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The Nanny Season 6 Episodes
Season 6 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1998 - 1999
Episode 1
The Honeymoon's Overboard
Wed, Sep 30, 199830 mins
On Fran and Maxwell's honeymoon aboard the yacht, Fran falls overboard and Maxwell jumps in to rescue her. They manage to make it to a deserted island. There, they have some good times and bad times in their survival, but the worst ends up being a poisonous bite that Maxwell receives. He thinks he's going to die, but luckily for him, Fran watched daytime television in the past which gave her the necessary skills to tend to his illness. Meanwhile, they are noticed missing when the yacht docked at its first port without them. The Sheffield kids, Sylvia and Niles fear the worst. After a week of the Coast Guard not being able to locate any sign of Fran and Maxwell dead or alive, C.C. decides to take matters into her own hands.
Episode 2
Fran Gets Shushed
Wed, Oct 7, 199830 mins
During their first night together in the house, Maxwell "shushes" Fran because he thinks she's making too much noise and that she'll be heard by the kids. Basically, Maxwell thinks that Fran is too "loud" and Fran thinks that Maxwell is too uptight. They get into a terrible argument about what is to them a fundamental aspect of each other's real selves. After speaking to their respective confidantes--Fran with Sylvia and Maxwell with Niles--each decides to compromise to make their marriage work. The first test is a business party at which Maxwell needs Fran to be on her best behavior since the party's host, playwright Wendell Kent, might offer Maxwell a lucrative production. As usual, Maxwell's main competition for the job is Andrew Lloyd Webber. Things seem to be going well for the Sheffields--Kent is enthralled with vivacious Fran--until they get locked in the bathroom together. Maxwell doesn't want to draw attention to themselves by Fran yelling for help, yet he really needs to relieve himself, something the uptight part of him can't do in front on anyone, including his wife. In accommodating her husband, Fran is the cause of an incident which costs Maxwell the job. Because of the severity of the incident, Fran and Maxwell decide that they are better off being themselves in their marriage. But Maxwell is later grateful for Fran helping him get out of the job.
Episode 3
Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary
Wed, Oct 14, 199830 mins
During a disagreement in a parenting issue with Brighton, Maxwell accidentally calls Fran the N word--nanny--and she gets upset. Sylvia suggests that she get back at him by doing what any good wife would do in this situation--withhold sex--but she finds this tactic more difficult than the intended effect on Maxwell. They eventually make up as it's nothing that some new, expensive jewelry can't fix. Later on national television, Maxwell talks about his new wife in a not-so-flattering way, again referring to her as the nanny. Again Fran is hurt, and again Maxwell needs to buy Fran some expensive jewelry to get himself out of the doghouse. To exit this cycle, Fran hires another nanny: Nanny Bower. With all this free time on her hands, Fran does what the first Mrs. Sheffield used to do: hang out at the country club; she quickly learns that she's not cut out for country-club life. Nanny Bower also quickly realizes that the Sheffield house does not really require a nanny. Maxwell and Fran come to the conclusion that Fran is indeed the nanny, but now in another name: Mom.
Episode 4
Sara's Parents
Wed, Oct 21, 199830 mins
Sara's proper, uptight parents Roberta and Ernest (Fran calls them Bert and Ernie) will be visiting. Maxwell has told them nothing about Fran and himself. Upon Roberta and Ernest's arrival, Maxwell and Fran must quickly tell them about their marriage to overcome an otherwise embarrassing situation. But Fran wants to win them over before she and Maxwell tell them about Fran adopting the kids. She thinks things are going well--until she tells them about the adoption. Roberta forbids it and threatens to take Maxwell and Fran to court. Fran is worried that she will be proved unfit-mother material because of all her past indiscretions. But perhaps Roberta and Ernest's concern has less to do with Fran as a person and more with their future connection with their grandchildren. Elsewhere, Yetta thinks that Niles is her husband.
Episode 5
Maggie's Boyfriend
Wed, Oct 28, 199830 mins
Maggie is nervous and excited about bringing her Jewish boyfriend Michael over to the house to meet Maxwell and Fran for the first time. Maxwell wants Fran to appear to Michael to be a demure mother figure. When Michael comes over, he and Maggie seem to be very serious about each other, which is exciting Fran. Maxwell on the other hand is furious at Fran for being so liberal with Maggie's life. Maxwell states that Maggie needs a mother, not a friend. Indeed, Maggie states to Fran that she and Michael are going to move into together, again Maxwell blaming Fran for not being more mother-like in her advice to Maggie. To appease Maxwell, Sylvia suggests to Fran that she try old fashioned Jewish guilt to get Maggie to move back home. But guilt doesn't work. But perhaps old fashioned reverse psychology may.
