Season 2

Episodes • 1994

Fran Drescher
Charles Shaughnessy
Daniel Davis
Lauren Lane
Nicholle Tom
Benjamin Salisbury
Madeline Zima
Fran-Lite

1. Fran-Lite

24 min

Maxwell dates a woman with a striking resemblance to Fran.

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The Playwright

2. The Playwright

24 min

A man whom Fran snubbed in high school has written a play and threatens to jump off a ledge unless Maxwell reads it.

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Everybody Needs a Bubby Sometimes

3. Everybody Needs a Bubby Sometimes

24 min

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

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Material Fran

4. Material Fran

24 min

Fran goes out with a much older rich man.

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Curse of the Grandmas

5. Curse of the Grandmas

24 min

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.

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The Nanny-Napper

6. The Nanny-Napper

24 min

On the subway, a Russian immigrant accidentally leaves her baby, and Fran picks it up, believing it to be abandoned.

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A Star Is Unborn

7. A Star Is Unborn

24 min

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

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Pishke Business

8. Pishke Business

24 min

Maxwell has Fran pretend to be C.C. in order to get theatrical backing from a man C.C. attacked to get a cab.

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Stock Tip

9. Stock Tip

24 min

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

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The Whine Cellar

10. The Whine Cellar

24 min

C.C.'s vision for a romantic weekend hit a snag when she and Fran end up locked inside Maxwell's wine cellar together.

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When You Pish Upon a Star

11. When You Pish Upon a Star

24 min

Fran inadvertently persuades an obnoxious child star, who's set to star in Maxwell's revival of "Oliver!", to give up show business.

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Take Back Your Mink

12. Take Back Your Mink

24 min

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.

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The Strike

13. The Strike

24 min

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.

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I've Got a Secret

14. I've Got a Secret

24 min

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

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Kindervelt Days

15. Kindervelt Days

24 min

Fran receives a surprise when Sylvia sends in a long-lost "Win a Date With Erik Estrada" contest entry form.

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Canasta Masta

16. Canasta Masta

24 min

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

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The Will

17. The Will

23 min

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.

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The Nanny Behind the Man

18. The Nanny Behind the Man

23 min

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.

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A Fine Friendship

19. A Fine Friendship

23 min

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

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Lamb Chop's on the Menu

20. Lamb Chop's on the Menu

23 min

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.

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Close Shave

21. Close Shave

23 min

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.

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What the Butler Sang

22. What the Butler Sang

23 min

Maxwell hears Niles singing and asks him to sing for his backers' audition. Meanwhile, Fran clashes with her sister Nadine.

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A Kiss Is Just a Kiss

23. A Kiss Is Just a Kiss

23 min

Maggie is upset when Fran beats her in a kissing contest. The winner is to appear on an album cover with Billy Ray Cyrus.

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Strange Bedfellows

24. Strange Bedfellows

23 min

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.

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The Chatterbox

25. The Chatterbox

23 min

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.

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Fran Gets Mugged

26. Fran Gets Mugged

24 min

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

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