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Barch batters Randy with a declaration of "payback time" - what's she out for revenge over??
 
Last episode to feature [[Marc Thompson]] as the voice of Upchuck. [[Geoffrey Arend]] would voice the character from the second season onward.
 
"[[The Daria Diaries]]" reveals that the family court was used again - this time on Jake, over carpet wear in the living room. Helen used "pacing photos" as evidence, and Daria was bringing Jane to practice being a courtroom sketch artist.
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===Rules===
 
The rules presented by Helen and Jake are displayed in a ten-commandment-style cardcardboard boardstablets. AsIn farthe asDVD it could be readrelease, someall of the rulesonscreen text is legible. Some portions are: repeated or don't align with the dialogue, presumably because they were only intended as filler.
 
==== Tablet 1 ====
 
RULES
 
Rule1. I: "PersistencePersistent questioning onof parental judgment is punishable. Occasional questioning of parental judgment indicates healthy skepticism and shall be permitted at the pleasure of mother and father (herein afterhereinafter referred to as the "ruling council")"
 
Rule 2/9(*):. "No pimple pads in the toilet".
 
Rule 3. "Wear your own damn sleepers when you walk (..out in the snow for the newspaper.)"
 
==== Tablet 2 ====
 
CONT...
 
8. ''[Duplicate of Rule 1]''
 
9. ''[Duplicate of Rule 2]''
 
FAMILY COURT
 
==== Tablet 3 ====
 
RULES
Rule I: "Persistence questioning on parental judgment is punishable. Occasional questioning of parental judgment indicates healthy skepticism and shall be permitted at the pleasure of mother and father (herein after referred to as the "ruling council")"
 
Rule II:11. "The ruling council shall determine when occasional questioning becomes persistent questioning and shall not be required to provide advance notice of said determination."
 
12. Members of this household are expected to treat each other according to the established "norms" of respect and/or rules outlined in the Geneva Conventions of War.
Rule 2/9(*): "No pimple pads in the toilet"
 
==== Tablet 4 ====
Rule 3. "Wear your own damn sleepers when you walk (...)"
 
RULES
Rule 18. "The ruling council does not allow dates on school nights."
 
Rule 18. "The ruling council does not allow dates on school nights."
Rule 19. "Interdependent behavior shall be considered preferable to Independent behavior."
 
Rule 2019. "CurfewInterdependent behavior shall be considered preferable to be 10 p.m. on schoolindependent nightsbehavior."
 
20. Curfew shall be considered to be 10 p.m. on school nights.
Rule 21. "Telephone usage shall occur on an "as need (only?)" basis."
 
Rule 21. "Telephone usage shall occur on an "as need (only?)needed" basis."
Rules 22 to 26 are not explicitly stated, but have to do with the procedure to sign in when coming from a late night.
 
''(Helen points to this tablet when she states that "rules 21 through 26" describe a sign-in procedure to follow when coming home late.)''
(*) appears with different numbers in different scenes
 
===Episode Title===
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===Daria's Reading Material===
While grounded, Daria is shown reading Herman Melville's [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick |''Moby-Dick'']] in the living room. This may be commentary on Helen's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick#Ahab Ahab-like mania] for legal procedure.
 
Later, when Quinn breaks down and asks her sister for a book, Daria is reading [[wikipedia:Fyodor Dostoevsky|Fyodor Dostoyevsky's]] [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:The_Brothers_Karamazov |''The Brothers Karamazov'']].
 
Daria offers Quinn her copy of Homer's ''Iliad'':
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* [http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/specialdelivery.htm "Special Delivery,"] by [[TAG]]
* [http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/truelies.htm "True Lies,"] by [[TAG]]
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550347 Episode Analysis] for '''"The Big House"''' and [[The Teachings of Don Jake]] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]