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* ClipShow: With Fran gone, the rest of the cast spends the episode musing about her antics, with the help of clips from previous episodes.
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* ClipShow: With Fran gone, the rest of the cast spends the majority of the episode musing about her antics, with the help of clips from previous episodes.
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Fran lets Maxwell catch her smoking as part of a ZanyScheme to discourage Maggie from smoking. When Maxwell overreacts, Fran runs away and a ClipShow ensues.
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* BadBadActing: Fran, when Maxwell catches her smoking, up until she gets genuinely offended.
* ClipShow: With Fran gone, the rest of the cast spends the episode musing about her antics, with the help of clips from previous episodes.
* GossipEvolution: Maxwell called Fran stupid. His insult is made progressively worse by the rumor mill, resulting in the RunningGag of him trying to correct it. It's eventually subverted:
-->'''Yetta:''' She got upset when he called her a gorgeous sexy vixen he couldn't live without.\\
'''Maxwell:''' I never said that!\\
'''Yetta:''' Don't you wish you had?
* OrderedApology: Niles insists that Maxwell apologize to Fran. He eventually does so.
* PhoneyCall: Fran tricks Maxwell into thinking she's on the phone with then-First Lady UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, who is supposedly looking for a new nanny for Chelsea. She's found out when Maxwell notices the phone is disconnected.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder:
-->'''Maxwell:''' Oh God, Niles, what have I done?\\
'''Niles:''' Well, let's see: You insulted her intelligence--\\
'''Maxwell:''' It was a rhetorical question, Niles!
* SmokingHotSex: Referenced when Fran talks about having caught Maggie and her boyfriend smoking cigarettes:
-->'''Fran:''' Well, I'm just glad she wasn't smoking because they just had... you know.
** Later, after she's started smoking for her plan:
-->'''Fran:''' Oh boy, does this bring back memories.\\
'''Val:''' You miss smoking?\\
'''Fran:''' No, I miss... you-knowing.
* SmokingIsNotCool: Fran is successful in imparting this message to Maggie.
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* BadBadActing: Fran, when Maxwell catches her smoking, up until she gets genuinely offended.
* ClipShow: With Fran gone, the rest of the cast spends the episode musing about her antics, with the help of clips from previous episodes.
* GossipEvolution: Maxwell called Fran stupid. His insult is made progressively worse by the rumor mill, resulting in the RunningGag of him trying to correct it. It's eventually subverted:
-->'''Yetta:''' She got upset when he called her a gorgeous sexy vixen he couldn't live without.\\
'''Maxwell:''' I never said that!\\
'''Yetta:''' Don't you wish you had?
* OrderedApology: Niles insists that Maxwell apologize to Fran. He eventually does so.
* PhoneyCall: Fran tricks Maxwell into thinking she's on the phone with then-First Lady UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, who is supposedly looking for a new nanny for Chelsea. She's found out when Maxwell notices the phone is disconnected.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder:
-->'''Maxwell:''' Oh God, Niles, what have I done?\\
'''Niles:''' Well, let's see: You insulted her intelligence--\\
'''Maxwell:''' It was a rhetorical question, Niles!
* SmokingHotSex: Referenced when Fran talks about having caught Maggie and her boyfriend smoking cigarettes:
-->'''Fran:''' Well, I'm just glad she wasn't smoking because they just had... you know.
** Later, after she's started smoking for her plan:
-->'''Fran:''' Oh boy, does this bring back memories.\\
'''Val:''' You miss smoking?\\
'''Fran:''' No, I miss... you-knowing.
* SmokingIsNotCool: Fran is successful in imparting this message to Maggie.
