The Big House: Difference between revisions

Both Daria and Quinn are caught sneaking into thetheir Morgendorffershouse late at night, so Helen and Jake instroduceintroduce a set of rules regarding late nights, dates and curfew. Quinn, while apparantly accepting the rules, goes on a date that same night (in direct violation of the rules), mascaradingcalling it onas a late-night study session, but is caught lying the next morning. Instead of just punishing for the offenceoffense, Helen and Jake set up an elaborate procedure ofcalled Family Court, whithwith Jake presiding and Helen prosecuting. After some theatrical performances by both parents, Quinn and Daria just plead guilty and are grounded for a month (even though Daria hadn't brokebroken any rules).

At [[Lawndale High]], meanwhile,the amain hockeytopic gameof discussion is beinga organizedhockey game between classic DJ's and the teacehers, to the excitment of the studentsteachers. When askingshe inquires why, Daria is told that, the previous year, DeMr. MartinoDeMartino had had a heart attack right during thelast year's game, so every studinetstudent is hoping to see it ithappen repeatedagain, andto the point that there is even a betting pool on when it will happen. Daria, disgruntelydisgruntedly, states she can't go because she is grounded, to the great amusement of her fellow colleaguesstudents.

The grounding is trying for all Morgendorffers: Quinn ties up the phone for hours, to the annoyance of her parents. Daria starts to read compulsorycompulsively onin the living room, teasing a bored Quinn to the point where she even asks advice for a book. Daria beats Helen and Jake in scrabbleMonopoly and monopolyScrabble, hintingspelling she"Incarcerate" isduring being emprisoned when composingthe wordslatter. She furthersalso plays the harmonica at night, poetically justifying it when her father asks her to stop.

Daria, however, is so fed up with the situation that she decides to skip her grounding to go to the hockey game. She announces that totells Jane and Jodie, who had visited to make sure she was all right (as a the schoolrumor had a rumourthat she was being experimented with at the Morgendorfferson). Daria's carefullcreates a careful plan of escape, envolvinginvolving harmonicaa recording soundsof her harmonica, leaving bythrough the window and avoindingavoiding the neighborwood vigilance,watch. is rendered supefulousHowever, when both her parents announceleave phone messages stating they have to work late, andshe so shejust leaves the house by the front door.

The hokeyhockey game is going well when Daria arrives to watch, until Rockand[[Randy|Rock 'n' Roll Randy]] provokeshits aMr. foulDeMartino onin DeMartinothe leg, shatteringleaving hishim kneelying. This escalatesAndrea celebrates, apparently having that spot in the pool, only to curse as Mr. DeMartino gets back up. Eventually a brawl erupts between the twoboth teams right inon the court, toincluding theMs. greatBarch amusementbeating ofup theon audienceRandy.

However, this fun outing ends for Daria when she comes home, finding Helen and Jake had arrived earlier and found Daria gone. There is another Family Court session the next day, but now Daria is ready: she proposes a 'plea bargain' to her parents, in which she would manage her own times, makingusing theirthe parentscost note thatof further grounding would(including only result in more monopolyMonopoly, scrabbleScrabble and late-night harmonica playing) as leverage. Reluctantly, Helen and Jake accept.

So everything is back to normal, except that [[Kevin]] still believes Daria had been subjected to a strange experience while "grounded". Only someDaria's witty observationsputdown from the later makemakes him realise how foolish the idea is, to the bemusement of Jane and Daria.

It should be noted that ''The Iliad'' does not include the story about the Trojan Horse; this story appears in ''The Aeneid''. We must assume Daria was either mistaken in thinking so or else was having fun at Quinn's expense.