Subject: The 06's
Name: A.J.
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 209.240.222.32
Email: AJ1021@webtv.net
Time for the 06's everyone. Remember if you haven't voted on any yet or missed a few you can place them anytime on this board and they will be logged. You have until 3 days after the 13's are posted, now on with the shows.....
106- "This Year's Model" A modeling agency comes to LHS looking for the next superstar fashion models. Quinn is obviously excited beyond belief. Daria is so opposed to the idea she <gasp> talks with her parents!(Hey, this was big for S1) Eventually it's the FC and the "decoy" up on stage, enter Ms. Li, who solicited the modeling agency to pay for bulletproof skylights(I wonder what the story is behind those), catching everyone essentially in the act of groping each other. During this Daria goes off to make a phone call, afterwards when they're about to announce the winner, we see who Daria called, a mercenary group offering a free class in the very auditorium the modeling agency was also using, the media was also invited, and caught Ms Li red handed, exposing her on the news. Eventually the contract winner is Kevin.
This episode seemed like it had a good message to follow through on, but didn't. Like a precursor to the poster in "Arts N' Crass", but not as well done, too much emphasis is placed on beauty and looks in this world, and Ms Li is essentially sending the message that young people's best hopes are in this industry, essentially digging her entire student body. Plus the ending, while funny, came completely out of left field. Mercenaries? I think they just couldn't think of a more realistic finish.
Some lines:
Jane: I've said it before I'll say it gain, you have THE coolest room.
Daria: It's got pros and cons. You can't hurt yourself, but you can't hurt anyone else, either.
Jane: I wish we had a schizophrenic shut-in living in our house before we moved in, 'course we've got Trent there now, that's almost the same thing.
Quinn:
A models what I'd like to be,
Looking good comes naturally,
da da da da
da da me!
Daria: That's it! Send the other girls home.
Quinn: Besides you've always said I could be anything I want to be.
Helen: Yes, we did say that....
Daria: That reminds me, can I become queen of Brazil?
Jane: Don't be sad, Brittany, he's with the winners now.
<Brittany cries louder>
Trent:.....you know, for the future, models, musician, models, musician.....
206- "Monster" After making an inadvertant "suggestion" O'Neill assigns a movie making project to his class, thanks to Daria. Jodie, Mack, Kevin, and Brittany make a documentary about the supermarket strike, with Brittany in full gown.
Daria and Jane follow Quinn around for a day to try to exploit her. But Quinn is being the model actress, not slipping up one bit. Finally as Daria and Jane are tiring and nearly ready to give up, Quinn slips talking about her pores and not needing pore refiner. Daria is having nightmares after being around Quinn for too long, while Jake who got a box of home movies put on videotape, keeps reliving one painful childhood memory over and over. Both are awake at 4am respectively, "Bonding" as they call it. Its unknown if she knew what was happening, but Quinn gives a little speech that makes Daria reconsider her position, and tries to put Quinn in a better light, which fails for her entirely and makes Quinn more popular than before.
Generally assumed as the first episode where Quinn shows she may have a brain, this episode is just good fun. Nothing overly special besides Quinn's speech, and Daria's minor change of heart in regards to the movie, possibly also the first episode where Daria shows some compassion for her sister and goes easy on her. Good solid ep.
Some lines:
O'neill: Couldn't that movie be made today?
Daria: I guess, if you could find somebody to exhume the actors.
Quinn:.....you better not zoom that thing, if you can see any of my pores, I'll swear I'll kill you! Stop the tape! I do not have pores! My pores are cute! My pores are tiny! You're fired!
Jane: That's a wrap.
Daria: But a wrap skirt is a definite don't...oh my god! Did I really just say that?
And obviously, Quinn's speech to Daria and Jane.
306- "It Happened One Nut": Daria is forced by Helen to get a job to improve her people skills. Quinn gets one to pay for a portfolio of her neck. Daria is forced to endure not only a job at a nut stand, but a job at a nut stand working with Kevin. Trent comes in, and despite Jane's best efforts heads right over to the nut stand, embarassing Daria, who hides in the back. To make up for this, Jane tricks Helen into coming in and gets Daria taken off the job, much to her relief. Meanwhile, at the pet store, Quinn has: Let a bird fly free that eventually got caught in the air conditioning, let lose a boa constrictor, and in the effort to get it back enlists the 3 J's who let loose a horde of mice, and other animals, eventually getting her fired.
Blah episode. Nothing new came from this episode, except a new song lyric for Mystic Spiral. That's all, basically just a bunch of stuff happened.
A couple of lines:
Jane: Look! Monster trucks and naked models! Naked! Naked! Naked!
Daria: Hey.
Jane: What?
Daria: I think I just found job satisfaction.
406- "I Loathe a Parade" Lawndale High School holds it's homecoming day parade, which Daria completely forgets about, but gets caught up in, when she has to go on an emergency run for toilet paper for Jake. Where she runs into Jane who is looking for Tom, Tad Gupty who got lost and seperated from his parents so Daria helps him find them, Upchuck and his ahem, "vehicle", a lion mascot who won't leave her alone, and Tom, who offers to help Daria find Tad's parents while they're looking for Jane.
In the process of that, the lion is unmasked, turning out to be Mr O'neill, they get caught on a float with the FC and Daria almost gets a makeover, she loses the toilet paper, then Tad, who eventually finds his parents.
Throughout all of this Daria and Tom are having a good time in each others company, and enjoying the day, despite the misadventures. They eventually find Jane who offers that the 3 of them go for pizza, and Daria starts to but gets splashed with paint changing her mind, as Tom and Jane walk away, he turns around and gives Daria "the look" that led to the triangle.
Excellent episode all the way around. The characters were all used perfectly for however long they were on screen. The float turning over and catching fire, was funny, Jake in the bathroom was funny, Daria's attempts to get out of the parade were unique and funny. Then obviously, the look at the end, would lead to bumps in the road ahead for OH's Daria and Jane. Very good episode.
Some lines:
Jake: Damn heart smart chili!
Daria: Walking away now with too much information.
Tom: And we'd have gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids!
