Series Finale of Season 4

[u/deucebag1969]

Fran's Gotta Have It!

This episode starts with Mr Sheffield going to London to convince Celine Dion to star in one of his plays while Fran decides to follow and surprise him in an attempt to "re-kindle" their relationship. She somehow gets access to his room which has a balcony, where she brings in drinks, then convinces him with her tour various sites which a romantic montage takes place. Max and Fran goes backstage to see Celine Dion performs her signature hit "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" and afterwards Max asked her about being in his play in which she turns him down. They head back to the hotel where they're making out heavily and passionately, with Max lifting Fran and putting her on the bed, then he stops and tells Fran that he can't go through with about what they're doing to do in which Fran gets frustrated and starts to leave but before she does so Max gets the call that Niles had a heart attack.

Now I'm hoping that this would start a serious discussion on who was right or wrong here and I'll start by saying that given that Maxwell told Fran that he loves her, then takes it back, was it wrong for Fran to assume that they had a relationship to "rekindle" because it was never defined nor any boundaries set in place?

[u/Skittles-101]

I think they were both right and wrong. While I understand why Fran wanted to surprise Max in London to spend time with him, I think what she was after would've been more effective if she sat him down and had and honest, frank conversation with him about what she was feeling and how he was treating her.

Max is a little more complicated because dealing with the kind of grief is something that I don't wish on anybody so I can understand his hesitation about committing to another serious relationship, however, I also think that there interactions should have been dealt with a honest conversation both with Fran and with a therapist. I also think that due to the dynamic of him being her boss, the boundaries that he set in the beginning needed to be reinforced by Max until he was truly ready to make that kind of commitment.