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The Worst Episodes of Caroline in the City

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Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran on the NBC television network. It stars Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy, who lives in Manhattan in New York City. The series premiered

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 1 - Caroline in the City
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    #1 - Caroline in the City

    S1:E1

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Marco Pennette, Fred Barron, Dottie Dartland Zicklin

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  2. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 3 - Caroline and the Gay Art Show
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    #2 - Caroline and the Gay Art Show

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 4 - Caroline and the Bad Back
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    #3 - Caroline and the Bad Back

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Bill Prady

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  4. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 5 - Caroline and the ATM
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    #4 - Caroline and the ATM

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Mark Wilding

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  5. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 6 - Caroline and the Folks
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    #5 - Caroline and the Folks

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Marco Pennette, Fred Barron

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  6. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 7 - Caroline and the Opera
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    #6 - Caroline and the Opera

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writers:Marco Pennette, Fred Barron

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  7. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 8 - Caroline and the Balloon
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    #7 - Caroline and the Balloon

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Bill Prady

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  8. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 9 - Caroline and the Convict
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    #8 - Caroline and the Convict

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Rob Lotterstein

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  9. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 11 - Caroline and the Gift
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    #9 - Caroline and the Gift

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Bill Prady

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  10. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 12 - Caroline and the Married Man
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    #10 - Caroline and the Married Man

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Wil Calhoun

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  11. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 13 - Caroline and the Twenty-Eight-Pound Walleye
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    #11 - Caroline and the Twenty-Eight-Pound Walleye

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 14 - Caroline and the Watch
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    #12 - Caroline and the Watch

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Mark Wilding

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  13. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 15 - Caroline and the Bad Date
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    #13 - Caroline and the Bad Date

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Bill Prady

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  14. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 16 - Caroline and the Proposal
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    #14 - Caroline and the Proposal

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Marco Pennette, Fred Barron

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  15. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 17 - Caroline and the Kid
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    #15 - Caroline and the Kid

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writers:Bill Masters, Wil Calhoun

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  16. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 18 - Caroline and the Ex-Wife
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    #16 - Caroline and the Ex-Wife

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 19 - Caroline and the Movie
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    #17 - Caroline and the Movie

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Bill Prady

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  18. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 20 - Caroline and the Cereal
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    #18 - Caroline and the Cereal

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 21 - Caroline and Richard's Mom
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    #19 - Caroline and Richard's Mom

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Dottie Dartland Zicklin, Charles Harper Yates

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  20. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 22 - Caroline and the Bridesmaids
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    #20 - Caroline and the Bridesmaids

    S1:E22

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

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writers:Bill Masters, Wil Calhoun

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  21. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 23 - Caroline and the Wedding
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    #21 - Caroline and the Wedding

    S1:E23

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Bill Masters

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  22. Caroline in the City Season 1 Episode 24 - Caroline and the Condom
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    #22 - Caroline and the Condom

    S1:E24

    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.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Marco Pennette, Fred Barron

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  23. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 1 - Caroline and the Younger Man (1)
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    #23 - Caroline and the Younger Man (1)

    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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  24. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 2 - Caroline and the Letter (2)
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    #24 - Caroline and the Letter (2)

    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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  25. Caroline in the City Season 2 Episode 3 - Caroline and the Cat Dancer
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    #25 - Caroline and the Cat Dancer

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Caroline in the City" is the worst rated episode of "Caroline in the City". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Marco Pennette, Fred Barron, Dottie Dartland Zicklin, it aired on 9/21/1995. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Caroline and the Gay Art Show".