to her loft to tell her. However, after howling at the moon, carnal desires overwhelm Frasier again.

Episode Title Cards

*"Don Juan in Hell [ [http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/derby/3267/519.html [5.19 Frasier Gotta Have It ] ] "
*"Of Mice And Wolfmen"

Memorable Quotations

"Niles scoffs at Frasier's claim that his relationship with Caitlin is worth all the excitement"
Niles: The only thing you two have in common is the faint impression of the word "Sealy" on your backside!

"Frasier wonders if Niles even listens to his radio show"
Niles: Of course I listen occasionally. It's just I'm usually busy between 11 and 1.
Frasier: My show's on from 2 to 5!

"Frasier tells his family that he tried, and failed, to break up with Caitlin"
Frasier: Why? Because I'm Frasier, and I'm a sexaholic!

"Frasier tries to explain to Caitlin why he thinks things won't work out between them"
Frasier: I'm basically your stuffy, buttoned down sort of guy, you're a free-spirited, adventurous mouse-painting, moon-howling sort of girl!

Trivia

*Eddie becomes the fourth member of the cast, after Frasier, Martin and Roz, to have an on-screen birthday. It is later revealed his birthday is May 7th, though in "Goodnight, Seattle" it is said that Eddie's birthday is on May 15th.
*Dan Butler (Bulldog) directs this episode, his only, although Bulldog does not appear.
*The title card "Don Juan in Hell" is also the name of the first episode in Season 9.
*Niles's fictional affair is drawn from Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary".

References