Episode 6
I'm Pregnant
Wed, Nov 4, 199830 mins
Fran and Maxwell know that Maggie and Michael are having sex with each other. How do Maggie's parents know this?: because Fran and Maxwell find them in bed together. Maxwell isn't too happy; he wants Fran to talk to Maggie about what she's doing. Before Fran can do so, Maggie in turn wants to talk to Fran about a problem she's having: she thinks she's pregnant. Before telling Maxwell, Fran wants Maggie to be be sure and makes her take a home pregnancy test. But as Maxwell catches Maggie with the test, he would prefer that Maggie know for sure by going to a gynecologist for a test. With Fran in tow, Maggie gets the test done. Despite being late, Maggie is not showing any other signs of being pregnant. But someone else is showing signs of being pregnant, that being Fran. But Fran learns, pregnant or not, that Maxwell doesn't want to be a new father or grandfather at this stage of his life. Meanwhile, Niles and C.C. are in negotiations for him to buy her classic car.
Episode 7
Mom's the Word
Wed, Nov 11, 199830 mins
Fran is hesitating telling Maxwell about being pregnant. But Sylvia, Niles and C.C. all know. Fran finally decides to set the right mood to tell him, and before she can blurt it out, he reiterates his stance that he doesn't want another child. In tears, she finally tells him; because she's so upset, she runs off. She commiserates with another mother in Central Park when she starts to have abdominal pains. She's rushed to the hospital. There, Maxwell reassures her that he does indeed want a child, something he didn't know until he learned they were about to have one. Unfortunately, Fran and Maxwell will have to wait for another pregnancy. Meanwhile, Brighton and Yetta go to the movie theater together. Unsure who's looking after who, they both lose each other, which they're afraid to tell anyone about.
Episode 8
Making Whoopi
Wed, Nov 18, 199830 mins
Fran and Maxwell learn that Fran didn't lose the baby - she never had it to begin with. Hers was a false pregnancy. However that doesn't make the news of "no baby" any easier to hear. But Fran and Maxwell, having originally thought she was pregnant, are now in mindset of wanting a child. Fran in particular is desperate to get pregnant and will do whatever she can to help that process along. She goes to see a Chinese herbalist, Dr. Fu, who prescribes some magic herbs. But Fran also learns that she and Maxwell have to abstain from sex until she's ovulating. Meanwhile, Maxwell learns that he's been approached to be a celebrity panelist on Hollywood Squares (1998) (they couldn't get Andrew Lloyd Webber), so he, Fran, Sylvia, Yetta and Val traipse off to California. Regardless of if Maxwell is having a good time on the show (he isn't), Fran drags him off the set during the middle of the show for more important matters: she's ovulating. Elsewhere, C.C. and Niles both fall under the spell of Dr. Fu's aphrodisiac almond cookies.
Episode 9
Oh, Say, Can You Ski?
Wed, Nov 25, 199830 mins
Fran is obsessing about not being pregnant. To get her mind off this fact, Maxwell thinks Fran needs to get away on a vacation. She doesn't really want to, until Maxwell tells her that he has managed to get the whole family invited to a state dinner in Aspen with President Bill Clinton. In Aspen, Fran makes quite the impression on the Clintons, whereas Maxwell came across as a babbling idiot. Fran made such an impression that the Clintons have invited her to go skiing with them. The problem: Fran doesn't know how to ski. After Fran has some problems at ski school, Maxwell ends up teaching her. However in a mishap, Fran and Maxwell get caught in an out of bounds area and are lost. To keep warm, Fran and Maxwell decide to get close to each other. They are rescued, and Fran eventually learns how to ski. But just as she's about to go skiing with the Clintons, Fran instead decides to spend time with Maxwell since she learned that their time lost was productive in more ways than one.
