UPDATE: Thanx to henrikegerman, rosscoe(au) and TotallyEffed, all of whom answered simultaneously.
However, after reading the Wikipedia synopsis of the show I have to correct an error in my inquiry; the husband finds Sylvia in the park, not at a dog pound.
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