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Strangers with Candy

TV·1999–2000·3 seasons, 30 episodes·Comedy Central·Comedy·23m·Created by Stephen Colbert, Mitch Rouse, Amy Sedaris

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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.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Let Freedom RingS01E06 · 10.0Flatpoint High is up in arms to find out whodunit after someone scrawls a racial slur on the wall.
  2. 02Feather in the StormS01E07 · 10.0Jerri finds her calling on the debate team, but can she make it through the dangerous physical training for the big competition?
  3. 03To Be Young, Gifted and BlankS01E08 · 10.0Noblet discovers that Jerri is a violin prodigy and ruthlessly grooms her to become the star he always wanted to be.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes1999Aired 9.1Season avg
  1. S01E01Old Habits/New BeginningsApril 7, 1999 8.5Jerri 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.
  2. S01E02A Burden's BurdenApril 14, 1999 8.5In order to teach students the responsibility of taking care of a baby, Coach Wolf gives each student a baby.
  3. S01E03Dreams on the RocksApril 21, 1999 8.5Jerri's starring role in the school play stirs up a dangerous cocktail of jealousy and regret in her stepmother, Sara
  4. S01E04Who Wants Cake?April 28, 1999 7.0Jerri 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
  5. S01E05Bogie NightsJune 14, 1999 8.5Jerri falls for a transfer student and later discovers the terrible secret that will keep them apart forever.
  6. S01E06Season's bestLet Freedom RingJune 21, 1999 10.0Flatpoint High is up in arms to find out whodunit after someone scrawls a racial slur on the wall.
  7. S01E07Feather in the StormJune 28, 1999 10.0Jerri finds her calling on the debate team, but can she make it through the dangerous physical training for the big competition?
  8. S01E08To Be Young, Gifted and BlankJuly 5, 1999 10.0Noblet discovers that Jerri is a violin prodigy and ruthlessly grooms her to become the star he always wanted to be.
  9. S01E09Jerri Is Only Skin DeepJuly 12, 1999 10.0Desperate to become homecoming queen, Jerri concocts some unique strategies to eliminate the competition.
  10. S01E10The Trip BackJuly 19, 1999 10.0Jerri reverts back to her old ways and succumbs to drugs in an attempt to win the affection of a beautiful female stoner

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2000Aired 9.7Season avg
  1. S02E01The Virgin JerriJanuary 17, 2000 8.0Jerri's back out of prison and back to being a freshman at Flatpoint High. . . again. She's determined to be a proper girl, if only that lit
  2. S02E02Season's bestBehind Blank EyesJanuary 24, 2000 10.0Jerri falls for Alan, a blind boy at her school with football aspirations. The rest of the team, however, is skeptical about his abilities,
  3. S02E03Yes You Can'tJanuary 31, 2000 10.0Everyone's got careers on the brain during Flatpoint's ""Yes You Can't"" career exploration week -- and not just the students. Mr. Noblet r
  4. S02E04The Goodbye GuyFebruary 7, 2000 10.0Jerri suffers a devastating loss and can find no sympathy for her grief, though Mr. Jellineck chips in with his special blend of self-import
  5. S02E05The Blank PageFebruary 21, 2000 9.0Jerri has a difficult time in Noblet's class when she's asked to read from Moby Dick. When she realizes that cheerleaders get all the guy
  6. S02E06Hit and RunFebruary 28, 2000 10.0Someone hits Mr. Jellineck with their car, and the whole school is turned upside-down trying to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Jerri wrestles
  7. S02E07To Love, Honor and PretendMarch 6, 2000 10.0Coach Wolf assigns marriages for her students for a class project. Jerri get paired up with Ronnie Leggett. After Jerri finds problems with
  8. S02E08The Blank Stare (1)June 19, 2000 10.0Feeling rejected by her classmates and abandoned by her family, Jerri is seduced into joining a religious cult.
  9. S02E09The Blank Stare (2)June 26, 2000 10.0After first attempting to stop Jerri from escaping, the leader of the cult realizes how annoying she is and tries to get rid of her, while P
  10. S02E10A Price Too High for RichesJuly 3, 2000 10.0Jerri struggles with class issues as the new shoe of the moment (""Flairs"") is a wee bit out of her price range. She snags a job at the lo

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0310Episodes2000AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Jerri's Burning IssueJuly 10, 2000After deflowering a male classmate, Jerri finds out that she has contracted a series of STDs (syphillis infested with crabs which are carryi
  2. S03E02Is Freedom Free?July 17, 2000Told in her art class to photograph something that represents freedom, Jerri creates a nude self-portrait which is immediately banned by the
  3. S03E03Trail of TearsJuly 24, 2000When Jerri discovers her American Indian heritage, she attends a camp run by a councilor who teaches adopted Indian children about aspects o
  4. S03E04Invisible LoveJuly 31, 2000Jerri and class hunk Laird are having a fling, but he is insistent on keeping it a secret. So Jerri finds herself forced to hide out in odd
  5. S03E05Is My Daddy Crazy?August 14, 2000Jerri's new daddy Stew starts to act very strangely, which makes Jerri reluctant to bring him to class for Occupation Week.
  6. S03E06Blank RelayAugust 21, 2000Jerri joins the track team, but years of hard living have taken their toll on her physique. She turns to supplements of a most dubious natu
  7. S03E07Ask JerriSeptember 11, 2000At the bequest of Mr. Noblet, Jerri takes over an advice column formerly penned by Mr. Jellineck, which results in diabolical intentions on
  8. S03E08Sexual Harrasment (aka There Once Was a Blank from Nantucket)September 18, 2000Jerri is asked out at a school wrestling game, but the boy later takes back his offer because other boys are saying mean sexual things to Je
  9. S03E09BullySeptember 25, 2000A new student comes to Flatpoint High, who turns out to be a bully who everyone is afraid of. When Jerri stops a fight with the bully and he
  10. S03E10The Last Temptation of BlankOctober 2, 2000Winona Ryder stars as Fran, the coolest girl in school, who makes a bet that she can make Jerri so cool that even Brent Brooks (Paul Rudd) w

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