Peter Marc Jacobson — Director

Episodes 21

The Pre-nup

60%
April 29, 199824m
5x20

Pressured by his family, Maxwell wants Fran to sign a pre-nup, which upsets her. She thinks he doesn't trust her and/or doesn't have faith their marriage will last forever. Unbelievably, Val is the one that opens her eyes to what's happening and how it is better for Fran to sign it. Brighton has an ice-skating accident and is taken to the hospital, and Fran is not allowed in because she's not his legal guardian. So she disguises herself as a nun (much like in guest Whoopi Goldberg's Sister Act) in order to see him. In the hospital room, Fran tells Brighton, Maggie and Gracie that she loves them like they were hers. After listening to that, Maxwell decides he doesn't want Fran to sign any pre-nup, but the adoption papers that will make Fran the kid's mother. Meanwhile, C.C. sends in a temporary substitute, who walks, talks and acts just like her, for Niles's desperation - until she reveals her taste for men.

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The Wedding, Part 1

62%
May 13, 199824m
5x22

Fran moves to her mom's because she doesn't want Maxwell to see her 24 hours before the wedding. Maxwell's sister arrives for the wedding and says their mother is not coming because she doesn't like Fran, which concerns Maxwell, but after awhile he gets over it, after realizing that it's not important. Fran goes to Jersey to pick up her sexy white negligee that she had ordered specially for their wedding night. On their way back, Val's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, and Sylvia, Val and Fran have to spend the whole day waiting for someone to rescue them. Maxwell is visited by a very special someone: Sara, his late wife, who comes to wish him a happy marriage and confess that she sent Fran into their lives. Val's mother call Maxwell and goes to rescue them.

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The Wedding, Part 2

50%
Season Finale
May 13, 199824m
5x23

Finally, after 5 long years, the wedding day has arrived. Fran spends her last night as a single woman at her mom's house, where Sylvia reads her a letter she wrote to Fran when Fran was born. They both cry. Just a few moments before the wedding, Maxwell's sister Jocelyn tells Fran that the social differences between she and Maxwell will ruin their marriage as it did to hers. At the ceremony, Ms. Babcock tries to give it one last shot and pretends being the bride, but it doesn't work. Fran doesn't show up at the altar, leaving everybody apprehensive about what happened to her. Sylvia goes to her dressing room and finds Fran crying on the couch. Maxwell arrives and Fran tells him that their marriage will never work and decides it will be better if they cancelled it. Max tells Fran that what happened with his sister will not happen to them, because they love each other. He tells Fran all the wonderful things she has and says he will never get bored with them. The wedding proceeds, and Fr

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The Honeymoon's Overboard

60%
September 30, 199824m
6x1

Fran and Maxwell find themselves on a desert island after falling off their honeymoon yacht.

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Fran Gets Shushed

65%
October 7, 199824m
6x2

While trying to learn to live together Fran agrees to be less forward if Maxwell will learn to be less uptight. They both tryout their new personalities at a business dinner meeting.

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Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary

60%
October 14, 199824m
6x3

Brighton wants to go to Atlantic City and his father is totally against it. Fran finds herself torn between being nanny and wife.

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Sara's Parents

62%
October 21, 199824m
6x4

Fran dreads a visit by Sara's parents.

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Maggie's Boyfriend

60%
October 28, 199824m
6x5

Fran couldn't be happier with Maggie's rich, handsome, Jewish, model boyfriend, but when they decide to move in together, Maxwell wants Fran to put her foot down.

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I'm Pregnant

60%
November 4, 199824m
6x6

When Maggie thinks that she is pregnant, Fran takes her to the doctor and finds that she is the expectant mother.

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Mom's the Word

62%
November 11, 199824m
6x7

Fran is excited about the news of her pregnancy though Maxwell doesn't seem to want any more children.

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Making Whoopi

57%
November 18, 199824m
6x8

Fran's devastated after hearing from Dr. Reynolds she was never pregnant at all, that it was a false positive. Maxwell keeps hiding her pregnancy tests to avoid further sadness, and even invites Fran and her relatives to join him on his special appearance on the Hollywood Squares. Val, Sylvia and Yetta advise Fran to go see a herbalist to help Maxwell's swimmers. At the herbal store, Fran buys a special shake that will help Maxwell's little swimmers swim faster and some special cookies that will make them hot for each other. The shake doesn't help, so Dr. Reynolds prescribes hormones for Fran, who also buys an ovulation kit. Her timing couldn't be worse when she starts ovulating right when Maxwell is up on the squares. But nothing that Whoopi Goldberg's dressing room can't fix. Meanwhile, C.C. and Niles accidentally eat the special cookies and feel hot for each other, and Val quits her brightness pills because it was making her too gassy.

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Oh, Say, Can You Ski?

64%
November 25, 199824m
6x9

On a ski trip to Aspen, the Sheffields accept a dinner invitation from the President. Fran's blood test needed to get some antibiotics have some wonderful results.

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The Hanukkah Story

65%
Mid-Season Finale
December 16, 199824m
6x10

While excited about celebrating her first Hanukkah with her new husband and family, Maxwell, C.C. and Gracie have to drive to Boston in a snowstorm. Fran is worried sick when they don't arrive on time after they run off the road.

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The In-Law Who Came Forever

62%
January 6, 199924m
6x11

After Aunt Freida buys her parent's condo, the Fines move into the Sheffield mansion.

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The Yummy Mummy

58%
February 3, 199924m
6x13

Fran finds out that she and Maxwell are having twins and she is disturbed when Brighton doesn't want her go with him on his tour of colleges.

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California, Here We Come

52%
March 31, 199924m
6x14

Maxwell is asked to turn one of his plays into a sitcom and the Sheffields might be moving to California. And her mother may be having an affair.

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The Finale, Part 1

62%
May 12, 199924m
6x21

C.C. flees after Niles proposes again. Fran runs after her and gets stuck in an elevator with her and goes into labor.

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The Finale, Part 2

65%
Season Finale
May 12, 199924m
6x22

C.C. and Niles get married while Fran is in labor and find out that they are also expectant parents. Maggie and Brighton head off to Europe as the Sheffields head to California with the new twins and a new life together.

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Ma'ternal Affairs

52%
June 2, 199924m
6x15

Fran checks into a man that his mother is seeing and coaches her father on spicing up their marriage.

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The Producers

75%
June 9, 199924m
6x16

Fran tries to produce a play written by a friend of Niles and he confesses his love for C.C.

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The Baby Shower

60%
June 23, 199924m
6x20

After her fortune telling hair dresser sees Maxwell in bed with a blonde while in California Fran flies out to check on him. Fran Fine Sheffield also runs into actress Fran Drescher and there is a bit of a resemblance.

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