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6. The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother

When status-conscious relatives visit from Florida, Fran pretends that Niles is Maxwell and they are married.

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Sylvia tells her brother-in-law ( Zack Norman ) and his daughter ( Nancy Frangione ) that Fran married Maxwell and invites them over to the Sheffield house while the family is at the museum to celebrate Brighton's class presidential victory. Fran joins in on the ruse and brings Niles in on it. The situation becomes complicated when representatives from the Butlers Association come by to check Niles for evaluation and compounded even further when Maxwell and the kids return from the museum. Maxwell, at Fran and Niles' behest, plays along as Niles but fails to maintain character when he learns that Brighton lost the race for class president. Fran comes clean to Jack and Marsha, who initially mock her, only to be defended by the children and even Sylvia. When C.C. arrives, she inadvertently exposes the truth about Niles, but when Fran points out the family was willing to go to great lengths to cover for him, the Association decides to induct him.

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