@Captain Twice While Alfred can certainly be witty, he is also fiercely loyal and comes through in more...serious situations. Niles is actually NOT very loyal - he repeats Max's and Fran's confidences, and actually turns on Fran in a few episodes, ranting about Max's favoring Fran over him. Sit-coms have a tendency to be inconsistent about how characters feel, and The Nanny was actually better than most, which makes it even weirder when Niles turns on Fran for just a few episodes. But you feel like he and CC could have been friends (or more) all along and "playing" Max and Fran, while laughing at them behind the scenes.
At this point, if Niles suddenly turned out to be basically Alfred with secret martial arts skills and a dark past I would not be surprised because he’s truly that awesome.
I have never seen a series with so little Characters in and still they kept people entertained for Such a long time. The writers were just magnificent. The scene in the back without Maxwell noticing is still one of my many many favourites. I do have Favorites in each Single Episode though 1:10: beware the Butler... Reminds me of The Episode where Fran thought Niles Was a killer
In which episode was Niles guessing about "the thing" and said - standing next to Mr. Sheffield "Maybe you said you loved her and then took it back. - No, even you would not be that stupid."
Max: well I mine as well tell you..." Phone rings Niles: *aggressively yanks out phone wire* Also Niles: *gently puts wire on desk* we'll get back to them
this is legit one of the funniest scenes in the entire show and shef was beyond deserving of every single time fran dragged him for taking back the thing during this season.
It seems like it hurts Fran more than if he had gone to season 5 without EVER uttering those words. And the way he takes it back is weird - almost as if he's saying "I didn't mean to say it" without actually saying "it wasn't / isn't true." So he leaves her dangling. And I think part of the point of referring to it as "the thing" is, it's Max's way of referring to it without saying the actual words again.
Did anyone else notice, Fran never says it back to him, in EITHER episode where he says it - and she would have had time before he took it back. I can sort of understand why he might have doubts that Fran really feels the same way (sometimes she acts more excited about being married, or his being rich, them him as a person). And there are also things about Fran that I think are good reasons for him to hesitate.
@@jessicalillianweinberg4401 I sort of disagree. She could have married other guys who were rich. She wanted to be with him. I don't think you really paid attention to her character.
