Great Moments in Nanny History

Season Five

    
     

5.16 The Dinner Party

written by: Ivan Menchell

It's the morning after the engagement, and Niles and Fran are kvelling over Fran's new status.	Niles takes care of telling C.C. about the engagement for them. He sends a message to her house. Fran and Maxwell are engaged, it looks like you're a loser. She'll be happy all her days and you'll become a boozer.
Sylvia arrives and Max assures them all that he intends to take Fran ring shopping that day to replace the pop top he had given her.

Fran and Max go to Uncle Stanley's jewelry store first, but Max is not real impressed with the quality of his stuff.

So they go to Cartier's instead, picking out a good one.

The kids are suitably impressed.

And so is C.C. C.C.: They ain't married yet, I haven't seen a ring. Niles: Then C.C. Babcock come on down! C.C.: Well, it's ... beautiful. I have to get back to work.

The engagement even made Liz Smith's column. Fran: Maxwell Sheffield, Tony Award winner, is marrying... the help. Max: Well you know the old saying, it doesn't matter what they say as long as they spell your name right. Fran: Fran Fone. But they also got an invitation to the social event of the season addressed to both of them so Fran was appeased.

Fran, Val and Sylvia go shopping for a dress for the event. Sylvia tries on a little number for herself. Sylvia: What? No good?

While her back is turned, Niles slips in and replaces Grace on the couch. C.C.: I'm so alone in this world. The only men I ever meet are the ones I audition. Do you know how many straight chorus boys there are in this town? I do! The only thing I have to look forward to is saying goodbye to Niles. Maxwell told me they were gonna fire him when they got married. I knew you were there, you reek of Tilex.

Grace counsels C.C. to forget Max and move on with her life.

That night before the party, Fran is a little nervous. Niles reassures her that she has style and flair and will be fine. Fran: Oh Niles, it's just all so romantic. It's so magical, he treats me like a princess. [the car horn honks insistently] I'm comin'!! Oh we are so married!	At the party, Fran thinks things are going pretty well until.....
	She overhears the maids discussing her. Do you believe how they are ripping apart Maxwell Sheffield's fiancée?

The next day, Fran is discussing her embarrassment with her mother when Max comes in. He wants to hold a dinner party for that crowd as potential investors for Fran to charm. But Fran knows the truth of what they think of her and is terrified.

Fran is crying in the park, worried about being an embarrassment to Max, when she meets a homeless person who tries to cheer her up. He reminds her that she has so much to be grateful for, that this is a minor problem in comparison. Fran gives him her address to come by if ever he is hungry and needs a handout.

The night of the party arrives and no one shows up. Fran breaks it to Max that they all hated her and that she is the reason they didn't come.

But then, one person shows up, Fran's homeless guy from the park. Turns out he was Preston Collier, not homeless at all, but a very wealthy man. He wants to invest in Max's show since Max obviously has fabulous taste!

I wanna see the next set of Great Moments in Nanny History pictures!

I wanna go back to the Great Moments in Nanny History Index

Back to The Really Unofficial Nanny Home Page

Just The Way You Are