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The Best Episodes of The Nanny

Every episode of The Nanny ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Nanny!

The Best Episodes of The Nanny

Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling...

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  1. Background image for The Finale, Part 2
    8.6/10(453 votes)

    #1 - The Finale, Part 2

    S6:E22

    C.C. and Niles get married while Fran is in labor and find out that they are also expectant parents. Maggie and Brighton head off to Europe as the Sheffields head to California with the new twins and a new life together.

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  2. Background image for I Don't Remember Mama
    8.5/10(539 votes)

    #2 - I Don't Remember Mama

    S1:E22

    Fran and Grace enter a mother-daughter pageant at the country club.

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  3. Background image for Schlepped Away
    8.4/10(528 votes)

    #3 - Schlepped Away

    S1:E16

    On the way to catch a flight to the islands, heavy snow maroons the family at Fran's parents' home in Queens.

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  4. Background image for The Two Mrs. Sheffields
    8.4/10(434 votes)

    #4 - The Two Mrs. Sheffields

    S3:E9

    When Maxwell's mother wants him to get rid of Fran, Maxwell reacts by proposing to Fran who makes him feel very guilty for using her.

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  5. Background image for A Fine Family Feud
    8.3/10(441 votes)

    #5 - A Fine Family Feud

    S3:E4

    Maggie's 16th birthday is approaching and Fran intervenes in her father's plans for her party. Instead of a boring party at the Guggenheim Museum, Fran convinces Mr. Sheffield to have it at her aunt Frieda's bar. While the place is not nearly as fancy as the museum, Fran has to solve a very important family feud before the party can happen: her mother and Frieda haven't spoken to each other since 1979. The two make peace, but when Frieda comes out of the bathroom, her butt is showing and she blames Sylvia for the same embarrassment when they first fought. They start a food fight which quickly spreads to the whole party in a huge food war. When Mr. Sheffield walks in, he is shocked to see that scene and just when he's about to twist nanny Fine's neck Maggie thanks him for the best party ever.

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  6. Background image for The Bank Robbery
    8.3/10(401 votes)

    #6 - The Bank Robbery

    S4:E16

    It's Valentine's Day, and Maxwell decides to diffuse the whole "love" situation with Fran by giving her a gag greeting card. Big mistake. Later, Fran and Sylvia are at the bank when it gets held up. News of the hold-up quickly gets back to the Sheffield household. What the hostages at the bank quickly find out is that the bank robber, Leslie Tilbert, is a meek man and an inept bank robber. Leslie is actually a kind man who is facing some personal stresses, to which Fran can relate. Fran becomes Leslie's negotiator with the authorities, and Leslie becomes Fran's negotiator with Maxwell and his faux pas with the greeting card. If nothing else, the bank robbery has shown Maxwell how he really feels about Fran and he lets her and the world know. Leslie's fate is not as good as he takes Sylvia as his final hostage.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Fran's Gotta Have It
    8.3/10(395 votes)

    #7 - Fran's Gotta Have It

    S4:E26

    Mr. Sheffield is going to London to convince Celine Dion into doing Broadway. Fran decides to go after him and take advantage of the romantic scenario to solve their situation once and for all. After a romantic afternoon together, Max and Fran go back to the hotel and almost sleep together, if it wasn't for him backing out in the last minute. Insulted, offended and tired of all the cat and mouse play, Fran decides to leave him before it's too late for her to marry anybody. But they receive a phone call from NY saying that Niles just suffered a heart attack. Fran decides to stay and help while Niles recovers, giving Mr. Sheffield another chance to make a commitment. Meanwhile, C.C. is surprisingly sad after Niles's attack and even drops by at the hospital to bring him some flowers. She reveals to Fran that deep down she doesn't hate Niles as much as it seems.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Engagement
    8.3/10(384 votes)

