Strangers with Candy
“Doing things right....the second time around.”
Jerri Blank is a former prostitute and junkie whore who returns to high school as a 46-year-old freshman at Flatpoint High. Jerri ran away from home and became 'a boozer, a user, and a loser' after dropping out as a teenager, supporting her drug habits through prostitution, stripping, and larceny. She has been to prison several times, the last time because she 'stole the TV'. At home, Jerri's father Guy is comatose, although he seems perfectly capable of amazing feats. Her stepmother Sara is vain and bitter, and stepbrother Derrick is a bullying jock. Jerri tries to do things the right way but always ends up learning the wrong lesson. Her hijinks often involve, either directly or indirectly, neurotic history teacher Chuck Noblet and his secret lover, sensitive art teacher Geoffrey Jellineck.
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Packing a Musket, By Jerri Blank
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Old Habits/New Beginnings
7.007-04-199925mJerri tries to fit in by mixing up a batch of the drug concoction Glint for Poppy, the most popular girl in school... with mixed results.
- Ep 2
2.A Burden's Burden
7.014-04-199925mIn order to teach students the responsibility of taking care of a baby, Coach Wolf gives each student a baby.
- Ep 3
3.Dreams on the Rocks
7.021-04-199925mJerri's starring role in the school play stirs up a dangerous cocktail of jealousy and regret in her stepmother, Sara
- Ep 4
4.Who Wants Cake?
4.028-04-199925mJerri is told she must help Principal Blackman out by turning snitch and rooting out the school retard if she wants to go on the class trip to Good Time Island.
- Ep 5
5.Bogie Nights
7.014-06-199925mJerri falls for a transfer student and later discovers the terrible secret that will keep them apart forever.
- Ep 6
6.Let Freedom Ring
21-06-199925mFlatpoint High is up in arms to find out whodunit after someone scrawls a racial slur on the wall.
- Ep 7
7.Feather in the Storm
28-06-199925mJerri finds her calling on the debate team, but can she make it through the dangerous physical training for the big competition?
- Ep 8
8.To Be Young, Gifted and Blank
05-07-199925mNoblet discovers that Jerri is a violin prodigy and ruthlessly grooms her to become the star he always wanted to be.
- Ep 9
9.Jerri Is Only Skin Deep
12-07-199925mDesperate to become homecoming queen, Jerri concocts some unique strategies to eliminate the competition.
- Ep 10
10.The Trip Back
19-07-199925mJerri reverts back to her old ways and succumbs to drugs in an attempt to win the affection of a beautiful female stoner
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