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Diane Chambers visits Frasier in Seattle to promote a play she has written. Frasier decides it is time to vent his feelings about how much pain he felt when Diane left him at the altar. However, he forgets to when Diane breaks down in the middle of dinner and confesses her life is a wreck, and she needs his help again.

This is one of Kelsey Grammer's favorite episodes. On Prost Helmut! (1982), Shelley Long didn't like the Frasier character and lobbied hard to get Grammer removed from the show. The producers disagreed, noting that the audience liked him. When Long's character of Diane Chambers appeared on this show, Grammer said the episode was an opportunity for he and Long to make peace with each other.

It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera Production.

Diane's (Shelley Long) facial tic was first seen in the first season of Prost Helmut! (1982) in the episode "Endless Slumper." They are often the result of extreme nervousness or stress. Having seen her beset before with uncontrollable facial tics, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) realises that things are not quite as they seem with Diane.

This marks Shelley Long's second guest appearance as Diane in the series. Out of the three appearances, this is the only one in which the 'real' Diane appears (the others being dream sequences).

The Seabee award Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) puts above the fire was won in the episode Frasier: Someone to Watch Over Me (1995) in season 2.

When Mary Anne (Cali Timmins) enters the set, all the characters call out "Mary", the same as the original Prost Helmut! (1982) cast did for Norm during the series Cheers. However, the character Ned, who is based on Norm, did not receive the same type of welcome.

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    • Author: Goldendragon
    ... even 11 years after she left him at the altar after the priest came to her part of the vows and she asked "Are you speaking to me?".

    Three years after Frasier has moved to Seattle, his old heartthrob Diane shows up with a new play she is opening in town. She has never gotten the extent of her long term wounds to Frasier, for she is pretty self absorbed.

    Initially Frasier invites her to dinner to flaunt his success and how he has moved on in her face, but that old feeling comes lurching back. Meanwhile the scene at dinner at Frasier's apartment is hilarious. You can tell Frasier's relatives have met this woman before and they are not glad that she is back. So Frasier thinks that maybe the two of them are getting close again. Then Diane asks Frasier to take a look at a dry run of her play, and that play tells you just how Diane looks back on her old days at Cheers, with Frasier deserving an Emmy just for his facial expressions as he looks on.

    The history with Cheers, the dialogue that is just perfect comic poetry, the whole episode is just perfect. David Angell was one of the writers of this episode, and he had a history with Cheers before Frasier, so he knows these characters. So sad that he was lost on September 11.

    If you never watched Cheers or Frasier it is likely this show will not be that funny to you. But if you followed both shows this episode is essential viewing.
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    • Author: Blacknight
    Frazier at first is very angry with Diane, then tries to help her when he finds out she's a wreck. Then sees the play.

    The play's the thing where I'll catch the conscience of the King.

    It's about a bar & a bunch of people who hang out there. Where everybody knows your name.
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    • Author: Kadar
    Love this show, loved Cheers, and the characters Sam Malone, Diane Chambers and Frasier rank as 3 of the greatest characters in television history. Seeing Shelley Long reprise Diane and interacting with the talented Frasier characters was such a treat! This is a must-watch for any fans of Cheers.
  • Episode complete credited cast:
    Kelsey Grammer Kelsey Grammer - Dr. Frasier Crane
    Jane Leeves Jane Leeves - Daphne Moon
    David Hyde Pierce David Hyde Pierce - Dr. Niles Crane
    Peri Gilpin Peri Gilpin - Roz Doyle
    John Mahoney John Mahoney - Martin Crane
    Shelley Long Shelley Long - Diane Chambers
    John Carroll Lynch John Carroll Lynch - Franklin
    Cali Timmins Cali Timmins - Mary Anne
    Perry Stephens Perry Stephens - Stan
    Don Sparks Don Sparks - Mr. Carr
    Googy Gress Googy Gress - Ned
    Danny Breen Danny Breen - Clark
    Judith Corber Wexler Judith Corber Wexler - Darla
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