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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Nanny Season 2 Episode 21 - Close Shave
    8.7/10(608 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Elliot Stern, Prudence Fraser

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  2. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 19 - A Fine Friendship
    8.6/10(544 votes)

    S2:E19

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

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

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  3. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 24 - Strange Bedfellows
    8.6/10(520 votes)

    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:Dana Reston, Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  4. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 10 - The Whine Cellar
    8.3/10(529 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  5. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 3 - Everybody Needs a Bubby Sometimes
    8.2/10(535 votes)

    S2:E3

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

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

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  6. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 16 - Canasta Masta
    8.2/10(506 votes)

    S2:E16

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

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

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  7. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 22 - What the Butler Sang
    8.2/10(524 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  8. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 1 - Fran-Lite
    8.1/10(543 votes)

    S2:E1

    Maxwell dates a woman with a striking resemblance to Fran.

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

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  9. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 17 - The Will
    8.1/10(479 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher

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  10. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 2 - The Playwright
    7.9/10(524 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  11. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 6 - The Nanny-Napper
    7.9/10(514 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  12. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 7 - A Star Is Unborn
    7.9/10(492 votes)

    S2:E7

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

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

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  13. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 9 - Stock Tip
    7.9/10(518 votes)

    S2:E9

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

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

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  14. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 5 - Curse of the Grandmas
    7.8/10(483 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Eric Cohen, Prudence Fraser

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  15. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 15 - Kindervelt Days
    7.8/10(497 votes)

    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:Dana Reston, Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  16. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 8 - Pishke Business
    7.7/10(493 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Alan Freedland, Prudence Fraser, Alan R. Cohen

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  17. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 13 - The Strike
    7.7/10(468 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  18. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 18 - The Nanny Behind the Man
    7.7/10(460 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  19. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 20 - Lamb Chop's on the Menu
    7.7/10(506 votes)

    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:Dana Reston, Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  20. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 26 - Fran Gets Mugged
    7.7/10(470 votes)

    S2:E26

    An valuable Shakespearian document is taken from Fran when she is mugged in New York's Central Park.

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

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  21. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 14 - I've Got a Secret
    7.6/10(508 votes)

    S2:E14

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

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

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  22. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 23 - A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
    7.6/10(467 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  23. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 4 - Material Fran
    7.5/10(503 votes)

    S2:E4

    Fran goes out with a much older rich man.

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

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  24. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 12 - Take Back Your Mink
    7.5/10(484 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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  25. The Nanny Season 2 Episode 11 - When You Pish Upon a Star
    7.3/10(515 votes)

    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:Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Close Shave" is the best rated episode of The Nanny season 2. It scored 8.7/10 from 608 votes. Directed by Dorothy Lyman and written by Robert Sternin, Elliot Stern, Prudence Fraser, it aired on February 20, 1995. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Fine Friendship".