"Daria" Fair Enough (TV Episode 1998) Poster

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(1998)

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Medieval Lawndale
Tweekums4 December 2012
Warning: Spoilers
When the roof of the school library collapses and there aren't enough funds to repair it the principal, Ms Li, decides to hold a medieval fair to raise the money. Quinn is determined to play the female lead in the play and Daria would rather not go at all. Quinn's decision to try for the play causes rivalry from fashion club president Sandi and jealousy from Britney who can't stand the idea of anybody else performing a romantic scene with her beloved Kevin... it can't end well! Meanwhile Daria and Jane wander around giving their acerbic views on the various activities and ultimately end up telling small children what it was really like in the Middle Ages.

This was a really fun episode; the idea of having a themed fair enabled them to shoe-horn most of the regular and semi-regular characters into the story. Particular highlights saw Mr DeMartino playing the 'Black Knight' and beating a succession of students in knightly combat, Britney taking Kevin far away from school so he couldn't perform with Quinn and the final performance of the play that was a disaster ending in a food fight!
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9/10
All the fun of the Middle Ages without all that nasty old plague.
planktonrules7 March 2011
When the episode begins, the ceiling of the school library collapses. There is apparently no money in the budget for a roof so the school decides to hold a Medieval Fair. Students are ordered by Ms. Li to either volunteer of buy a $10 ticket. Oddly, Quinn volunteers--mostly in a weird attempt to once again try to capture Kevin (like the earlier episode where Daria and Kevin are doing a behavioral conditioning experiment). So she and Kevin land the lead in a play to be given as part of the fair. As for Daria, she mostly walks about with Jane observing the stupidity and banality that is Lawndale High.

This episode is excellent, as it's not only funny but features lots of plot development for a wider variety of characters than normal. Highpoints are Jake at the play, Stacy with relationship problems and Brittany shows some sparks of intelligence! Funny and well worth seeing--even if the plot is a bit contrived.
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