daphnemoon:How did the Niles-Daphne plot come about? David Hyde Pierce: I can tell you the idea for
daphnemoon:How did the Niles-Daphne plot come about? David Hyde Pierce: I can tell you the idea for the whole thing came at one of the very first photo shoots we did before filming the series… Jane Leeves: I think I actually said it to you during the pilot. David Hyde Pierce: She said, “I wonder if we would have some sort of thing going”, and then we sort of did the photo shoot kind of hanging out all over each other. I don’t think we actually spoke to the writers about it; it was based on seeing us that was the kernel of the idea. -- source link