Episode
Caroline in the City: Caroline and the Singer
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Caroline in the City
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1997-01-14
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Caroline and the Singer is Episode 13 in Season 2 of Caroline in the City. It aired on 1997-01-14. The runtime is 22 min.
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