    #8 - The Engagement

    S5:E15

    Fran is thrilled to tell the family that Maxwell has told her he loved her, and this time he didn't take it back! Everybody is happy for her (except for C.C.) and congratulate Fran. Maxwell reveals to Niles that he bought an engagement ring and is going to propose to Fran tonight. He, of course, can't keep a secret and tells Fran, who tells Sylvia, in a chain reaction that results in virtually everybody knowing about it. Maxwell asks Fran to invite her family over because they're having a very important dinner at the Rainbow Room and they should all be there. All the Sheffield and Fine families gather and wait for Maxwell, who never shows up. Afraid something happened to him (because she was sure he wouldn't just leave her waiting), Fran goes after him, and finds a passed out Mr. Sheffield behind the theater. He was knocked out by burglars who stole his watch and Fran's ring. Nevertheless, he proposes to Fran.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Finale, Part 1
    8.3/10(351 votes)

    #9 - The Finale, Part 1

    S6:E21

    C.C. flees after Niles proposes again. Fran runs after her and gets stuck in an elevator with her and goes into labor.

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  11. Background image for The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother
    8.2/10(580 votes)

    #10 - The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother

    S1:E6

    Niles poses as Fran's husband to impress her visiting relatives.

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  12. Background image for First Date
    8.2/10(402 votes)

    #11 - First Date

    S5:E2

    Maxwell invites Fran to be his date at the very exclusive dinner party given by Elton John to celebrate Tantrums and Tiaras, the new film he and his partner, David Furnish, are premiering. Unfortunately, Fran's lurid past catches up with her when she appears in the film as the fam who prompted one of John's ""Tantrums"" by verbally abusing Elton. Yes, it's another Fine mess, and Fran--à la Lucy--goes to extraordinary lengths to hide her identity during dinner. Then, trying to hide her identity, she doesn't make a very good impression as Maxwell's date. Meanwhile, C.C. tries to cope with Maxwell's apparent preference for Fran over her.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Nanny
    8.1/10(895 votes)

    #12 - The Nanny

    S1:E1

    Fran has just been dumped by her fiancé and employer, and is selling cosmetics door-to-door, when she happens to be in the right place at the right time.

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  14. Background image for Pen Pal
    8.1/10(449 votes)

    #13 - Pen Pal

    S3:E1

    After many years of exchanging letters, Fran's pen pal Lenny wants to meet her. But Fran is worried because over the past years she exaggerated a little on the lies and now is concerned that Lenny won't like her for who she really is. But Mr. Sheffield pushes her to attend the date (more because he wants to see Lenny than because he wants Ms. Fine to meet him) and waits for him with her at the Russian Tea Room. But Lenny never shows up and leaves a note at the door saying he couldn't possibly compete with such a good looking guy she was with (Mr. Sheffield). Meanwhile, C.C. arranges to work late just to seduce Maxwell, and Niles plays with her. Bored, the two have a few drinks and have their first romantic kiss after calling each other names.

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  15. Background image for Oy Vey, You're Gay
    8.1/10(442 votes)

    #14 - Oy Vey, You're Gay

    S3:E7

    Fran tells Mr. Sheffield he should retire his wedding ring, and after C.C. points out that Andrew Lloyd Weber was featured in the paper's crossword puzzle, Maxwell decides to get a publicist to improve his image and make him more popular. He hires the gorgeous Sydney Mercer and radically changes his image to a middle aged bad boy. He starts to fall for Sydney, causing both C.C. and Fran to get jealous. They set a date in the Rainbow Room but Fran discovers in the last minute that Sydney is gay, and more interested in her, so she rushes to meet Mr. Sheffield, but they end up getting stuck in the elevator.

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  16. Background image for Where's Fran?
    8.1/10(407 votes)

    #15 - Where's Fran?

    S3:E15

    When Fran catches Maggie smoking, she herself pretends to smoke so that Mr. Sheffield can teach her a lesson in front of Maggie. But Mr. Sheffield overreacts so Fran leaves their home. Mr. Sheffield remembers all the great times together (seen as flashbacks), but eventually realizes what she was trying to do and wants her back.

