Living with Fran

Fran Reeves, a frantic Jewish divorcée, fell madly in love with Riley Douglas Martin, a lovely, hunky contractor half her age, who moves in with her and her nasty ex Ted's two adolescent children, Joshua 'Josh', a timid med school drop-out, and Allison, a bitchy high-school girl. They all have a hard enough time finding out where they fit in this reconstituted, unofficial household, not an actual family, and things are even worse whenever outsiders wonder or ignore how it all works, given the shifted generations, Riley being barely older then his 'step-kids', actually an ideal big brother if only he were a sibling rather than the provider. Alliances and antagonisms shift, but ultimately true love triumphs and things work out.

Cast

• Fran Drescher
• Ryan McPartlin
• Misti Traya
• Ben Feldman
• Caitlin Crosby
• Charles Shaughnessy
• Branden Williams
• Debi Mazar
• Esther Drescher
• Richard Trapp
• Tim Meadows
• Tess Parker
• Brittany Eldridge
• Adeline Drescher
• Ray Abruzzo
• Ross Thomas

• Season 1
• Episode 1: Pilot
  As if it weren't hard enough for rather timid Jewish suburban student Joshua 'Josh' Reeves (25), who...
• Episode 2: Riley's Parents
  Without telling anyone, Fran has invited Riley's parents for dinner. Mother Donna Martin, the one wh...
• Episode 3: The Ex Factor
  Josh has accepted a job as video-store clerk. Fran was looking forward to a backpacking trip trough ...
• Episode 4: The Reunion
  Fran is terribly nervous to be presented to friends Ryan's age at his high-school reunion, where Fra...
• Episode 5: Oh Baby
  After hearing Fran, Josh and Allison reminisce with their photo-album, Riley feels left out and gets...
• Episode 6: Who's the Parent?
  Josh goes big brother on his younger teenage sister Alison, when she is picked up by her new boy-fri...
• Episode 7: Carriage Ride
  Fran is excited about her first Valentine's day with Riley Martin, but disappointed to hear he reser...
• Episode 8: Riley's Ex
  When Josh tells he has a second date with Heather, Fran and Allison can't resist barging in and invi...
• Episode 9: Josh Works for Riley
  After 'family night' charades were a walkover for the girls, Fran is eager to find something Riley a...
• Episode 10: School Ties
  Ryan built a shoe-carousel for his six months anniversary with Fran, so what can she give him? She g...
• Episode 11: Girl Talk
  Fran breaks her promise to Riley not to talk about their love life with 'girl-friends' by elaboratin...
• Episode 12: Plastered
  Laurie, who used to be the fat girl in Josh's class and nobody was nice to except Josh, returns as a...
• Episode 13: The Concert
  Josh's latest girl-friend Gina's phone number became partially illegible after Fran washed his trous...
• Season 2
• Episode 1: A Year of Living with Fran
  Unlike Fran, who still can't admit she needs glasses, Riley remembered it's the first anniversary of...
• Episode 2: Going to a Bar Mitzvah with Fran
  After Fran embarrassed Josh by telling his former schoolmate Barry Regal, now in Wall Street, the me...
• Episode 3: Sweet Sixteen Again with Fran
  This is the sixteenth episode of the series, and as the title suggests the plot is about a character...
• Episode 4: Learning with Fran
  When Fran tells Ryan she is has no clue about all financial aspects of her interior decorating busin...
• Episode 5: Ahead of the Plan with Fran
  Riley Douglas Martin: Guys will say anything to get with a girl::Fran Reeves: You mean like when you...
• Episode 6: Going Crazy with Fran
  Riley's mother Donna called five times before his naive kid sister Jenny arrives, and she sure is a ...
• Episode 7: Coupling with Fran
  Riley and Fran realize they don't have many common friends because of their generation gap, but find...
• Episode 8: Healing with Fran
  Fran insists till Riley allows reporter Catherine Johnson to write a piece on them as a couple, supp...
• Episode 9: The Whole Clan with Fran
  Fran's parents Hal and Cookie, full-blood Jews who retired to Miami, are visiting her. Riley get to ...
• Episode 10: Masquerading with Fran
  It's Halloween, so Josh is eager to get Riley and Fran out of the house, so he can entertain his pre...
• Episode 11: Going to Bed with Fran
  Fran has the opportunity to work for Riley's boss. However, the boss doesn't know Fran and Riley are...
• Episode 12: Dreaming with Fran
  When a waitress flirts with Riley at Fran's birthday dinner, adding she can see where Josh got his g...
• Episode 13: Reuniting with Fran
  Fran Reeves: How's he really doin'?::Danny: He's a basket case. Watched a rerun of "The Nanny" and g...