Words weren't needed to describe "the look", but it was the moment of this episode.
506- "Lucky Strike" Lawndale High School has a teacher's strike. Daria works as a substitute thanks to getting the previous one fired, and labeled basically as a child lover who tried to hit of Tiffany. Anyway she ends up taking over O'neill's class, which Quinn just happens to be in. Daria runs the class teaching "Romeo and Juliet" and offers the class a test on the play. Sandi keeps threatening to let loose a secret about Quinn if she can't convince Daria to go easy on them with the test, which she can't. After "help" from Jake, Quinn realizs she knows her stuff about the play, and sets off to study. She gets a B on the test while the rest of the FC get D's. Sandi threatens some more, and before she can tell her secret Quinn finally reveals that she and Daria are sisters. A faux-shocked Sandi, tries to pass it off as something major, but Stacy and Tiffany already knew, but were being polite about it, Sandi, humiliated again just sulks. Afterwards Quinn and Daria reach a higher level in their sisterly relationships through this ordeal. Quinn respects her sister and vice-versa.
Meanwhile, Jane and Trent actually help the teachers with the strike. Jane helps with new posters, and Trent and O'neill come up with a protest song. DeMartino and Ms. Li are in a stalemate over the contract, which she finally signs, with a head fully of cloudiness from lack of sleep.
Many of the things we were waiting for for 5 years come to pass in this episode. Quinn finally admits that Daria is her sister, and she finally shows off the brain that we all knew she had but kept hidden. Also a closer bond between the Morgerdorffer sisters was established here. The teacher's strike blended with everything very well and wasn't intrusive, and actually led to the above taking place. Excellent.
Some lines:
Mrs. Stoller: Darlene, where are you going?
Daria: To get Daria.
Quinn: ...besides, why shouldn't I act sisterly towards her, after all.....she's my sister.
Mr. DeMartino:....I can do anything! Even teach Kevin. So tell me son, which war freed us from the iron hand of Britain? (paraphrased)
Kevin: The Gulf War?
<DeMartino sobs>
Brittany: Mr D? Do you want to share?
Jane: The joy of teaching didn't last long with this one.
Daria: You've got to grab it while you can.
My favorite: Close, but I'd have to go with "Lucky Strike", all of the changes in Quinn that occured in the episode are too much to pass up, plus the strike subplot was genuinely funny and well told.
Followed by: "I Loathe a Parade", "Monster", "This Year's Model", and "It Happened One Nut".
There you go, look for the 07s Tuesay, and good night, everybody.
A.J.
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: MikeYamiolkoski
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 172.145.254.68
Email: MikeYamiolkoski@cs.com
#6: This Year’s Model, Monster, It Happened One Nut, I Loathe a Parade, Lucky Strike
WINNER: Split Decision - #406, I Loathe a Parade; #506, Lucky Strike
I Loathe a Parade was funny, involved everyone, and marked the start of the Daria-Tom-Jane love triangle, which really spiced up the series.
Lucky Strike provided a lot of great moments to a lot of characters (you know who you are) and marked a turning point in Quinn and Daria’s relationship that was a long time coming.
Loser: #106, This Year’s Model
It just didn’t do anything for me.
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: WacoKid
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 172.153.63.115
Email: barmor9292@aol.com
>306- "It Happened One Nut"
>Blah episode. Nothing new came from this episode, except a new song
>lyric for Mystic Spiral. That's all, basically just a bunch of stuff
>happened.
Among that "stuff" being the revelation that Trent actually is aware of how nervious Daria is around him (and is probably aware of why as well), and realizes how emotionally devistating it would be for her if she knew that he knew that she was working at the Nut Hut.
Jessie: But I thought peanuts had hijacked your brain?
Trent: Well, now a /burger/ has hijacked my brain!
>Mr. DeMartino:....I can do anything! Even teach Kevin. So tell me son, which war freed us from the iron hand of Britain? (paraphrased)
>
>Kevin: The Gulf War?
Golf War. Iron. Golf.
A rather disturbing look at how Kevin's mind sometimes works.
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Subject: A plea
Name: um
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 64.12.105.39
Email: umeruh0000@aol.com
Link: http://www.geocities.com/dvdaria
>
>Time for the 06's everyone. Remember if you haven't voted on any yet or missed a few you can place them anytime on this board and they will be logged. You have until 3 days after the 13's are posted, now on with the shows.....
>
Please. Don't. Post. New. Votes. In. Old. Threads.
Makes 'em hard to find.
Thanks.
Um
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Subject: Re: A plea
Name: Shoebleu
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 172.138.213.93
Email: shoebleunmy@aol.com
Link: http://www.umich.edu/~nmy/daria/
>Please. Don't. Post. New. Votes. In. Old. Threads.
As you wish. Thanks for keeping the tally.
:)
Shoe
"i know i can't be the only whatever-i-am in the room"
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Subject: Re: A plea
Name: A.J.
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 209.240.222.132
Email: AJ1021@webtv.net
>
>
>>
>>Time for the 06's everyone. Remember if you haven't voted on any yet or missed a few you can place them anytime on this board and they will be logged. You have until 3 days after the 13's are posted, now on with the shows.....
>>
>Please. Don't. Post. New. Votes. In. Old. Threads.
>
>Makes 'em hard to find.
>
>Thanks.
>Um
Yes. Either post a seperate individual message here, or E-mail one of us and we'll get your vote counted.
A.J.
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: Caira
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 144.137.193.223
Email: caira@graffiti.net
Link: http://rancour84.tripod.com/
And now, for some rather less mediocre eps... the trouble is, LS and ILAP stand out so much that they're pretty much gonna monopolise all the votes (including mine). Therefore, the other x06's will wind up in the cellar even though they're not near as bad as some of their company... "Fizz Ed" or "Murder She Snored", anyone? But enough bitching, this is more fun than comparing 'em all at once...
This Year's Model: The whole is less than the sum of the parts. The target for the satire is perfect, Claude and Romanica are funny, Ms Li is funny, Kevin and Brittany haven't started to grate too much yet and are funny, the mercenaries are bloody hilarious... but it all stitches together about as well my mother's sewing. Not bad, but not one I'd take with me to a desert island. (There'd be less room for food, for a start...)