Episode 10
The Hanukkah Story
Wed, Dec 16, 199830 mins
It's the December holiday season. Maxwell's sister Jocelyn drops by unexpectedly from London to meet up with a new boyfriend; it doesn't go as she hopes. Meanwhile, Maxwell has made plans to go to Boston for a one-day business trip on the first day of Hanukkah. Fran is upset that he forgot about spending what she considers the most important day of the holiday season with the family. But the entire family won't be at home for the first day of Hanukkah either as, in addition to C.C., Maxwell is taking Grace with him to Boston. On the first day of Hanukkah, both Fran and Maxwell individually remember what the holidays were like in their respective childhoods; Maxwell's memories are enough for him to realize that he'd rather be home. As Maxwell, C.C., and Grace are driving along during a blizzard, Maxwell calls Fran on his cell phone to tell her that they're on their way home--but Fran overhears what she thinks is Maxwell accidentally driving off the road. She's right, and she and the family are worried for their loved ones. Meanwhile, Maxwell, C.C. and Grace are alright, but they are stranded without any way of getting hold of anyone (the phone has gone dead), and with what Maxwell thinks is enough gas in the car to keep the motor running for about an hour - an hour of warmth. But it's Hanukkah, the season of miracles.
Episode 11
The In-Law Who Came Forever
Wed, Jan 6, 199930 mins
Fran's wealthy Aunt Freida did not attend Maxwell and Fran's wedding out of protest since she was not allowed to sing at the festivities. Knowing that it was Sylvia's decision to not allow Freida to sing, Freida has retaliated by buying Sylvia and Morty's apartment building and subsequently evicting her brother and sister-in-law--so they decide to move into the Sheffields' mansion. Initially Maxwell is livid, whereas Fran is somewhat looking forward to some nearby motherly love. However, each takes a 180-degree turn when Sylvia continually criticizes Fran, leading her to binge-eat, whereas Sylvia ends up being the mother that Maxwell never really had. Fran thinks that she should be the mother that Maxwell never had. This turn of events is just a little too much for Maxwell to handle, who wants his life back to the way things were before the Fines moved in. Fran figures the only way to get Sylvia and Morty back into their old apartment is to manufacture Freida singing at their wedding, which she manages to do with a little help from the Sheffield kids and a video camera. Meanwhile, Niles tries everything in his power to get Maxwell and C.C. to hire him for a photo shoot that requires a very masculine male model.
Episode 12
The Fran in the Mirror
Wed, Jan 20, 199930 mins
Rodney Pembroke, Maxwell's rich, boisterous friend, comes to New York for a visit. With Rodney, Fran sees probably one of the few times that Maxwell has ever let loose. During Rodney's visit, Maxwell is unexpectedly called away to London, but Rodney tells Fran that Maxwell forgot to give him an investment check for $1 million. Against C.C.'s advice, Fran does write Rodney the check. Shortly thereafter, Fran learns that Rodney is broke and has squandered away all his and other friends' money. When Fran asks for her money back, Rodney tells her a story about one bad investment he made which ruined his life and asks her to have a little faith. She does. When Maxwell returns from London, he already knows about Rodney's unfortunate financial situation, so Fran needs to tread lightly when she tells him she invested their $1 million with Rodney. Although Maxwell is upset with Fran for doing so, Rodney may come through for them in the end. Concurrent with Rodney's visit, Fran tries to impress a headmistress of a prestigious school so that Grace can be admitted. Niles learns that he has inherited an estate and title from a long, lost relative, and as such is on a work slowdown; he will quit work when he gets the money. And Val gets a new job working at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
Episode 13
The Yummy Mummy
Wed, Feb 3, 199930 mins
Fran goes for a sonogram. She wants to know the baby's gender; Maxwell doesn't. To take her mind off the wait to hear about the baby's gender, Fran decides to accompany Brighton on his visits to colleges, much to his chagrin. At Harvard, Brighton ends up getting into a heated argument with other prospective students when they talk about Fran in a sexual way. Brighton politely asks Fran not to accompany him on future college visits, but he refuses to tell her why. Hurt, she thinks she embarrassed him, probably by saying or doing something stupid. By chance, Fran manages to spend some quality time with Lynn Redgrave, who gives her a crash course in intelligence and class, although Fran thinks it's a futile task. Brighton later tells Fran the real reason he doesn't want her to come along, which is a big relief to her. Meanwhile, the sonogram reveals unexpected information; and when C.C. starts dating someone who treats her exactly like Niles does, Niles gets jealous and decides to make a grand declaration to her.
