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1. Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny)
First aired: 11/3/1993 Production Code: 101Fran gets a job as a nanny for the Sheffields after being fired from her job at her fiancé's bridal store.
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Dee Dee Rescher (Dottie) , Jonathan Penner (Danny Imperiali), James Marsden (Eddie), Ray Johnson (Piano Player), Curtis Hood (Man)
2. Smoke Gets in Your Lies
Community Score
| 8.4 Great |
When Brighton gets caught smoking in school, Fran takes him to see her grandma Yetta to teach him a lesson.
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Carol Channing (Herself), Jonathan Baker (Composer), Esther Lapiduss (Auditioner), Michael McCarthy (Assistant), Blanche Rubin (Old Lady), Timothy Thompson (Pianist)
3. My Fair Nanny
Community Score
| 9.2 Superb |
Fran hosts a tea party for Maggie and her friends in order to make Maggie fit in, but Maxwell is worried that Fran's lack of class may ruin the sophisticated party.
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Dorothy Lyman (Mrs. Wentworth), Nikki Cox (Cindy Wentworth), Heather Lynne Allen (Woman), Magda Harout (Fortune Teller)
4. The Nuchslep
Community Score
| 9.1 Superb |
Fran and Maggie end up fighting after Maggie's boyfriend gets interested in Fran. Maxwell gives C.C. a dog for her birthday.
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Chester Drescher (Chester) , James Marsden (Eddie), Fritzi Burr (Woman at the movies), Aaron Heynab (Man at the movies)
5. Here Comes the Brood
First aired: 12/6/1993 Production Code: 104After C.C. tries to bond with the children, Gracie runs away to Fran's parents' house.
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Allen Bloomfield (Uncle Myron), Blake McIver Ewing (Robin), Lila Garrett (Ladie in Ladie's Room)
6. The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother
Community Score
| 9.3 Superb |
Niles has to pose as Fran's husband when her relatives comes to visit. Things get even more complicated when the Butler association comes to evaulate Niles, and when Maxwell comes home unexpectedly.
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Zack Norman (Uncle Jack), Nancy Frangione (Marsha), Ian Abercrombie (Butler #1), Brian George (Butler #2), Adam Hendershott (Brighton's friend)
7. Imaginary Friend
First aired: 12/15/1993 Production Code: 106Fran accidentally eats Grace's imaginary friend Imogene.
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Cristine Rose (Dr. Borth), Candy Trabucco (Maxine), Devon Williams (Wife), John Glen Bishop (Husband)
8. Christmas Episode
Community Score
| 9.2 Superb |
Fran and the kids prepare to celebrate Christmas alone when Maxwell and C.C. have to go on a business trip.
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Lawrence Mandley (Nurse #1) , Allan Rich (Pauly the Pawnbroker), Richard Roat (Santa), Kort Falkenberg (Priest), William Palmieri (Nurse #2), Jean Ford (Unkown)
9. Personal Business
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
Maxwell convinces Fran to go on a date with a soap opera star to get him to agree to appear in a play.
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Stephen Nichols (Brock Storm)
10. The Nanny-in-Law
Community Score
| 8.5 Great |
Maxwell's old nanny comes to visit and complains about Fran's job as a nanny.
Director: Paul Miller
Guest star: Cloris Leachman (Clara Mueller), Lu Leonard (Lupe), Peggy Blow (Nanny #1), Irene Olga Lopez (Nanny #2)
11. A Plot for Nanny
Community Score
| 8.1 Great |
Sylvia gets Fran plots at the cemetery for her birthday as a way to set her up with the mortuary manager.
