- 8.0/101 votes8.0/10(1)
#1 - Requiem
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 12/18/1984
Tony is moonlighting to raise extra money, which Mona believes is to take care of a secret girlfriend in Brooklyn. Soon the truth comes out: Tony is still paying rent on his recently deceased father's apartment, so that he and Sam will have a place to go just in case things don't work out in Connecticut.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 8.0/101 votes8.0/10(1)
#2 - Custody (2)
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 11/12/1985
While everyone prepares for the wedding, Angela and Michael plan for a legal battle for custody of Jonathan. Soon, Angela is ready to give up, but a messy incident at the ceremony proves to Michael and Heather that they are not ready to be parents.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.8/106 votes7.8/10(6)
#3 - The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 12/8/1993
Niles poses as Fran's husband to impress her visiting relatives.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.8/104 votes7.8/10(4)
#4 - Sunday in the Park with Fran
Season 1 Episode 18
Aired 3/23/1994
Fran has a run-in with the son of the town's toughest critic, and that could be catastrophic for Maxwell and CC's new play.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.8/104 votes7.8/10(4)
#5 - The Gym Teacher
Season 1 Episode 19
Aired 4/6/1994
Maggie's tyrannical gym teacher is Fran's former one; Maxwell hires an abrasive megastar.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.7/103 votes7.7/10(3)
#6 - 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
- 7.4/1013 votes7.4/10(13)
#7 - The Nanny
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 11/3/1993
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.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.3/103 votes7.3/10(3)
#8 - Schlepped Away
Season 1 Episode 16
Aired 3/9/1994
On the way to catch a flight to the islands, heavy snow maroons the family at Fran's parents' home in Queens.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.2/105 votes7.2/10(5)
#9 - Imaginary Friend
Season 1 Episode 7
Aired 12/15/1993
Fran and Maxwell face a sticky situation after Fran eats Grace's imaginary friend.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.0/106 votes7.0/10(6)
#10 - The Nuchslep
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 11/24/1993
Fran chaperones Maggie and her date, who ends up being attracted to Fran.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.0/103 votes7.0/10(3)
#11 - Personal Business
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 12/29/1993
Fran agrees to help Maxwell close a deal by dating a young and restless soap-opera star.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.0/103 votes7.0/10(3)
#12 - Deep Throat
Season 1 Episode 15
Aired 3/2/1994
Fran has to have her tonsils removed, so Maxwell puts CC's reunion on hold to await the outcome of Fran's surgery.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.0/103 votes7.0/10(3)
#13 - Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off
Season 1 Episode 17
Aired 3/16/1994
Fran plans a wedding for Maxwell's sister, but she's in love with her chauffeur, not her fiancé.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.0/103 votes7.0/10(3)
#14 - Frannie's Choice
Season 1 Episode 21
Aired 4/27/1994
Fran accepts a proposal from the guy who once dumped her.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 7.0/105 votes7.0/10(5)
#15 - 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
- 7.0/103 votes7.0/10(3)
#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: Prudence Fraser
- 7.0/103 votes7.0/10(3)
#17 - 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
- 7.0/104 votes7.0/10(4)
#18 - 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: Prudence Fraser
- 7.0/103 votes7.0/10(3)
#19 - The Unkindest Cut
Season 3 Episode 11
Aired 11/27/1995
Brighton faints while filming Fran's cousin's bris and Fran sends it to Hollywood. Everybody visits Hollywood and Fran keeps getting thrown off the Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman set.
Director: Dorothy Lyman
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 6.8/105 votes6.8/10(5)
#20 - 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
- 6.8/104 votes6.8/10(4)
#21 - 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
- 6.6/105 votes6.6/10(5)
#22 - Fran Gets Shushed
Season 6 Episode 2
Aired 10/7/1998
While trying to learn to live together Fran agrees to be less forward if Maxwell will learn to be less uptight. They both tryout their new personalities at a business dinner meeting.
Director: Peter Marc Jacobson
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 6.6/105 votes6.6/10(5)
#23 - Sara's Parents
Season 6 Episode 4
Aired 10/21/1998
- 6.6/107 votes6.6/10(7)
#24 - The Nanny-in-Law
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 1/12/1994
Maxwell's beloved Nanny Mueller makes herself at home, but makes Fran feel insecure.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser
- 6.5/106 votes6.5/10(6)
#25 - Smoke Gets in Your Lies
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 11/10/1993
When Brighton is caught smoking at school, Fran thinks it might be her fault.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Prudence Fraser