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4.1 "The Tart With Heart"

Airdate: September 18th, 1996,SynopsisScreencaps

Episode 4.1 When Maxwell takes back "The Thing" he said to Fran on the plane when he thought he was dying (see ep. #3.26), Fran decides to seek the attention of other men (hopefully, to get Maxwell jealous), among them a blind man (Jason Alexander). Meanwhile, Niles tries to find out what "The Thing" is. Gracie has to do a school report on women with careers, so she chooses C.C., a fact that further hurts Fran.


4.2 "The Cradle Robbers"

Airdate: September 25th, 1996,

Episode 4.2 Maggie falls for a 20-something named John (Brian Bloom), causing Maxwell to go through the roof! So it falls to Fran to show Maggie the error of her ways, all the while trying to pick up on John's friend Mike (Sean Kanan)! Meanwhile, Niles gives C.C. his "herbal tea". Brain Bloom guest-stars as Maggie's 20-something beau, John; Sean Kanan guest-stars as John's friend and Fran's date, Mike.


4.3 "The Bird's Nest"

Airdate: September 25th, 1996,

Episode 4.3 Brighton must put together a science project (which involves a bird nest in the yard), or he'll fail science and Maxwell will send him to military school! So Fran must help Brighton out, which includes asking for an extension from Brighton's science teacher Mrs. Richardson (Nora Dunn), who just happens to dislike Fran due to a shopping "incident". Meanwhile, while her place is fumigated, C.C. must stay at the Sheffields, which gives Niles endless opportunities to torture her!Nora Dunn appears as


4.4 "The Rosie Show"

Airdate: October 9th, 1996,Synopsis

Episode 4.4 Fran goes to see "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" and, when Rosie picks her out of the audience, Fran is such a hit that she gets a weekly segment on the show (which leads to C.C. being Fran's agent, which, as Niles says, "is a sure sign of the Apocalypse"!). And soon enough, Fran is neglecting her duties to the Sheffield family which causes Maxwell to go to unusual lengths to remedy the situation.Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump appear as themselves. Hugh Grant has a cammeo. John McD & The McDLT'


4.5 "Frieda Needa Man"

Airdate: October 16th, 1996,

Episode 4.5 Fran's Aunt Frieda falls on hard times and loses her restaurant, she


4.6 "Me and Mrs. Joan"

Airdate: October 30th, 1996,

Episode 4.6 Fran tries to reunite Maxwell with his estranged father (Robert Vaughn), who Maxwell still resents for having run off on his mother with their maid, Joan (Joan Collins), and who is now officially Maxwell's "stepmother" after all these years. Meanwhile, Brighton takes ballet class to get "close to chicks".Robert Vaughn guest stars as Mr. James Sheffield, and Joan Collins guest stars as Mrs. Joan Sheffield.


4.7 "The Taxman Cometh"

Airdate: November 6th, 1996,

Episode 4.7 Fran tries to employ all her wiles to get the taxman who's doing her audit off her back, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Fran "dogsits" Jay Leno's and C.C.'s dog, and Fran tries to bridge the growing gap between Maxwell and Brighton.Jay Leno has a cameo as himself. Rich Little has a cameo as the IRS appeals officer who wants to be in show biz as an impersonator!


4.8 "An Affair to Dismember"

Airdate: November 11th, 1996,

Episode 4.8 Fran begins to rue her present (unsatisfactory) relationship with Maxwell, a point that's driven home to her when Maxwell's brother, Nigel (Van Gorkum), visits, and he and Fran have a lot of fun together, so much so that Nigel soon realizes that he's fallen for Fran, and proposes to her on the spot... and she accepts! Is this the end for Fran and Maxwell?...Harry Van Gorkum appears as Nigel Sheffield, Maxwell's brother.


