Hot Pursuit (Frasier episode)

Infobox Television episode | Title = Hot Pursuit
Series = Frasier
Season = 7
Episode = 18
Airdate = 23 March 2000
Production =
Writer = Charlie Hauck
Director = Sheldon Epps
Guests = Tom Gottlieb (waiter)
Prev = Whine Club
Next = Morning Becomes Entertainment
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 7)

"Hot Pursuit" is the eighteenth episode in season 7 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

*Saul Rubinek – Donny Douglas

Plot outline

Donny asks for Martin's help in obtaining surveillance photos for one of his court cases. Martin is thrilled at the idea of a stakeout, remembering his days with the police force; Niles is worried about the potential risks of the neighbourhood, and decides to go along and keep his father company.

Frasier and Roz are attending a broadcast conference out of town, and when Frasier discovers that he has no room at the hotel, he asks to sleep on Roz's couch. She reluctantly agrees, conceding that neither of them is likely to need the room if the cocktail party is the usual Bacchanalian revel. Unfortunately, they both suffer similar lack of success, and end up together in Roz's room sharing champagne and stories. Frasier, it happens, has been growing a beard, which Roz says makes him "like Frasier, but not Frasier"; he has a similar reaction when she shows him a blond wig that she bought on a whim. Somehow the idea of being strangers holds a mutual excitement for them…

Episode Title Cards

*"Forget it Marty, it's Belltown"
*"Like two ships sinking in the night"

Cultural reference

The tango music that disturbes Frasier and Roz from the hotel room above is "Hernando's Hideaway", a song from the musical "The Pajama Game".

Memorable Quotations

"Daphne is trying to explain to Niles that Donny and Martin have gone to a tractor pull"
Niles: "(drawn out)" Ohh.
Daphne: As I understand it, they attach a large weight to a tractor, and see how far they can pull it through the mud.
Niles: "(as before; still clueless)" Ohh.
Daphne: The answer to your next question is: beats the hell out of me!