First impressions (Spoiler #3??, Jake of Hearts)

S03E09 Jake of HeartsretroJun 26, 1999, 3:38 PM ET25 days before it aired4 posts by 3 posters
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Martin Sylvester

Gah! Either c5 was transmitting on reduced power, or I need to call in the tree surgeons. Every scene had dropouts, but at least the VCR kept recording.

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Funniest line, (of those I heard - grrh!): Daria, "I think I had a hand in her epiphany." Jane, "I hope you washed it afterwards."

Has Jake finally left behind his complex about his father? His glee at being told he was still alive, while his dad was dead at his age, certainly seemed to have wrought a change. But will it last?

Was this the first appearence of Jake's mother? I seem to think so.

I thought the two plots (Jake & the DJs) were well handled, and of course came together in Daria's on-air speech that drove away the DJs. Some symmetry here, of course, since Daria's speeches also got Grandma Morgendorffer out the kitchen, returned Quinn & Helen to normal, and put new life into Jake.

Overall: Since the ep was marred for me by intermittent reception, I'll reserve judgement until I see the ep without dropouts, if I do, whenever that may be. <sigh>

Martin.

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Martin SylvesterMartin Sylvester

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I'm wondering. Was it because of the gags about bombs - sniffer dogs, and another line only partly recorded by my VCR (Gah! Crummy c5 signal!) about putting a bomb somewhere in school - that the US screenings were delayed? Waiting for the brouhaha about Columbine to die down?

Martin.

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Martin Sylvester of NRCDT

I suppose it's possible, but they could have easily cut the reference out - it was only a brief mention, and incidental to the plot. I would go for the "let's screw with Daria fans' heads" argument myself, or perhaps the avoiding the sweepstakes season one.

BTW I'm not sure why it is, but your postings tend to show up as attachments marked "text in unsupported charset - Windows 1252". But when I click the show/hide button the text appears anyway and looks normal enough.

-Shez.

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Bryan GrahamMartin Sylvester

Wanna know the "real" reason that the next Daria was delayed another week?

Daria Web won't be up til the first of July, they wouldn't want to start the new shows without Daria Web being up. Actually this just ended up being a plug for Daria Web. Sorry. No answers here.

-Bryan

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