Caroline In The City

Caroline Duffy (Lea Thompson) is a successful cartoonist living in Manhattan. Her professional life is just the way she wants it. 'Caroline In The City' the comic strip she created, turned into merchandising gold with an array of greeting cards, books and calendars. Caroline's personal life however, is not quite as golden, but at least it serves as an endless source of material for her strip. Those central to Caroline (and the comic strip themes) include her cynical assistant Richard (Malcolm Gets), her sassy neighbour Annie (Amy Pietz), her on-off boyfriend and boss Del (Eric Lutes) and his quirky assistant Charlie (Andy Lauer).

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Season 1

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Caroline In The City - 101 - Caroline in the City

submitted 2003-12-04 17:51:47
Airdate: 1995-09-21

Caroline hires Richard as her new colorist, and takes Annie's advice to try getting a date by throwing fruit out her window.

Caroline In The City - 102 - Caroline and the Mugger

submitted 2003-12-04 17:54:50
Airdate: 1995-09-28

Richard is mugged and robbed of his wallet and portfolio - containing Caroline' s drawings.

Caroline In The City - 103 - Caroline and the Gay Art Show

submitted 2003-12-09 14:59:25
Airdate: 1995-10-05

Richard takes his paintings out of the closet when Caroline and Annie convince a gallery owner to consider them for an exclusive show - which turns out to be for gay artists only; Annie becomes entangled in Caroline's search for a new hair dresser - and her old hairdresser (Lerner) spots her at the gallery opening party.

Caroline In The City - 104 - Caroline and the Bad Back

submitted 2003-12-09 15:01:45
Airdate: 1995-10-12

Richard and Del bend over backwards to help an injured Caroline complete her work in time for a deadline, but things go from bad back to worse when medication dulls her pain - and her mind - so Richard and Del have to finish the strip for her.

Caroline In The City - 105 - Caroline and the ATM

submitted 2003-12-17 01:46:17
Airdate: 1995-10-19

Being too picky could cost Caroline the chance to reclaim money she lost at a malfunctioning ATM, since she doesn't really want to bank staff to see her picking her nose on the videotape record of the transaction. Meanwhile, Richard may end up in the doghouse after he attempts to dump the clinging Shelly on the pretext that he is allergic to her beloved dog.

Caroline In The City - 106 - Caroline and the Folks

submitted 2003-12-17 01:51:38
Airdate: 1995-11-02

Caroline must face dinner at Remo's with Del's parents alone when Del doesn't show up; Del is trapped on a stalled subway with Charlie, who insists on sharing his ideas for greeting cards for pets; and Richard's non-plans for his 30th birthday change when Annie visits to exchange swapped video rentals.

Caroline In The City - 107 - Caroline and the Opera

submitted 2003-12-23 17:13:09
Airdate: 1995-11-09

Caroline is annoyed that Del refuses to accompany her to the opera; then her interfering Aunt Mary arranges a blind date with an old high school classmate of Caroline's, who turns out to be handsome, successful and rich.

Caroline In The City - 108 - Caroline and the Balloon

submitted 2003-12-23 17:15:11
Airdate: 1995-11-16

Caroline is blown away by an opportunity to march in the Thanksgiving Day Parade - something she had dreamed of since high school mononucleosis kept her out of her marching band - when the giant balloon of her character Caroline escapes, injures parade marshal Florence Henderson, and threatens Staten Island.

Caroline In The City - 109 - Caroline and the Convict

submitted 2003-12-31 14:16:38
Airdate: 1995-12-07

Annie is really in love with her new boyfriend, a recent ex-con who did time for breaking and entering - and who is the obvious suspect when Caroline's apartment is burgled. Richard is upset because one of the stolen items was his painting of his mother's womb.

Caroline In The City - 110 - Caroline and the Christmas Break

submitted 2003-12-31 14:18:51
Airdate: 1995-12-14

Botched attempts to plan a holiday trip with Del lead Caroline to reconsider their relationship; Annie brews an elaborate scheme to help Richard break up with Shelly.

Caroline In The City - 111 - Caroline and the Gift

submitted 2004-01-10 14:03:59
Airdate: 1996-01-04

Del's unexpectedly generous Christmas gift - a pair of ugly but valuable earrings - makes Caroline question his intentions. Richard paints a commissioned nude portrait of a beautiful woman (Udenio) who has a well-connected husband - well -connected in "the Family," according to a frightened Remo. And Annie can't remember her New Year's Eve party at which she met a man who has since telephoned her to confirm their date.

Caroline In The City - 112 - Caroline and the Married Man

submitted 2004-01-10 14:06:29
Airdate: 1996-01-11

Richard sets Caroline up on a date with a man (Gravitte) who can get him a civic commission for an important mural, and they hit it off; then Richard discovers the guy is married.

Caroline In The City - 113 - Caroline and the Twenty-Eight-Pound Walleye

submitted 2004-01-16 15:54:03
Airdate: 1996-01-25

Caroline's parents (Holliman & Hartley) roll out the red carpet when she visits her home town for a ceremony in her honor, but something smells fishy when her brother (who has upstaged her all their lives) arrives with big news of his own.

Caroline In The City - 114 - Caroline and the Watch

submitted 2004-01-16 15:56:06
Airdate: 1996-02-01

Caroline finds a watch in her new antique desk and tries to find its previous owners; meanwhile, Del learns that a deceased employee was an embezzler.

Caroline In The City - 115 - Caroline and the Bad Date

submitted 2004-01-25 18:17:38
Airdate: 1996-02-15

Del asks Richard to join him on a double date with two gorgeous models; Caroline meets a man buying a sweater, but he turns out to be a paranoid bore.

Caroline In The City - 116 - Caroline and the Proposal

submitted 2004-01-25 18:19:45
Airdate: 1996-02-22

When Richard learns of Del's proposing to Caroline, he goes searching for another job, and is seduced by his just-divorced employment counselor; Remo and Annie try to convince a skeptical Caroline that she's oblivious to Richard's feelings for her - and hers for him.

Caroline In The City - 117 - Caroline and the Kid

submitted 2004-02-04 13:55:14
Airdate: 1996-03-14

Ultra-competitive Del has feelings of inadequacy after meeting Caroline's debonair ex-boyfriend Marco, especially when the towels come off at the gym; Caroline and Richard are hired to paint a mural for the bedroom of Martin Lapper, a demonic spoiled rich kid.

Caroline In The City - 118 - Caroline and the Ex-Wife

submitted 2004-02-04 13:58:44
Airdate: 1996-03-28

Del and Caroline's vacation takes an unexpected turn when they run into Del's bitter ex-wife Jill at his cabin. Meanwhile, Annie's brother Pete decides to quit the family business, which doesn't sit well with his parents.

Caroline In The City - 119 - Caroline and the Movie

submitted 2004-02-18 14:59:40
Airdate: 1996-04-04

Caroline, Richard and Annie are cast as extras in a film, leading to some surprising developments for its star (Benson) and director (Landis) when Annie turns out to be a Benson fanatic - and Richard becomes insanely jealous of the extra who is to kiss Caroline. Meanwhile, Del's Porsche is towed, and when he claims it from the DMV, he gets someone else's Gremlin instead. When he tracks down the Gremlin's owner, the poor man pleads for more time - he's got a hot date with a woman who was really only impressed by the Porsche.

