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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 Jake shushes her from saying the more intimate details; and Quinn tells a fairy tale mixed with fashion commentaries. Only Daria is able to shake the general boredom as she tells a story filled with explicitly gory details that cause the rest of the family to get sick. Later, in the tent, the two Morgendorffer sisters reminisce about the past.
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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 911 while the rest of her family, hallucinating wildly from eating psychotropic berries, runs off through an uninhabited woodland. Daria's refusal to eat the berries is also a key element. The potential for [[Alternate Universe|alternate-universe]] stories is great, and indeed several AU versions of this tale exist with outcomes ranging from comedy to tragedy.
Stories which are based
* [[Lessons of Spring]] by [[Richard Lobinske]], of the [[John Lane]] series - this story incorporates events from [[Road Worrier]] and this episode: Helen, Jake, Quinn ''and'' John all eat the berries...
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* [[It Slipped Through My Hands, Like a Shadow, Like a Dream]], by [[The Angst Guy]] - factors into the climax of the story.
* [[The Teachings of Dona Daria]], by [[Galen Hardesty]] - Helen's cell phone does not work, so it's up to Daria to rescue her parents and sister.
* [[Esteem Roller]], by [[Legendeld]] - Neither Daria nor Quinn
* [[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
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