And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (1) After running off together, Niles and Daphne face the wrath from their jilted lovers: Donny's suing for emotional distress and Mel's plotting a ruse. Details Casts Title And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (1) Genres Comedy Family Release Date 2000-10-24 Episode Runtime 00 Hours 24 Minutes Season Number 8 Episode Number 1 Production Companies Grammnet Productions, Grub Street Productions, Paramount Television, CBS Studios Kelsey Grammer Frasier Crane Jane Leeves Daphne Moon David Hyde Pierce Niles Crane Peri Gilpin Roz Doyle John Mahoney Martin Crane