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==Summary==
In this episode, [[Jane Lane|Jane]] meets [[Tom Sloane]] at a [[Mystik Spiral]] gig, and begins dating him. [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] feels that Jane is focusing on Tom at the expense of their own friendship. Simultaneously, Daria and Jane enlist [[Trent Lane|Trent's]] help on a school project. This proves to be a bad idea, further testing Daria's and Jane's friendship.
When [[Timothy O'Neill|Mr. O'Neill]] assigns his students to create multimedia projects, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Jane]] decide to ask [[Trent]] to contribute some music. They plan to ask him during a gig at the [[Zon]], but Jane becomes intrigued by a young man named [[Tom Sloane|Tom]]. During [[Mystik Spiral|the Spiral's]] break, she and Tom go off to get some food, leaving a rather put-out Daria behind to speak with Trent, who agrees to help with their project.
Unfortunately, neither development works out well for Daria, as Jane starts spending more and more time with Tom, while Trent isn't putting any effort into his part of the project. This leads to tension all around, with Daria resenting Tom for what she perceives to be his horning in on her friendship with Jane, Jane -- who can't understand why Daria is so upset -- angry with Daria for the way she's acting towards Tom, and both girls upset with Trent for his lack of effort.
Eventually, Daria and Tom come to an understanding regarding Jane, with Tom convincing her that he's not out to steal Jane's friendship; in fact, according to him, Daria is practically all that Jane talks about. They don't exactly become friends, but the tension is mostly lifted. At school, Daria and Jane turn in their project, a so-so effort that's upstaged by [[Upchuck]]'s entry... all thanks to Trent, who (not surprisingly) failed to fulfill his commitment. In the end, Daria and Trent reconcile over Trent's blunder and they remain friends, even though Daria is now keenly aware of Trent's slacker tendencies and his inability to stick to commitments, and they both covertly admit that a romantic relationship would never work.
Afterwards, she, Jane, and Tom share a pizza and each others' company... a sign of [[The Kiss|interesting times]] to come.
==Trivia==
This is the last episode where Daria crushes on Trent, and we were warned that this would happen back in "[[Lane Miserables]]". It's also explicitly clear -- if episodes like "[[Pierce Me]]" hadn't made it obvious -- that Trent was aware of the crush, as he tells her "I guess it wasn't such a great idea for us to get together" ('pretending' to mean the project).
On [[Hulu]], the episode is mistitled as "Jane's Addiction", the name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane's_Addiction the band] from which the title was derived.
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==External Links==
===On “Jane's Addition” the Episode===
* [https://sites.google.com/site/dariatranscripts/313-jane-s-addition “Jane's Addition” transcript] at [[Daria Transcripts]]
===Alternate-Universe Versions of “Jane's Addition”===
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