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"See Jane Run" was written by [[Rachelle Romberg]].
{{quote|Jane surprises everyone by deciding to try out for the school track team. Daria make no such surprise decision.|MTV summary}}
==Summary==
When [[Ms. Morris]] attempts to sneak a cheerleader practice into P.E. class, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Jane Lane|Jane]] sit out in protest. She angrily accuses Jane and her entire family of being slackers, comparing Jane to her older sister [[Penny Lane|Penny]], whom Ms. Morris also had as a student. Ms. Morris then holds both girls after school to make up the class. Later, the girls overhear [[Kevin Thompson|Kevin]] tell [[Mack Mackenzie|Mack]] [[Coach Gibson|the coach]] arranged a bye on the ethics test, which angers Mack (who actually had to take the test).
The next day, Daria tells Jane that [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] supported her on the gym class thing, which further hardens Jane's resolve to prove Ms. Morris wrong. To that end -- and to get closer to [[Evan]], a cute boy on the track team she "admires" -- Jane joins [[Lawndale High Track Team|the track team]], to Daria's total surprise. Daria is not particularly thrilled when Jane makes the team, and is even less so when she finds herself alone more and more as practice begins to monopolize Jane's time and Jane becomes popular at school because of her track success. Concerned over Daria's mental well-being, Helen convinces (aka bribes) [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] to
Daria's irrational behavior over Jane's absence finally comes to a head when she humiliates Jane in public (and in front of Evan). After getting a well-deserved chewing out, Daria finally apologizes to Jane, and finds that being friends with a track star comes with some perks: both girls get out of gym class when Ms. Morris tells Jane to rest her legs for the next track meet (and since Jane doesn't want to be alone...). Daria is still troubled, though, as she feels guilty for condemning Jane for "surrendering to the system" while simultaneously taking advantage of its perks... guilt that worsens when she finds out that Jane got a bye on her math test. Jane's attempts to justify it as being "just another perk" angers Daria, but Jane blows it off. However, when Evan reveals his true colors and advises her to stop hanging with "losers" now she's popular, Jane quits the team.
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Ms. Morris winds up getting the last laugh, however, when she forces Daria and Jane to participate in cheerleading practice, giving both girls time to reflect on the fact that they're suffering for challenging power, they deliberately left a corrupt system to continue so as not face total social exile, and they're being ostracised anyway. School really is preparing them for the real world!
==Timeline headaches==
How much time does this episode cover? Jane winning a trophy means the team have been in a lot of competitions (see below), which means this story goes on for weeks at least.
==Trivia==
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* [[Trent Lane|Trent]] shows one of his rare flashes of discontent and [[angst]] over his musical career.
* Jane wins the team a trophy: in track, trophies go to the overall winning team after an important track meet. With the way the team is reacting, this means the track team are doing incredibly well ''mainly because of Jane''. Morris was right, they did need her!
* The briefly-shown newspaper, reporting on Jane's result, also mentions roadworks were halted because of a "pre-revolutionary Dutch Orthodox cemetery" being discovered. [[Lawndale]] appears to be older than most fans have thought. (Presumably it means Orthodox Christians who were Dutch, rather than a hitherto-unknown denomination)
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==“See Jane Run” and Fanfic==
* Jane is seen doing her daily runs wearing a Lawndale Lions track team shirt in Wouter's "[[Growing Pains]]" comic as a nod to this ep.
* In the [[God Save The Esteem]] series, an equivalent episode is described in '''Good Sports'''.
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550506 Episode Analysis] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
==External Links==
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* [https://sites.google.com/site/dariatranscripts/211-see-jane-run “See Jane Run” transcript] at [[Daria Transcripts]]
* [http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/2008/07/see-jane-run-go-jane-go.html "See Jane Run! Go, Jane, Go!"] on the [[Daria Fandom Blog II]]
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550506 Episode Analysis] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
{{succession box | title=Daria Episodes<br/>"See Jane Run," Season 2 Episode 11 | before=[[Fair Enough]] (210) | after=[[Pierce Me]] | year=(211)}}
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