4.9 "Tattoo"

Airdate: November 20th, 1996,

Episode 4.9 Maggie wants to get a tattoo with her friends, so she enlists Fran's help to convince Maxwell to let her, and Fran lets it slip that she got one when she was Maggie's age. The results are two-fold: Maxwell is intrigued by Fran's tattoo (which, according to him, must be on the 10% or so of Fran's body that is actually covered by clothing!), but Sylvia demands that Fran remove it, or she won't let Fran get buried in a Jewish cemetery!John Astin guest stars as Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Roberts. Sally Ki


4.10 "The Car Show"

Airdate: December 11th, 1996,Bloopers

Episode 4.10 To get Maggie a car, Fran agrees to enter the "Miss Trans Am" contest,


4.11 "Hurricane Fran"

Airdate: December 18th, 1996,

Episode 4.11 Fran is determined to spend Christmas away from the Sheffields (especially Maxwell), so she and Val head off to the Caribbean for a tropical holiday, only to have a hurricane threaten them, which leads Fran, Val, Maxwell and the Sheffields to reminisce out Fran's time with the family. A retrospective episode.


4.12 "Danny's Dead an Who's Got the Will?"

Airdate: January 8th, 1997,

Episode 4.12 Fran is horrified to learn that her ex-fiancee, Danny, has died, and this causes her to reevaluate things. Meanwhile, she is forced to console her ex-fiance's grieving widow (and Fran's former nemesis) Heather Biblow Imperiali (Pamela Anderson Lee).Pamela Anderson guest stars as Fran's former nemesis,and Danny's widow, Heather Biblow.


4.13 "Kissing Cousins"

Airdate: January 15th, 1997,

Episode 4.13 Fran thinks that she 05-have finally found "the one", a handsome, Jewish doctor (Jon Stewart), but this latest "Mr. Right" turns out to be her cousin! which throws Fran in such a tizzy that Maxwell insists that she go to therapy.Jon Stewart guest stars as Fran's cousin.Spalding Gray guest stars as Fran's therapist, Dr. Miller.


4.14 "The Fifth Wheel"

Airdate: January 29th, 1997,

Episode 4.14 Fran's therapist convinces her to swear off men, an she, in turn, convinces C.C. and Val to do the same. But things go off track when both Val and C.C. suddenly start dating men, leaving Fran out in the cold as the pitiful "fifth wheel". Meanwhile, Niles spends his time resenting the fact that Maxwell doesn't appreciate and that C.C. has a man in her life.Gordon Thompson and Joel Murray guest star as Val's and C.C.'s dates. Spalding Gray guest stars as Fran's therapist, Dr. Miller.


4.15 "The Nose Knows"

Airdate: February 5th, 1997,

Episode 4.15 Fran's hero-worship dissolves for her therapist, Dr. Miller, when, out at the movies, she, Val and Yetta catch him in public with a disgusting habit. Meanwhile, C.C. is having fun torturing Niles about the new man in her life.Spalding Gray guest stars as Fran's herapist, Dr. Miller. Brenda [Epperson] Doumani guest stars as Danielle, the model.


4.16 "The Bank Robbery"

Airdate: February 12th, 1997,

Episode 4.16 Yetta has a new boyfriend, and Sylvia think he's after Yetta's money, so she goes to the bank to make sure he can't get a hold of it, and Fran (who's mad at Maxwell for a Valentine's Day faux pas) goes with her. But the bank is soon taken over by bumbling bank robber Leslie Tilbett (Peter Scolari), which causes Maxwell to regret what he said to Fran.Peter Scolari guest stars as the bank robber, Leslie Tilbett.


4.17 "Samson, He Denied Her"

Airdate: February 19th, 1997,

Episode 4.17 C.C. gets called for jury duty, and Fran is so mad at Maxwell that she tags along. Soon enough, both are put on the jury of the trial of the housekeeper of romance novel cover-hunk Vinchenzo, who's plight bares a strinking similarity to Fran's. Meanwhile, Sylvia becomes the "nanny" in Fran's absence, and the Sheffield clan is in for a shock!Robert Urich guest stars as Judge Jerry Moran. Dee Dee Rescher guest stars as the bailiff.


4.18 "The Facts of Lice"

Airdate: March 5th, 1997,

Episode 4.18 First Gracie, then Fran, Brighton and Maggie come down with a case of lice, but when Maxwell doesn't, it prompts Fran to scold Maxwell for not spending enough time with his own children. Meanwhile, Niles' bad mood causes Fran to become convinced that Niles is homicidal toward Maxwell, and that Niles might even be a serial killer!