Monster: I remember really enjoying this ep, and I don't remember why. Lousy non-functional video recorder... Umm... it was okay. It was OKAY, all right!? Are you happy?!? HUH?!?
It Happened One Nut: "Stuff happened", eh? Not to be rude, but that could cover most Daria episodes. This episode specifically, however, covered the Stupid Job, an element of the high school life portrayed on the show that an Australian like myself can actually relate to. You don't learn responsibility or valuable life lessons by getting a job like this, you learn that repeatedly humiliated gets you money. Oh, wait a second... Not as bad as advertised, I think people were expecting Daria to grow up or something and were disappointed when this wasn't char-dev. Go figure.
I Loathe A Parade: A tightly-plotted episode which incidentally showed us that there might be the beginnings of "something" between Daria and Tom, a "something" we saw the end of in Fire/DDMD/ILAP. Unfortunately, the writers appear to not have watched enough Sesame Street, where they'd have learned that stories need to have a *middle* as well. Plus there was the line about Daria "needing to laugh out loud at the ridiculous horror of all this." Uhm, isn't that what she did --- or smirk, at any rate --- anyway? Still, back when you first saw it, this rocked, especially after so many hollow S4 eps. Hell, even Daniel Suni gave it a good grade.
Lucky Strike: It's one of the great fanfic clichés, seeing it revealed properly that Daria is not, in fact, Quinn's cousin/au pair/niece/stepmother's jailed brother's illegitimate daughter or whatever but in fact her blood sister. But this time the show's writers did it better than any fic author (pity *that* couldn't happen more often!) Of course, this tends to lead people to overlook the other good things about this ep --- all the plots blend perfectly, and they're all worthwhile on their own. The teachers on strike, the scabs, Jake's model railway... okay, maybe that last one went a bit overboard. But still. Brilliant ep.
Overall: 506, 206, 406, 306, 106
Caira
"If you do not want to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk, always get drunk! With wine, with poetry, or with being good. As you please."
Charles Baudelaire
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: D. T. Dey
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 168.191.74.5
Email: ddey65@yahoo.com
>
>Time for the 06's everyone.
<Homer Simpson>"Whoo-Hoo!"</Homer Simpson>
You KNOW we were all waiting for this.
>
>106- "This Year's Model" A modeling agency comes to LHS looking for the next superstar fashion models. Quinn is obviously excited beyond belief. Daria is so opposed to the idea she <gasp> talks with her parents!(Hey, this was big for S1) Eventually it's the FC and the "decoy" up on stage, enter Ms. Li, who solicited the modeling agency to pay for bulletproof skylights(I wonder what the story is behind those), catching everyone essentially in the act of groping each other. During this Daria goes off to make a phone call, afterwards when they're about to announce the winner, we see who Daria called, a mercenary group offering a free class in the very auditorium the modeling agency was also using, the media was also invited, and caught Ms Li red handed, exposing her on the news. Eventually the contract winner is Kevin.
>
>This episode seemed like it had a good message to follow through on, but didn't. Like a precursor to the poster in "Arts N' Crass", but not as well done, too much emphasis is placed on beauty and looks in this world, and Ms Li is essentially sending the message that young people's best hopes are in this industry, essentially digging her entire student body. Plus the ending, while funny, came completely out of left field. Mercenaries? I think they just couldn't think of a more realistic finish.
>
>Some lines:
>
>Jane: I've said it before I'll say it gain, you have THE coolest room.
>
>Daria: It's got pros and cons. You can't hurt yourself, but you can't hurt anyone else, either.
>
...and if you're with Trent, Tom or whoever, nobody can hear you two doing anything in there...can they?
>
>Quinn:
>A models what I'd like to be,
>Looking good comes naturally,
>da da da da
>da da me!
>
>Daria: That's it! Send the other girls home.
>
Who wrote that extended version of the poem and tried to pass it off as the original?
>
>Quinn: Besides you've always said I could be anything I want to be.
>
>Helen: Yes, we did say that....
>
>Daria: That reminds me, can I become queen of Brazil?
>
>
>Jane: Don't be sad, Brittany, he's with the winners now.
><Brittany cries louder>
>
Brittany should've been a shoe-in. She also should've worn something that fit her psuedonym. A blue outfiit, blue eyeshadow,...blue anything. I remember reading about some woman at Woodstock in Life Magazine who called herself "Blue." She wasn't a model, though. She was just a standard hippie.
>
>Trent:.....you know, for the future, models, musician, models, musician.....
>
The perfect line for anti-shippers.
>
>206- "Monster" After making an inadvertant "suggestion" O'Neill assigns a movie making project to his class, thanks to Daria. Jodie, Mack, Kevin, and Brittany make a documentary about the supermarket strike, with Brittany in full gown.
>
>Daria and Jane follow Quinn around for a day to try to exploit her. But Quinn is being the model actress, not slipping up one bit. Finally as Daria and Jane are tiring and nearly ready to give up, Quinn slips talking about her pores and not needing pore refiner. Daria is having nightmares after being around Quinn for too long, while Jake who got a box of home movies put on videotape, keeps reliving one painful childhood memory over and over. Both are awake at 4am respectively, "Bonding" as they call it. Its unknown if she knew what was happening, but Quinn gives a little speech that makes Daria reconsider her position, and tries to put Quinn in a better light, which fails for her entirely and makes Quinn more popular than before.
>
>Generally assumed as the first episode where Quinn shows she may have a brain, this episode is just good fun. Nothing overly special besides Quinn's speech, and Daria's minor change of heart in regards to the movie, possibly also the first episode where Daria shows some compassion for her sister and goes easy on her. Good solid ep.
>
>Some lines:
>
>O'neill: Couldn't that movie be made today?
>
>Daria: I guess, if you could find somebody to exhume the actors.
>
Timothy O'Neill's car(the one Daria and Jane are riding in during that line) is a Saab from the early 1980's...possibly a Saab 99.
