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==Summary==
Later at the Morgendorffere’s that evening, during dinner, [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] is so excited about a new dish and miffed due to his wife and children’s disinterest that he goes on a stronger rant than usual and has a heart attack. Later at the hospital, Helen and the girls are told that it was just a scare and that he should be spared from stress. Later, as his family stands by his bedside, Jake asks for [[Ruth Morgendorffer|his mother]] ▼
At the start of the episode, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Jane Lane|Jane]] are discussing how puppets make any atrocity funny when they're interrupted by the arrival of [[Bing|two]] [[The Spatula Man|newscasts]] for [[Z-93]]'s "[[Mental in the Morning]]" radio show. [[Angela Li|Principal Li]] has invited them to provide morale for the school - Daria questions if removing hidden cameras and bomb-sniffing dogs wouldn't do this too - and silence naysayers. Daria asks if Z-93 is paying them for the stunt; " Ms. Morgendorffer, those bomb-sniffing dogs have to eat!"
The accident and the arrival of Ruth Morgendorffer a few days later causes changes and stress on all family: [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] resents her mother-in-law unsolicited advice and starts to try to cook and take more care of the household. [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] has the idea to study medicine to help her father in the future, despite her grandmother’s warnings that she does not need to study, but rather just marry a nice doctor. While witnessing this, Daria has to listen to her father’s anxious speeches and beliefs that he will not live much longer, while at the same time having to endure the harassment of the two Z-93 DJs at school. At a later conversation between Ruth and Jake, details of their previous life with [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer]] begin to surface, revealing that his father had been an abuser of both her wife and son. ▼
▲Later at the
▲The accident and the arrival of [[Ruth Morgendorffer]] a few days later causes changes and stress on all family:
At the end of the episode, Daria tells the previous days’ events with Jane while at [[Pizza Prince]]. As the two friends comment on the latter’s world view, Z-93 parks and starts broadcasting just by the pizza store. ▼
While witnessing this, Daria has to listen to her father’s anxious speeches and beliefs that he will not live much longer, while at the same time having to endure the constant Z-93 stunts at school and the DJs pressuring her to be part of the show. In a low point, "Mental in the Morning" offers a Z-93 bumper sticker as a prize to anyone who'll date [[Upchuck]] as a prize; [[Jodie Landon]] thinks this is too humiliating, to which Daria remarks "Think how the bumper sticker must feel." This leads to the DJ's trying to get ''her'' to do it ("You look like you could use a date").
At a later conversation between Ruth and Jake, details of their previous life with [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer]] begin to surface, revealing that his father had been an abuser of both her wife and son, and she wishes she'd done many things differently.
Between witnessing her father’s and grandmother’s breakdowns, the complete reversal of her mother’s and sisters’ personalities, and the DJs at school, Daria is fed up and decides to take action by appearing on the radio after all:
[[Image:Daria mentalinthemorning.jpg|thumb|250px|right|]]
"A few days ago, my father had a heart attack, forcing me to admit his mortality to myself for the first time. Accepting this grim new knowledge has been especially difficult, as I've been under constant, yammering assault by two utterly brainless and talentless so-called radio personalities. And so, for these reasons, I, Daria Morgendorffer, am mental in the morning."
The DJ's abruptly flee the school.
At home, she calmly puts her grandmother on the spot when she notices how bad her decisions regarding her husband had been. This effectively silences Ruth ("You both owe me") by making her realizing she's doing more harm than good. Finally, Daria tries to help her father. In the face of his concerns about whether he's doing a good job ''as'' a father, Daria dodges the issue and cures him of his despondency by noting her granddad was dead at this point. Feeling like he's beaten his father - "I'm better at ''living!''" - revives Jake from his funk, and the instant he's okay Helen goes back to overworking and Quinn abandons studying.
▲At the end of the episode, Daria tells the previous days’ events with Jane while at [[Pizza
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==Trivia==
* When Bing and Spatula first corner Daria & Jane, they're followed by a crowd of background characters - [[Jennifer (black girl)|Jennifer]] and "[http://www.theangstguy.com/backgrounders/076.html Red Cap]" act like they're mugging for the camera. Except there is no camera. Unless... they're trying to get ''our'' attention...
*Ruth Morgendorffer refers to looking after "his children", indicating Jake has unmentioned siblings. [[Glenn Eichler]] would later mention [[Jake's Older Sister|Jake has an older sister]].
*Jake had to learn to shave from [[Corporal Ellenbogen]] ("The man with one thumb?!") because his dad, allegedly due to razor phobia, refused to.
* Quinn's Jake-like quip of "Darn gallbladder" shows that she has some of her father's personality traits.
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* [https://sites.google.com/site/dariatranscripts/309-jake-of-hearts “Jake of Hearts” transcript]
* [http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/2008/07/mental-in-morning.html "Mental in the Morning,"] on the [[Daria Fandom Blog II]]
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550599 Episode Analysis] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
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