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'''"Through a Lens Darkly"''' was the
The title is a play on the phrase "through a glass, darkly", from 1 Corinthians 13:12.
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==Trivia==
* Trent is listening to the song "[[wikipedia:Them Bones|Them Bones]]" by [[wikipedia:Alice in Chains|Alice in Chains]] in the [[Trentmobile]] as he drives past Daria and Jane (in the original MTV broadcasts and re-runs on The N).
* This episode was voted the best episode of ''Daria'' by fans in the [[Daria Tournament of Champions]] back in 2002-3.
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* Coincidentally, this episode aired during the theatrical run of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She's_All_That ''She's All That'']: a film centred around an unpopular, "unattractive" girl gaining popularity and happiness after having a makeover, including using contacts instead of glasses. (This is a recurring trope in American romantic comedies and teen dramas) Twelve years later, internet review The Nostalgia Chick would [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/team-nchick/nostalgia-chick/32202-shes-all-that compare the episode with the film], finding both that Daria was a more believable misanthrope than ''All That's'' Laney and that ''Lens'' lacks the film's implications that conformity will lead to happiness.
* The book
===Daria's Reading Material===
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*Several [[alternate universe]] fanfics have done alternate versions of this story, including [[Finn Morgendorffer]].
* And in Wouter's story "[[Growing pains]]" Daria relates Jane's difficulty with a late growth spurt to her contact lens adventure citing that "Accepting vanity required small steps" with Jane going "Yes, yes, I can recall your 'Through a lens darkly' adventure."
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