7.7/103 votes#1 - 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: Robert Sternin
7.7/103 votes#2 - 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: Robert Sternin
7.7/103 votes#3 - 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: Robert Sternin
7.6/105 votes#4 - 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: Robert Sternin
7.3/1012 votes#5 - 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: Robert Sternin
7.0/104 votes#6 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.8/105 votes#7 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.8/104 votes#8 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.7/103 votes#9 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.5/102 votes#10 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.5/102 votes#11 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.5/102 votes#12 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.5/102 votes#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: Robert Sternin
6.5/102 votes#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: Robert Sternin
6.5/104 votes#15 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.5/102 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: Robert Sternin
6.5/102 votes#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: Robert Sternin
6.5/102 votes#18 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.5/102 votes#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: Robert Sternin
6.5/104 votes#20 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.3/106 votes#21 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.3/103 votes#22 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.2/105 votes#23 - 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: Robert Sternin
6.2/105 votes#24 - My Fair Nanny
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/17/1993
Fran agrees to be made over by Niles and Maxwell in order to host a social.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Robert Sternin
6.2/104 votes#25 - Sara's Parents
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1998
Fran dreads a visit by Sara's parents.
Director: Peter Marc Jacobson
Writer: Robert Sternin
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"Sunday in the Park with Fran" is the best rated episode written by Robert Sternin. It scored 7.7/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Gail Mancuso. It aired on 3/23/1994 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Gym Teacher".