Season 2 is the second season of the American television series The Nanny aired on CBS from September 12, 1994 to May 22, 1995.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Fran Drescher as Fran Fine
- Charles Shaughnessy as Maxwell Sheffield
- Daniel Davis as Niles
- Lauren Lane as C.C. Babcock
- Nicholle Tom as Maggie Sheffield
- Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Sheffield
- Madeline Zima as Grace Sheffield
Guest Starring[]
- Rachel Chagall as Valerie Toriello
- Renée Taylor as Sylvia Fine
- Ann Morgan Guilbert as Yetta Rosenberg
- Richard Kind as Jeffrey Needleman
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Theodore Timmons
Co-Starring[]
- Ben Vereen as Himself
- Wallace Shawn as Charles Haste
- Corbin Bernsen as Glen Mitchell
- Bob Barker as Himself
- Tracy Kolis as Leslie
- Bonnie Morgan as Brooke
- Ralph Manza as Saul
Episodes[]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Writer | Director | Original air date | |
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23 | 1 | Fran-Lite | Janis Hirsch | Lee Shallat-Chemel | September 12, 1994 | |
Maxwell dates a woman with a striking resemblance to Fran. | ||||||
24 | 2 | The Playwright | Lisa Medway | Gail Macuso | September 19, 1994 | |
A man whom Fran snubbed in high school has written a play and threatens to jump off a ledge unless Maxwell reads it. | ||||||
25 | 3 | Everybody Needs a Bubby | Diane Wilk | Lee Shallat-Chemel | September 26, 1994 | |
While the retirement home gets fumigated, Grandma Yetta comes to stay at the Sheffield mansion, but when she starts passing some of her "wisdom" among the children, Fran and Maxwell are concerned. | ||||||
26 | 4 | Material Fran | Eileen O'Hare | Lee Shallat-Chemel | October 3, 1994 | |
One of Fran's old high school friends sets her up with her husband's business partner to see how she likes someone who is loaded. The idea would sound mighty fine if Fran's date was not so old. | ||||||
27 | 5 | Curse of the Grandmas | Eric Cohen | Lee Shallat-Chemel | October 10, 1994 | |
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. | ||||||
28 | 6 | The Nanny Napper | Jayne Hamil & Rick Shaw | Lee Shallat-Chemel | October 17, 1994 | |
On the subway, a Russian immigrant accidentally leaves her baby, and Fran picks it up, believing it to be abandoned. | ||||||
29 | 7 | A Star is Unborn | Pamela Eells & Sally Lapiduss | Lee Shallat-Chemel | October 24, 1994 | |
A director plans to sabotage his production of "Romeo and Juliet" by casting Fran in the lead role. | ||||||
30 | 8 | Pishke Business | Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland | Lee Shallat-Chemel | October 31, 1994 | |
Maxwell has Fran pretend to be C.C. in order to get theatrical backing from a man C.C. attacked to get a cab. | ||||||
31 | 9 | Stock Tip | David M. Matthews | Lee Shallat-Chemel | November 7, 1994 | |
Fran gives Maxwell a stock tip that turns out to be from a hot dog vendor. | ||||||
32 | 10 | The Whine Cellar | Eileen O'Hare | Lee Shallat-Chemel | November 14, 1994 | |
It is Sylvia's "50th" birthday and Fran is the hostess. However, when she and C.C. accidentally lock themselves inside the wine cellar, the two must learn to tolerate each other. | ||||||
33 | 11 | When You Pish Upon a Star | Diane Wilk | Lee Shallat-Chemel | November 21, 1994 | |
Fran inadvertently persuades an obnoxious child star set to star in Maxwell's revival of "Oliver!" to give up show business. | ||||||
34 | 12 | Take Back Your Mink | Fran Drescher & Peter Marc Jacobson | Lee Shallat-Chemel | November 21, 1994 | |
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. | ||||||
35 | 13 | The Strike | Janis Hirsch | Lee Shallat-Chemel | November 28, 1994 | |
Maxwell and Fran attract unwanted press attention due to an incident on the opening night of Maxwell's latest play: Maxwell forces Fran to cross a picket line. | ||||||
36 | 14 | I've Got a Secret | Eric Cohen | Lee Shallat-Chemel | December 12, 1994 | |
Maxwell refuses to divulge the identity of the celebrity recuperating from surgery in the Sheffields' house. | ||||||
37 | 15 | Kindervelt Days | Frank Lombardi & Dana Reston | Lee Shallat-Chemel | January 2, 1995 | |
Fran receives a surprise when Sylvia sends in a long-lost "Win a Date With Erik Estrada" contest entry form. | ||||||
38 | 16 | Canasta Masta | Dana Reston & Frank Lombardi | Lee Shallat-Chemel | January 9, 1995 | |
After Brighton joins Sylvia's canasta team, Fran is dumped from it. | ||||||
39 | 17 | The Will | Robbie Schwartz (Story), Fran Drescher & Peter Marc Jacboson | Randy Bennett | January 16, 1995 | |
Maxwell draws up a will which states that Fran will remain a 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. | ||||||
40 | 18 | The Nanny Behind the Man | Jerry Perzigian | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Janaury 23, 1995 | |
Maxwell wants to secure the rights to a legendary playwright's latest work, and prepares to wine and dine him. Fran helps out by offering a woman to woo the playwright: Yetta! The two hit it off, and Maxwell is thrilled--until complications begin to arise. | ||||||
41 | 19 | A Fine Friendship | Elieen O'Haire | Lee Shallat-Chemel | February 6, 1995 | |
Fran strikes up a friendship with a male nanny whom she erroneously assumes is gay. | ||||||
42 | 20 | Lamb Chop's On the Menu | Frank Lombardi & Dana Reston |
Lee Shallat-Chemel | Janaury 23, 1995 | |
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. | ||||||
43 | 21 | Close Shave | Elliot Stern | Dorothy Lyman | Janaury 23, 1995 | |
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. | ||||||
44 | 22 | What the Butler Sang | Diane Wilk | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Janaury 23, 1995 | |
Maxwell hears Niles singing and asks him to sing for his backers' audition. Meanwhile, Fran clashes with her sister Nadine. | ||||||
45 | 23 | A Kiss Is Just a Kiss | Elieen O'Hare | Dorothy Lyman | Janaury 23, 1995 | |
Maggie is upset when Fran beats her in a kissing contest. The winner is to appear on an album cover with Billy Ray Cyrus. | ||||||
46 | 24 | Strange Bedfellows | Frank Lombardi & Dana Reston | Dorothy Lyman | Janaury 23, 1995 | |
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. | ||||||
46 | 25 | The Chatterbox | Robert Sternin & Prudence Fraser (Story), Fran Drescher & Peter Marc Jacobson (Story/Teleplay) | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Janaury 23, 1995 | |
Fran takes Maggie to her favorite beauty salon to prepare for a party; while there she arranges a job there for an actress who loses a Sheffield audition. | ||||||
47 | 26 | Fran Gets Mugged | Jayne Hamil & Rick Shaw | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Janaury 23, 1995 | |
A valuable Shakespearian document is taken from Fran when she is mugged in New York's Central Park. |