New & Notable

Caprice & Ella Season 10 Premieres Feb. 26, 2026 Fort Wayne, IN – December 5, 2025 – The acclaimed ensemble drama Caprice & Ella will return for its landmark tenth season this spring (premiere date is 2/26/2026), airing Thursdays in 2026 and again in spring 2027. Following audience feedback, the series will move to Mondays for Season 11 in fall 2026, after the Friday scheduling experiment proved unsuccessful. Season 10 marks a pivotal chapter both on screen and behind the sce

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2025 Rachael Passalt and Janice Morganstein No Longer Producers of Caprice & Ella FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Ava Zinn, creator and executive producer of the series Caprice & Ella , announced Friday a major creative decision: the permanent ban of the four-part episode arc “Flagged by Design,” following backlash from Purdue Fort Wayne officials and internal concerns about its portrayal of institutional conflict and disability advocacy. The decision to

The highly anticipated seventh season finale is here to leave everyone on the edge of their seats with its intense drama, emotional depth, and surprising twists. In this post, we will dive deep into the episode, exploring its intricate plot, character developments, and the profound themes that make this show a standout. The episode begins as Ashli Zinn's boyfriend, Brian Conner, urgently knocks on Ashli's window early in the morning. He reveals the devastating news that his p

In this episode of "Caprice & Ella," culinary delights and heartwarming family moments take center stage. Join Ava, Breeanna, Tabitha, Ashli, Leeland, Jessica, Sierra, Lyssa, Caprice, and Ella, as they navigate through the simple yet profound joys of cooking, sharing meals, and reminiscing about cherished memories. The episode kicks off with Ava at the Southgate Plaza Kroger on Pettit Avenue in Fort Wayne, shopping for ingredients for Breeanna's North Carolina Brunswick Stew

Join Caprice, Ella, Breeanna, Ava, and the cast and crew of Caprice & Ella for a heartwarming and humorous Thanksgiving special with the Zinn family! In this episode, the Zinn's gather to celebrate the holiday as well as the #TurkeyRally, filled with laughter, memories, and a few family tensions. The episode kicks off with a TV broadcast promoting the 2024 #TurkeyRally taking place at two Kroger locations (Coventry Lane and Dupont Road), Community Harvest Food Bank on Tillman

This sports-themed episode is full of intrigue as Ava attends two separate sporting events, each on different dates (February 3 and November 8, 2024), making for an action-packed adventure. The women's basketball game between the then-IUPUI (now IU Indianapolis) Jaguars and Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons on February 3, 2024, and the football game between the Mississinewa High School Indians and the Bishop Luers Knights on November 8, 2024, create this unique episode. Ava mentio

Ava is contemplating withdrawing from Elementary Spanish I (SPAN 111) and Intro to Liberal Arts (IDIS 106) due to anticipated poor performance on her midterm in the latter course and overall poor performance in the former course. Tension builds with "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Intermission" by Kevin MacLeod playing, highlighting Ava’s anxiety as she sends emails to Professors Debrah Huffman and Lee Roberts about possibly dropping IDIS 106. She hasn’t received her midterm g

If you are from North Carolina and now live in Indiana like I do. You know that it is tough for a woman from Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a fan of the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte Hornets, a 2006 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002 graduate of (Lafayette, Indiana) Jefferson High School being married to a transgender woman born a boy in Chicago, yet originally from Van Buren, Indiana being a fan of the Indianapolis Colts, a 2023 graduate of I

The episode begins at Purdue University Fort Wayne's Walb Student Union as Ava gears up for her mid-term in Intro to Liberal Arts, of which Ava is not allowed to use notes (which is a typical reasonable accommodation for disabled students in many colleges and universities). The atmosphere appears to be dangerously tense and the stress is catastrophically palpable. Ava's head feels "seriously messed up," a phrase she repeats, highlighting her anxiety of difficult assignments,