Caroline In The City - 120 - Caroline and the Cereal

submitted 2004-02-18 15:02:36
Airdate: 1996-04-18

Caroline's agent (Taylor) likes the idea of featuring her comic-strip character on a cereal box, but the artist flakes out after a closer look at the product, which she feels has an unfortunate resemblance to a certain part of the female anatomy. A chaotic focus group sessions does little to allay her misgivings.

Caroline In The City - 121 - Caroline and Richard's Mom

submitted 2004-02-28 12:46:51
Airdate: 1996-04-25

Richard faces some childhood traumas when his mother (Ashley) makes a surprise visit: it seems she is given to claiming to know celebrities personally, and Richard has never quite gotten over her promise to have Salvador Dali look at his paintings. But Caroline doesn't know this when Natalie promises to get her own NBC Saturday morning cartoon show.

Caroline In The City - 122 - Caroline and the Condom

submitted 2004-02-28 12:49:00
Airdate: 1996-08-05

Caroline's writers' block sends her down memory lane to Richard's first day on the job---a day with trouble in store for Caroline because she and Del had just rekindled their romance.

Caroline In The City - 123 - Caroline and the Bridesmaids

submitted 2004-02-28 12:50:58
Airdate: 1996-05-09

Preparations for the wedding cause friction between Caroline and Annie, who can't seem to take her responsibilities as maid of honor seriously.

Caroline In The City - 124 - Caroline and the Wedding

submitted 2004-02-28 12:52:05
Airdate: 1996-05-16

An ominous dream, an inexperienced priest and a surprising love letter threaten Caroline's wedding.

Season 2

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Caroline In The City - 201 - Caroline and the Younger Man (Part 1)

submitted 2004-03-14 18:43:19
Airdate: 1996-09-17

Three months have passed, and Caroline is thinking about advertising for a new assistant, so Charlie tries to demonstrate he would be perfect for the job and knocks Salty out the window. Sparks fly between Caroline and the vet who treats Salty, despite her fears that at 24 he is much too young for her. Meanwhile Richard, having failed as an artist in Paris (his only customer is knocked into the Seine just before buying some paintings), returns to New York and is forced to take a menial job in an ice cream parlor, where he just misses seeing Caroline on her first date with Joe, during which they helped raid an animal experimental laboratory and were arrested. (One of the participants is Shelly, still wistful about Richard, in her final appearance to date.) Caroline wakes up in bed with Joe and is unable to sneak out before he wakes and demands to see her again that evening, and on her way home she and Richard suddenly meet face to face.

Caroline In The City - 202 - Caroline and the Letter (Part 2)

submitted 2004-03-14 18:44:52
Airdate: 1996-09-24

Realizing Caroline never received his love letter, Richard labors to retrieve it from her friend's apartment.

Caroline In The City - 203 - Caroline and the Cat Dancer

submitted 2004-03-28 01:06:42
Airdate: 1996-10-15

Richard tries to adjust to his new apartment, where he is plagued by noisily amorous neighbors; Joe tries to adjust to the fact that Caroline plans to remain friends with Del; and Annie frantically tries to adjust her financial records when she is notified that the IRS is auditing her for 1993, a year she barely remembers. Her bad-tempered auditor is under fire for being too lenient with his clients, but when he learns she is a dancer in Cats, he strikes a deal: she'll "never have to pay taxes again" if she can get him an audition for the show. Enter 'producer' Del and 'director' Charlie. Meanwhile, disturbed by Joe's jealousy, Caroline makes up her mind to break a date with Del by telling him she's been called out of town.

Caroline In The City - 204 - Caroline and the Guy Who Gets There Too Soon

submitted 2004-03-28 01:08:04
Airdate: 1996-10-22

Realizing Caroline never received his love letter, Richard labors to retrieve it from her friend's apartment.

Caroline In The City - 205 - Caroline and the Dreamers

submitted 2004-03-28 01:09:18
Airdate: 1996-10-29

Upset that Caroline's strip is not being merchandised aggressively, Del finally stands up to his father who promptly replaces Del as president with his sister, who in turn immediately fires him. Excited about forming his own company (with Charlie as his sole employee), Del assumes that Caroline will jump ship with him, particularly as he kept forgetting to renew her contract with his father's company. When Del calls his former cartoonist clients to a meeting in his crummy new office, they promptly desert him, leaving Caroline in the lurch how can she tell Del she values her income more than their friendship? Meanwhile, Richard is excited about being chosen to paint a mural for the city, even when he discovers he was the only applicant, but he's not prepared for the hostile reaction by the local denizens of the 'hood in question. He finally wins them round by agreeing to incorporate both Dennis Rodman and one hood's girlfriend into the mural, and even Annie is impressed at the unveiling. Then a demolition crew arrives and Richard realizes he painted the wrong building.

Caroline In The City - 206 - Caroline and the Nice Jewish Boy

submitted 2004-03-28 01:10:29
Airdate: 1996-11-12

Joe refuses to accompany Caroline to an award ceremony because one of the sponsors uses animal products; so she calls former date Willard, whom she dumped because he was fat and balding. After Charlie takes him to a Jewish singles event by mistake, Del lies about his background to date an attractive woman who parents will only allow her to date Jewish men. Willard shows up a reformed hunk who only came to tell Caroline to go to hell - "And I'm rich, too!" Aghast that Del plans to tell Risa the truth only after they spend a weekend together, Caroline points out delicately that if they sleep together Risa will know only, because Del is a "turtleneck kind of guy." So Del books himself into hospital, telling Risa he needs his "tonsils" removed; but she shows up to confess that she is eloping with her former boyfriend, who isn't Jewish either. A reluctant Richard escorts Caroline and even more reluctantly dances with her. Just as they seem about to have a tender moment, Joe appears, having decided Caroline's triumph is more important than his principles - and Richard walks home alone.

Caroline In The City - 207 - Caroline and Victor/Victoria

submitted 2004-04-12 13:55:50
Airdate: 1996-11-19

Annie poses as a man to prepare for a "Victor/Victoria" audition.

Caroline In The City - 208 - Caroline and the Comic

submitted 2004-04-12 13:57:17
Airdate: 1996-11-26

Richard's father asks for his son's help in reviving an old comedy routine.

Caroline In The City - 209 - Caroline and the Therapist

submitted 2004-04-12 13:58:28
Airdate: 1996-12-03

When Salty begins behaving oddly, Mark recommends that Caroline consult a cat therapist. Although the woman is a complete fruitcake "not allowed to practice on people any more," she accurately pinpoints the problem as Richard's fear of caring for animals. He confesses that he suffered a childhood trauma at the hands of his teacher, Mrs. Fox, when both the class gerbil and rabbit died while in his care and she condemned him as an "animal killer." Annie, who has been fixed up by her mother on a blind date with a peculiar forest ranger, helps Caroline track down the retired Mrs. Fox and convince her to make amends with Richard. This doesn't work out quite as planned, since Mrs. Fox also bites the dust.

Caroline In The City - 210 - Caroline and the Red Sauce

submitted 2004-04-12 13:59:42
Airdate: 1996-12-10

Annie's mother arrives unexpectedly and moves in with her, to her mounting dismay, but refuses to tell her why - then confesses to Caroline that she has left Annie's father. Annie demands a showdown with her father, who in turn confesses that this is no ordinary spat: he is in love for the first time in his life with another woman. Meanwhile, Richard takes a temporary job as a gift wrapper for Macy's, but his bad attitude gets him demoted to elf; and Del and Charley become convinced that their new assistant is a psycho killer, since all the people on her resume turn out to be dead.

Caroline In The City - 211 - Caroline and the Freight King

submitted 2004-05-23 18:21:15
Airdate: 1996-12-17

When a doodle of a porcupine drawn by Richard gets into a stack of Caroline's greeting card designs by mistake, Del tries to convince Richard to develop the idea into a character of his own - but Richard protests that he is a real artist, not a cartoonist, throwing Caroline for a loop. Annie can't seem to shake a recurring five dollar bill with "Repent" written on it, and her mother tries to convince her it's a sign from God that she should return to the Church. When Caroline accidentally gets locked inside the laundry room overnight, her encounter with a bum who used to be a trucking magnate convinces her she has made the right career choice. Richard succumbs to Del's monetary temptation and produces a series of increasingly gloomy and unusable porcupine cards; and he finally apologizes and admits that he admires Caroline's professionalism as a cartoonist. Meanwhile, when a telegram stripper shows up at Del's office by mistake (she was supposed to be at a law firm), Del hires her as receptionist, to Charlie's fury.

Caroline In The City - 212 - Caroline and the Perfect Record

submitted 2004-05-23 18:23:46
Airdate: 1997-01-07

Caroline is nonplused when Joe asks her to stay the night at his place, only to find his former girlfriend Lisa back from her trip with Greenpeace. Since the lease is in her name, Joe suggests that he simply move in with Caroline, setting her off on agonies of indecision. Meanwhile, Annie has a date at Remo's with a bartender who doesn't show up, spoiling her perfect record of never being stood up - and when she takes Caroline to confront him, they discover he died the night before; and Richard moves a huge block of marble into Caroline's apartment for his first attempt at sculpture. When Caroline impulsively agrees to let Joe move in, he has to confess that he slept with Lisa; so a drunken Caroline shows up at Richard's apartment seeking solace. Just as they are about to share a tender moment, Caroline passes out (and begins to snore loudly).

Caroline In The City - 213 - Caroline and the Singer

submitted 2004-05-23 18:25:18
Airdate: 1997-01-14

Annie's sister Donna, who has come to town in hopes of reviving her singing career, discovers Richard's secret love letter to Caroline (inside Annie's diary) and uses it as inspiration for a new song, to Richard's horror and Annie's fury, since she has been using the letter to blackmail Richard into taking her mother to electrolysis appointments. Caroline is preoccupied with her perfect plain black pumps, which she left in Joe's apartment; after a fruitless quest to replace them, she sneaks in to retrieve them, and is found by a repentant Joe. Meanwhile, Del and Charlie get snowed in - inside Del's Porsche, with the keys and his cell phone locked in the trunk by Charlie.

Caroline In The City - 214 - Caroline and the Kept Man

submitted 2004-05-23 18:28:37
Airdate: 1997-01-21

Del convinces Richard to let him hang one of Richard's paintings in his country club to convince Del's new girlfriend Alicia that he's not as shallow as she thinks. When Richard discovers that the painting is hanging in the ladies' room, he angrily retrieves it, and meets Gina Pennetti Schmidt, a famously wealthy patron of the arts, who is immediately impressed by his work. She convinces Richard to quit his job and let her support him as an artist; but Annie, Del and Charlie convince him that her interest in him is primarily sexual. Meanwhile, Annie achieves temporary fame through a sizzling commercial for athlete's foot powder; and Caroline, volunteering to read to the elderly, encounters Stella Dawson, now widowed, who wants her to read steamy women's romances.

Caroline In The City - 215 - Caroline and the Long Shot

submitted 2004-05-23 18:36:54
Airdate: 1997-02-11

Having accompanied Caroline to a Knicks game solely in order to hear his favorite opera diva warble the national anthem, Richard is startled to find himself picked for a New York Post- sponsored $100,000 chance to sink a basket. Pursued by an obnoxious "Post" reporter only too happy to print Annie's made-up revelations, Richard is desperate enough to beg Del and Charlie to help him with his serious sports deficiency. Meanwhile, Annie's mother and Remo get into a food feud about the superiority of each's cooking over the other, which naturally ends in bed, much to Annie's horror and Caroline's helpless hilarity.

Caroline In The City - 216 - Caroline and the Dearly Departed

submitted 2004-05-23 18:39:02
Airdate: 1997-02-18

It's not a pretty picture when Caroline persuades reluctant con-artist Richard to fake his own death in order to catch the eye of a wealthy art dealer who's scouring the city in search of the works of dead painters - and who winds up delivering the eulogy at Richard's fake funeral.

Caroline In The City - 217 - Caroline and the Getaway

submitted 2004-06-06 19:10:23
Airdate: 1997-02-25

When Caroline calls her out on always blowing her off for male dates, Annie makes a deal: they will go away together for a weekend skiing trip and ignore men. Naturally, both immediately spot exceptionally interesting men: an old school chum of Caroline's who confesses to having had a mutual crush, and for Annie a handsome tycoon. Meanwhile, Richard is hoping that his relationship with a fellow philosophy student won't remain Platonic, but the tryst he arranges in Caroline's apartment while she is away is invaded by Del and Charlie, who intend to make themselves at home to watch sports.

Caroline In The City - 218 - Caroline and the Monkeys

submitted 2004-06-06 19:15:55
Airdate: 1997-03-11

Del hopes to spark up romance with Annie's neurotic friend Cassandra, who plans on lighting a fire of her own - she's a compulsive pyromaniac just of an institution. Meanwhile, Caroline spends a night out on the town "alone," crashing the restaurant where Richard is trying to enjoy a quiet meal and ultimately being forced by him to attend a movie on her own. Meanwhile, Charlie keeps spotting monkeys throughout Manhattan, and becomes convinced they are taking over the city.

Caroline In The City - 219 - Caroline and the Buyer

submitted 2004-06-19 22:45:40
Airdate: 1997-04-01

Del asks Caroline to help him woo one of his father's biggest clients, a greeting-card store magnate who misunderstands what the cartoonist has to offer. Meanwhile, Annie resents Richard's relationship with her mother, and a friendly game of bocci turns ugly.

Caroline In The City - 220 - Caroline and the New Neighbor

submitted 2004-06-19 22:47:57
Airdate: 1997-04-08

Things get a little stiff when an demanding elderly new neighbor, who is driving an initially sympathetic Caroline nuts, asks Caroline and Annie for a really big favor - to help out with the removal of her dead, naked husband. Meanwhile, Richard tries to sell his car, but the only bidder is Louis, a bizarre individual claiming to be a minister and promising eternal life in exchange for the vehicle. Charlie, smitten with Sophia, the beautiful new waitress at Remo's, offers Richard $500 (which he makes driving the car as a gypsy cab) so he can give the car to Sophia as a love token; but Richard decides to keep the car and drive it as a cab himself. Through all this, Del is obsessed with the idea that he is losing his hair and his looks.

Caroline In The City - 221 - Caroline and the Critics

submitted 2004-06-19 22:49:36
Airdate: 1997-04-15

When Caroline learns that an obscure upstate newspaper has dropped her syndicated strip, she drives up with a reluctant Richard to find out why. Naturally Richard's car breaks down, and the two wind up playing marriage counselor to the only local mechanic and his on-the-point-of-leaving wife. Meanwhile, Annie recognizes an obnoxious diner at Remo's as the theater critic who gave her the worst review of her career, and hatches an elaborate revenge plot that involves Del, Charlie, and a cab driver/actor with his own ax to grind.

Caroline In The City - 222 - Caroline and the Ombudsman

submitted 2004-06-19 22:51:28
Airdate: 1997-04-22

Caroline's having a really bad hair week because her shower's been out of commission for several days and she can't get the super in her building to repair it. A deliveryman at Remo's suggests she hire his brother-in-law who specializes in persuasion; then an aghast Del and Richard explain to her that she has inadvertently hired a hit man. Trying to protect Mr. Tedescu, Caroline shadows him to head off the hit, which involves getting Richard glued to the pipes in the Elevator Lady's apartment. Meanwhile, Annie's agent wants to make her famous by publicizing her saving an audience member's life with CPR. The catch is that the man was with his mistress and doesn't want any publicity - especially when his wife assumes that Annie is the other woman.

Caroline In The City - 223 - Caroline and the Bad Trip (Part 1)

submitted 2004-07-07 11:09:48
Airdate: 1997-05-06

Caroline and Annie are overjoyed to learn that Caroline's agent has arranged for her to promote her new book on the Jay Leno show; then Annie reminds Caroline that she will need an entertaining story to tell. Enter Richard's mother Natalie, carrying a jacket that belonged to Jerry Garcia and revealing that the dead rocker was Richard's real father. But Richard, hiding in the stairwell until his mother leaves, isn't impressed: there's hardly a celebrity that Natalie hasn't maintained fathered him. While Caroline and Annie fly to Los Angeles, Del tries to teach Richard how to pick up women during Happy Hour at Remo's (Richard: "I'm not sure I can do that - I mean, be happy for a whole hour."), and Charlie goes in search of his father, whom an adoption agency locates instantly: a bumbling waiter in a fashionable restaurant who is overjoyed to meet Charlie, even though their reunion gets him fired two weeks before his retirement. While waiting to appear with Leno, Caroline is warned that she may have been contaminated by the stash of LSD in Garcia's coat, and frantically tries various conflicting remedies: orange juice, coffee, antihistamines and wine; when she finally gets on camera and Leno asks for her story, neither her nor the audience are quite prepared for what Caroline brings up. Meanwhile, still at the restaurant, Richard finally approaches a woman dining alone - who turns out to be the long-lost love of his life, Julia.

Caroline In The City - 224 - Caroline and Richard & Julia (Part 2)

submitted 2004-07-07 11:11:27
Airdate: 1997-05-13

Richard's long-lost love arrives with bad news: she's getting married in two days, to arrogant and insanely jealous fashion designer Marcello. Not to be outdone, Richard concocts a coupling of his own - to Caroline, much to her astonishment. Meanwhile, Del's business is going bankrupt, so he reluctantly arranges a midnight meeting at Remo's with his arrogant father, who refuses to help him but does buy Del's Porsche at an instant profit to teach him a lesson. Annie is offered a part in a pilot for a new series starring Shadoe Stevens, and instantly calls New York to resign from Cats.

Caroline In The City - 225 - Caroline and the Wayward Husband (Part 3)

submitted 2004-07-07 11:12:55
Airdate: 1997-05-13

Conclusion. Julia arrives at "Richard and Caroline's" apartment in tears, announcing that her engagement is over and demanding to spend the night on the sofa - which means Richard and Caroline have to spend the night together in her bedroom. A nude Julia reveals that seeing the happy couple has revived her feelings for a non-plussed Richard; meanwhile, Caroline consults Del about the possibility of a relationship with Richard, and an uncharacteristically thoughtful Del advises her to follow her heart. Annie's first day on the set of the Shadoe Stevens series doesn't go well, as she is totally unable to master her complicated medical lines, until the director and writer agree to switch her to the part of the hard-bitten female cop (resulting in even more unspeakable jargon). Del is in despair over the impending loss of his company, until Charlie bails him out with the trust find his father has maintained for him all these years - on condition that he becomes Del's partner. Caroline phones to leave a message for Richard, saying that if he doesn't share her feelings, he should never speak of it again - but the message is intercepted by Julia, who tells Richard it was "just some woman trying to sell you something."

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Caroline In The City - 301 - Caroline and the Reception (Part 4)

submitted 2004-07-07 11:14:12
Airdate: 1997-09-22

An anxious Caroline, not aware that Julia intercepted his message, waits for Richard's response but isn't prepared for his "Oh, why is it so difficult to say three words - I got married!" Devastated, Caroline calls Del in the middle of the night and he rushes over - still handcuffed to his date Kristin, and must be released by an amused Annie with one of her collection of keys. Caroline impulsively throws a reception to honor the happy couple, at which she gets drunk, but things turn serious when Julia's wealthy father's chauffeur arrives and summons her to talk - and for the first time in her life Julia turns down her father's money and announces she will stay married to the man she loves.

Caroline In The City - 302 - Caroline and the Kink

submitted 2004-07-07 11:15:35
Airdate: 1997-09-29

When Richard shows up wearing a ridiculous shirt Julia forced him to wear, Caroline advises him to talk to her frankly about the compromises inherent in marriage - and Julia leaves him. Meanwhile, Charlie is upset that Del still treats him as an underling rather than a partner, and Annie tries to cope with unemployment by finishing The Grapes of Wrath - which she started in eighth grade.

Caroline In The City - 303 - Caroline and the Novelist

submitted 2004-07-26 11:09:15
Airdate: 1997-10-06

Caroline's date reads more like a Shakespearean tragedy after she tells a lie to James, an attractive novelist she runs into during her book signing, and must then desperately cover for the fact that she hasn't actually read his novel; Richard tables his own remedy when Julia's job at Remo's is a disaster and he has to replace her as waiter; it's bad fortune for Annie when a fortune cookie leads Charlie to believe they share a recipe for love; and Del inadvertently becomes third party on a honeymoon.

Caroline In The City - 304 - Caroline and the Free Cable

submitted 2004-07-26 11:10:50
Airdate: 1997-10-13

Julia throws a surprise birthday party for Richard by inviting everyone in his address book, under the impression that they are his friends, which results in a gathering chiefly of his ex-therapists - one of whom is interested in Annie, to Richard's horror. Meanwhile, the discovery that she has been getting illegal free cable for years puts Caroline in a moral spin, since the rest of the building is hooked into her outlet and anxious for her not to do the right thing.

Caroline In The City - 305 - Caroline and the Blind Date

submitted 2004-07-26 11:14:03
Airdate: 1997-10-20

Julia tries to cheer up Caroline by setting her up on a blind date, which Richard does his best to sabotage. Meanwhile, Annie prepares to realize her dreams of revenge at her high-school reunion, with an overly coached Del in tow pretending to be her highly successful husband.

Caroline In The City - 306 - Caroline and the Egg

submitted 2004-07-26 11:17:02
Airdate: 1997-11-03

Caroline's former colorist Jeannie comes back to town on a mission: she and her husband can't conceive, so she wants Caroline to donate an egg; Annie naturally seizes the opportunity to make Richard paranoid that Caroline plans to re-hire Jeannie. Meanwhile, Del has a close encounter with his old Porsche and gets himself hired as a male escort for the company that now owns his former automotive love.

Caroline In The City - 307 - Caroline and the Desperate Cat

submitted 2004-07-26 11:18:33
Airdate: 1997-11-10

Annie's former mentor from New Jersey is coming to town especially to see her star pupil in Cats, unaware that Annie quit the show. Annie begs Caroline to accompany them to dinner, where they learn that Miss McGowan has recently lost over 150 pounds, but immediately begins to overeat when Annie attempts to explain - so an uncharacteristically timid Annie must beg the producer for her job back for just one golden evening for Miss McGowan, abetted by an old programme supplied by Del. Meanwhile, Richard joins Charlie as an experimental guinea pig for testing new drugs ("We prefer the term biosluts."), but a new antihistamine soon has them both convinced that Richard's furniture is staring at them.

Caroline In The City - 308 - Caroline and the Cold Sesame Noodles

submitted 2004-07-26 11:20:13
Airdate: 1997-11-17

While they wait for Chinese takeaway delivery, Richard shows Caroline a family wedding ring he was planning to give to Julia, and soon after, the heirloom seemingly disappears from her apartment -leading Fong to accuse, and throw out, his delivery boy son Tim, who takes up residence in Caroline's living room. Meanwhile, Del and Charlie scheme to climb to the top of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to place a large ad for Caroline's line of holiday cards; and Annie develops a cabaret act and is attracted to hunky guitarist Paul, while oblivious to pianist Seth's growing infatuation with her.

Caroline In The City - 309 - Caroline and the Bitter Beast

submitted 2004-09-02 13:44:26
Airdate: 1997-11-24

When Annie discovers an old musical notebook among the possessions Richard wants to store in Caroline's locker, teasing leads to genuine surprise when one of Richard's compositions turns out to be the tune to "The Way We Were," which won a Grammy award for Richard's summer camp instructor, Marvin Hamlisch. With Annie pretending to be his legal counsel, Richard braves Hamlisch's ferociously protective housekeeper Olga and steals the trophy, then begins hostage negotiations. Meanwhile, Caroline encounters her former blind date Trevor and they resume a relationship, complicated by Trevor's German Shepherd who remains stubbornly loyal to Trevor's former girlfriend.

Caroline In The City - 310 - Caroline and the Councilman

submitted 2004-09-02 13:45:32
Airdate: 1997-12-01

Del gets excited over commercial possibilies when a civic politican mentions Caroline's cartoon strip in a speech, but Richard pours cold water on the idea: the man has a terrible record for opposing funding for the arts. His opinon changes slightly when Del drags the wily politico over for a meeting, whereupon Lake goes wild over Richard's recently completed painting and buys it. By the time Richard thinks better of selling his first work to a man he despises, Julia has already spent the money on a honeymoon trip to Hawaii; so Caroline steps in to prove she is not as politically naive as everyone assumes. Meanwhile, Annie, trying to cope with her cousin Jennifer who has dropped out of high school to find an acting career in Manhattan, goes ballistic when she discovers the girl has met a man claiming to be a movie producer who has promised her a role opposite Keanu Reeves - and sets out for the guy's hotel room to tell him off....

Caroline In The City - 311 - Caroline and the Used Car Salesman

submitted 2004-09-02 13:46:45
Airdate: 1997-12-08

Caroline becomes convinced that Richard is having an affair - but he is really moonlighting as a used car salesman to earn extra Christmas cash. Enter Del and Charlie in search of a used Porsche.

Caroline In The City - 312 - Caroline and the Decanter (Part 1)

submitted 2004-09-02 13:48:15
Airdate: 1997-12-15

When Caroline's parents are stranded in Wisconsin by a snowstorm, Caroline reluctantly accompanies Del to his dysfunctional family Christmas - especially after he tells her that his mother still resents her never having brought a hostess gift the first time they met - leaving Charlie to house-sit Salty and attempt to spend some quality holiday time with his father. Meanwhile, while Richard tries to be enthusiastic about a delayed honeymoon trip to Hawaii, Annie tries to help Julia overcome her fear of flying with some tranquilizers that work all too well - and while defending herself to a furious Richard, lets slip the little fact that Caroline is "still" in love with him....

Caroline In The City - 313 - Caroline and the Love That Dares Not Speak Its Name (Part 2)

submitted 2004-09-02 13:49:57
Airdate: 1998-01-05

Caroline is aghast that Annie blabbed to Richard about her feelings for him, and tries to avoid his questions by inviting in a hyper-anxious knife salesman. When Richard discovers the truth about the answering machine message Caroline left for him (and which Julia erased), the two finally confess their mutual attraction, but quickly agree that they have both moved on. But a dinner double date at Caroline's turns into a competition for happiest couple between Caroline & Trevor and Richard & Julia - until they all wind up in an emergency ward with food poisoning from Caroline's fish chowder. Meanwhile, Annie tries a song and dance routine to help Del and Charlie defend their greeting card trade show turf against Del's evil brother Garner.

Caroline In The City - 314 - Caroline and the Quiz Show

submitted 2004-09-16 11:40:55
Airdate: 1998-01-12

Annie's been dating Seth Rudetski for six weeks now, and he's decided it's time for her to meet his parents, an intellectual couple who run "Nothing Trivial," a quiz show broadcast to colleges on public radio. They turn out to be big fans of Caroline's strip, and persuade her to appear as a celebrity contestant - a decision that revives her childhood trauma (seen in a flashback) of freezing under the pressure of a state spelling bee. While Del and Charlie try to coach her through her anxiety, she appeals to Richard - and Julia steps in with a solution of her own. Meanwhile, Annie's feeling pressure of a different sort: from the excessively close relationship between Seth and his doting parents. (.)

Caroline In The City - 315 - Caroline and the Reluctant Father

submitted 2004-09-16 11:42:43
Airdate: 1998-01-19

An unusual episode focussing on Del, who for once has an adult problem after he hears some shocking news from Laura, a former fling who's in town for the weekend - together with the daughter she had by Del but never told him about. Torn between a burning desire to meet his child and his terror of being a total disappointment to her, and Annie's brother quits his job to become a painter after he misinterprets Richard's evaluation of his work as an artist.

Caroline In The City - 316 - Caroline and the Outer Limits

submitted 2004-09-16 11:44:45
Airdate: 1998-01-26

In a surreal take-off on both The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, Caroline insists that Richard work late once too often for Julia, who accuses Caroline of being an inconsiderate employer and says that she should "walk a mile in my shoes." Caroline instantly finds herself doing just that, since everyone now sees her as Julia and Julia as Caroline, while (in the best touch) Charlie narrates a la Rod Serling. Caroline discovers the advantages of being the gorgeous Julia - the customers at Remo's don't care that she's an incompetent bartender so long as they get to ogle her behind her back - but is frustrated in her attempts to take advantage of the "special thing" Richard wants Julia to do with him as soon as they get home.

Caroline In The City - 317 - Caroline and the Toothbrush

submitted 2004-09-18 11:13:41
Airdate: 1998-02-02

An ecstatic Annie bursts in on Caroline and Trevor to announce that her mother is finally moving out to live with an aunt in the suburbs. When Caroline discovers that Trevor has left his toothbrush behind, she begins worrying about whether their relationship is moving too fast, then decides to get a key cut for Trevor, then takes Annie's advice not to give it to him yet - only to discover that a distracted Richard has already done so. Both Richard and Caroline pursue Trevor to his gym, where they have to fend off the attempts of an over-motivated employee to sign them up as members and where Caroline and a flustered Trevor finally reach an understanding of sorts in the steam room. Meanwhile, Del and Charlie pursue their daftest promotional scheme yet: kidnapping the Central Park groundhog so that when he emerges he will be wearing a little Caroline in the City cape. Naturally, this scheme backfires, along the way ensuring that Annie's mother doesn't move out after all. (So now that she's back, where has she been?)

Caroline In The City - 318 - Caroline and the Cabbie

submitted 2004-09-18 11:18:04
Airdate: 1998-03-09

Richard gets a chance to have a painting exhibited at the New York Public Library, but falls victim to on-line addiction at a cyber cafe. An outraged Caroline files a complaint against a rude cabbie, but Richard is her only witness ("A rude cab driver in New York? What's next, tall buildings?") and fails to show up at the hearing. Meanwhile, after literal years on the waiting list, Annie finally gets an appointment with famous hair stylist Olaf, only to have Del and Charlie invade her session with a ridiculous scheme to market the hair sweepings of the famous - which Olaf loves.

Caroline In The City - 319 - Caroline and the Visit From Mom

submitted 2004-09-18 11:20:42
Airdate: 1998-03-16

When Caroline's mother visits, Annie becomes upset at the blandness of their relationship and encourages Caroline to have a healthy fight as she and Angie do. When Caroline timidly tries to open up to her mom, Margaret repostes with a real shocker: she hates Caroline's comic strip. Meanwhile, Del and Charlie go to Atlantic City at the request of a potential investor, and Richard tags along for the free ride, desperately trying to finish the new John Grisham thriller while resisting everyone's determination to tell him the surprise ending.

Caroline In The City - 320 - Caroline and the Little White Lies

submitted 2004-09-19 15:25:01
Airdate: 1998-04-06

For insurance purposes, Del and Charlie pretend to be gay, but then Del meets a beautiful woman at a party, and in trying to pursue her gets himself and Charlie invited to be the couple of honor at a gay pride rally. Meanwhle, Richard reluctantly agrees to change his appearance so that he'll be picked for jury duty, and Annie lies to her mom about her dad's fiancée.

Caroline In The City - 321 - Caroline and the Killer Dad

submitted 2004-09-19 15:28:17
Airdate: 1998-04-13

Annie goes on a blind date with a former priest, and to her own surprise hits it off with him - particularly when she learns he has never been with a woman but would really, really like to be. Richard attempts to reconcile with Julia's multi-millionaire dad, who is still convinced that Richard is only after Julia for the money, and Caroline becomes convinced by a serious of strange accidents that he is actually trying to kill Richard: a theory Richard poo-poos until he finds himself at the controls of a plummeting plane while Mazzone prepares to parachute to safety. Meanwhile, Del thinks he can improve on the punch line of Caroline's latest cartoon, then he and Charlie desperately try to retrieve it from the syndication editors before it goes to press, using measures that give new meaning to the phrase "cartoon strip."

Caroline In The City - 322 - Caroline and the Sandwich

submitted 2004-09-19 15:30:17
Airdate: 1998-04-27

Caroline and Jo Anne Worley agree to stage a feud after the cartoonist is blamed for having a deli sandwich named for Worley being renamed in her own honor. Meanwhile, Richard agonizes because Julia's regained wealth has given him painter's block; and Annie shows a reluctant Richard that his new $12,000 gold Rolex watch gives him shopper's credit in the stores that formerly scorned him.

Caroline In The City - 323 - Caroline and the Marriage Counselor (Part 1)

submitted 2004-09-20 16:04:16
Airdate: 1998-05-04

Caroline returns home to find Richard, Julia, Trevor, Annie, Del and Charlie bound and gagged together - which turns out to be the doing of a deranged marriage counselor, as we learn in a series of flashbacks: To quit or not to quit? That is the question Richard faces in this hour-long episode. When Julia is finally able to claim her inheritance, the Karinskys move into a penthouse and ponder leaving their jobs. While Mrs. Karinsky gives up bartending in a flash, Richard makes excuses about abruptly leaving Caroline. A concerned Julia hires a marriage counselor, who turns out to be more interested in Richard's job than his life. Meanwhile, Caroline suggests that she and Trevor move in together. Garry Shandling has a cameo as one of the therapist's other patients.

Caroline In The City - 324 - Caroline and the Marriage Counselor (Part 2)

submitted 2004-09-20 16:08:20
Airdate: 1998-05-04

Caroline In The City - 325 - Caroline and the Secret (Part 1)

submitted 2004-09-20 16:09:56
Airdate: 1998-05-18

Now that they are planning to move in together, Caroline and Trevor hold a rummage sale on Caroline's doorstep, but she can't bear to part with her things and winds up buying them back at a loss. All she manages to sell is Del's softball glove, which he needs because he is helping Charlie coach a Little League team; this surprises everyone until they meet Monica, the attractive mother of one of the boys. Meanwhile, planning to spend the summer in Spain, Richard and Julia throw themselves a bon voyage party (described by Caroline as a "Eurotrash compacter"). While Julia shops, a distracted Richard is indifferent to the cook's "perfect Bernaise sauce," so the indignant chef quits (and Remo gets the job on two hours' notice, with the new waitress from his restaurant as staff). Julia has celebrated by buying herself a flashy new diamond bracelet; and during the party, when Caroline and Annie sneak into the en suite bathroom, they accidentally overhear a man with a distinctive laugh making love to a woman - a woman wearing a flashy diamond bracelet. Canvassing the men at the party with silly jokes, they discover the laugh belongs to José the arrogant bullfighter. Next day Richard tells Julia he's uncomfortable with her snotty friends and won't be going to Spain with her, and she is surprisingly reasonable about going alone. Caroline comes by as arranged to water the plants, and Richard walks in on her enjoying the king-size bathtub; assuming he knows the worst, Caroline commiserates and spills the beans. A furious Richard rushes off to Spain to confront Julia.

Caroline In The City - 326 - Caroline and the Bullfighter (Part 2)

submitted 2004-09-20 16:12:11
Airdate: 1998-05-18

On the eve of their moving in together, Caroline leaves Trevor alone as she dashes off to Spain, with Annie in tow, in an attempt to repair the damage she has done to Richard and Julia's marriage. Lunching at Remo's, they have seen Remo's new waitress wearing a diamond bracelet and realized it was she making love to José during the party. Richard arrives in Spain and the hotel maid, who hates Julia, directs him to the "matador bar" on the corner; but when he demands to speak to a "worthless matador named José," every man in the bar stands up. By the time Caroline and Annie arrive, Richard has traced Julia to Pamplona, where she has gone to see the running of the bulls; unaware of the event, and distracted by the arrival of Caroline, Richard flees for his life and is trampled by the bulls - only mildly, as we discover. Meanwhile, Del suffers through endless bad pitches thrown by Monica's son while Charlie explains why he won't let the hopeless kid into the game, and discovers an unexpected rapport with Monica. Julia refuses to let Caroline see Richard in the hospital, and says she never wants to see her again (and gets hosed down by Annie with a fire extinguisher). Caroline and Annie arrive home to discover that Trevor has moved out. A heartbroken Caroline is left alone, until Richard arrives to collect his apartment key. Just as he leaves, he confesses that he and Julia have split up for good "because she wasn't you," and the star-crossed lovers finally embrace. (Cathy Ladmen reprises her role as Elevator Lady to comment: "It's about time!")

Season 4

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Caroline In The City - 401 - Caroline and the Guys in the Bathroom

submitted 2004-09-23 10:24:39
Airdate: 1998-09-21

Acting as narrator, the Elevator Lady brings us up to speed on the events at last season's close culminating in Richard and Caroline's first kiss. Desperately aroused, Caroline and Richard pause only long enough for Caroline to run to the bathroom to brush her teeth; but once there she is confronted by a vision of four men: ex-boyfriend Trevor, the first man she ever slept with, the high school coach she had a crush on, and the first little boy she ever kissed. An angry dialogue ensues, and an inflamed Richard, overhearing, strips down - only to be walked in on by an angry Annie, who accuses him of exploiting Caroline's vulnerable state. Then Caroline emerges from the bathroom naked, only to be confronted by Annie and Charlie, the latter having arrived with an urgent message from Del: Eagel Greeting Cards is going out of business. A mortified Caroline dresses and rushes to comfort Del, only to discover that he is celebrating the sale of his company to a major conglomerate, and to be proudly shown her new office. Richard arrives, and they reluctantly agree to wait two months before consummating their new relationship (hmmm, just in time for the November sweeps...). As they leave a distraught Charlie, convinced that his friendship with Caroline will be destroyed now that he has seen her naked, displays himself in the buff through the glass wall so they can be "even."

Caroline In The City - 402 - Caroline and the Office

submitted 2004-09-23 10:26:37
Airdate: 1998-09-28

When Carol can no longer stand the pressure Del is putting on her to work out of her new corporate office instead of her home, a reluctant Caroline discovers that Richard has been sleeping there: his vengeful father-in-law has stripped him of apartments, possessions and credit cards, and Charley has been using Richard's old apartment as a makeshift hotel for visiting Russians. Then Richard falls afoul of the militaristic office manager Plum, who subjects him to standard employment tests, including a visit to the staff psychologist - who finds Richard's behavior a little odd.

Caroline In The City - 403 - Caroline and the Rotten Plum

submitted 2004-09-23 10:29:48
Airdate: 1998-10-05

Caroline settles into her new workplace, where she inadvertently - and immediately - ticks off office manager Plum, who banishes Caroline and Richard to the basement. Meanwhile, Annie lusts after her yoga teacher Jonathan, but learns from Angie that he is a former porn performer.

Caroline In The City - 404 - Caroline and the Drycleaner

submitted 2004-09-24 16:40:39
Airdate: 1998-10-12

It's just not Annie's day: she gets fired from Cats after eight years and is immediately dumped by her agent. To get back some self esteem, she agrees to go out with her dry cleaner to his dry cleaners' annual banquet, but when she attempts to strut both their stuff on the dance floor, she succeeds only in fracturing his leg. Meanwhile, since sales of her greeting cards are down, Del talks Caroline into attending a focus group which some wild new ideas about Caroline's cartoon strip. Richard is aghast to find Caroline seriously considering some of them (turning Salty into a dog, giving Caroline super-powers); then Del announces that all greeting card sales are down, Caroline's less than most.

Caroline In The City - 405 - Caroline and the First Date

submitted 2004-09-24 16:46:36
Airdate: 1998-10-26

On Halloween, Caroline tries to find an appropriate costume for Richard to wear to her neighbor's party, but he proposes a dinner date instead. When he turns up with a Chinese takeaway and a video, he discovers Caroline is expecting a romantic evening, and in panic pretends he has made a reservation at her favorite restaurant, Patrie's. Despite his efforts to bribe the hostess, he is predictably humiliated, and a disappointed Caroline storms off. When Salty makes a break for freedom, Richard joins Caroline on the roof and gets trapped in a vent; borrowing Richard's coat, Annie discovers a hidden romantic gesture: Richard has drawn Caroline a subway map of New York showing all the places special to them as a blooming couple. Meanwhile, Annie makes a play for a weatherman dressed as Zorro, who turns out to be anything but dashing; and Del fears he is about to be fired like his two predecessors when the company boss assigns him to organize the staff Halloween party.

Caroline In The City - 406 - Caroline and the Paper Chase

submitted 2004-09-24 16:49:19
Airdate: 1998-11-02

Del has hired Caroline and Annie to provide the voices for his new promotional video, but when he comes to pick them up it turns out they have to perform it for the boss first as a puppet show - about menstruation. While Annie is in her office, Caroline searches in Richard's desk for a highlighter and finds his divorce papers, and Richard angrily denounces her invasion of his privacy. Of course Annie immediately lifts the papers, is forced to hide them from Richard, sees them dumped down the corporate mail chute, and has to enlist Caroline's help to wheedle them back from the bizarre and hostile mail room staff - leaving a reluctant Richard and a strangely eager Charlie to act out the puppet show for Mr. MacDermott, who reveals that he is only doing the animated cartoon as part of a community service sentence. Discovering that the divorce papers are two months old but that Richard has not yet signed them, and is therefore technically still married, Caroline confronts him - and he confesses that he is afraid to sign them because that will mean he has failed as a husband and may fail as Caroline's partner too.

Caroline In The City - 408 - Caroline and the Diva

submitted 2004-09-26 15:20:08
Airdate: 1998-11-16

Jealousy between Richard and Annie reaches a new height when Richard wants to attend an operatic recital to which Caroline invited Annie months ago. The two squabble so childishly that an infuriated Caroline tells them off loudly - and the insulted diva walks off the stage and refuses to return. When Caroline sneaks into the star's dressing room to apologize and beg her to finish the recital, she winds up rubbing her feet and getting drunk with her on champagne, and returns home to find that Richard and Annie's mutual anxiety about her whereabouts has produced a sort of truce. Meanwhile, Del finds himself taking a reluctant ethical stance when he is invited to an executive charter jet weekend on condition that he persuades cartoonist Reg to introduce a white character into his black-only post-apocalyptic fantasy world; and a furtive pair of nerdish animators fall madly in love with Caroline but are unable to speak in her presence.

Caroline In The City - 409 - Caroline and the Booby Trap

submitted 2004-09-26 15:22:35
Airdate: 1998-11-30

After Annie is beaten out in an audition by an untalented but well endowed rival, she announces her intention to have breast augmentation surgery during a Thanksgiving dinner already complicated by Del's turning up with a frozen rather than pre-cooked turkey and the bizarre behavior of mailroom Dave. Unable to talk Annie out of it, Caroline then beats her to the doctor's office to consider treatment herself after Richard's ill-timed admission that he has fantasized about her with larger breasts. A fantasy sequence in which Caroline imagines special treatment aboard a plane convinces her to stay with what she's got. Meanwhile, Richard has taken Caroline's riposte (that she has imagined him with darker, sexier hair) to heart, but when Del's current girlfriend shows up to rescue him from the effects of an amateurish home dye job, she realizes Del stood her up for Thanksgiving and storms out, leaving Richard to deal with a bad case of chemically induced hair loss.

