Central Park season 3, episode 12 recap – “A Hot Dog To Remember”

By Ricky Valero
Published: November 11, 2022 (Last updated: January 26, 2024)
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We recap the Apple TV+ series Central Park season 3, episode 12 recap, “A Hot Dog To Remember,” which contains spoilers.

Central Park season 3, episode 11 saw a strong message come about being yourself. However, as we only have two episodes left in the season, we have a lot to unpack that needs to get resolved. Let’s dive into this week’s episode.

Central Park season 3, episode 12 recap

The episode starts with us seeing Louie’s Hot Dogs and possibly how it all started. Then, a montage of him putting up the tent, making the hot dogs, and pumping them out to streetwalkers daily. We see generations pass as he made hundreds of thousands of people happy with the hot dog stand.

Present-day, Owen sees someone dumping trash into a dumpster. We find out he will be a new vendor Boiled Bologna. He isn’t pleased with throwing all his trash in the park trash cans, and he gives him a warning for dumping his waste. We find out that Louie is about to set the record for being in the park for over thirty years the following day.

The family is at the table, and Owen is toasting to Paige, who turned in her first draft of her book to the publisher. Oh, so NOW we are talking about the book again. It’s about time. Paige says this free time will allow her to spend time with the family. She offers to spend the day with Molly and her friends, who isn’t thrilled with the idea. Next, Cole wants to go to the reptile store with Owen to get a turtle. Owen does what any parent does and tries to talk him out of the idea of having one.

Louie calls Owen to let him know that he won’t be able to get his cart set up in time. Owen volunteers to open the cart for him to help him set the record and says that he and Cole will be the ones that do it. Cole is NOT happy with being forced into this one.

Our favorite time of the episode, Bitsy, has arrived, and we see Abby, that brought her a drink. Helen informs Bitsy that the Mapsie camera will be in town today. Birdie breaks down that once a year, the Mapsie camera drives through Manhattan and takes pictures of the streets. Last year, it got Bitsy on camera trapped inside a spiderweb which has stayed year around. Bahahahahahah, incredible.

Off to find the food cart for Owen and Cole to find the hot dog cart to head to set it up for Louie. The duo works together to get all the things together to ensure everything is lined up to make history. Of course, it is all done via song, which is hilarious as this show’s ability to make songs about the most random things ever always amazes me.

Paige’s editor calls to talk about her book. First, she let her know about some of the errors within the text. Next, the 18-49 mysterious department wants to talk to Paige and tell her that she doesn’t love the ending. Paige is not thrilled with the idea of having to change it. She sits down at the table to run the end by Molly. Molly asks if she has attempted to work the ending in real life, and she says no. This leads to Paige saying they should go to Coney Island to recreate the end to prove the editor wrong.

Owen and Cole struggle to make it to the park in time by pushing the hot dog cart to get to the park in time. But, it isn’t as easy as they thought it would be. They are stuck because Owen’s shoelace got caught in the wheel. While trying to fix this, the Boiled Bologna guy tramples over the duo, causing a massive mess.

Central Park season 3, episode 12 ending

At Coney Island, the three kids are trying to help their mom on the roller coaster to see if her book’s end does, in fact, work. We get a song for some apparent reason, but they struggle to see her because they are having so much fun on the roller coaster. Finally, Paige realizes that she needs to overcome her fears and ride the coaster to see if she can see them herself. After trying it herself, she could make it work, and her ending does work after all.

Someone decides to help Owen and Cole, but it doesn’t help much either because they aren’t able to make it in time. Cole makes them realize they need all the help they can get and announce in the middle of the street that they are trying to make Louie’s record happen. The entire city pitches in to help them get the cart, highlighting Louie’s importance to the town. Of course, they made it happen, and Louie was able to set the record.

We move on to Bitsy, who discovers that Mapsie cameras are on their way. So Helen sends her out to get a different picture. However, as she goes outside, a wedding happens at the place, and birdseed is thrown in the air. It causes birds to attack her, and pictures are taken, and instead of a spiderweb picture, she has a picture of birds attacking her. I love Bitsy.

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