>
>Quinn:.....you better not zoom that thing, if you can see any of my pores, I'll swear I'll kill you! Stop the tape! I do not have pores! My pores are cute! My pores are tiny! You're fired!
>
>Jane: That's a wrap.
>
>Daria: But a wrap skirt is a definite don't...oh my god! Did I really just say that?
>
I'd like to think she was just making fun of Quinn. If so, she shouldn't have been so surprised she said that. But here's some more lines:
Daria: Sorry to dissapoint you, but I don't think this is an interactive event. Tonight they're showing Andre Sakarynsky's last meal.
Jane: A Russian art film from the 1930s.
Kevin: Russian?
Brittany and Kevin: Subtitles! (run off)
>306- "It Happened One Nut" Daria is forced by Helen to get a job to improve her people skills. Quinn gets one to pay for a portfolio of her neck. Daria is forced to endure not only a job at a nut stand, but a job at a nut stand working with Kevin. Trent comes in, and despite Jane's best efforts heads right over to the nut stand, embarassing Daria, who hides in the back. To make up for this, Jane tricks Helen into coming in and gets Daria taken off the job, much to her relief. Meanwhile, at the pet store, Quinn has: Let a bird fly free that eventually got caught in the air conditioning, let lose a boa constrictor, and in the effort to get it back enlists the 3 J's who let loose a horde of mice, and other animals, eventually getting her fired.
>
>Blah episode. Nothing new came from this episode, except a new song lyric for Mystic Spiral. That's all, basically just a bunch of stuff happened.
>
Hmm. I like Jane's clever attempt to get Daria out of the nut stand. I'll say other stuff about this episode later...hopefully.
>
>406- "I Loathe a Parade" LHS holds it's homecoming day parade, which Daria completely forgets about, but gets caught up in, when she has to go on an emergency run for toilet paper for Jake. Where she runs into Jane who is looking for Tom, Tad Gupty who got lost and seperated from his parents so Daria helps him find them, Upchuck and his ahem, "vehicle",....
1966 Buick. I still think it might be a Wildcat Convertible, but I'm not too sure of which model it is.
..a lion mascot who won't leave her alone, and Tom, who offers to help Daria find Tad's parents while they're looking for Jane.
>
>In the process of that, the lion is unmasked, turning out to be Mr O'neill, they get caught on a float with the FC and Daria almost gets a makeover, she loses the toilet paper, then Tad, who eventually finds his parents.
>
>Throughout all of this Daria and Tom are having a good time in each others company, and enjoying the day, despite the misadventures. They eventually find Jane who offers that the 3 of them go for pizza, and Daria starts to but gets splashed with paint changing her mind, as Tom and Jane walk away, he turns around and gives Daria "the look" that led to the triangle.
>
>Excellent episode all the way around. The characters were all used perfectly for however long they were on screen. The float turning over and catching fire, was funny, Jake in the bathroom was funny, Daria's attempts to get out of the parade were unique and funny. Then obviously, the look at the end, would lead to bumps in the road ahead for OH's Daria and Jane. Very good episode.
>
>Some lines:
>
>Jake: Damn heart smart chili!
>
>Daria: Walking away now with too much information.
>
>
>Tom: And we'd have gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids!
>
>
>Words weren't needed to describe "the look", but it was the moment of this episode.
>
Ah yes, the episode that divided us all. Even though it all works out at the end of IIFY, and I understand Glenn Eichler's reasons for the triangle, it still bothers me. I expected her to be above this sort of thing.
>
>506- "Lucky Strike" LHS has a teacher's strike. Daria works as a substitute thanks to getting the previous one fired, and labeled basically as a child lover who tried to hit of Tiffany. Anyway she ends up taking over O'neill's class, which Quinn just happens to be in.
We all remember the scene with Daria in Ms. Li's office, and I've got to say something about this. If you can tolerate the angel and devil versions of Daria hovering around her head, you shouldn't have such a problem with "Depth Takes a Holiday." And I'd like to think Tiffany knew what Ken Edwards was doing when his "anguish was acting up." If not, she'll probably assoicate any future sexual encounter with men's anguish, not realizing what he's doing to her. She'd be like those naive newlyweds you don't think exist anymore.
>Meanwhile, Jane and Trent actually help the teachers with the strike. Jane helps with new posters, and Trent and O'neill come up with a protest song.
Trent and Mr. O'Neill (singing): "Have you ever been to the children's zoo? When the birdies say 'cheep,' they're talking 'bout you!" (they stop) Nah...
That was actually the best of the bunch.
DeMartino and Ms. Li are in a stalemate over the contract, which she finally signs, with a head fully of cloudiness from lack of sleep.
>
Those scenes might've been the funniest parts of the episode:
Ms. Li: Don't think you can intimiate... intermolate... don't think you can scare me with your threat to picket naked!
Mr. DeMartino: You think I'm bluffing?! This is Goodwill polyester I've been sweating in all night. I WANT to picket naked!
Ms. Li: All right! A two percent raise and a space heater for the teacher's lounge.
Mr. DeMartino: Boy! It's getting hot in here!
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Mr. O'Neill - Oh no, they've killed each other! Dear God, when will the madness stop?!
Ms. Li - (sleepily) Oh, Puffy, you don't need a weapon to make me do your bidding... (she wakes up) Huh? What?
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Ms. Li - (dazed on P. A.) People of Mars! I mean, students of Lawndale High. This is your leader... um, principal. What was I saying? Oh! The teachers... the teachers... the strike's over! Your teachers will be back tomorrow! Good ni... day. (P.A. clicks off)
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>Many of the things we were waiting for for 5 years come to pass in this episode. Quinn finally admits that Daria is her sister, and she finally shows off the brain that we all knew she had but kept hidden. Also a closer bond between the Morgerdorffer sisters was established here.
I thought that bond would be broken in "One J at a Time," but thankfully, it was preserved in "Aunt Nauseum."
>
>My favorite: Close, but I'd have to go with "Lucky Strike", all of the changes in Quinn that occured in the episode are too much to pass up, plus the strike subplot was genuinely funny and well told.
>
>Followed by: "I Loathe a Parade", "Monster", "This Year's Model", and "It Happened One Nut".
