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"The Teachings of Don Jake" was written by [[Glenn Eichler]].
{{quote|Jake's stress level is reaching critical mass, so the Morgendorffers go on a camping trip. Like that's gonna help.|MTV website summary}}
==Plot Summary==
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[[Jane Lane|Jane]] and [[Trent Lane|Trent]] are also leaving [[Lawndale]] for a few days, to attend the (sic) Lane Family Reunion, a gathering that Jane detests but is forced to go to by her parents, who avoid the other Lane family members.
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The Morgendorffers go camping in a forest, a place known of Helen and Jake, who reminiscence of their past trip. Jake is noticeably happy and excited, though he also starts to rave about his childhood and his deceased father, [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer]].
Jane and Trent attend the Lane reunion, but things quickly go downhill: in the plane, Trent unknowingly insults [[Aunt Bernice|their aunt]], who happened to be sitting next to them; as a result, there is no means of transportation to the house, so they have to get there on foot; at the reunion, Jane is forced to tell some embarrassing news about her sister [[Summer Lane|Summer]] and her children to a curious relative, and is loudly insulted by an elderly [[Grandma Lane|grandmother]]; Trent meets [[Uncle Max]], who loudly and drunkenly proclaims his liking of Trent (because he is a bum).
Meanwhile, at the Morgendorffers campsite, at night, the four entertain themselves by telling spooky stories, though the impact is somewhat off: Jake only tells stories about his childhood; Helen tries to tell a vampire story, but
The next morning the four set out for a hike. While walking, Helen and Jake start rambling about life and adulthood and then start to hallucinate. Daria and Quinn try to make sense of the situation calmly and objectively before Quinn also starts hallucinating and
Back in Lawndale the next day, Daria and Jane trade stories: Daria tells of her camping weekend and Jane about her trip: it ended when she and Trent, after a restless night and having to
The Morgendorffer camping trip ends up by not having a calming long term effect: when receiving a large bill for the rescue (including their helicopter evacuation), Jake snaps again and bursts out blood vessels, this time in both his eyes.
==Trivia==
The title of this episode was derived from the New Age (fiction) story, [[wikipedia:The Teachings of Don Juan|''The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge,'']] by Carlos Castaneda. In this book, a man is taught by a Native American shaman to see reality in a different way. The consumption of hallucination-inducing mushrooms is involved, hence the connection with the episode.
This is the first episode to bring up [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer]] and have Jake rant about what his father did to him. (The name is a reference to the 1976 film [
[[Summer Lane]], [[Wind Lane]], and [[Penny Lane]] are mentioned first here
None of Jane's relatives appear to be artists or hippie-esque. Is this what made [[Vincent Lane]]'s branch of the family the "black sheep"?
==Transcript==
[[The Teachings of Don Jake/transcript|Transcript]], originally from [[Outpost Daria]].
==“The Teachings of Don Jake” and Fanfic==
This episode is notable because for a short time the lives of the Morgendorffers hang by the barest of threads. The ''deus ex machina'' that saves everyone's life lies in Daria's discovery of her mother's cell phone and ability to dial
Stories which are based ot incorporate the events of this episode are:
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* [[Lost Girl Found]], by [[Robert Nowall]] - Quinn survives the poisoning but wanders off, becoming a missing person.
* The story [[Daria's Season of Good Will]], by [[Nemo Blank]], incorporates some elements of the the Lane familly poor treatment of Jane and Trent into the plot.
==External Links==
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* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550347 Episode Analysis] for [[The Big House]] and '''"The Teachings of Don Jake"''' by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
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