Back at the country club, Fran and Grace complete the pageant with a duet as their talent, placing them first runner-up, not behind Bobbi Jo and Betty Jo, but behind Patti LaBelle and her daughter. Second when Maxwells college friend Rodney refers to a 'brunette' Maxwell used to work with. Maxwell realizes he has been approaching Sara's death all wrong, especially with Grace. In Season 2 Episode 6 - 'The Nanny Napper' it is implied that she attended Bryn Mawr, an elite private liberal arts college. Later, Grace admits her anger is not grief and missing her deceased mother, but anger at herself for not remembering anything about her mother. Then, on Mother's Day, one of the competing mother-daughter teams (ultra-competitive Bobbi Jo and Betty Jo), deems Fran and Grace ineligible for the pageant since Fran isn't Grace's mother, and Grace storms out stating she has no mother. Grace wants to enter it with Fran, which Maxwell doesn't think is a good idea, believing that she'll ultimately grieve Sara's loss again, but he gives in to her wish. Scoping it out, Maxwell, Fran, and Grace learn that it's having Mother's-Day festivities, including a mother-daughter pageant. This year, Maxwell and the family have joined a new country club. But Fran thinks talking to the kids about their mother. Mother's Day is approaching and, as usual, Maxwell is trying to preoccupy the children so that they won't think about their mother, Sara.
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