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Hungry Heart

Kenny arrives at Frasier's apartment in a bit of a state - apparently, he got chatting to a woman called Janice he met in a bar the previous night and before long, he had a date to see her that night. Frasier questions his motives, but Kenny says he loves his wife, so Frasier volunteers to go down to the restaurant and tell Janis Kenny won't be coming. Unbeknownst to Frasier, Kenny's wife has heard the message Janice left on their answerphone and gone down to confront her. Janice scarpers, leaving Frasier to believe the woman sitting at the table Kenny booked is Janice - something which Kenny's wife does nothing to deny. Frasier and 'Janice' get on well, so well in fact that they agree to meet up again the next night.

Kenny arrives back at Frasier's later that night desperate to know how things went with Janice. Frasier tells him everything was fine, and asks if it's alright for him to see Janice as they got along so well. Kenny is fine with it, but arrives back at Frasier's the next night just before Janice is due to arrive for their date, worried that his wife is having an affair. Just then, 'Janice' arrives forcing Frasier to rush Kenny into his bedroom until the coast is clear. Frasier moves 'Janice' into the kitchen so he can get Kenny out, but then Kenny shows Frasier a picture of his wife and Frasier's situation becomes clear.......Meanwhile, Daphne's weight problems balloons out of control, despite Niles helping her to lose weight, so Daphne agress she should go to a spa for professional help in losing weight.

- Kenny fears Janice may call his house:
Frasier: You gave this woman your home number?!
Kenny: I'm new at this!

- Kenny's wife confronts Janice at the restaurant:
Janis: You must have heard my message on your answering machine.
Kenny's Wife: Yes - and for your information, Kenny's eyes are brown, not hazellicious!!

- Martin walks into the living room to see Daphne on the floor:
Martin: What happened?
Niles: Daphne tripped on something and fell.
Martin: Oh my God! Where's Eddie!

- Daphne is helped up off the floor by Frasier, Niles and Martin:
Martin: Daphne, I just thought of something funny - it took 3 Cranes to lift you!

- Frasier is rushing to get Kenny out of his apartment:
Frasier: Janis is in the kitchen - you're free to go.
Kenny: Go where? To an empty house? An all-night movie? Walk the streets alone?
Frasier: All of those sound good.

- Frasier rushes to get Kenny out as the coast is clear but spies his father:
Frasier: Dad, I thought you were going out. I have a date.
Kenny: Doc, quick - I need you in the bedroom!
Martin: Pretty (!)

Thanks to a writer with some experience, this was a better effort than of late even though the comedy of misunderstandings about Janice and Kenny's wife, etc has been done better in previous episodes, and despite the fact that wasn't fast or funny enough to be the farce it aspires to. The other plotline about Daphne's weight finally reached it's conclusion as she agreed to visit a spa and so will disappear from the show until after Jane Leeves gives birth. There were some good jokes along the way, most notably in the scene where Daphne falls and it takes Martin, Daphne and Niles to pick her up, together with a lovely cameo from Illeana Douglas as Kenny's wife. You may have seen her in the Hollywood satire 'Action' or Gus Van Sant's excellent 'To Die For' - she certainly livened up her part and showed again what a talented actress she is. It was disappointing to see Roz sidelined once again, but on the whole this was an enjoyable episode, and it was nice to see Kenny being at the centre of an episode for once too.

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