Oh, you know I'm putting "Lucky Strike" at the top of my list. But the rest I'm trying to decide on.
>
>There you go, look for the 07s Tuesay, and good night, everybody.
>
>A.J.
I looked for your post at 12:15 A.M., last night, and it wasn't there. But hey, better late than never.
It took me over an hour to write this reply.
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My boots send a clear message: "I can kick you."
---Daria Morgendorffer in an interview with
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: renfield1969
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 141.157.91.156
Email: entropysedge@earthlink.net
Link: http://www.entropysedge.net
My favorite: TYM - Daria solved the problem of the school's questionable ethics the way she should have solved it in "Fizz Ed".
Runners-Up
Monster - A really solid episode.
ILAP - Good episode, with a couple of technical flaws. How did Quinn get from the house to the float, complete with dress and hair-do, in fifteen minutes? Why didn't Daria notice the massive crowd (which formed in the same time frame) until after she left the store?
Lucky Strike - a ludicrous situation, but it had a good payoff.
IHON - Well, we did get to see Daria smile, and the scenes with Trent were cute but it followed the sitcom formula too closely. (How come they didn't get new jobs?)
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: Robert Nowall
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 205.188.199.27
Email: RobtNowall@aol.com
This is a tough one all around, with four of the five among my favorites. How to pick, how to pick?
>106- "This Year's Model"
The weaker episode, but one of the ones that throws the Daria / Quinn difference right on the table. Besides, we get to see Daria's room, I think for the first time...
(I don't think I've picked one of the Season One episodes as a favorite. Might've if they weren't ranked by Episode Number, but, as I've said before, I might not have stuck with watching the show if it had stayed in Season One mode.)
>206- "Monster"
A good episode. Quinn's "pores" monologue is priceless. And we find out that Daria (a) has a conscience, and (b) cares for Quinn.
>306- "It Happened One Nut"
Another good episode. Daria's adventures in the workplace are priceless. Trent and Jesse and their utter involvement in songwriting and nut-gathering in the mall is fantastic. And the way Jane got Daria out of her job---without, I believe, ever letting Daria know she did---was great.
>406- "I Loathe a Parade"
Probably the most crucial episode in terms of the Daria / Jane / Tom triangle. That Daria would hook up with Tom seemed less than inevitable at this point. (We've thrashed this out, a lot, over the years.) But what hit hard was the punchline of it: that Daria was utterly miserable watching Tom and Jane, and that Tom knew it.
>506- "Lucky Strike"
Yet another classic episode. Mr. DeMartino and Ms. Li arguing over the contract shows both to great effect. Trent and Mr. O'Neill composing a strike song together---also great. Hiring a pedophile as a replacement teacher---skirting with potential disaster, but it was really funny.
And then there's Quinn's crucial moment: when she finally states, in public, that Daria is her sister. The first time around, I missed Sandi's gasp, because I gasped, too...
So, overall, I'd have to go with:
1. 506 "Lucky Strike"
followed very closely by
2. 406 "I Loathe a Parade"
3. 206 "Monster"
4. 306 "It Happened One Nut"
and
5. 106 "This Year's Model"
bringing up the rear. It's a tight race between the first four, though...
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: Dennis
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 24.60.147.22
Email: den@monger.net
106: "The Year's Model"
Not a bad episode. Watching Daria deal with Romonica and Cloud
is very entertaining, and Quinn's poem is a classic. And
General Buck Conroy is hysterical.
It's funny but it doesn't stand out.
206: "Monster"
Monster only really works for me if Quinn knew that Daria and
Jane were setting her up. It's the age old sibling battle
and Quinn wins, but it's not any fun if Quinn wins by accident.
Given that Quinn was eavesdropping when Daria and Jane discussed
their plans to rip her to shreds, it's not unreasonable to
think that Quinn deliberately manipulated Daria to keep Daria
from humiliating her.
Nice shipper moment: Daria blushing when Trent sees her pretending
to be vain.
Also, we get the first indication that Jake's childhood was not
pleasant.
As the first "Quinn wins" episode, it's really good.
306: "It Happened One Nut"
I like this episode. It's funny and entertaining, even if Kevin
is clearly too stupid to live. Jane trying to keep Trent away
from the nut stand is very funny, as is Daria responding to
Helen's overreaction about the career aptitude test.
Helen: Daria, have you given any thought to your career plans?
Daria: I guess I'll wait around for people to kick the bucket.
Helen: I can't believe you're not more ambitious.
Daria: You want me to kill people to drum up business?
Nice shipper moment: Trent realizing that Daria works at the
nut stand and leaving so as not to embarass her.
406: "I Loathe a Parade"
This episode rocks! One of the best. From the Lawndale Lion
(Mr. O'Neill) to Tad Gupty ("Tad, when you brush your hair, do
you ever brust straight through to your brain?") to the Love
Machine to cheerleaders, everything works. And of course,
we have "The Moment" to top it all off.
And Jodie and Mack have a particularly touching scene (well,
touching for _Daria_ anyway), when Jodie sees realizes that
there are people who benefit from her being a role model.
506: "Lucky Strike"
Another classic.
(DeMartino storms in determined to get the contract. Jane looks
up.)
DeFoe: What are you looking for, Jane?
Jane: Bombers. He'll never make it without air support.
(The striking teachers are painting signs under Jane's watchful eye.)
Jane: Remember, nothing says, "Death to the Bosses!" like primaries.
Pastels are for appeaseniks.
(In class with "Miss Darlene")
Jeffy: What does "woe" mean?
Daria: It's like the feeling you get when the Super Bowl is preempted for Antiques Roadshow.
Joey: Whoa!
Daria: Exactly.
And, of course, Jake. His advice to Quinn on _Romeo and Juliet_
is just hysterical. Everything from Mr. Edwards the pedophile
to Trent helping Mr. O'Neill write his song, to Quinn getting
the best of Sandi and revealing that Daria is her sister (a
perfect tactical move) works. Along with "Fat Like Me," the
best episode of Season Five.
Winner:
Can I just use my vote for the sevens here and have two winners?
Choosing between LS and ILaP is too tough.
I'll go with "Lucky Strike," because it had more "laugh out loud"
moments, then "I Loathe a Parade," followed by "Monster," "It
Happened One Nut," and "This Year's Model," with the caveat that
any of these are better than the fives.
-Dennis
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: TeekiJane
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 136.176.200.202
Email: teekijane@excite.com
>106- "This Year's Model"
Will have to abstain until I actually see it.
>206- "Monster"
Pretty good episode. Daria reminded me of myself when she was making fun of Quinn. Except that mine would go, "Hi, I'm Angelina. I'm cute and oh-so-popular and every guy who ever meets me falls in love with me that very second, no matter what I'm doing. And if I make fun of someone, especially my sister, you have to laugh, because it's funny."
I'm thinking of changing my sig to "By the way, which is my best side?"
>306- "It Happened One Nut"
Welcome to Lunch World! Munch the nutty nutty?
This episode was cute, and no matter how much I watch it, I never get tired of Jane trying to distract Trent and Jesse from spying Daria. However, I too wondered why they didn't have to get new jobs at the end (except then I remembered, oh yeah, it's TV!)
>406- "I Loathe a Parade"
This is the first episode I saw during it's original run and the ep that drew me (back) into Daria. I didn't know what had been happening with Daria/Jane/Tom, so I didn't place any significance on the two of them getting along or "the look" at the end until after I'd seen DDMD. That just emphasizes to me that, even without the triangle context, this was just plain an enjoyable episode. Upchuck getting beaten by the cops, Mack and Jodie's moment, Brittany leading the cheerleaders away from the parade, causing mass destruction....
Since I met Tom initially not as Jane's boyfriend or Daria's potential threat but as a guy she had just met in front of the drug store (yeah, I came in a little late), I had a different perspective on him. I found him charming and friendly.
This ep remains one of my favorites.
>506- "Lucky Strike"
Another of my favorites (of course!) From the first great line ("That's another habit that can lead to blindness, Upchuck.") to the climax of Quinn's revalation and beyond, I enjoyed every minute of this episode. What's most interesting about this ep, to me, is that it's a story about Daria and Quinn hidden in a plot about the teachers. I don't remember spoilers for this one, but I'm sure they mentioned that there was a teachers' strike at the school. And yeah, the teachers were striking, but it wasn't the A plot by any means.
Ken Edwards made me laugh a bit, until I realized that there were actually people IRL* who hoped to blossom woman-children, and girls as dumb as Tiffany who fall for them, without even realizing what's going on.
Also, Tom's reaction to Daria's fur bikini. "I lied about the fur bikini." "Damn."
So, I'm going to have to split the vote also for 406 and 506. Poor 206 and 306, which are good eps but have no votes. Isn't there any way they can be honorary non-cellar dwellars? For example, can I vote for all four (just kidding)?
*IRL=In Real Life
I could be doing something productive now, but why would I want to do that?
"I'm going to hunt that boy down and do dirty things to him. But first, some ice cream." --Zee
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: RedlegRick
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 205.188.198.28
Email: RedlegRick@aol.com
Despite being slow to vote last few times, here's my 2 cents
ILaP- Thought it was a very well-rounded ep,even with the glaring timing probs(i.e.Quinn's 15 minute makeover,OH overlooking the crowd)
Monster-OH's conscience saved this one from being just another Quinn slam.
Lucky Strike-"Ms. Li Putting on her foundation garment again,Upchuck?-Even better! It's strike-o-licious!"
This Year's Model-Originally my favorite,'cause General Buck Conroy reminded me of an old CO,but slipped due to above eps.
IHON- Though there were some great lines, I felt they could have done OH's entry to the workplace better.
>
>>106- "This Year's Model"
>Will have to abstain until I actually see it.
>
>>206- "Monster"
>Pretty good episode. Daria reminded me of myself when she was making fun of Quinn. Except that mine would go, "Hi, I'm Angelina. I'm cute and oh-so-popular and every guy who ever meets me falls in love with me that very second, no matter what I'm doing. And if I make fun of someone, especially my sister, you have to laugh, because it's funny."
>
>I'm thinking of changing my sig to "By the way, which is my best side?"
>
>>306- "It Happened One Nut"
>Welcome to Lunch World! Munch the nutty nutty?
>This episode was cute, and no matter how much I watch it, I never get tired of Jane trying to distract Trent and Jesse from spying Daria. However, I too wondered why they didn't have to get new jobs at the end (except then I remembered, oh yeah, it's TV!)
>
>>406- "I Loathe a Parade"
>This is the first episode I saw during it's original run and the ep that drew me (back) into Daria. I didn't know what had been happening with Daria/Jane/Tom, so I didn't place any significance on the two of them getting along or "the look" at the end until after I'd seen DDMD. That just emphasizes to me that, even without the triangle context, this was just plain an enjoyable episode. Upchuck getting beaten by the cops, Mack and Jodie's moment, Brittany leading the cheerleaders away from the parade, causing mass destruction....
>
>Since I met Tom initially not as Jane's boyfriend or Daria's potential threat but as a guy she had just met in front of the drug store (yeah, I came in a little late), I had a different perspective on him. I found him charming and friendly.
>
>This ep remains one of my favorites.
>
>>506- "Lucky Strike"
>Another of my favorites (of course!) From the first great line ("That's another habit that can lead to blindness, Upchuck.") to the climax of Quinn's revalation and beyond, I enjoyed every minute of this episode. What's most interesting about this ep, to me, is that it's a story about Daria and Quinn hidden in a plot about the teachers. I don't remember spoilers for this one, but I'm sure they mentioned that there was a teachers' strike at the school. And yeah, the teachers were striking, but it wasn't the A plot by any means.
>
>Ken Edwards made me laugh a bit, until I realized that there were actually people IRL* who hoped to blossom woman-children, and girls as dumb as Tiffany who fall for them, without even realizing what's going on.
>
>Also, Tom's reaction to Daria's fur bikini. "I lied about the fur bikini." "Damn."
