"Lady Florence Craye Arrives in New York" | |
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Jeeves and Wooster episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 2 |
Directed by | Ferdinand Fairfax |
Original air date | 23 May 1993 |
"Lady Florence Craye Arrives in New York" is the second episode of the fourth series of the 1990s British comedy television series Jeeves and Wooster. It is also called "The Once and Future Ex." It first aired on 23 May 1993 on ITV.
Adapted from "The Spot of Art" (from Very Good, Jeeves), "The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace" (from The Inimitable Jeeves), "Fixing It for Freddie" (from Carry On, Jeeves) and "Joy In The Morning", with 'the Steeple Bumpleigh Horror' relocated to New York.
Bertie bumps into his former fiancée Lady Florence in a bookshop while buying a birthday present for Jeeves. But after a row with her present suitor, the insanely jealous Darcy "Stilton" Cheesewright she renews her engagement to Bertie. Friend George Caffyn needs $50,000 for his play but can only get it from Chichester Clam when he sells his boats to Lord Worplesden, but the press pack haunting them is stopping the deal from going through. Jeeves sees a fancy dress party as a way of sorting everything out.