The Best Episodes of Strangers with Candy

Jerri'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 little devil on her shoulder would stop trying to convince her otherwise. Coach Wolf encourages her female students to remain chaste and convinces Jerri that she can reclaim her virginity. All the girls take to wearing ""Never Been Touched"" ribbons with a cherry dangling from them.

Director: Juan José Campanella

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Coach Wolf assigns marriages for her students for a class project. Jerri get paired up with Ronnie Leggett. After Jerri finds problems with her new “marriage,” she learns that it is not as easy as she thought it will be. Will Jerri be able to save her “marriage” and her grade?

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Feeling rejected by her classmates and abandoned by her family, Jerri is seduced into joining a religious cult.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Jerri 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 guys, plus they're treated with kid gloves in class, she decides to try out for the Donkettes squad. She learns right away that cheerleaders need to know how to spell. Her illiteracy is quickly revealed and Jerri is immediately subjected to complete humiliation.

Director: Juan José Campanella

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, David Wain

Someone hits Mr. Jellineck with their car, and the whole school is turned upside-down trying to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Jerri wrestles with her conscience, and Mr. Noblet considers revealing his secret feelings for Geoffrey in an effort to encourage his recovery.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Winona 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) will ask her out.

Director: Juan José Campanella

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Jerri falls for Alan, a blind boy at her school with football aspirations. The rest of the team, however, is skeptical about his abilities, but with Jerri's encouragement, Alan rises to the occasion.

Director: Juan José Campanella

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

After deflowering a male classmate, Jerri finds out that she has contracted a series of STDs (syphillis infested with crabs which are carrying gonorrhea) and must inform all her partners of her discovery. Meanwhile, Mr. Jellineck and Mr. Noblet have problems concealing their own bout with a particularly noticeable STD.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

A 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 her friend Tammy, the bully schedules a fight for after school. Everyone keeps telling Jerri that she shouldn't fight and find peace, but Jerri feels she should live by the street code and fight. Geoffry gets a bully of his own when a homosexual hater substitute confronts him.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Jerri's new daddy Stew starts to act very strangely, which makes Jerri reluctant to bring him to class for Occupation Week.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Everyone's got careers on the brain during Flatpoint's ""Yes You Can't"" career exploration week -- and not just the students. Mr. Noblet revisits his dreams of rockstardom, Mr. Jellineck quits teaching to pursue his art, and Jerri tries to decide between a career in the flower factory or as a junkie whore.

Director: Dan Dinello

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

After 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 Principle Blackman, Mr. Noblet and Mr. Jellineck try to rescue her.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

At the bequest of Mr. Noblet, Jerri takes over an advice column formerly penned by Mr. Jellineck, which results in diabolical intentions on Geoffrey's part towards Chuck, and anger from nearly everyone in Flatpoint High towards Jerri.

Director: Juan José Campanella

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Jerri 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 local shoe store and schemes to procure a pair of the salacious shoes in time for popular rich girl Melissa's party. However, Orlando has a party scheduled for that same evening, and Jerri's snobbery regarding his lower-income-bracket party threatens their friendship.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Nicholas Stoller

Jerri 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 Jerri and she does nothing about it. So Tamela tells her she was a victim of sexual harassment and she needs to stick up for herself. Jerri later starts liking another guy, but is afraid it will end soon because of the other guys harassing her.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert

Jerri 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 places like Laird's locker, the trunk of his car, a trash can, etc., so they can continue their secret rendezvous. Meanwhile, Jerri's stepmother experiences relationship troubles with Stew, prompting an unusual bonding moment between stepmother and stepdaughter.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Jerri suffers a devastating loss and can find no sympathy for her grief, though Mr. Jellineck chips in with his special blend of self-important empathy. The Father-Daughter Sack Race plays a pivotal role in this Very Special Episode.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Told in her art class to photograph something that represents freedom, Jerri creates a nude self-portrait which is immediately banned by the principal. So Jerri goes on a hunger strike.

Director: Juan José Campanella

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Jerri joins the track team, but years of hard living have taken their toll on her physique. She turns to supplements of a most dubious nature to improve her performance, and the results surprise everyone at Flatpoint.

Director: Juan José Campanella

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

When Jerri discovers her American Indian heritage, she attends a camp run by a councilor who teaches adopted Indian children about aspects of their culture, such as alcoholism and gambling.

Director: Juan José Campanella

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Jerri 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.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Mitch Rouse, Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

In order to teach students the responsibility of taking care of a baby, Coach Wolf gives each student a baby.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Jerri's starring role in the school play stirs up a dangerous cocktail of jealousy and regret in her stepmother, Sara

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello

Jerri falls for a transfer student and later discovers the terrible secret that will keep them apart forever.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Thomas Lennon

Jerri 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.

Director: Peter Lauer

Writer: Mitch Rouse, Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello