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The Best Episodes of Caroline in the City Season 2

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 25 - Caroline and the Wayward Husband
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    S2:E25

    Richard prepares to run off with another just as Caroline is about to tell him how she feels.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Kim Friese

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  2. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 24 - Caroline and Richard & Julia
    7.6/10(49 votes)

    S2:E24

    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.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Bill Masters

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  3. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 8 - Caroline and the Comic
    7.5/10(51 votes)

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Howard Deutch
    Writers:Marco Pennette, Fred Barron

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  4. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 3 - Caroline and the Cat Dancer
    7.4/10(59 votes)

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Michael Lembeck
    Writers:Brian Hargrove, Jack Kenny

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  5. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 6 - Caroline and the Nice Jewish Boy
    7.4/10(52 votes)

    S2:E6

    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

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Tom Leopold

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  6. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 13 - Caroline and the Singer
    7.4/10(53 votes)

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writers:Brian Hargrove, Jack Kenny

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  7. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 7 - Caroline and Victor/Victoria
    7.3/10(50 votes)

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Howard Deutch
    Writer:Bill Masters

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  8. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 22 - Caroline and the Ombudsman
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    S2:E22

    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.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Bill Prady

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  9. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 12 - Caroline and the Perfect Record
    7.2/10(54 votes)

    S2:E12

    Caroline's romance is beached when Joe's ex returns from an environmental mission.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 18 - Caroline and the Monkeys
    7.2/10(49 votes)

    S2:E18

    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.

    Director:Andrew Tsao
    Writer:Donald Todd

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  11. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 1 - Caroline and the Younger Man
    7.1/10(62 votes)

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Marco Pennette, Fred Barron

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  12. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 10 - Caroline and the Red Sauce
    7.1/10(53 votes)

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Bill Prady

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  13. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 14 - Caroline and the Kept Man
    7.1/10(51 votes)

    S2:E14

    Caroline's romance is beached when Joe's ex returns from an environmental mission.

    Director:Andrew Tsao
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 15 - Caroline and the Long Shot
    7.1/10(45 votes)

    S2:E15

    Richard wins a chance to make his dreams come true by sinking a $100,000 three-pointer during a Knicks game.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 19 - Caroline and the Buyer
    7.1/10(48 votes)

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 2 - Caroline and the Letter
    7.0/10(56 votes)

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writers:Marco Pennette, Fred Barron, Cathy Ladman

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  17. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 11 - Caroline and the Freight King
    7.0/10(52 votes)

    S2:E11

    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 r

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writer:Donald Todd

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  18. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 21 - Caroline and the Critics
    7.0/10(48 votes)

    S2:E21

    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.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writers:Bill Prady, Tom Leopold, Jack Kenny

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  19. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 5 - Caroline and the Dreamers
    6.9/10(48 votes)

    S2:E5

    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

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writer:Bill Prady

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  20. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 9 - Caroline and the Therapist
    6.9/10(52 votes)

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writer:Tom Leopold

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  21. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 16 - Caroline and the Dearly Departed
    6.9/10(53 votes)

    S2:E16

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Brian Hargrove, Jack Kenny

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  22. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 23 - Caroline and the Bad Trip
    6.9/10(50 votes)

    S2:E23

    A funny thing happens to Caroline on the way to "The Tonight Show"; Charlie thinks he's found his father.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Donald Todd

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  23. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 17 - Caroline and the Getaway
    6.7/10(44 votes)

    S2:E17

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 4 - Caroline and the Guy Who Gets There Too Soon
    6.6/10(54 votes)

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Gordon Hunt
    Writer:Donald Todd

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  25. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 20 - Caroline and the New Neighbor
    6.6/10(50 votes)

    S2:E20

    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.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Caroline and the Wayward Husband" is the best rated episode of Caroline in the City season 2. It scored 7.8/10 from 47 votes. Directed by Will Mackenzie and written by Kim Friese, it aired on May 13, 1997. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Caroline and Richard & Julia".