Episode 14
California, Here We Come
Wed, Mar 31, 199930 mins
One of Maxwell's plays may be picked up to be made into a movie. If so, the Sheffields are moving to California. They dread telling Sylvia, but she seems to be fine with the news. Donna Douglas convinces Fran that Sylvia is putting on an act and in reality her heart is breaking. Just as Maxwell is about the sign the contract, Fran stops him since she doesn't want to leave Sylvia behind in New York. The studio boss, Maury Sherry, suggests they bring the senior Fines to live in Beverley Hills with them. When Sylvia hears the news, she tries to convince Fran that she really wants Fran to live her own life as she needs, and if Beverley Hills is where she needs to be, so be it. But Sylvia is staying put. Fran infers from this that Sylvia is dying. Fran learns second hand that Sylvia has been going to the hospital on a regular basis. Confronting Sylvia, Fran learns that Sylvia is not dying. So the only plausible explanation for her hospital visits is that she's having an affair.
Episode 15
Ma'ternal Affairs
Wed, Jun 2, 199930 mins
After Fran, under an assumed name, visits the kind and handsome Dr. Razzo who Sylvia has been seeing regularly, Sylvia admits that she's having an affair with him. On the cusp of their fortieth anniversary, Sylvia feels that Morty pays her no attention. She is feeling not only unloved, but worse in her mind she is feeling neglected. Fran decides to talk to Morty to try and get him to treat Sylvia more romantically. Although he tries, he feels that romantic just isn't him. Perhaps the only thing that can save Morty and Sylvia's marriage is for him to take the advice of a kind and handsome doctor. Meanwhile, C.C., the dictatorial director of Grace's grammar school stage production, needs to find a replacement to play an old haggard man. She believes she's found the perfect person for the role.
Episode 16
The Producers
Wed, Jun 9, 199930 mins
Niles want to produce a play written by his friend. He doesn't want to produce it solely in a want to be a producer, but he wants to impress his true love: C.C. To help her friend achieve his goal of winning C.C. (although she admittedly doesn't understand the attraction), Fran decides to co-produce the show with Niles. Since the names Niles and Fran mean nothing in the show business world, they decide to use the name Sheffield/Babcock Productions to at least get their foot in the door. Even at that, the production has a few bumps, such as only being able to hire an aging former soap opera star in the lead role of the 24-year old ingénue. But Niles and Fran get into serious trouble when due to their lack of business acumen, Sheffield/Babcock Productions ends up being sued for $250,000. They try and hide this fact from both C.C. and Maxwell without success. Luckily Maxwell, although angry, manages to rectify their business mistakes in the production. But in the end, the show does go on. Feeling buoyed by this minor success and egged on by Fran, Niles is about to confess his love to C.C. Instead, he blurts out something completely different to her.
Episode 17
The Dummy Twins
Wed, Jun 16, 199930 mins
After Niles blurts out a marriage proposal to C.C., she flatly turns him down. Niles is devastated and angry at Fran for pushing him into this situation. Fran thinks Niles' mistake was that he took things too quickly with C.C. Fran suggests he court C.C., first by asking her out to dinner. C.C. reluctantly agrees. But at dinner, Niles proposes once again, and C.C. turns him down once again. Humiliated, Niles feels he can't be around C.C. anymore and quits his job. After a heated argument with Niles, C.C. realizes that she too has outstayed her welcome at the Sheffield house and quits as well. But in the middle of the night when Fran and Maxwell rush to Niles' room to convince him to stay, they find they can't interrupt him during this important moment in his life. Meanwhile, Margot - Dr. Reynolds' sister who is filling in for her conference bound sister - provides Maxwell and Fran with two baby dolls so that they can practice being parents to twins.
Episode 18
Yetta's Letters
Wed, Jun 16, 199930 mins
Fran and Maxwell are aghast after they find Niles and C.C. in bed together. Luckily Niles and C.C. didn't see Fran and Maxwell. With this new turn of events, both Niles and C.C. rescind their respective resignations. Meanwhile, Maxwell's latest play closes prematurely without making it to Broadway. In place, he's looking for a new production to mount. Fran thinks that the love letters that Yetta wrote to her true love - a dining room captain on the ship she took when she emigrated to the US to meet her prearranged marriage partner, that being Fran's eventual Grandfather - would make great material for a play. Without reading the letters, Maxwell thinks not. However, Andrew Lloyd Webber thinks they would; the letters were mistakenly sent to him. Webber is in negotiations with Yetta for the rights. However, Sylvia tells them that she has Yetta's power of attorney. Sylvia ends up not being a push-over in her own negotiations with her son-in-law. However, Maxwell eventually does get the rights and mounts the musical instead of Webber. It's a huge hit. For the first time, Maxwell has beaten his arch rival. The next step is to make the musical into a movie, but someone may have beaten him to the punch.
