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The Best Episodes of The Nanny Season 2

Every episode of The Nanny Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Nanny Season 2!

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That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel). The comic misadventures of the sweet and sassy Fran Fine, her sophisticated employer, Broadway producer

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Nanny Season 2 Episode 1 - Fran-Lite
    8.0/10(498 votes)

    #1 - Fran-Lite

    S2:E1

    Maxwell dates a woman with a striking resemblance to Fran.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  2. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 2 - The Playwright
    7.9/10(484 votes)

    #2 - The Playwright

    S2:E2

    A man whom Fran snubbed in high school has written a play and threatens to jump off a ledge unless Maxwell reads it.

    Director:Gail Mancuso
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  3. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 3 - Everybody Needs a Bubby Sometimes
    8.1/10(491 votes)

    #3 - Everybody Needs a Bubby Sometimes

    S2:E3

    Grandma Yetta stays with Fran and the Sheffields while her retirement home is being fumigated.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  4. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 4 - Material Fran
    7.5/10(466 votes)

    #4 - Material Fran

    S2:E4

    Fran goes out with a much older rich man.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  5. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 5 - Curse of the Grandmas
    7.8/10(449 votes)

    #5 - Curse of the Grandmas

    S2:E5

    Gracie's Red Robin troop goes to Grandma Yetta's retirement home to "adopt" a grandparent. When Gracie's first and second picks pass away, it sours her on scouting.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Eric Cohen, Robert Sternin

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  6. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 6 - The Nanny-Napper
    7.8/10(475 votes)

    #6 - The Nanny-Napper

    S2:E6

    On the subway, a Russian immigrant accidentally leaves her baby, and Fran picks it up, believing it to be abandoned.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  7. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 7 - A Star Is Unborn
    7.9/10(456 votes)

    #7 - A Star Is Unborn

    S2:E7

    A director plans to sabotage his production of "Romeo and Juliet" by casting Fran in the lead role.

    Director:Gail Mancuso
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Sally Lapiduss, Pamela Eells, Robert Sternin

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  8. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 8 - Pishke Business
    7.7/10(458 votes)

    #8 - Pishke Business

    S2:E8

    Maxwell has Fran pretend to be C.C. in order to get theatrical backing from a man C.C. attacked to get a cab.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Robert Sternin

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  9. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 9 - Stock Tip
    7.9/10(481 votes)

    #9 - Stock Tip

    S2:E9

    Fran gives Maxwell a stock tip that turns out to be from a hot dog vendor.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  10. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 10 - The Whine Cellar
    8.3/10(488 votes)

    #10 - The Whine Cellar

    S2:E10

    C.C.'s vision for a romantic weekend hit a snag when she and Fran end up locked inside Maxwell's wine cellar together.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  11. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 11 - When You Pish Upon a Star
    7.3/10(479 votes)

    #11 - When You Pish Upon a Star

    S2:E11

    Fran inadvertently persuades an obnoxious child star, who's set to star in Maxwell's revival of "Oliver!", to give up show business.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  12. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 12 - Take Back Your Mink
    7.5/10(452 votes)

    #12 - Take Back Your Mink

    S2:E12

    Maggie is upset when Fran inherits a mink coat. Fran decides to give it up to appease Maggie, but Sylvia won't hear of it.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  13. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 13 - The Strike
    7.7/10(434 votes)

    #13 - The Strike

    S2:E13

    There's a busboy strike going on at the cast party for Maxwell's latest play. When Fran refuses to cross the picket line, a photo of Maxwell dragging her out of the line makes the news.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  14. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 14 - I've Got a Secret
    7.6/10(475 votes)

    #14 - I've Got a Secret

    S2:E14

    Maxwell refuses to divulge the identity of the celebrity recuperating from surgery in the Sheffields' house.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Eric Cohen, Robert Sternin

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  15. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 15 - Kindervelt Days
    7.7/10(463 votes)

    #15 - Kindervelt Days

    S2:E15

    Fran receives a surprise when Sylvia sends in a long-lost "Win a Date With Erik Estrada" contest entry form.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Dana Reston, Robert Sternin

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  16. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 16 - Canasta Masta
    8.2/10(470 votes)

    #16 - Canasta Masta

    S2:E16

    After Brighton joins Sylvia's canasta team, Fran is dumped from it.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Dana Reston, Robert Sternin

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  17. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 17 - The Will
    8.1/10(447 votes)

    #17 - The Will

    S2:E17

    Maxwell draws up a will which states that Fran will remain nanny in the event of his death. Meanwhile, she thinks that a fax of a potential client's heart-sensitive diet given to Niles is really for Maxwell.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher, Robert Sternin

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  18. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 18 - The Nanny Behind the Man
    7.7/10(431 votes)

    #18 - The Nanny Behind the Man

    S2:E18

    In an attempt to score a play by award-winning playwright Dakota Williams, Fran and Maxwell set him up to go out with Yetta. The romantic sparks are there—but the play's script may not be.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  19. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 19 - A Fine Friendship
    8.5/10(497 votes)

    #19 - A Fine Friendship

    S2:E19

    Fran strikes up a friendship with a male nanny whom she erroneously assumes is gay.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  20. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 20 - Lamb Chop's on the Menu
    7.7/10(469 votes)

    #20 - Lamb Chop's on the Menu

    S2:E20

    C.C. plans to move into feature film production with a star vehicle for Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop. When Shari and Lamb Chop visit the Sheffield mansion, C.C.'s dog Chester tries to eat Lamb Chop.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Dana Reston, Robert Sternin

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  21. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 21 - Close Shave
    8.7/10(561 votes)

    #21 - Close Shave

    S2:E21

    Maggie is a candy striper at the hospital. When she takes off to go on a date, Fran fills in for her and must shave Maxwell for an appendectomy.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin, Elliot Stern

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  22. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 22 - What the Butler Sang
    8.2/10(487 votes)

    #22 - What the Butler Sang

    S2:E22

    Maxwell hears Niles singing and asks him to sing for his backers' audition. Meanwhile, Fran clashes with her sister Nadine.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  23. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 23 - A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
    7.5/10(432 votes)

    #23 - A Kiss Is Just a Kiss

    S2:E23

    Maggie is upset when Fran beats her in a kissing contest. The winner is to appear on an album cover with Billy Ray Cyrus.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin

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  24. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 24 - Strange Bedfellows
    8.5/10(481 votes)

    #24 - Strange Bedfellows

    S2:E24

    Fran worries about her future when Mona, one of her fellow nannies, retires to Florida. The night of Mona's goodbye party, Fran gets drunk and staggers into Maxwell's bed.

    Director:Dorothy Lyman
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Dana Reston, Robert Sternin

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  25. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 25 - The Chatterbox
    5.8/10(589 votes)

    #25 - The Chatterbox

    S2:E25

    Maggie receives a party invitation so Fran takes her to her favorite beauty salon. Fran gets a job there for an actress who loses a Sheffield audition.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writers:Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher, Robert Sternin

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Fran-Lite" is the best rated episode of "The Nanny" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 498 votes. Directed by Lee Shallat Chemel and written by Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin, it aired on 9/12/1994. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Playwright".