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Beloved Infidel

While Frasier and Niles are eating together at a Seattle restaurant, they spy Martin having dinner with an old family friend Marion Lawler, who they hadn't seen since a rift took place between the Cranes and the Lawlers. This sets Niles' mind to work and having dug out his old journals and photo albums, comes to the conclusion that Martin had an affair with Marion. When confronted with this, Martin admits it. Frasier finds it hard to come to terms with this when he is visited by Marion Lawler who explains that it wasn't Martin having the affair but Hester Crane, the boys mother, with her husband.

- Niles and Roz meeting at the radio station when he forgets who she is again.

- After having his car towed away at the restaurant:
Daphne: Good evening Dr Crane. What brings you here?
Niles: A rent-a-car thanks to my brother

- Referring to his boyhood journals:
Niles: By 10, my writing had grown considerably tighter.
Frasier: Among other things.

- Niles snatching a sniff of Daphne's hair.

- Frasier [to Niles]: Doesn't it bother you that your father cheated on my mother?

A low key episode, but nonetheless still a pretty good one as the Crane boys learn that their mother cheated on Martin. The scene where Frasier and Niles end up spying on Martin and Marion is pretty funny, while the scene towards the end where Frasier realise they now have something in common - their wives both cheated on them - ends up being quite touching.

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