>
>So, I'm going to have to split the vote also for 406 and 506. Poor 206 and 306, which are good eps but have no votes. Isn't there any way they can be honorary non-cellar dwellars? For example, can I vote for all four (just kidding)?
>
>
>*IRL=In Real Life
>I could be doing something productive now, but why would I want to do that?
>"I'm going to hunt that boy down and do dirty things to him. But first, some ice cream." --Zee
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: Adam Spradlin
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 65.27.164.39
Email: Wuzzahh28488@cinci.rr.com
Link: http://www.geocities.com/sarcadam
Hm...
My favorite would be I Loathe a Parade. It was funnier and [finally] jumpstarted season 4.
Then Lucky Strike. It's a bit overrated, but it's still very good. Just didn't strike any chords in me.
Next, Monster. After thinking about it, I may like this one better than Lucky Strike, or at least as much. Hmm.
Followed by It Happened One Nut. Funny. Good midseason episode.
Then This Year's Model. Sort of stands out from the rest as being not as good. Ah well.
--Adam
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: sam
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 24.56.199.168
Email: samlincoln@mac.com
Link: http://www.cosmic-hippo.org
I'm just going to say this; how can you not go with Lucky Strike as the best one of this bunch? It has everything, strong character development on all sorts of fronts, a "classic" Daria situation (the strike), the continuing Helen-Li battle, the Trent/O'Neill thing, DeMartino 'nuff said(by the by, andybody catch the name of the new teacher in Ed, Dennis Martino...D.Martino...lord i've got too much free time), and some of the best lines in the show. 100% pure gold the whole way through. Looking back on it I keep remembering other parts that just worked...like the way Daria got the phone for Helen as Quinn was describing class with Mr. Edwards. plus they played a snippet of Babylon. :)
Beyond that, weird fact, i think It Happened One Nut is the Daria episode i've seen the most, i don't know why because it's not my favorite, but i've seen it alot...
-sam, pour on the hyperbole
"When all else has been done and said, along comes Mr. Oysterhead."
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: Kara Wild
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 206.170.218.244
Email: kara_wild@hotmail.com
Link: http://www.the-wildone.com/index.html
"Lucky Strike" is my favorite, natch. The "Daria is really my sister" plotline is finally resolved, though it could have been resolved two seasons ago, and in particular during an episode like "Of Human Bonding." Though the student-teacher plotline was unrealistic, the focus on Quinn as potentially smart and on her growing relationship with Daria made this episode for me.
"Monster" is #2. It could be seen, in some ways, as a precursor to LS, what with Quinn showing she has a hint of depth and Daria going easy on her. The nightmare and the Jake plotline are hilarious.
DARIA: Dad, I just had a nightmare that I was my sister, while you're reliving a childhood incident that happened 40 years ago. You call this bonding?
JAKE: Works for me.
Also:
QUINN: We're all ashamed of our pores. But we shouldn't be ashamed of our *shame*.
Plus, this was one of the first Season 2 episodes I saw (I missed the first half because I was studying in the UK), that made me think: "Helen's not the overbearing, busybody jerk she was in Season One."
#3 is "I Loathe a Parade." It was funny and well-executed, and all of the plotlines were good, but it's tarnished in retrospect by the fact that it's the first episode of the love triangle. There seems to be a *wink, wink, nudge, nudge* throughout about Daria and Tom's growing bond. Like Caira said, there needed to be a bridge episode.
#4 is "It Happened One Nut." It was funny and occasionally touching, but it didn't do much for me. And unlike most people, I didn't think Kevin's bumbling of the nut speech was THAT funny.
#5 is "This Year's Model." I loved the skewering of Cloud and Romanica (especially Romanica's phone call), but that's about the only thing that worked during the episode.
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"But there's something out there. Something stupid."
Daria, "The Lawndale File"
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: Sailor Danielle
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 24.29.40.155
Email: janelane25@hotmail.com
Link: http://www.geocities.com/lady_kyra61
Damn! Double damn, triple damn even! Why did my two very very close to being number one favorites have to fall in the same voting?
I loved "I Loathe a Parade" for the Daria/Tom interaction before they started dating and the re-appearence of the newly re-brainwashed Tad.
I loved "Lucky Strike" because of Quinn's change and Daria's being forced to take over teaching a class which was great.
So.... hmmmmmmmm *thinks really really, really hard until she gets a migrane* I'm going to have to pick "I loathe a parade" followed close second by "Lucky Strike". Sorry, where there is Tom/Daria shipperism I must follow.
This post has now ended...
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Homer: You sure that you don't want to change your name to Homer Jr? The kids could call you HoJu.
Bart: Let me get back to you.
'Fanfiction... the last refuge of the Daria/Trent shipper.'
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: Cimorene
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 216.23.14.186
Email: cimorene@mydaria.zzn.com
Link: http://www.angelfire.com/pq/renifererop
This is gonna be HARD! Not only have I actually seen all 5 of these eps, but I've got a 4-way tie for best to sort out...
/me thinks
/me thinks some more...
All right, I think I've got it.
Best: It's still a tie - between I Loathe a Parade (what do you expect from a Daria/Tom shipper?) and Lucky Strike ("People of Mars-I mean, students of Laaawndale Hiiigh...")
Second place: Yet another tie - Monster and It Happened One Nut. For the "renifer erop" bit and Tiffany's counseling job, respectively.
This voting stuff is reminding me about how little I get out my Season 1 Dariathon tape...
-Jill (this space for lease)
~~~~~
"I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More I cannot say."
-the man in the shack
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: itsclark
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 32.102.154.76
Email: itsclark@worldnet.att.net
Never saw Monster, so I'll leave it out of my picks.
#1) Lucky Strike
Anne Burnstein wrote some of the show's funniest episodes, and this may be her best. Rapid-fire funny but without going for the most obvious laughs.
#2) I Loathe a Parade
Gupty kid = best use of an old character. The problem he presents is well-handled by Daria. O'neil's deusche-baggery is more harmless than usual, and funnier for it.
#3) It Happened One Nut
Great scene where Trent perceptively walks away without his peanut fix because he knows Daria finds the job humiliating. Jane's frantic attempt to keep him from finding out is hilarious. Great episode.