Episode 19
Maggie's Wedding
Wed, Jun 23, 199930 mins
Since he has a long term modeling contract in Japan, Michael asks Maggie to marry him so that she can go with him. She excitedly accepts. Fran is ecstatic, but Maxwell thinks Maggie is too young and forbids her to marry him. However, Fran and Maggie are able to convince Maxwell that she loves him enough that the marriage will work. Just before the ceremony, Fran learns that Michael's cousin will be attending the wedding. His cousin is James Brolin which means that Barbra Streisand will also be there. Excited, Fran goes into premature labor. Although the labor is false and the ceremony is postponed, Fran is stuck in the hospital recuperating while Barbra is at the house. Fran sneaks back to the house, however Maxwell got Barbra to meet her at the hospital. So, Fran never does meet her idol. But the wedding does go off without a hitch. Meanwhile, Fran and Maxwell know that Niles and C.C. have been continuing their romantic liaison following catching them in bed together. C.C. eventually finds out that they know.
Episode 20
The Baby Shower
Wed, Jun 23, 199930 mins
Libby, the receptionist at the Chatterbox, tells Fran and Val their fortunes. Val's is good: the letter "F", which Val attributes to Fred the pharmacist, a condo and lots of babies. Fran's is not so good: Maxwell in bed in Beverley Hills with a sexy, leggy blond with piercing blue eyes. In Fran's hormonal state, she's devastated with this prediction. It becomes even worse as Val's prediction seems to be coming true when she and Fred start dating. It seems like Fran's prediction is also moving toward reality when Maxwell is called off to Beverley Hills on a business trip. What's more, he taking along with him a sexy, leggy blue-eyed blond: C.C. Not only is Fran concerned, but now so is Niles. They decide to go out to Beverley Hills themselves and see if Maxwell and C.C. end up together in bed. When they arrive in Beverley Hills, Fran manages to sneak into Maxwell's room, and Niles manages to sneak into C.C.'s room. Although Fran does catch Maxwell in bed with a blue-eyed blond, it's not quite what she had originally pictured. Meanwhile, Brighton, who has been accepted to Harvard, decides he wants to take a year off from school to travel the world to find himself.
Episode 21
The Finale: Part 1
Wed, May 12, 199930 mins
Maxwell and Fran will soon be celebrating their first wedding anniversary, yet without Fran having given birth. Fran is a little anxious and a lot uncomfortable. To get her mind off the pregnancy, Fran decides to plan an anniversary party. There, the romantic mood makes Niles propose to C.C. yet again. This time, C.C. does not turn him down, but she runs off without giving him an answer. Fran runs after C.C. to find out what's on her mind. Catching up to her in the elevator, C.C. admits to Fran that she doesn't understand why Niles wants to marry her. Quickly thereafter, the two get stuck in the malfunctioning elevator, followed by Fran going into labor. Their time in captivity is spent by Fran trying to talk C.C. into marrying Niles, punctuated by screams of labor pains. When they find out about Fran and C.C., Maxwell, the kids and Niles - with the elevator repairman in tow - rush off to save their loved ones. At the closed elevator door, C.C. gives Niles her answer. They just have to pry open the door and get Fran to the hospital.
Episode 22
The Finale: Part 2
Wed, May 12, 199930 mins
A nervous Fran is in the hospital almost ready to give birth to the twins. Meanwhile, C.C. is also glad to be at the hospital since she's been vomiting ever since she accepted Niles' marriage proposal earlier that evening. She wonders if nausea is due to the proposal itself affecting her mental state. Fran convinces her that she's just nervous about being married. So to get over the nerves, C.C. and Niles decide to get married in Fran's hospital room right in the middle of her delivery. Although the nausea does subside after the ceremony, C.C. learns her nausea is due to something more natural. Back with Fran, she finally gets her nine month wish of getting the babies out of her: she gives birth to two beautiful babies. This act is the beginning of the next phase for the Sheffields, with Maggie and Brighton heading off to Europe, and Fran, Maxwell, Grace and the two babies - Jonah Samuel and Eve Katherine - heading to a California for their new life.