2024-10-02
Fran provides refuge for her sister (Ellen Ratner), whose marriage has broken up. But the siblings don't get along harmoniously. Fran: Fran Drescher. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. C.C.: Lauren Lane. (Repeat).
Fran enters a kissing contest to be the cover girl for an album recorded by Billy Ray Cyrus (who appears as himself). Maggie: Nicholle Tom. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Manager: David Carpenter. Val: Rachel Chagall. Sean: Scott Whyte. (Repeat).
Tyne Daly plays Fran's friend, a veteran nanny whose retirement causes Fran to worry about her own future. Fran: Fran Drescher. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Addy: Adeline Drescher. Lupe: Irene Olga Lopez. Niles: Daniel Davis. C.C.: Lauren Lane. (Repeat).
Fran helps a struggling actress (Tracy Nelson) snag a job at a Queens hair salon called The Chatterbox. Mr. Anthony: Patrick Cassidy. Kim: Lauren Tom. Claude: Edward Hibbert. Mimo: J.D. Daniels. Sylvia: Renee Taylor. Maggie: Nicholle Tom. (Repeat).
Fran's purse is snatched, and, alas, the bag contained a Shakespearean document belonging to Maxwell. Fran: Fran Drescher. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Det. Shoenfeld: William Bumiller. Mugger: Alex Nevil. Niles: Daniel Davis. (Repeat).
Embellishments to her life story make Fran reluctant to meet her pen pal in person. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Niles: Daniel Davis. C.C.: Lauren Lane. Maggie: Nicholle Tom. Brighton: Benjamin Salisbury. Grace: Madeline Zima. (Repeat).
C.C.'s brother (Michael McKean), a college professor, bets his sister that he can get Fran on "Jeopardy!" Alex Trebek has a cameo, as does Roger Clinton. C.C.: Lauren Lane. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Niles: Daniel Davis. (Repeat).
Fran---and her mother---are dazzled by a charming gentleman, who's revealed to be something else when he takes Fran to buy a diamond. Fran: Fran Drescher. Sylvia: Renee Taylor. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Yetta: Ann Guilbert. (Repeat).
A feud between Fran's mom and aunt sours Maggie's sweet-16 party. Freida: Lainie Kazan. Sylvia: Renee Taylor. Fran: Fran Drescher. Maggie: Nicholle Tom. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Niles: Daniel Davis. C.C.: Lauren Lane. (Repeat).
Feeling the need for a life outside the Sheffields' townhouse, Fran moves into a dingy little apartment with Val (Rachel Chagall). Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Sylvia: Renee Taylor. Landlord: David L. Lander. Dr. Briskin: David Bowe. (Repeat).
Fran responds to her ex-fiancé's engagement by going on a shopping spree. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Niles: Daniel Davis. C.C.: Lauren Lane. Val: Rachel Chagall. Salesperson: Adrienne Brett. (Repeat).
Maxwell is attracted to his new publicist, but he's decidedly not her preference. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Fran: Fran Drescher. Niles: Daniel Davis. C.C.: Lauren Lane. Maggie: Nicholle Tom. Brighton: Benjamin Salisbury. Grace: Madeline Zima. (Repeat).
Legal problems arise when Fran throws a party during Maxwell's absence. Milton Berle guests as Fran's uncle Manny. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Val: Rachel Chagall. Niles: Daniel Davis. Judge: Allan Rich. Jeff: Kane Picoy. C.C.: Lauren Lane. (Repeat).
In order to provoke his overbearing mother, Maxwell proposes to Fran (Fran Drescher). Elizabeth: Dina Merrill. C.C.: Lauren Lane. Niles: Daniel Davis. Maggie: Nicholle Tom. Grace: Madeline Zima. (Repeat).
Fran (Fran Drescher) considers having a baby sans husband. Nikki: Donna Dixon. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Sylvia: Renee Taylor. C.C.: Lauren Lane. Val: Rachel Chagall. Grace: Madeline Zima. (Repeat).
Brighton faints while filming Fran's cousin's bris and Fran sends it to Hollywood. Everybody visits Hollywood and Fran keeps getting thrown off the Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman set. (Repeat).
Fran thinks it would be a good idea to send Maggie to a collective farm in Israel for the holidays. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Sylvia: Renee Taylor. Fran: Fran Drescher. (Repeat).
Fran suspects that the guy she's dating (Burke Moses) may be involved in some shady business. Fran Drescher. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Niles: Daniel Davis. C.C.: Lauren Lane. (Repeat).