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  17. Background image for The Facts of Lice
    8.1/10(382 votes)

    #16 - The Facts of Lice

    S4:E18

    After Niles is depressed about his life as a butler, he begins to act strange and while he is cleaning, he drops a piece of paper containing a list of items that convinces Fran that Niles is possibly a murderer due to his recent strange behavior and the contents of his list. A search of his room confirms her suspicions. During a stormy night, Maxwell takes the children out for dinner leaving Fran and Niles alone. Niles approaches Fran and she thinks Niles is about to murder her. He confronts Fran about how she knows what he is up to when in fact he is simply writing a play.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Best Man
    8.1/10(347 votes)

    #17 - The Best Man

    S5:E21

    Maxwell's brother, Nigel, is back to throw him a bachelor party, and Fran is terrified because Maxwell doesn't know that she almost married Nigel a year and a half ago. She tries to keep it a secret, but after Nigel gets drunk at the party, he tells Maxwell, just as Fran comes out of the cake in a surprise for him (after Sylvia confessed that Morty cancelled his wedding and ran off with the cake girl - Sylvia!). Fran and Maxwell have a fight over it, and they end up calling the wedding off, until C.C. (under the influence of Prozac) tells Fran that Maxwell didn't spend 5 years ""doing the one man show"". So Fran gets Marla Maples, who had a quick fling with Maxwell a year and a half ago, and confronts Maxwell. They finally realize they love each other and call the wedding back on.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Producers
    8.1/10(327 votes)

    #18 - The Producers

    S6:E16

    Fran tries to produce a play written by a friend of Niles and he confesses his love for C.C.

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  20. Background image for The Dummy Twins
    8.1/10(320 votes)

    #19 - The Dummy Twins

    S6:E17

    Fran is coaching Niles in his unappreciated courtship of C.C. Finally Niles calls her pathetic and lonely after which the Sheffields find them in bed together.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Yetta's Letters
    8.1/10(352 votes)

    #20 - Yetta's Letters

    S6:E18

    Maxwell uses Yetta's letters as the basis for a play on Broadway beating out Andrew Lloyd Webber who also wanted to use them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Maggie's Wedding
    8.1/10(330 votes)

    #21 - Maggie's Wedding

    S6:E19

    Fran learns that Michael's cousin is James Brolin and that Barbra Streisand is coming to Maggie and Michael's wedding. Fran is so excited that she goes into premature labor almost missing Barbra.

    Director:Fran Drescher
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Kissing Cousins
    8.0/10(391 votes)

    #22 - Kissing Cousins

    S4:E13

    Fran meets an incredible man at a singles bar. He's Jewish, he's a doctor, he's rich, he's everything Fran ever dreamed of in a man. But during her cousin's wedding - where she was a bridesmaid - Fran discovers that Mr. Perfect is her cousin! Seeing Fran devastated, Mr. Sheffield decides to send her to a therapist, and the therapist says Fran has an obsession about getting married. Fran decides to stop chasing men around, just to make Mr. Sheffield guilty.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Rash to Judgment
    8.0/10(369 votes)

    #23 - Rash to Judgment

    S5:E11

    Val has two tickets for Michael Bolton's album premiere party, so Fran asks Mr. Sheffield on a romantic date. She's terrified with a weird rash that appeared all over her body, and rushes to the hospital after Mr. Sheffield decides to take her up to a room for their first intimate night together. She gets a cortisone shot from an inexperienced doctor, which makes Fran swells like a balloon. The romantic night is ruined, thanks to Sylvia's squash-filled pasta that gave Fran the allergic reaction.

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  25. Background image for Maggie's Boyfriend
    8.0/10(340 votes)

    #24 - Maggie's Boyfriend

    S6:E5

    Fran couldn't be happier with Maggie's rich, handsome, Jewish, model boyfriend, but when they decide to move in together, Maxwell wants Fran to put her foot down.

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  26. Background image for The Family Plumbing
    7.9/10(522 votes)

    #25 - The Family Plumbing

    S1:E14

    Fran catches her young cousin kissing Brighton in the bathtub.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Finale, Part 2" is the best rated episode of "The Nanny". It scored 8.6/10 based on 453 votes. Directed by Peter Marc Jacobson and written by Peter Marc Jacobson, it aired on 5/12/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "I Don't Remember Mama".