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  • Mar 4, 1998
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Summary When Fran Fine entered the Sheffield's residence in Park Avenue selling cosmetics, little did she know about how much she was going to change their lives. The Jewish girl from Queens got a job as the nanny for Maxwell Sheffield's (a Broadway producer) three kids: Maggie, Brighton and Gracie. But the Sheffields got more than just a nanny:...

Directed By: Dorothy Lyman

Written By: Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher, Rick Shaw

  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • Mar 4, 1998
  • 30 m
  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • Mar 4, 1998
  • 30 m
The Nanny
S5 • Episode 15
The Engagement
Air Date: Mar 4, 1998
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Summary When Fran Fine entered the Sheffield's residence in Park Avenue selling cosmetics, little did she know about how much she was going to change their lives. The Jewish girl from Queens got a job as the nanny for Maxwell Sheffield's (a Broadway producer) three kids: Maggie, Brighton and Gracie. But the Sheffields got more than just a nanny:...

Created By: Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 1, 1997 • 30 m
The Morning After
To give him more time, Maxwell gives Fran the job to redecorate the kitchen.
Episode 2 • Oct 8, 1997 • 30 m
First Date
On their first date Fran must hide from Elton John because of a previous run-in with him.
Episode 3 • Oct 15, 1997 • 30 m
The Bobbi Flekman Story
When Maxwell's old partner Bobbi Flekman starts moving in on him, Fran's friends suggest that Maxwell only likes her because she looks like Fran, and she even tells Fran not to talk so much because her voice is so annoying.
Episode 4 • Oct 22, 1997 • 30 m
Fransom
After Chester is kidnapped while under Fran's care, she and Val try to find him and end up kidnapped themselves.
Episode 5 • Oct 29, 1997 • 30 m
The Ex-Niles
C.C. and Fran visit Dr. Joyce Brothers to decide who is the better woman for Maxwell.
Episode 6 • Nov 5, 1997 • 30 m
A Decent Proposal
Maxwell is jealous of Chevy Chase's attention to Fran, but he finds that she brings him luck for his poker game.
Episode 7 • Nov 12, 1997 • 30 m
Mommy and Mai
When a Cambodian woman that Fran and Val sponsored as a child visits New York and comes between the two friends, Fran fears she'll come between her and Maxwell too. To stay in the family Frans comes up with a plan to get engaged to Brighton.
Episode 8 • Nov 19, 1997 • 30 m
Fair Weather Fran
With Yetta's wedding approaching Fran looks for a new job and gets an audition for a job on television.
Episode 9 • Dec 10, 1997 • 30 m
Educating Fran
Fran visits Maggie's school and gets into a relationship with her Jewish philosophy teacher.
Episode 10 • Dec 17, 1997 • 30 m
From Flushing with Love
Fran takes Mr. Sheffield to the Fine Family Reunion at Niagara Falls to give both her and Niles the weekend off. Maxwell proposes and then hits his head.
Episode 11 • Jan 7, 1998 • 30 m
Rash to Judgment
Fran has a romantic date with Maxwell just as she breaks out and swells up due to an allergic reaction to her mother's squash pasta.
Episode 12 • Jan 14, 1998 • 30 m
One False Mole and You're Dead
Fran has a run-in with actress Margo Lange, who is starring in one of Maxwell's plays, when she discovers that her famous mole is a fake.
Episode 13 • Jan 21, 1998 • 30 m
Call Me Fran
Fran's father will not use the basketball tickets that come from Mr. Sheffield. Fran questions her relationships with men and Maxwell agrees to call her Fran.
Episode 14 • Jan 28, 1998 • 30 m
Not Without My Nanny
Episode 15 • Mar 4, 1998 • 30 m
The Engagement
Maxwell is ready to propose to Fran and thanks to Niles everyone already knows it. At the big announcement dinner everyone is there except Maxwell.
Episode 16 • Mar 11, 1998 • 30 m
The Dinner Party
Maxwell and Fran go shopping for engagement rings while Fran starts to feel that she isn't good enough for Maxwell's friends and lifestyle.
Episode 17 • Mar 18, 1998 • 30 m
Homie-Work
When Fran hires a gift wrapper instead of a singer rapper, she has to turn him into a singing sensation.
Episode 18 • Mar 25, 1998 • 30 m
The Reunion Show
Fran goes to her high school reunion and finds all of her friends getting divorced while she is engaged.
Episode 19 • Apr 1, 1998 • 30 m
Immaculate Concepcion
Maxwell's father dies, leaving his entire estate to a secret love-child, Concepcion.
Episode 20 • Apr 29, 1998 • 30 m
The Pre-Nup
Maxwell asks stunned Fran to sign a prenuptial agreement.
Episode 21 • May 6, 1998 • 30 m
The Best Man
Maxwell's brother and best man Nigel arrives to throw him a bachelor party. Fran is worried that he will tell Maxwell that they almost got married themselves.
Episode 22 • 1 h
The Wedding
Even though Maxwell's family tells Fran that their marriage won't work, Maxwell tells her how much he loves her and that their lives together will never be dull. That night they both fall off their honeymoon yacht.
6 Seasons

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Fran Drescher

Fran Fine, Fran Sheffield, Bobbi Flekman

Charles Shaughnessy

Maxwell Sheffield, Sultan of Koorestan, Young James Sheffield

Daniel Davis

Niles

Lauren Lane

C.C. Babcock

Nicholle Tom

Maggie Sheffield

Benjamin Salisbury

Brighton Sheffield

Madeline Zima

Grace Sheffield

Renée Taylor

Sylvia Fine

Rachel Chagall

Val Toriello

Ann Morgan Guilbert

Yetta Rosenberg

Chester Drescher

Chester Babcock, The Chester

Spalding Gray

Dr. Jack Miller

Mort Drescher

Uncle Stanley, Morty Fine, Male Patient, Retired Man

Nora Dunn

Dr. Reynolds, Mrs. Richardson

Sue Goodman

Bernard's Mother, Henrietta, Lingerie Sales Clerk, Nurse, Rabbi, Singer, Young Jewish Woman

James Edson

Concession Stand Clerk, Concessionaire, Porsche Owner, Reporter, Singer, Waiter

DeeDee Rescher

Dotty, Bailiff, Bridal Shop Clerk, Dottie

Lawrence A. Mandley

Juror #6, Orderly, Orderly #1, Policeman, Security Guard in Hollywood

Steve Posner

Car Dealer, Dancing Man in Restaurant, Father #1, Photographer, Stage Manager

Roz Kern

Dancing Woman in Restaurant, Leslie Moonves' Assistant, Nurse, Stage Manager, Woman

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