"Sunday in the Park with Fran" is the eighteenth episode in the first season of the CBS television series The Nanny which was aired on March 23, 1994.
Synopsis[]
Fran's altercation in the park with a theater critic's son threatens the success of Max's new play.
Plot[]
Maxwell and C.C.'s new play has sold out for opening night, mainly to the audience being Fran's family. C.C. sends gift baskets to all the Broadway critics as a bribe, but gets a return from a notorious one Frank Bradley. Upon hearing that his son is in Gracie's Art Class, C.C. tries to force her to have a playdate with him. Gracie doesn't like him and Fran sides with her and tells Maxwell that she doesn't have to spend time with a kid she doesn't like.
Maxwell initially agrees, but when he hears it's Frank Bradley's son he sides with C.C. Fran Reluctantly supervises the two on a trip to the park, but when Frank Jr. ends up bullying Gracie, Fran hits the spoiled brat bullies with a baguette. Maxwell and C.C. try to defuse the situation by inviting Frank himself over, but when the critic proves just as nasty and abusive to Fran as his son, Maxwell tells him off and kicks him out of the house. Maxwell is happy that he stood up to Frank, but is scared that he'll give the play a bad review out of spite.
Luckily, Frank comes down with food poisoning (caused by the Sheffields' broken refrigerator) on the opening night of the show, prompting a television news team to ask an audience member's opinion--and that audience member turns out to be Fran, who gives the play a glowing review and ensures its success. Maxwell and Fran share their first kiss after the play is declared a hit.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Fran Drescher as Fran Fine
- Lauren Lane as C.C. Babcock
- Daniel Davis as Niles
- Charles Shaughnessy as Maxwell Sheffield
- Nicholle Tom as Margaret Sheffield
- Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Sheffield
- Madeline Zima as Grace Sheffield
Guest Starring[]
- Renée Taylor as Sylvia Fine
- Ann Morgan Guilbert as Yetta Rosenberg
- Rachel Chagall as Valerie Toriello
- Chester Drescher as Chester
Co-Starring[]
- Miko Hughes as Frank Bradley Jr.
- Tia Riebling as Mother in the Park
- Nick Salamone as Announcer
- Dan Aykroyd as Repair Man (uncredited)
- Eric Braeden as Frank Bradley
Quotes[]
- Fran: You had to pack that stupid baguette!
Niles: Baguettes don't hurt people; people hurt people. - Fran: Yes, finger sandwich, Mr. Bradley? A man like you deserves a good finger every now and then.
- C.C.: Well, if your relatives won't come without a feedbag, I'll be happy to give them their money back and sell their tickets on the street.
Niles: I'll drop you off at your usual corner. - Fran: Well, I wish we'd had this conversation out in the garden. The plants would have loved the fertilizer.
- (Fran grabs a bagel from the bread box)
Maggie: Get back, she's armed!
Brighton: (imitating a cop with a megaphone) Put the bagel down and step away from the bread box! - C.C.: I don't think a gift basket is going to get us out of this one. I may have to offer myself.
Niles: Might as well close the play now. - C.C.: I forbid you!
Fran: Forbid, is that the 'f' word I hear?
Grace: That's the 'f' word? What's the big deal? - Gracie: C.C., why does your dog hate you?
Niles: Well, after all, he is a male! - Gracie: I'm not hers . . . Am I?
Fran: No, angel! You don't shed your skin.
Trivia[]
- When Dan Aykroyd enters as the repairman, he says his company's name is "Frost Busters," but the closed caption says "Trashbusters."
- This is the first time Maxwell and Fran kissed.
- Maggie wears the same dress she wore to her father’s party in the Pilot to the opening night of the play.
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