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The action begins with [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] accidentally setting the house on fire, forcing the family to temporarily move to a hotel. In the course of this episode, [[Sandi Griffin]] becomes jealous (and suspicious) of the attention heaped upon [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] by a bellboy, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] temporarily moves in with [[Jane Lane|Jane]] (thus exacerbating the emerging conflict between them about [[Tom Sloane]]'s and Daria's increasingly obvious connection), Quinn temporarily winds up in the care of the police, and Jake and [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] have a lot of sex (offstage) to get around the fact that they have no other meaningful communication with each other. The final scene, with Daria staring out of the family car's side window as she mulls over her feelings about Tom, is potent and evocative.

 

This is one of the few episodes that actually leads somewhere, setting up the romantic triangle between Daria, Tom, and Jane in "[[Dye! Dye! My Darling]]." Every other conflict and issue in the story is resolved except for the growing attraction between Daria and Tom, and Jane's recognition of the same, all of which was first seen in "[[I Loathe a Parade]]" and expanded upon here. Most reviewers have given this episode high marks, despite the fact that it leads into the most controversial episode of all, "[[Dye! Dye! My Darling]]."