4.1 "The Tart With Heart"
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"
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"
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"
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"
Fran's Aunt Frieda falls on hard times and loses her restaurant, she
4.6 "Me and Mrs. Joan"
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"
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"
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"
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"
To get Maggie a car, Fran agrees to enter the "Miss Trans Am" contest,
4.11 "Hurricane Fran"
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?"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
Maxwell's play,"The Widower", which is about a widower forever faithful
4.21 "The Passed-Over Story"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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.