The episode begins with Caprice being in a messy room, and the show from "High Potential" is playing in the background. Caprice and Ava discuss the need to find help for Ella, who has been having accidents that Ava has to clean up, which was revealed to be due to Ava being at Purdue Fort Wayne. Caprice suggests hiring a pet sitter, and Ava agrees but mentions the cost--something Ava does not have. Ella approaches Ava, trying to play, but Ava needs to talk to her seriously. Av

The episode opens with Caprice recording a diary entry on October 4, 2024, reflecting on her adjustment to Waterloo Gardens Apartments. She notes that she has managed to avoid confrontations with the apartment complex staff and has adjusted well. However, Ella continues to struggle whenever Ava is away, particularly with Ava attending Purdue Fort Wayne, leading to concerning behaviors like defecating indoors. Caprice shares various observations, including a mishap with her fo

Many of you that are attending Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) with yours truly and/or have been watching ‘Caprice & Ella’ since the 15-part miniseries “ Breaking Boiling Point ” aired in January 2023 are probably dealing with the Affordable Housing Crisis with yours truly. Sometimes balancing a home/personal life, a career, and education is as easy as cooking a juicy medium-rare steak on an outdoor grill while other times, can be overwhelming, as has been the case for you

The concluding episode of the miniseries begins as a heavily intoxicated Ava, after consuming multiple alcoholic beverages following a tough and brutal Spanish 111 test at Purdue Fort Wayne. The episode opens with Ava repeatedly calling out to Ella, who seems to be preoccupied as she has trouble adjusting after the move three weeks earlier. Ava, clearly drunk, mentions that she took a difficult Spanish 111 test and didn't perform well. She admits to having had two Long Island

Part five begins as Ava reveals that just 48 hours after moving out of Golfview Apartments, there was a shooting there. She had a strong feeling something like this would happen. The news reports from WANE-TV 15, 21Alive, and Fox 55 Fort Wayne confirm the incident, with police investigating the scene and a suspect, Bobby Brown, being arrested. The victim was initially stable but later downgraded to life-threatening condition. Ava expresses relief at not having to deal with th

Part 4 begins as Ava is under a lot of pressure with the upcoming move and the start of the semester at Purdue Fort Wayne. Ava is under immense stress as she prepares for the move from Golfview Apartments to a new apartment at Waterloo Gardens Apartments. After four applications, she finally has a moving date and a new address, but only has one week to pack everything. Luckily, Ava had a majority of things packed up beforehand. The pressure is compounded as the first day of t

Part 3 begins with Ava continuing the quest to find a suitable apartment after being denied tenancy at Preston Pointe at The Inverness and Newburyport Apartments. She is 12 miles south of Purdue University Fort Wayne on Anthony Boulevard, heading towards Villa Capri Apartments. Despite her reservations about the area, she is hopeful that this complex might offer some amenities that her current place at Golfview Apartments lacks, such as washer-dryer hookups and dishwashers. U

Part 2 begins with the Fort Wayne Police Department arriving at Ava's home on June 29, 2024, after they responded to a suicide threat and the doorbell rings, causing Ella to bark. Ava, through the doorbell, asks who it is and is informed that it's the police department and the reason for the police's visit is revealed - they received a concern that Ava was feeling low or something similar. Ava acknowledges this, saying, "Yeah. Sounds about right." There's a period of indistin

The episode picks up where Breaking Boiling Point 3: Stand Against Furious Fear left off as Ava is in a difficult situation. She was slated to live at Preston Pointe at the Inverness, but something went wrong, forcing her to move to Newburyport Apartments. She hopes to move by July 1st at the earliest. Breeanna, along with Sierra, Lyssa, Ashli, Tabitha, Baby Kenny, Caprice, and Ella, are planning to confront someone named Karen at the leasing office there. Rachael arrives wit

Ava’s personal life also takes a turn when she shares a passionate moment with Breeanna. Despite the stress and challenges, Ava remains hopeful and determined. She finds relief in the fact that her cat, Caprice, has caught a lot of the bedbugs, and that the maintenance guys at Preston Pointe are nicer than those at Golfview. Towards the end of the episode, Ava shares her good news with Caprice and Ella about her move to Preston Pointe and the fact that outdoor security camera