Recap / The Nanny S 3 E 7 Oy Vey Youre Gay

Maxwell hires a gorgeous publicist named Sydney Mercer to improve his image when Andrew Lloyd Webber gets the better of him again. Maxwell easily falls for Sydney, but the catch is that Sydney is a lesbian and is more interested in Fran.

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• Ambiguously Bi: After the mixup with Sydney is cleared up, Fran still asks if Sydney is Jewish after she reveals she would have asked her out. When she answers by the negative, Fran remarks that they could have made her mother really happy.
• Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Maxwell at the beginning, complete with bad Rod Stewart impression!
• Artistic License – Economics: In-universe:
  Maxwell: I've produced more plays than he [Webber] has.
  Fran: Yeah, and your plays are better than his 'cause you can always get tickets for yours and his are sold out for months!
  Maxwell: [Death Glare]
  Fran: What?
• Chaos While They're Not Looking: When Fran learns from Niles that Maxwell is at a party the race each other for the unoccupied jacuzzi.
• Comically Missing the Point: While trying to bring up the topic of Sydney being gay, Fran asks what would Mr.Sheffield would think of a gorgeous woman in her thirties who never got married, He answers that she will eventually meet someone. It also derail the conversation, as Fran is now more focused on how Maxwell called her gorgeous leading her to drop the news about Sydney without tact, just so they could go back to talking about herself.
• Didn't Think This Through: Upon hearing that Sydney is gay, Fran immediately hug her while saying "Thanks God!" and only realize what she just done when Sydney isn't letting her go.
• Do I Really Sound Like That?: Due to an echo, Fran hears her own voice.
• Drowning My Sorrows: Maxwell drinks too much as a result of being unable to charm a woman. Fran tells him that his wedding ring is kind of a turn-off.
• Eek, a Mouse!!: While Fran is trying to climb up the elevator shaft:
  Fran: Oh, my God! Oh, my God! There's a rat! There's a rat!
  Maxwell: Just remember he's more afraid of you than you are of him.
  Fran: Oh, I don't think so. Right now he's looking at my hair thinking, "Is that a one-bedroom or a two?"
• Elevator Failure: Fran and Maxwell at the end.
• Even the Girls Want Her: Sydney towards Fran.
• Five-Second Foreshadowing: A hungover Mr. Sheffield gets a moment's notice to dread the impending sound of Fran's voice.
• Hair of the Dog: Played for Laughs with Niles' hangover remedy.
  Maxwell: It isn't working.
  Niles: So sorry, forgot the hair of the dog. (pulls on C.C.'s hair)
  C.C.: Ow!
• Hangover Sensitivity: Poor Maxwell. Fran's voice certainly didn't help!
• Hell-Bent for Leather: Sydney gets Maxwell to dress this way
• Hideous Hangover Cure: Niles cooks one up for Maxwell.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Fran tries to take this approach with regards to Maxwell/Sydney, but she's obviously unhappy about it.
• Mistaken for Gay: Inverted with Sydney, who is mistaken for straight. From Sydney's perspective, it's played straight with Fran.
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Lampshaded
  Fran: Oh, what have I got to be worried about? That he'll bring home a wife who'll take care of the kids, feed them lunch, send them off to school? I don't do that.
• Not That There's Anything Wrong with That:
  Fran: You're gay? Oh, thank God!
  (Fran hugs Sydney and then stops when she thinks about how that sounds)
  Fran: Um, I'm letting go and you're not?
  Sydney: Aren't you gay too?
  Fran: Me? No!
  Sydney: I just assumed. You're over 30, never been married, there's no man in your life...
  Fran: Oh, honey, I'm not gay. I'm just pathetic!
• Shout-Out: Drunk Max sings "Do You Think I'm Sexy" and Fran tells him not even Rod Stewart can make that sound sexy anymore.
• Tempting Fate: After learning that Sydney is gay, Maxwell take solace in the fact that he didn't embarass both of them by revealing his feeling for her:
  Maxwell: I can't believe Sydney is gay... Oh, what an idiot i made of myself... (realize that he never told his feeeling to Sydney) Wait a minute, What i'm saying, she doesn't know how i feel about her!
  Fran: Oh, well...don't be so sure, You know, women have a sixth sense....
  Maxwell:You told her!?
  Fran:Oh yeah...
• Wedding Ring Removal: Maxwell removes his during the course of the episode, an indication that he's moved on from his wife's death.