The writers wrote a punchline that everyone was already thinking after that suggestive line, the audience is on the same wavelength and they don’t have to use the actual coarse term on the air. Everybody wins.
The sexual tension of Niles towards Daphne was off-the-charts hilarious - even more accentuated by Daphne being oblivious to it; likely due to a residual English deference in her towards social status and class separation (never called him 'Niles' but 'Dr. Crane' until the end).
I've never in my life seen as many laughs wrong out of unrequited love. Niles physical reactions to Daphne saying anything remotely suggestive are priceless. Frasier's bemused reactions are also a treasure...
Honestly, at the same time, I have never thought such obliviousness was possible. Daphnee never occured to herself of what effect she had on Niles. I know, it was a device for comedy and it made the show, but still, I wouldn't push on Niles having suffered, the main point was on the sexual tension and that was all right.
The scene where he bursts through his front door after Marty tells him Niles and Mel eloped in the elevator and stands all wild-eyed after shouting "NILES" is friggin hysterical 😂
My God, it's a recipe for disaster! You've got a vulnerable woman and an unstable man in a Gothic mansion on a rainy night! The only thing missing is someone shouting "Heathcliff!" across the moors!
One of my absolute favorite lines from Frasier is "...Where?" Kelsey Grammar's delivery completely sells everything you need to know: The accusation, the annoyance, the triple entendre XD
My favorite early Daphne-Niles moment was that one in the first season where they're in the mansion with the power out, sitting before the roaring fireplace and Daphne says, "Dr Crane, your Glockenspiel has sprung to life!" and he's confused for a moment and suddenly says "Oh, the clock!"
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰I love everytime Daphne say something sexy how Niles stand there in deep thought picturing it.🤣🤣🤣 or he drops what he is holding or say something slick and his face Expressions is priceless.
One of the great things about Daphne was that she, that is Jane leeves is quite pretty but they never characterized her as being perfect or some divine beauty, she was average, except to Niles. And even he had to learn to take her off the pedestal he put her on to become more balanced.
They turned that into a plot point. After they become a couple, Daphne feels she can't live up to the image of her Niles has conceived in his head and it takes a toll on her both mentally and physically (Jane Leeves was pregnant IRL, so they wrote in a weight gain subplot, but it worked)
It really shows what a great actor he is...makes you feel as it were real. So believable. It's like. WOW!! I mean I just finishing watching Frasier on Paramount + as I never saw it.
I thought he was gay the first time I saw him... and then he convinced me he wasn't. 😂😂😂 I was surprised/not surprised all over again when he finally came out. 😮🤦♀️🤣👍👍
Watching this back, I'm surprised how defensive Frasier gets over Daphne, almost like she's his siblings as opposed to Niles. Especially considering his hatred of Maris!
I think Frasier felt a responsibility to look after Daphne. In a later episode he talked with Martin about how young she had been when she started working for them.
@patriciabyrne5089 Actually it was Frasier's responsibility to make sure Niles didn't commit adultery. He cared about Daphne sure but it was more about keeping his brother from his impulses.
The writers did an exemplary job of creating all these situations between the two. I could watch hours of this relationship. As they say, the fun is in the chase ! (and it was fun to watch)
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The older/younger brother relationship was perfect.
The show was funnier when she didn’t know he had it bad for her. I’m glad they ended up together but they should’ve saved that for the ending kinda like Ross and Rachel
I know Frasier whenever he mentioned “Niles!” to him, he was keeping him from doing something else but, to be honest, I kinda wanted to see what would happen if Frasier didn’t intervene, these two have such great chemistry with each other.
The first 2 series were great in that respect. Niles was the heart of the show with his passion for Daphnee. DHP's physical humour was about the best of what I have ever seen. But strange, after Niles' separation from Maris he was rather more absent towards Daphnee. His energy levels were just not the same, I don't know if that was show or was DHP himself. Anyway, after the show started to double down on the strangeness of those two, with disdain for any character development, I just stopped watching it entirely.