12. The Show Must Go On
Community Score
| 8.5 Great |
Maxwell volunteers Fran to produce Gracie's school play.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Steve Posner (Father #1) , Maree Cheatham (Emma Trusdale), Marianne Muellerleile (Andrea's mother), Tina Hart (Andrea), Susan Goodman (Bernard's mother), Kellen Hathaway (Bernard), Thomas Dekker
13. Maggie the Model
Community Score
| 8.5 Great |
Famous model Chloe Simpson gets Maggie interested in becoming a model, to Fran and Maxwell's dislike.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Guest star: Andy Dick (Bernie/Pepé), Anthony Cistaro (Carlo), Victoria Hulett (Model), Lesley-Anne Down (Chloe Simpson)
14. The Family Plumbing
Community Score
| 9.0 Superb |
Fran thinks Maxwell treats his children unfairly when Maggie is not allowed to go to a makeout party, but Brighton is encouraged after kissing a relative of Fran's.
Director: Linda Day
Guest star: Louis Guss (Cousin Irving), Jackie Tohn (Tiffany), Laurelyn Scharkey (Gigi), Melanie Good (Lulu)
15. Deep Throat
Community Score
| 9.3 Superb |
Fran get sick and has to have her tonsils removed.
Director: Linda Day
Guest star: Lawrence Mandley (Male Nurse) , Doug Ballard (Dr. Link), Francesca P. Roberts (Nurse Smith), Pamela Dillman (C.C.'s Friend #1), Lauren Koslow (C.C.'s Friend #2), Pete Leal (Cleaning Man)
16. Schlepped Away
First aired: 3/9/1994 Production Code: 116A snowstorm traps the Sheffields', Fran, Niles and C.C. at Fran's parents' house.
Director: Linda Day
Guest star: Gregg Rogell (Kenny Keroucas)
17. Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off
Community Score
| 9.2 Superb |
Maxwell's sister Jocelyn comes to visit with her fiancé, and the two decide to get married.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Guest star: Gregg Rogell (Kenny Keroucas), Leigh Lawson (Lester), Lane Davies (Nigel Waters), Twiggy Lawson (Jocelyn Sheffield)
18. Sunday in the Park with Fran
Community Score
| 9.2 Superb |
C.C. encourages Grace to go on a playdate with a critic's son in order to get him to like Maxwell's new show, but problems arise after Fran hits the obnoxious child with a baguette.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Guest star: Chester Drescher (Chester) , Dan Aykroyd (Repair Man [ uncredited ]), Nick Salamone (Announcer), Tia Riebling (Mother in the park), Miko Hughes (Frank Bradley Jr.), Eric Braeden (Frank Bradley)
19. The Gym Teacher
Community Score
| 8.6 Great |
Maggie has problems with her gym class teacher and asks Fran for help in order to pass the class. Maxwell has problems with a spoiled actor.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Guest star: Rita Moreno (Miss Wickervich/Mrs. Stone), Christopher Carroll (Auditioner #2), Tracy Kerestes (Student), Joseph Bologna (Alan Beck)
20. Ode to Barbara Joan (a.k.a. Daddy Dearest)
Community Score
| 9.6 Superb |
C.C.'s father invites her to a Barbra Streisand concert in an attempt to bond with his daughter, but after C.C. declines, her father invites Fran to the concert, which makes C.C. jealous.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Guest star: Chester Drescher (Chester) , Loren Michaels (Barbra Streisand), Robert Culp (Stewart Babcock)
21. Frannie's Choice
Community Score
| 9.6 Superb |
Fran must choose whether to stay with the Sheffields or not when her ex-boyfriend Danny returns, and proposes to Fran.
Director: Paul Miller
Guest star: Jeff Sagansky (Himself), Jonathan Penner (Danny Imperiali)
22. I Don't Remember Mama
First aired: 5/16/1994 Production Code: 122Fran convinces Maxwell and the children to celebrate mothers' day, by taking Grace to a mother-daughter beauty pageant, but another contestant complains about Fran not being Grace's mother, which makes Grace run home crying.
Director: Paul Miller
Guest star: Sylvia Drescher (young Sylvia Fine [ uncredited ]) , Bess Armstrong (Sara Sheffield [ uncredited ]), Kimberly Ali (Patti's daughter), Madison Wright (Betty Jo), Miriam Flynn (Country Club Manager), Leann Hunley (Barbie Jo), Patti LaBelle (Herself)
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