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S5.E1 ∙ The Morning After

Tue, Sep 30, 1997

To give him more time, Maxwell gives Fran the job to redecorate the kitchen.

7.5 /10

S5.E2 ∙ First Date

Tue, Oct 07, 1997

On their first date Fran must hide from Elton John because of a previous run-in with him.

8.2 /10

S5.E3 ∙ The Bobbi Flekman Story

Tue, Oct 14, 1997

When Maxwell's old partner Bobbi Flekman starts moving in on him, Fran's friends suggest that Maxwell only likes her because she looks like Fran, and she even tells Fran not to talk so much because her voice is so annoying.

7.3 /10

S5.E4 ∙ Fransom

Tue, Oct 21, 1997

After Chester is kidnapped while under Fran's care, she and Val try to find him and end up kidnapped themselves.

7.5 /10

S5.E5 ∙ The Ex-Niles

Tue, Oct 28, 1997

C.C. and Fran visit Dr. Joyce Brothers to decide who is the better woman for Maxwell.

7.3 /10

S5.E6 ∙ A Decent Proposal

Tue, Nov 04, 1997

Maxwell is jealous of Chevy Chase's attention to Fran, but he finds that she brings him luck for his poker game.

7.4 /10

S5.E7 ∙ Mommy and Mai

Tue, Nov 11, 1997

When a Cambodian woman that Fran and Val sponsored as a child visits New York and comes between the two friends, Fran fears she'll come between her and Maxwell too. To stay in the family Frans comes up with a plan to get engaged to Brighton.

7.5 /10

S5.E8 ∙ Fair Weather Fran

Tue, Nov 18, 1997

With Yetta's wedding approaching Fran looks for a new job and gets an audition for a job on television.

7.2 /10

S5.E9 ∙ Educating Fran

Tue, Dec 09, 1997

Fran visits Maggie's school and gets into a relationship with her Jewish philosophy teacher.

7.6 /10

S5.E10 ∙ From Flushing with Love

Tue, Dec 16, 1997

Fran takes Mr. Sheffield to the Fine Family Reunion at Niagara Falls to give both her and Niles the weekend off. Maxwell proposes and then hits his head.

7.8 /10

S5.E11 ∙ Rash to Judgment

Tue, Jan 06, 1998

Fran has a romantic date with Maxwell just as she breaks out and swells up due to an allergic reaction to her mother's squash pasta.

8 /10

S5.E12 ∙ One False Mole and You're Dead

Tue, Jan 13, 1998

Fran has a run-in with actress Margo Lange, who is starring in one of Maxwell's plays, when she discovers that her famous mole is a fake.

7.4 /10

S5.E13 ∙ Call Me Fran

Tue, Jan 20, 1998

Fran's father will not use the basketball tickets that come from Mr. Sheffield. Fran questions her relationships with men and Maxwell agrees to call her Fran.

7.4 /10

S5.E14 ∙ Not Without My Nanny

Tue, Jan 27, 1998

Grace's pen pal, Billy, is the son of the Sultan of Koorestan, a country in the Middle East. Billy has invited Grace for a visit. Despite the fact that Fran would prefer Niles take Grace since Fran could therefore spend time alone with Maxwell, Maxwell talks Fran into escorting Grace alone on this trip. Hence, Maxwell and Fran part company for the time being with an argument hanging between them. With Fran gone, Maxwell is miserable and frustrated about their argument. In Koorestan, Fran initially is homesick despite the fact that the Sultan bears a striking resemblance to a certain Broadway producer. But she begins to love the place. In return, the Sultan seems to love Fran as he asks her to stay forever. Fran politely declines, but the Sultan seems to take whatever measures he deems necessary for Fran to stay. Maxwell decides to head off to Koorestan to see Fran. Upon his arrival, the Sultan denies Fran's suspicions. But there is no denying what Maxwell has to say to Fran.

7.3 /10

S5.E15 ∙ The Engagement

Tue, Mar 03, 1998

Maxwell is ready to propose to Fran and thanks to Niles everyone already knows it. At the big announcement dinner everyone is there except Maxwell.

8.3 /10

S5.E16 ∙ The Dinner Party

Tue, Mar 10, 1998

Maxwell and Fran go shopping for engagement rings while Fran starts to feel that she isn't good enough for Maxwell's friends and lifestyle.

7.6 /10

S5.E17 ∙ Homie-Work

Tue, Mar 17, 1998

When Fran hires a gift wrapper instead of a singer rapper, she has to turn him into a singing sensation.

7.4 /10

S5.E18 ∙ The Reunion Show

Tue, Mar 24, 1998

Fran goes to her high school reunion and finds all of her friends getting divorced while she is engaged.

7.5 /10

S5.E19 ∙ Immaculate Concepcion

Tue, Mar 31, 1998

Maxwell's father dies, leaving his entire estate to a secret love-child, Concepcion.

7.2 /10

S5.E20 ∙ The Pre-Nup

Tue, Apr 28, 1998

Maxwell asks stunned Fran to sign a prenuptial agreement.

7.9 /10

S5.E21 ∙ The Best Man

Tue, May 05, 1998

Maxwell's brother and best man Nigel arrives to throw him a bachelor party. Fran is worried that he will tell Maxwell that they almost got married themselves.

8.1 /10

S5.E22 ∙ The Wedding

Tue, May 12, 1998

Even though Maxwell's family tells Fran that their marriage won't work, Maxwell tells her how much he loves her and that their lives together will never be dull. That night they both fall off their honeymoon yacht.

7.9 /10