- List of Strangers with Candy episodes
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The following is a list of episodes for the Comedy Central original series Strangers with Candy. The series started on April 7, 1999, and concluded its third and final season on October 2, 2000.
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Episodes
Season 1: 1999
Title Credited writers Director Original airdate Production code Ep # "Retardation: A Celebration" Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Mitch Rouse, Amy Sedaris Adam Bernstein Unaired Pilot 100 0 Jerri is asked to spy on her lockermate, looking for signs of retardation. Later evolved into Episode 104, "Who Wants Cake?" "Old Habits, New Beginnings" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, Mitch Rouse Peter Lauer April 7, 1999 101 1 Jerri tries to make friends by supplying a classmate with drugs. "A Burden's Burden" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer April 14, 1999 102 2 Jerri is assigned to take care of a 10-pound baby in order to learn responsibility. "Dreams on the Rocks" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer April 21, 1999 103 3 Jerri must deal with her stepmother's alcoholism. "Who Wants Cake?" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, Mitch Rouse Peter Lauer April 28, 1999 104 4 Jerri is asked to spy on her lockermate, looking for signs of retardation. "Bogie Nights" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, Thomas Lennon Peter Lauer June 14, 1999 105 5 Jerri befriends the new student, Ricky (Fred Koehler) but discovers a secret that will keep them apart forever. "Let Freedom Ring" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, Mitch Rouse Peter Lauer June 21, 1999 106 6 Flatpoint High is in the grip of a racist who spray-painted an ethnic slur on the wall. "Feather in the Storm" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Danny Leiner June 28, 1999 107 7 Jerri must lose weight to be in physical shape for the debate team, which she thinks is her ticket to popularity. "To Be Young, Gifted, and Blank" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Dan Dinello July 5, 1999 108 8 Mr. Noblet discovers that Jerri is a violin prodigy, and he strives to use her talents for his own purposes in competing against Mr. Jellineck's orchestra. "Jerri Is Only Skin Deep" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Danny Leiner, Bob Balaban July 12, 1999 109 9 Homecoming-Queen hopeful Jerri struggles with the Inner Beauty category. "The Trip Back" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer July 19, 1999 110 10 Jerri turns back to a life of drugs after being seduced by a beautiful female druggie. Season 2: 2000
Title Credited writers Director Original airdate Production code Ep # "The Virgin Jerri" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Juan J. Campanella January 17, 2000 203 11 Jerri becomes a virgin again, but struggles with keeping her funbox closed. "Behind Blank Eyes" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Juan J. Campanella January 24, 2000 202 12 Jerri finds herself attracted to a blind classmate. While she tries to navigate the sightless world, he fights for the right to play on the football team. "Yes, You Can't" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Dan Dinello January 31, 2000 201 13 Jerri agonizes over what she wants to do with her life while Mr. Jellineck quits teaching to become a starving artist. "The Goodbye Guy" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer February 7, 2000 204 14 Jerri’s daddy is eaten by high school mascots, leaving her out of the big Father–Student Sack Race. "The Blank Page" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, David Wain Juan J. Campanella February 21, 2000 206 15 Flatpoint High discovers Jerri’s illiteracy, which she must overcome in order to make the cheerleading squad. Can she learn to read? "Hit and Run" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer February 28, 2000 205 16 Jerri runs over Mr. Jellineck and has difficulty keeping the secret; Mr. Noblet discovers that the revelation of another secret is the key to Jellineck’s recovery. "To Love, Honor, and Pretend" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer March 7, 2000 207 17 Mr. Noblet grows jealous of the special fake bond between Mr. Jellineck and Coach Wolf as Jerri’s control issues threaten her own fake union in a marriage experiment gone awry. "Blank Stare: Part 1" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer June 19, 2000 208 18 Jerri is recruited by a cult of happy people who sing the same song (a lot), and Flatpoint High begins a radical change in politics, becoming a totalitarian regime, keeping its students/citizens to a code of strict anonymity and perfect obedience. Cult elements are borrowed primarily from two films: 1) Ticket to Heaven, which was made from the nonfiction book Moonwebs: Journey into the Mind of a Cult by Josh Freed. Moonwebs describes Freed and his friend (whom he calls 'Benji Miller') and their negative experiences with the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church. 2) Split Image (1982). [1] "Blank Stare: Part 2" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer June 26, 2000 209 19 After Jerri becomes perfectly assimilated into the cult’s mindset, its leader finds that sometimes cults have to be selective with their recruits. "A Price Too High for Riches" Nicholas Stoller, Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer July 3, 2000 210 20 Flairs, a shoe with a ridiculously long lace, take the fashion world by storm and become the key to Jerri’s social success. Season 3: 2000
Title Credited writers Director Original airdate Production code Ep # "Jerri’s Burning Issue" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer July 10, 2000 301 21 With the school "Purity Dance" days away, Jerri struggles with the decision to tell her popular new boyfriend that she has contracted an epic case of syphilis. "Is Freedom Free?" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Juan J. Campanella July 17, 2000 302 22 Jerri’s "au naturel" self-portrait ignites a storm of censorship from the school. "Trail of Tears" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Juan J. Campanella July 24, 2000 303 23 Jerri must again face her own racist views when she discovers that she is a full-blooded Native American Indian and is sent to a cultural-immersion camp for adopted redskins. "Is My Daddy Crazy?" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer August 14, 2000 304 25 Jerri wonders if she can cure her stepmother's lover's insanity in time for him to speak at Flatpoint High's Occupation Week. "Blank Relay" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Juan J. Campanella August 21, 2000 305 26 Desperate to stay on the track team, Jerri abuses steroids and pushes them to her teammates. "Invisible Love" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer July 31, 2000 306 24 Jerri's secret relationship with the school stud makes her question her own self-respect. "Ask Jerri" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Juan J. Campanella September 11, 2000 307 27 Jerri takes over the school newspaper’s advice column from Jellineck. Disaster follows, especially in the relationship between Jellineck and Noblet. "There Once Was a Blank from Nantucket" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer September 18, 2000 308 28 Jerri must deal with sexual harassment and prevent her new jazz-orchestra beau from finding out. "Bully” Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Peter Lauer September 25, 2000 309 29 Bullies threaten both Jerri and Jellineck. "The Last Temptation of Blank" Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris Juan J. Campanella October 2, 2000 310 30 As Flatpoint High is set to turn into a strip mall, Jerri becomes friends with a popular girl (guest star Winona Ryder) and must decide if she wants to leave her old friends behind forever to finally find lasting popularity. External links
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