Caroline In The City - 410 - Caroline and the Bar Mitzvah

submitted 2004-09-26 15:24:32
Airdate: 1998-12-14

Richard's Aunt Frieda announces that before she moves to Florida and wants to see Richard go through with the bar mitzvah he abandoned, and is willing to pay him $5,000 for the privilege. While an embarrassed Richard returns to Hebrew school, Caroline and Annie prepare a mocking party in his honor -- until Richard confesses to Caroline that he is doing it for the money only because he is humiliated by her having to pick up the tab for everything they do together. Meanwhile, Del gets a great deal in expensively tailored Italian suits, but won't admit they are several sizes too small for him.

Caroline In The City - 411 - Caroline and the Fright Before Christmas

submitted 2004-09-27 22:22:24
Airdate: 1998-12-21

Richard, Del and Annie are apparently successful in their combined effort to knock the Christmas spirit out of Caroline, but when she appears to have lost all interest in her annual tree-trimming festivities, her alarmed buddies declare an emergency trip to nearby "Christmasville," only to discover that Caroline engineered the whole thing. When even the local re-enactment of A Christmas Carol doesn't do the trick, a furious Caroline tries to drive away and backs into the town's main transformer, blacking out all of "Christmasville" and condemning them to slave off their sentence in Santa's workshop.

Caroline In The City - 412 - Caroline and the Big Bad Bed

submitted 2004-09-27 22:24:09
Airdate: 1999-01-11

Caroline becomes upset over what she sees as Richard's refusal to share his private life with her -- which comes to a head when Reg Preston's girlfriend kicks him out and he moves in temporarily with Richard. Meanwhile, Del and Annie forge a temporary truce and attempt to find dates for each other at the gym. Del strikes out, but Annie finds an obliging man mountain she'd "like to hire a team of sherpas and climb."

Caroline In The City - 413 - Caroline and the Horny Kid

submitted 2004-09-27 22:25:59
Airdate: 1999-01-18

Del and Caroline participate in the company's mentoring program, but Caroline's adolescent charge Stan develops an embarrassing crush on her, while Del's turns into a teenage fixer who takes over Del's professional and personal lives with impressive competence. Meanwhile, Reg tries to convince Richard to sell his art, but the results are disastrous: a coffee house show is a fiasco, and when Richard desperately tries to emulate a subway hawker and sell his works to consumers, he is busted by an undercover cop who confiscates his art.

Caroline In The City - 414 - Caroline and the Firing Squad

submitted 2004-09-29 16:59:07
Airdate: 1999-01-25

Caroline is appalled to discover that Del (currently obsessed with buying a new Porsche) is paying his partner Charlie to stay at home so that his bizarre ideas won't compromise Del's career. When she persuades Del to let Charlie attend a planning meeting, the plan backfires big time: Charlie is fired. Charlie decides he wants to travel in Europe, and Del does the right thing and gives him the money for his Porsche as severance. Meanwhile, Richard gets Annie a job posing for a cartoonist who starts dating her, but the deal is fishy: it turns out he is only interested in her when she is dressed as the bizarre science fiction heroine of his strip.

Caroline In The City - 415 - Caroline and the 2000th Strip

submitted 2004-09-29 17:01:03
Airdate: 1999-03-08

There's to be a big celebrity banquet to celebrate Caroline's 2000th strip, but there's a snag: Caroline is completely blocked in terms of fresh, funny ideas. While everyone else waits for her to get ready (Richard in a cheap rental tuxedo which gradually disintegrates), Caroline fantasizes about what life would be like if she retired. When she tearfully refuses to attend the banquet and does laundry instead, Richard gently points out that she has stopped writing about her real life in the strip (her fictional counterpart is "still dating that veterinarian") and perhaps it is time to bring her readers up to date -- and Caroline immediately draws a strip about their first date on the side of the washing machine.

Caroline In The City - 416 - Caroline and Joanie and the Stick

submitted 2004-10-01 13:50:23
Airdate: 0000-00-00

Caroline tries to right an old wrong by giving up a romantic weekend in Boston with Richard to help out a visiting childhood chum, Joanie, whom Caroline once bullied in school. Meanwhile, a lonely Annie finds unexpected companionship with a smooth-talking parrot when she agrees to bird-sit for Dave, and Del has trouble accepting the fact that his new girlfriend Lisa is taller than he is.

Caroline In The City - 417 - Caroline and the Ancestral Home

submitted 2004-09-29 17:03:09
Airdate: 1999-03-15

Caroline and the gang visit her family's home in Wisconsin and learn her parents are selling the house. Distraught, she prolongs her stay (while Richard unwillingly bonds with the locals), and ultimately decides to preserve her childhood memories by buying the house herself.

Caroline In The City - 418 - Caroline and the Sudsy Guy

submitted 2004-10-01 13:53:01
Airdate: 1999-03-22

Caroline's plans to rent out her house in Wisconsin hit an unexpected snag when Grandma Duffy refuses to leave, forcing Caroline to return to Wisconsin, where she is surprised to learn that her former boyfriend Randy will be her new tenant. Meanwhile, Richard has his hands full in New York when he agrees to take Caroline's place by caring for Annie (who is sick) and Del (who thinks his girlfriend may be cheating on him).

Caroline In The City - 419 - Caroline and the Return of the Sudsy Guy (Part 1)

submitted 2004-10-01 13:55:26
Airdate: 1999-03-29

Sparks fly between Caroline and Randy when he pays her a surprise visit in New York and they end up getting stuck together in a subway tunnel for two hours. Meanwhile, Richard gets his first real break as an artist when an eccentric gallery owner offers to exhibit his work -- but only if he can create another 'bleak' painting in time for the next day's show.

Caroline In The City - 420 - Caroline and the Ultimatum (Part 2)

submitted 2004-10-02 17:59:50
Airdate: 1999-04-05

Caroline gives Richard a matrimonial ultimatum; but on his way to propose to her, he is taken hostage in a video store holdup. He decides that escape will prove his manhood and worthiness of Caroline -- and when he is wheeled in by paramedics, he does indeed propose.

Caroline In The City - 421 - Caroline and El Nino (Part 1)

submitted 2004-10-02 18:02:13
Airdate: 1999-04-26

After deciding they can't wait to get married, Caroline and Richard plan their nuptials for the following week. But while Caroline and Annie search for the perfect wedding dress, Richard shows up at the bridal shop with a bombshell announcement regarding his ex-wife: Julia has given birth to their son. Caroline gets an unexpected visit from Randy; and Annie and Del flirt with the idea of having a no-strings-attached fling.

Caroline In The City - 422 - Caroline and the Big Move (Part 2)

submitted 2004-10-02 18:04:47
Airdate: 1999-04-26

As Caroline and Richard prepare to leave for Italy to visit his newborn son, Richard makes a confession that gives Caroline second thoughts about their future together: he never wanted to have children. But when he arrives alone in Italy, Richard discovers that Julia has abandoned the baby, and slowly becomes a model father. Meanwhile, Annie and Del begin a clandestine relationship. Flashing forward six months later, the series finale finds Caroline headed to the altar with Randy, when an unexpected guest arrives during the wedding ceremony: Richard, holding his infant son...