4.19 "Fran's Roots"

Airdate: March 12th, 1997,

Episode 4.19 Fran's entire life could be turned upside down if what a woman claims is true: that Fran was switched at birth with another baby, and Sylvia is not her real mother. Meanwhile, C.C. is in L.A. selling series idea, and Niles hopes she doesn't return. Renee Taylor guest stars as Fran's mother Sylvia, in the present; Fran Drescher appears as Sylvia, about 25 years ago.Telma Hopkins guest stars as the woman claiming to be Fran's birth mother.


4.20 "The Nanny & The Hunk Producer"

Airdate: April 2nd, 1997,Bloopers

Episode 4.20 Maxwell's play,"The Widower", which is about a widower forever faithful


4.21 "The Passed-Over Story"

Airdate: April 9th, 1997,

Episode 4.21 Flush with the success of his 3 Tony Awards, Maxwell starts bringing in better talent. His most recent hire is "Morgan Faulkner" (Jane Sibbett), who was Fran's high-school rival back when she was Marcy Feldman, and who takes an immediate liking to Maggie, and hires Maggie as her assistant. But Maxwell loses his cool when Maggie decides to forgo college to continue the job with Morgan. Jane Sibbett guest stars as Marcy Feldman (a.k.a. Morgan Faulkner).


4.22 "No Muse Is Good Muse"

Airdate: April 23rd, 1997,

Episode 4.22 Fran decides that she's on the same wavelength as rock star "Tasha", whose angry lyrics are a favorite of Maggie's, so she tries to get a song she's written to Tasha. Before long, Tasha is using Fran's "pathetic" life as the basis for her next songs, but Maxwell thinks their "friendship" is a bad idea. Meanwhile, Niles listens to self-help tapes.Jayne Meadows has a cameo as herself.


4.23 "You Bette Your Life"

Airdate: April 30th, 1997,

Episode 4.23 Maxwell is producing a charity auction, in which Bette Midler is the M.C. (because it's for one of her charities), and Fran offers her services as a Nanny for a day. She ends up getting bid upon by Keith Rosenstein, the young, piano prodigy son of Maxwell's big investor, Tom Rosenstein. But when Fran gets Keith to play the piano at Yetta's nursing home, and one of the residents dies while he's playing, the boy can't play the piano anymore, causing both Maxwell and Bette Midler to lose their temp


4.24 "The Heather Biblow Story"

Airdate: May 7th, 1997,

Episode 4.24 Fran's nemesis, Heather Biblow (Pamela Anderson Lee), has landed a role of Fran's favorite daytime soap opera,"The Young & The Restless". But when Fran and Val head out to Malibu to visit Heather (which means Frans is passing up a trip to Hawaii with the Sheffields), it's *Fran* who ends up getting the role on the soap, and it's *Heather* who ends up as the Sheffield's new nanny! Meanwhile, C.C is overjoyed at the prospect of Nanny Fine "never coming back", until she sees "Nanny Biblow"! Pam


4.25 "The Boca Story"

Airdate: May 14th, 1997,

Episode 4.25 Fran appears to be ecstatic when it looks like Sylvia (and Mort) are going to take a deal for a place in Boca Raton, FL. But her true feelings are exposed when she accompanies Maxwell down to Florida (where Maxwell is a judge in the "Miss Universe Pageant"), and Fran realizes that (gasp!) she'll miss her mother. Meanwhile, Niles is out of sorts because his last single friend is getting married, and Gracie begins to "stuff" herself with tissues to make herself better "endowed".1996 Miss Universe


4.26 "Fran's Gotta Have It"

Airdate: May 21st, 1997,

Episode 4.26 When Maxwell goes to London (to sign Celine Dion to a Broadway show), Fran takes a cue from Val and follows him there, hoping that a romantic London interlude will prompt Maxwell to commit. But just as the two of them begin hashing out their feelings for each other, both are called back to New York when Niles has a heart attack. Celine Dion has a cameo as herself.



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