#4) This Year's Model
I hate to have to put this at the bottom of any grouping because it was actually pretty good. But the groping and mercenary scenes were both over-the-top silly.
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: Shoebleu
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 172.138.213.93
Email: shoebleunmy@aol.com
Link: http://www.umich.edu/~nmy/daria/
My vote for "Lucky Strike," with ILAP a close 2nd. The first ep where I like the last 2 seasons better than the first 3, although 106 is pretty good.
"i know i can't be the only whatever-i-am in the room"
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: Steven Galloway
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 205.188.192.53
Email: SGall23241@aol.com
Okay, my vote:
"LS" - I didn't know "LS" and "ILAP" both ended in 6's! What a choice!
Anyway, "LS" wins because of "The Confession", and the overall plotline ran *eeeeever* so slightly better than "ILAP". Thanks.
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Subject: Standings as of 11:45pm Sun. 12//16/01
Name: A.J.
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 209.240.222.132
Email: AJ1021@webtv.net
First off, I'll admit this is a flaw in this system, having 2 such episodes in the same group. But it's similar to, for those familiar with it, the NCAA 64 team basketball tournament. Every conference(episode group) regardless of how good or bad they are, must have a representative. The extremely weak conferences(groups like the 05's) must have 1 representative, even though they'll probably get trounced by the bigger teams from the bigger conferences(groups like the 06's) Also along those lines, only one team(episode) can win a conference(group), no matter how any good teams are there. Did that make sense for anyone, or did I confuse y'all further?
Anyways, the standings as of 11:45pm Sun. night 12/16/01
(tie votes are counted as 2 seperate votes)
LS- 12
ILAP-6
TYM- 1
M- 0
IHON-0
Not as close as I would've figured it'd be.
A.J.
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Tom/Jake/Jeffy: Whoomp! There it is!, Whoomp! There it is!, Whoomp! There it is!...
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Subject: Re: The 06's
Name: um
Date: Dec-31-1969 7:00pm
IP: 205.188.200.145
Email: umeruh0000@aol.com
Link: http://www.geocities.com/dvdaria
>
>This episode seemed like it had a good message to follow through on, but didn't. Like a precursor to the poster in "Arts N' Crass", but not as well done, too much emphasis is placed on beauty and looks in this world, and Ms Li is essentially sending the message that young people's best hopes are in this industry, essentially digging her entire student body. Plus the ending, while funny, came completely out of left field. Mercenaries? I think they just couldn't think of a more realistic finish.
After-school special meets Beavis and Butthead hyperbole and doesn't work. The only thing good about this episode is that they stole the title from an excellent Elvis Costello album. Next.
>
>206- "Monster"
>
>Generally assumed as the first episode where Quinn shows she may have a brain, this episode is just good fun. Nothing overly special besides Quinn's speech, and Daria's minor change of heart in regards to the movie, possibly also the first episode where Daria shows some compassion for her sister and goes easy on her. Good solid ep.
>
Pore Refiner...this one hits all the bells. Believeable assignment. Teen angst over beauty. Treating your sister like crap. Feeling bad about it later and causing sister to behave entertainingly at her own expense. Nice.
>
>306- "It Happened One Nut" >
>Blah episode. Nothing new came from this episode, except a new song lyric for Mystic Spiral. That's all, basically just a bunch of stuff happened.
>
Wacky! Well, that was nice.
>
>406- "I Loathe a Parade"
>
>Excellent episode all the way around. The characters were all used perfectly for however long they were on screen. The float turning over and catching fire, was funny, Jake in the bathroom was funny, Daria's attempts to get out of the parade were unique and funny. Then obviously, the look at the end, would lead to bumps in the road ahead for OH's Daria and Jane. Very good episode.
Coming across this one after watching IIFY was one of those tumblers-clicking moments...oh, yeah...one of the 10 best. But not the best of this lot.
>
>506- "Lucky Strike" >
>Many of the things we were waiting for for 5 years come to pass in this episode. Quinn finally admits that Daria is her sister, and she finally shows off the brain that we all knew she had but kept hidden. Also a closer bond between the Morgerdorffer sisters was established here. The teacher's strike blended with everything very well and wasn't intrusive, and actually led to the above taking place. Excellent.
>
This is how you make an implausible event -- Daria teaching her own sister -- work. The problem with many Daria episodes that try to pass off a real suspension-of-disbelief-killer concept is a lack of whimsy. This one has that. Combine that with Quinn's declaration of sisterhood -- and Sandi's closeby humiliation -- and you've got a damn fine bit of TV.
>
>My favorite: Close, but I'd have to go with "Lucky Strike", all of the changes in Quinn that occured in the episode are too much to pass up, plus the strike subplot was genuinely funny and well told.
>
>Followed by: "I Loathe a Parade", "Monster", "This Year's Model", and "It Happened One Nut".
Eerie. Lucky Strike edges out I Loathe a Parade, then Monster (which might be second, really). But I'll take It Happened One Nut over This Year's model. That militia scene really was over the top.
Um
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Subj: 04 - 07 episodes
Date: 01/07/02 6:44:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Belle Book
To: Umeruh0000
I didn't see "This Year's Model", so there'll be no votes for that episode. The 06's are a tough bunch to decide, mainly because I really like the top two picks -- "I Loathe a Parade" and "Lucky Strike". ILAP is the episode which hinted at a future "love triangle", and in its own right had a lot of great moments. LS was also a classic episode. We see further development of Quinn's brain, we see Daria take a brief turn as a teacher, and we see Quinn finally admit that Daria's her sister, confirming that Sandi's tyranny is at an end! It's tough, but I think LS just squeaks by ILAP.
Third would be "Monster". Here we see that Quinn has at least enough intelligence to know that she oftentimes acts shallow because being shallow is (at least at this point) what she does best. Episodes like this indicate that in some ways, her self-esteem is rather low, despite her popularity. She's probably competitive, but she can't compete with Daria in the brains department, so she takes the looks route.
Last would be "It Happened One Nut". A weak and rather uninteresting episode, although the fact that Trent manages to avoid embarrassing Daria further is neat.