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'''The Kiss''' is the climactic scene in the season 4 finale "[[Dye! Dye! My Darling]]" when [[Daria Morgendorffer]] and [[Tom Sloane]] first kiss in Tom's car. This event has generated considerable fan discussion and controversy since it was originally aired. The kiss represented Daria's betrayal of [[Jane Lane|Jane]] and was intended to test Daria and Jane's friendship. The Kiss would set the scene for the tension between Daria and Jane seen in ''[[Is It Fall Yet?]]''.
In [[Caira]]'s contemporary essay "[[Has It Fallen Yet?]]", it's reported that after it happened: "we've got a comparably huge influx of new [message board] posters, almost all of the old ones are there, and unlike before, almost *nobody* is sitting on the fence. Roughly fifty percent are loving the new episodes and anxiously awaiting for
Most of the Majors and Indie-Fans on the boards alike seem to approve the direction of Daria's last two eps, or at least condone them, nevermind the emasculation of Our Heroine and her partner-in-crime, nevermind the overexposure of Kevin and Brittany earlier in the season, nevermind the lowest common denominator panning with this love-triangulation. Few have openly spoken against them. Those who do I feel have something of an unspoken judgment passed on them, that they are churlish, retro-minded, unrealistic folks and less than well-bred. Fans living a Season One pipe dream, and why-can't-they-just-leave-us-char-devvers-the-hell-alone-and-take-up-chess-or-something
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