Tom Sloane: Difference between revisions

In the episode "[[Jane's Addition]]," Tom was introduced and began dating [[Jane Lane]] in very short order. They met at a [[Mystik Spiral]] gig while Daria was briefly absent. The amount of time Jane spent with Tom was a source of tension between Daria and Jane for many episodes afterward, much as Jane's dates with [[Evan]] had been ("[[See Jane Run]]").

By the episode "[[I Loathe a Parade]]," however, it was clear that the tension between Daria and Tom had blossomed into something else. Throughout the next several episodes, the two began a strange flirtation, which did not go unnoticed by Jane. ("When," she asks bitterly, "did I become a third wheel in my own relationship?") In "[[Dye! Dye! My Darling]]," Daria and Tom shared a moment known as [[The Kiss]] in Tom's car. This betrayal nearly ended Daria and Jane's friendship. Daria's relationships with both Jane and Tom were not fully resolved until ''[[Is it Fall Yet?]]''. At the end of that movie, Daria and Jane's friendship was revealed to be stronger than the boy-drama, and Daria decided to pursue a romantic entanglement with Tom. As far as anyone knows, this was Daria's first romantic relationship of any kind. Daria's and Tom's couplehood was the source of many episodes throughout the remainder of the series. It finally ended in ''[[Is It College Yet?]].''