#1
S2E21
Close Shave
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.
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#2
S2E19
A Fine Friendship
Fran strikes up a friendship with a male nanny whom she erroneously assumes is gay.
#3
S2E24
Strange Bedfellows
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.
#4
The Finale: Part 2
S6E22
#5
I Don't Remember Mama
S1E22
#6
Schlepped Away
S1E16
#7
The Two Mrs. Sheffields
S3E9
#8
The Bank Robbery
S4E16
#9
The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother
S1E6
#10
The Whine Cellar
S2E10
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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.
#144
Hurricane Fran
S4E11
#143
Where's Fran?
S3E16
#142
The Taxman Cometh
S4E7
#141
Oy to the World
S3E14
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