Frasier (TV Series)

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2002)

John Mahoney: Martin Crane

Quotes 

• Roz Doyle : Wow! Niles is really loving life with a vengeance.

  Martin Crane : Yeah, I was the same way after I got shot. My first day back at the precinct I went around hugging all the guys telling them all I loved them.

  Roz Doyle : How long did that last?

  Martin Crane : Until they started calling me "Martina".

• Martin Crane : Don't need to explain to me, son. I know what it's like to cheat death.

  Dr. Niles Crane : That's true, although I think I got a little closer than you did.

  Martin Crane : Oh, really? Well, let's see. I got shot by a gun, and you ate a bunch of cheese.

  Dr. Niles Crane : I was clinically dead for several minutes. I looked Death square in the eye.

  Martin Crane : Well, you might have looked him in the eye, but I shook his hand.

  Dr. Niles Crane : Really. Well I kissed him on the cheek.

  Martin Crane : Well, I kissed him on the lips. Also, Death was a girl.

• Dr. Niles Crane : I'm just, I'm easing into things until I'm back to normal.

  Martin Crane : The doctor says you're there.

  Dr. Niles Crane : Well, I'm just being extra cautious.

  Martin Crane : Sounds to me like you're afraid, son.

  Dr. Niles Crane : Well, what if I am? Haven't I earned the right to be afraid? I could have died.

  Martin Crane : I understand.

  Dr. Niles Crane : Okay.

• Dr. Niles Crane : Dad, I don't want to turn this into a competition. I'm just trying to embrace life to the fullest.

  Martin Crane : Oh, will you give it a rest!

  Dr. Niles Crane : Excuse me?

  Martin Crane : You haven't embraced a damn thing. All you're doing is yakking about feeling this and experiencing that. You're not doing anything. You won't go back to work or play squash or eat any of your favorite foods.

• Martin Crane : When I got out of the hospital, I was terrified to take a risk. I didn't want to leave the house. Ducked for cover every time a car backfired.

  Dr. Niles Crane : [pausing]  I know my fears aren't rational. I know my heart is sound. I feel fine. But I felt fine before this happened. How do I know that the same thing isn't going to...

  Martin Crane : Well, you don't know! That's exactly what I came to realize. Life's a crap shoot. We could all go at any time. That's why we have to make the most of whatever time we've got.

• Dr. Niles Crane : Thank you, Dad!

  Martin Crane : Where you going?

  Dr. Niles Crane : To live my life!

  Martin Crane : You forgot the rye flats.

  Dr. Niles Crane : [with a sense of awakening]  No, I didn't, Dad. No, I didn't.

  Martin Crane : Well, you're not leaving them here!

  [Niles, robbed of the touching moment, retrieves the rye flats]