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"I Don't" was written by [[Peter Gaffney]].
{{quote|Daria and her family participate in the strange and frightening ritual known as a family wedding.|MTV summary}}
==Plot Summary==
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Daria and [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] are to serve as bridesmaids, so Daria has to go downtown to try and fit a bridesmaid dress, being humiliated by an ill-tempered sales women and the fact that Quinn looks lovely in her dress. At the shop, she meets [[Jodie Landon|Jodie]] and [[Brittany Taylor|Brittany]], who are preparing an extra-curriculum appearance at a bridal expo.
The wedding takes place at the Windsor Hills, a luxury resort place. The Morgendorffers meet Rita and, a few moments later, [[Amy Barksdale|Aunt Amy]] arrives. The
At the same time, in Lawndale at the bride expo, [[Mack Mackenzie|Mack]] and [[Kevin Thompson|Kevin]] have sneaked in to watch their respective girlfriends, despite Mack’s worries that Jodie and Brittany wouldn’t want them there. This
Meanwhile, the wedding reception is now taking place: Jake and Paul, who had known each other previously
At the head table, however, a drunk Helen starts loudly complaining about the wedding costs and the favoritism their mother is showing, first to Rita and now to Erin. The rant brings the attention of the whole family and quickly escalates into a fight. Meanwhile, the minister’s continuous attempts to hit on Quinn eventually draw the ire of Garrett and, after a few exchanged harsh words, the two start throwing punches (to Quinn's response of "oh no"). The two fights degenerate in a full scale brawl that trashes the reception.
Daria and Amy, seeing the carnage enfold, make a discreet escape to a nearby bowling alley, where they continue to talk and bond. They find Brian there, also escaping from the fight, but take no notice of him.
At the end of the night, at what remains of the reception, Helen and Rita end up drunkenly proclaiming their eternal love, Quinn consoles a battered Garrett, the battered minister tries to hit on
==“I Don't” and Fanfic==
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The threat that Daria will kill Jane and bury her with her bridesmaid dress, often quoted in fanfiction, comes from this episode, specifically as a response to Jane's teasing in seeing Daria in the mentioned dress.
One barbed fanfic, "[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=547815#p547815 I Don't, Honest]" by [[JoeMerl]], rewrites the dialogue so the characters are speaking with blunt honesty and thus Amy is revealed to be a nasty, passive-aggressive person.
For various alternate versions of the story, see Links below.
==Timeline headaches==
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==Trivia==
The episode takes place in [[Leeville]], somewhere with southern accents. [http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/glenninterviewsfull.html In an interview], [[Glenn Eichler]] stated he saw the Barksdales as coming from Virginia; this is presumably where Leeville is.
Helen having sisters called Rita and Amy comes from "[[The Daria Diaries]]" by [[Anne D. Bernstein]].
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Amy seems to dislike Helen more than Rita, 'joking' that the two are arguing because of an issue Helen has and acting surprised that Jake's still married to her.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121111062528/http://www.mtv.com/onair/daria/chapter2/tangle.jhtml Another flipbook], "[[It Takes Two to Tangle]]", says Rita went out with Paul because he was so dull and pathetic compared to her last boyfriend - "her previous boyfriend was killed in a drop; she overcompensated by dating a drip." The Erin/Bryan marriage was described as: "It's nice to see young people returning to tradition…like the tradition of the ill-conceived first marriage."
==External Links==
===On “I Don't” the Episode===
* [https://sites.google.com/site/dariatranscripts/204-i-don-t Transcript] at [[Daria Transcripts]]
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550452 Episode Analysis] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
===Alternate Universe Versions of “I Don't”===
* [http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8415&p=103163&#p103163 Untitled] "[[secret history]]" version of the story, by WacoKid
* [http://
* [http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27165 "Finn Morgendorffer 11: Man of Honor"] by [[HolyGrail2007]]
* [http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/tilldeath.htm "Till Death Do Us Part"] by [[TAG]]
* [[Esteem Roller]], by [[legendeld]]
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