Recap / Central Park

The recap page for Central Park.

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Season One

1. Episode One - Owen tries to get his family excited about "Turtlehead Day" at Central Park. Bitsy is upset that her dog, Shampagne, has disappeared and puts out a $55,000 award money to whoever can find her dog, who was last seen in Central Park. Molly is stalking a boy she likes.
2. Skater's Circle - Owen has to get Glorious Gary to return back to Skater's Circle so it can be busy again. Paige has to report on a town meeting. Bitsy tries to get several investors to agree with her plan to buy the park. Molly tries to help Cole reunite with Shampagne again.
3. Hat Luncheon - Owen has to give a speech at the Hat Luncheon in Central Park. Paige is trying to uncover why the park's funding has been frozen. Bitsy attends the Hat Luncheon to try to sabotage it and stir up trouble between the attendees. Molly wants to spend more time with Brendan.
4. Garbage Ballet - Thanks to Bitsy's influences, Central Park has a garbage crisis that Owen needs to fix. Paige gets sick and thinks rats are inside her home and Cole tries to stop her from killing them. Molly is dealing with the aftermath of her disastrous first kiss with Brendan. Bitsy has to convince her hotel staff to clean the seventh floor when they think it's haunted.
5. Dog Spray Afternoon - Birdie reveals there are rules to being a narrator. Bitsy hires a tagger to tag Central Park and Owen and Molly team up to find the tagger. Helen has to walk Shampagne in the park and Cole volunteers to help. Paige is getting close to figuring out the Mayor's action.
6. Rival Busker - Birdie has to deal with the fact that he's been replaced as the narrator. Bitsy agrees to allow Dmitry, one of the investors, to have his daughter's wedding at her hotel in her secret ballroom in exchange they talk business. After getting a tip about Bitsy's secret ballroom, Paige and Molly stays at the hotel so Paige can get some info. Owen and Cole watches a live stream of an owl's nest at the park.
7. Squirrel, Interrupted - Owen and Cole goes on a scavenger hunt based around Cole's favorite book series. Paige is happy that Molly has gotten good at chess and takes her to the Chess House in the park to play against other chess players. Bitsy and Helen attends the Brandenham Annual Family Retreat at her brother's house.
8. Hot Oven - Molly reluctantly invites Brendon over to her home for dinner and the Tillermans learn something important about him. Meanwhile, Owen is trying to make a perfect pizza for the dinner. Bitsy calls her dog therapist over when Shampagne starts peeing on her bed, and Helen tries to sabotage the session in order to convince Bitsy to get rid of Shampagne.
9. Live It Up Tonight - As Bitsy prepares for her own award ceremony, she has Mayor Whitebottom send Anita, an auditor, to dig up some dirt on the park so that she can get Owen fired from his job. When Owen and Paige are about to go on date night, Elwood calls them about Anita's surprise auditing. Before the award ceremony, Bitsy and Helen ends up getting trapped in a prohibition tunnel and find themselves locked in a wine cellar. Cole and Molly wants to attend a pop culture tour for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York deleted scenes.
10. A Fish Called Snakehead - The Season Finale. When Owen is informed there's a snakehead fish possibly in the Harlem Meer, he and his family tries to catch it so it doesn't damage the ecosystem. Bitsy learns she's unlikable in New York and the Mayor hires a likability professional to help her with her image. Bitsy would later use the snakehead problem at the park to help improve her image.

Season Two

1. Central Dark - A tristate blackout leaves Bitsy and Helen trapped in New Jersey — and forces the Tillerman family to see each other in a new light.
2. Mother's Daze - Owen and the kids go all out for Paige on Mother's Day. Bitsy has to handle things on her own when Helen takes a day off.
3. Fista Puffs Mets Out Justice - As a test to see if she's worthy of joining an elite girl group, Fista Puffs battles a monster in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
4. Of Course You Realize This Means Ward - Owen oversees a kids' field trip in the park, while Molly and Cole help Brendan with his indoor kite competition. Bitsy and her brother write memoirs.
5. Down to the Underwire - When Molly needs a new bra, Owen takes her shopping. Helen finds a key that could finally reveal if she's in Bitsy's will.
6. The Shadow - The Brandenham is robbed by a jewel thief, reminding Bitsy of a criminal who terrorized the hotel over 50 years ago.
7. A Decent Proposal - Owen does damage control after accidentally ruining a marriage proposal. Molly attends Bitsy's birthday party with Brendan.
8. Sir Bricks-A-Lot - When Owen considers a new job in Connecticut, the family uses Cole's toys to imagine what their lives would be like if they moved out of the park.
9. A Boat-iful Mind - Cole is getting bad grades in geometry and is too distracted with model sail-boating to fix it. Molly isn't proud that she's drawing a farting bean cartoon for her school newspaper. Owen is struggling to find the perfect stepladder. Bitsy and Helen both have gout and they take some pills from Canada to relieve the pain.
10. Bee Is for Brandenham - Owen has a bad headache from his prescription glasses, and after a visit from his optometrist he has to wear special sunglasses until his eyes recover. He later has to help Bitsy remove a swarm of bees that has appeared in front of her hotel while she tries to convince a sneaker mogul to have his convention at her hotel. Paige, Molly, and Cole are having trouble trying to apply anti-item cream on her boss's cat when he goes inside a wall.
11. The PAIGE-riarchy! - When Molly has her first period, Paige throws a period party for her to let her know that periods are a blessing. When Bitsy doesn't make the "Annual 50 Women Over 50 Worth Over 50 Million" list, she tries to get the woman who took her spot to lose money so she can reclaim her spot on the list.
12. Caste Sweet Castle - Owen and Paige wants to move their washing machine from the basement to upstairs but they need approval from the Landmarks Preservation Bureau if they're going to make any changes to the Edendale Castle. Birdie is jealous that Elwood is teaching Molly and Cole how to play music on the guitar. Bitsy's old car has broken down and she refuses to replace it with a new car.
13. Celeste We Forget - A trip to the botanical garden is derailed when Owen's mother makes a surprise visit. While writing a fluff piece on gifting suites, Paige ends up chasing a lead to her story.
14. The Ballad of Johnnie Lee - Cole wants to change his name and identity after an embarrassing moment at school, so Owen, Paige, and Molly tell him stories to help him cope with the embarrassment.
15. Where There's Smoke - Paige brings her family to a wake, hoping to find evidence for her story. Bitsy and Helen try to convince big investors to join them in buying Central Park.
16. The Lyin' in Winter - The Season Finale. While Bitsy and Helen get stranded during a blizzard, the Tillermans discover the deal to sell Central Park is happening today.