Maxwell hires Fran to be the costume supervisor of a benefit production. Fashion designer Todd Oldham has a cameo. Fran: Fran Drescher. (Repeat).
Fran walks out after Maxwell insults her, and the search for her is interwoven with clips from previous episodes. Roger Clinton has a cameo. Maxwell: Charles Shaughnessy. Niles: Daniel Davis. Val: Rachel Chagall. Sylvia: Renee Taylor. (Repeat).
The queens must lead Drag Con panel discussions about the multi-faceted world of menz: dating, fatherhood, and toxic masculinity; comedian Nicole Byer guest judges. (Repeat).
The queens impersonate celebrities in the legendary Snatch Game. Drag Race royalty Raven and actress Dove Cameron ("Descendants") play the game. (Repeat).
RuPaul introduces a twist that leaves the dolls gagging. (Repeat).
Featuring the most romantic musical of all time, "Moulin Ru." Singer Andra Day ("The United States vs. Billie Holiday") guest judges; actor Leslie Jordan ("Will & Grace") guest stars. (Repeat).
Tootie begins to think long and hard about her race and how she's being treated at Eastland, thanks to a new boy whom Tootie took an interest in. Tootie soon begins to shun Natalie, Jo and Blair and even backs out of a dance contest because her dance partner is white. (Repeat).
Blair is embarrassed by her disabled cousin (played by Geri Jewell, who has cerebral palsy), but her friends find the girl simply charming. Blair: Lisa Whelchel. Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. Natalie: Mindy Cohn. (Repeat).
It's Edna's birthday and the girls want to buy her a gift. Blair told them that she would buy the gift but Jo, Natalie, and Tootie decide to buy their own gift. They decide to buy a cool Hawaiian shirt for Mrs. Garrett because it's on sale. When they go to the store they find the sale has ended. Jo decided to steal the shirt. Later, Mrs. Garrett decides to return the shirt and discovers it was sto
Jo considers eloping with her boyfriend. First of two parts. Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. Blair: Lisa Whelchel. Tootie: Kim Fields. Natalie: Mindy Cohn. Bink: Brian Fuld. (Repeat).
Conclusion. Mrs. Garrett tries to delay the wedding while she reaches the mother of the bride-to-be (Nancy McKeon). Blair: Lisa Whelchel. Howard: Hugh Gillin. Eddie: Clark Brandon. Manager: Bill Dana. (Repeat).
Tootie circulates rumors to gain attention, one of which could get Mrs. Garrett fired. Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. Blair: Lisa Whelchel. Cindy: Julie Anne Haddock. (Repeat).
Blair loses a school election to a bright new student (Denise Halma). Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. Jo: Nancy McKeon. Natalie: Mindy Cohn. Tootie: Kim Fields. (Repeat).
After Natalie's first date with a boy, she is beset with invitations from his schoolmates. Natalie: Mindy Cohn. Neil: Dan Spector. Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. Tootie: Kim Fields. (Repeat).
Shortly after winning an award, Jo learns that her jailbird father, is getting paroled and that he would like to attend the awards ceremony. However, an ashamed Jo, tries to keep her father from attending as well as tries to keep secret the fact that her dad is in prison. (Repeat).
Mrs. Garrett's musician son, Alex stops by Eastland for a visit, with tales about how he rubs elbows with other musicians like Neil Diamond and Carly Simon. However, Blair smells a rat when she contradicts one of his stories and when she learns that Mrs. Garrett is still supporting him. (Repeat).
A fashion photographer singles out Tootie to be his new "High Fashion Face." Dutton: John Mark Robinson. Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. Blair: Lisa Whelchel. Nancy: Felice Schachter. (Repeat).
Alex Garrett's stories about his musical career have Natalie on the verge of following in his footsteps. Alex: Tom Fitzsimmons. Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. (Repeat).
Tootie and Natalie go to visit Tootie's aunt Sylvia. However, they are unaware they are showing up right in the middle of a fight. Sylvia and her husband are an interacial couple and Sylvia has just gotten a job offer in New York and Brian is not to happy about moving. (Repeat).
Tootie, ever tired of being treated like a kid, thinks that drinking will prove that she's mature. Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. Blair: Lisa Whelchel. (Repeat).
Mama (Vicki Lawrence) joins Bubba (Allan Kayser) at night school to get her high-school diploma. Mr. Tucker: John Ingle. Vint: Ken Berry. Naomi: Dorothy Lyman. (Repeat).
Mama becomes hooked on TV-shopping services and the family tries to break her of the habit. Travis: Mark Neely. Vint: Ken Berry. Naomi: Dorothy Lyman. (Repeat).