8.0/10444 votes#1 - Fran-Lite
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1994
Maxwell dates a woman with a striking resemblance to Fran.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.8/10432 votes#2 - The Playwright
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1994
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
Writer: Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser
8.1/10434 votes#3 - Everybody Needs a Bubby Sometimes
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1994
Grandma Yetta stays with Fran and the Sheffields while her retirement home is being fumigated.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.4/10417 votes#4 - Material Fran
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1994
Fran goes out with a much older rich man.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.8/10401 votes#5 - Curse of the Grandmas
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1994
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
Writer: Eric Cohen, Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.8/10423 votes#6 - The Nanny-Napper
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1994
On the subway, a Russian immigrant accidentally leaves her baby, and Fran picks it up, believing it to be abandoned.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.8/10411 votes#7 - A Star Is Unborn
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1994
A director plans to sabotage his production of "Romeo and Juliet" by casting Fran in the lead role.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Sally Lapiduss, Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin, Pamela Eells
7.6/10413 votes#8 - Pishke Business
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1994
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
Writer: Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.8/10431 votes#9 - Stock Tip
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1994
Fran gives Maxwell a stock tip that turns out to be from a hot dog vendor.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
8.2/10435 votes#10 - The Whine Cellar
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1994
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
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.2/10428 votes#11 - When You Pish Upon a Star
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1994
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
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.5/10404 votes#12 - Take Back Your Mink
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1994
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
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.7/10386 votes#13 - The Strike
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/1994
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
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.5/10419 votes#14 - I've Got a Secret
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/12/1994
Maxwell refuses to divulge the identity of the celebrity recuperating from surgery in the Sheffields' house.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Eric Cohen, Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.6/10410 votes#15 - Kindervelt Days
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/2/1995
Fran receives a surprise when Sylvia sends in a long-lost "Win a Date With Erik Estrada" contest entry form.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Dana Reston, Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
8.2/10422 votes#16 - Canasta Masta
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/9/1995
After Brighton joins Sylvia's canasta team, Fran is dumped from it.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Dana Reston, Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
8.1/10397 votes#17 - The Will
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/16/1995
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: N/A
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher
7.6/10384 votes#18 - The Nanny Behind the Man
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/23/1995
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
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
8.4/10437 votes#19 - A Fine Friendship
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1995
Fran strikes up a friendship with a male nanny whom she erroneously assumes is gay.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.7/10417 votes#20 - Lamb Chop's on the Menu
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1995
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
Writer: Dana Reston, Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
8.7/10494 votes#21 - Close Shave
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1995
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
Writer: Elliot Stern, Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
8.2/10434 votes#22 - What the Butler Sang
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/27/1995
Maxwell hears Niles singing and asks him to sing for his backers' audition. Meanwhile, Fran clashes with her sister Nadine.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
7.4/10380 votes#23 - A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/1995
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
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
8.4/10429 votes#24 - Strange Bedfellows
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/8/1995
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
Writer: Dana Reston, Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin
5.7/10527 votes#25 - The Chatterbox
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 5/15/1995
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
Writer: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher
The Best Episodes of The Nanny Season 2
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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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Fran-Lite" is the best rated episode of "The Nanny" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 444 votes. Directed by Lee Shallat Chemel and written by Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin, it aired on 9/12/1994. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Playwright".