Season Three

1. A Star Is Owen - The Tillerman family welcomes spring as an episode of a hit crime show films in the park, but Owen isn't happy how they're portraying the park in a negative light. Bitsy tasks Helen to find a potential mayoral candidate she can manipulate.
2. Paige's Next Chapter - As Paige prepares for a big meeting with a book publisher, she welcomes her sister Abby to New York City. Molly and Cole compete to make a dessert for Abby to see which one of them is her favorite. Bitsy's lounge piano player is unavailable so his wife will temporary take his place as a lounge singer.
3. Ice Ice Not Baby - Molly and Brendan get into their first big fight while ice skating. Abby gets her first big commercial audition for a local deli with the Tillermans helping her rehearse. Bitsy tries to appeal to Interim Mayor Quincy Leeds in order to manipulate him.
4. A Triptych Down Memory Lane - Elwood forgets the password he created for the Tillermans' hard drive, so the family must help him remember it by telling him stories or their memories will be erased.
5. Golden Owen: Manager Damager - In order for Owen to get his "I Heart the Park" campaign proposal approved, he has to repair old friendships at the Park Managers' Conference. Abby, with the help of Molly and Cole, tries to find a job in the city. Meanwhile, Bitsy's floor clean gets revenge on her by making her floors too slippery.
6. A Matter of Life and Boeuf: The Tillermans visit Abby at her new job as a waitress at the Brandenham Hotel. But when an expensive steak, the côte de boeuf, goes missing in the restaurant, everyone is a suspect.
7. Slumber-Dog-Molly-An-Aire: Molly hosts her first teenage slumber party, but it creates a rift between her and Paige. Meanwhile, Abby and Helen try to help Bitsy go to sleep.
8. Lunar Palaver: On the day of a big Squirrel Quarrels event called the "Lunar Palaver", Cole has a run-in with a racist lady in the park and Owen tries to have a discussion with him about that incident. Meanwhile, Bitsy discovers that Helen is meeting someone at a restaurant who wants her to leave Bitsy and be with them.
9. A Killer Deadline: In order to complete two writing deadlines, Paige checks into a hotel to focus only to discover a shady business happening at the same time. Owen volunteers for a school kickball tournament that Molly is trying to avoid. Meanwhile, in order to get a change in her work schedule, Abby helps Helen make Bitsy feel young again after she's mistaken for a grandmother.
10. Money Candy: Owen and Paige set out to buy tickets to a K-pop boy band's concert for the kids and Abby. Bitsy is considering cloning Shampagne while Helen tries to dissuade her for inheritance reasons.
11. The Puffs Go Poof: Fista Puffs considers losing her puffy hair by straightening it, at the cost of losing her powers. The Tillermans try to figure out what clothes they don't need anymore. Bitsy hires image consultants to help her look good on the internet.
12. A Hot Dog to Remember: Owen and Cole volunteer to help Louie the hot dog vendor who's going to see his daughter's graduation so he can break a park record. Paige tries to prove the ending of her book can be possible to her editor by recreating her ending in real life. Bitsy is trying to get a good photo when the Mapsie camera drives by her hotel.
13. The Brandenpire Strikes Back: The Season Finale. With Owen's "I Heart the Park" campaign is in full swing, Owen is stressing out about the event. The workers at the Brandenham Hotel go on strike and Bitsy makes Helen try to fix it. Meanwhile, while doing a task for Bitsy, Abby is waiting for a call to hear about her audition.

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