Frasier (TV Series)

Frasier's Curse (1998)

David Hyde Pierce: Dr. Niles Crane

Quotes 

• Daphne Moon : Am I glad you're home.

  Martin Crane : What's wrong?

  Daphne Moon : Dr. Crane! Ever since he came back from his job interview he seemed awfully depressed. In fact, he's as bad as I've ever seen him!

  Dr. Niles Crane : Oh, I guess it didn't go well.

  Daphne Moon : I gather not. He mumbled something about it being worse than the Dresden premiere of Schumann's Second Symphony.

  Dr. Niles Crane : [alarmed]  And you left him alone?

• Dr. Niles Crane : Oh my God! Frasier, are you all right?

  Dr. Frasier Crane : I was fine before you screamed, what the hell's wrong with you?

  Dr. Niles Crane : Well, Daphne said you were depressed and here you are with your head in the oven.

  Dr. Frasier Crane : I was cleaning it, Niles. It's electric. If I wanted to end my life, I'd choose something faster than broiling.

• Daphne Moon : Hey, how was the police auction?

  Martin Crane : Oh, you didn't miss anything.

  Dr. Niles Crane : [gleefully]  I made out like a bandit! Those drug lords have the most incredible taste: Christophle, silver, Limoges. Oh, Morivors crystal. If I ever get married again, I'm going to register there.

• Dr. Frasier Crane : Niles, thank you for agreeing to meet me on such short notice, I swear I am in a full-blown crisis.

  Dr. Niles Crane : If you are talking about that garish belt, I have emergency suspenders in my car.

  Dr. Frasier Crane : It's not the belt! My high-school reunion is tonight and you know my history.

  Dr. Niles Crane : Oh, not this folderol again.

  Dr. Frasier Crane : It's not folderol!

  Dr. Niles Crane : It's folderol.

• Dr. Frasier Crane : Niles, it's the only way to beat the curse.

  Dr. Niles Crane : You can beat the curse by not going.

  Dr. Frasier Crane : I tried that, Niles, you see where that got me. The curse found a way to humiliate me in absentia. I've got to get down there.

  Dr. Niles Crane : Why? In order to win the approval of some virtual strangers?

  Dr. Frasier Crane : I know it sounds foolish, Niles...

  Dr. Niles Crane : No, it's not foolish. It's human. I think it's all about the feelings of inferiority you've been carrying with you since high school. That's the real curse. Only, you're not the Bryce Crier anymore, you're a successful man. You have an opportunity for real growth here. Not by trying to impress these people, but by realizing that... they don't matter anymore.