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Clarissa Darling is a teen girl dealing with typical pre-adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra and an annoying little brother Ferguson.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 3 - Clarissa News Network
    7.5/10(72 votes)

    #1 - Clarissa News Network

    S1:E3

    Clarissa decides that news is cool, and that she'd rather be Jane Pauley than anyone else in the world. Her first story is her mother's midlife crisis, which is triggered by a college pal showing up in town as a successful modern dancer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Clarissa Explains It All Season 4 Episode 13 - Educating Janet
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    #2 - Educating Janet

    S4:E13

    Both Clarissa and Ferguson have issues when Janet starts teaching at their high school. Ferguson gets frustrated when she doesn't give him the grade he wants on an art project and Clarissa doesn't like having her mom be everywhere she goes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 6 - School Picture
    7.6/10(67 votes)

    #3 - School Picture

    S1:E6

    Clarissa is determined not to wear the same old blue cardigan and knee socks for her school picture and devises a scheme to outfit herself in the coolest clothes around.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 8 - Bully
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #4 - Bully

    S1:E8

    When a greedy bully forces Ferguson to hand over his big sister's walkman, Clarissa decides to stand up and fight. It's not her fists but her spirit that KO's the bully, and he winds up falling for Clarissa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Clarissa Explains It All Season 4 Episode 7 - Hero Worship
    7.6/10(39 votes)

    #5 - Hero Worship

    S4:E7

    Clarissa has a problem when Eve, the meek and mousy new girl in school, starts copying her style and taking over her life. Clarissa is annoyed but flattered until Eve steals her idea for a newspaper article. Then it becomes war.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Clarissa Explains It All Season 5 Episode 1 - The Cycle
    7.6/10(39 votes)

    #6 - The Cycle

    S5:E1

    When Olvia's brother wants to sell his motorcycle, Clarissa stores it in the garage and plans to later buy it. Her parents have always told her she couldn't get a car but they never mentioned a motorcycle...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 2 - No T.V.
    7.7/10(75 votes)

    #7 - No T.V.

    S1:E2

    In an attempt to get around her mother's mandate that there be no TV in the Darling home for a whole week, Clarissa connects her computer terminal to the cable converter and nearly blows up the house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 7 - Urge To Drive
    7.7/10(60 votes)

    #8 - Urge To Drive

    S1:E7

    Although she's too young for a driver's license, Clarissa is consumed by the desire to aquire a 1976 Gremlin she finds in the want-ads.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 9 - Brain Drain
    7.7/10(63 votes)

    #9 - Brain Drain

    S1:E9

    An I.Q. test result has Ferguson believing that he is really a genius. His dreams of creating a model society come crashing down when he goes head-to-head with Clarissa on a game show called "Brain Drain".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 10 - Clarissa Makes A Cake
    7.7/10(60 votes)

    #10 - Clarissa Makes A Cake

    S1:E10

    Clarissa pitches in to help celebrate her parents' anniversary. Unfortunately a couple of things get in the way of the party-- her parents stop talking to each other, and Clarissa's cake nearly explodes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 11 - Sick Days
    7.7/10(58 votes)

    #11 - Sick Days

    S1:E11

    When Clarissa is asked to play the part of a column in a pageant celebrating ancient Greece, she hatches a plan to get sick. The pageant turns out to be really cool, but it's too late-- Clarissa's plan has taken effect and she's grounded.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Clarissa Explains It All Season 2 Episode 2 - She Drives Me Crazy
    7.7/10(51 votes)

    #12 - She Drives Me Crazy

    S2:E2

    In order to win a brand new car, Clarissa enters herself and Ferguson in a contest for siblings that have extraordinary relationships. When the editor for the magazine comes to interview the close siblings, it becomes a struggle for them to pretend to be friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Clarissa Explains It All Season 4 Episode 10 - The Zone
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #13 - The Zone

    S4:E10

    Clarissa gets stage fright when her music teacher picks her to play a flute solo at the school music recital. Suddenly she finds herself not being able to play her flute like usual and has to figure out how to get back in 'the zone.'

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Clarissa Explains It All Season 4 Episode 11 - Don't I Know You?
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #14 - Don't I Know You?

    S4:E11

    When Clarissa has to compete against winner Cindy Sparkle in the talent show, she turns to the journal of her great great aunt once removed hoping for some helpful show stopping hints.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Clarissa Explains It All Season 5 Episode 5 - Alter Ego
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #15 - Alter Ego

    S5:E5

    Clarissa and Sam go to a party dressed as cool, hip, outrageous characters. Clarissa dons a wig, a tatoo, and a nose ring and decides to call herself Jade. At the party, she falls for a cute guy named Paulie. But Clarissa isn't sure if he's interested in her or the ficticious Jade. Meanwhile, Ferguson finds a stray cat who he names William F. Buckley and tries to hinder his parents from looking for the real owner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Neena Beber

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  16. Clarissa Explains It All Season 5 Episode 7 - The Firm
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #16 - The Firm

    S5:E7

    Marshall joins an architectual firm after receiving some very generous offers from the corporation. But the money doesn't seem to make up for how the entire family feels about the firm. Meanwhile, Clarissa tries to write an essay to win a scholarship for college.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 1 - Revenge
    7.8/10(89 votes)

    #17 - Revenge

    S1:E1

    When younger brother Ferguson displays her training bra in show and tell, Clarissa hatches a plan to send Ferg-face into outer space via helium balloons and a straight jacket.

    Director:Ken Frankel
    Writer:Mitchell Kriegman

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  18. Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 Episode 12 - Cool Dad
    7.8/10(58 votes)

    #18 - Cool Dad

    S1:E12

    Clarissa is mortified by the prospect of her dad speaking at her school's career night. To no avail, he tries to get hip quick. His speech winds up making her proud even if he does hug his T-square during it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Clarissa Explains It All Season 2 Episode 4 - President Ferguson
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    #19 - President Ferguson

    S2:E4

    There's chaos in store when Ferguson runs for school President and turns the Darling household into his campaign headquarters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Clarissa Explains It All Season 2 Episode 5 - ME 101
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #20 - ME 101

    S2:E5

    After failing a magazine quiz on 'How Well Do You Know Your Daughter?', Janet attempts to get to know Clarissa better. But Clarissa gets fed up when her mom plans to take her to a concert and even dresses like her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Clarissa Explains It All Season 3 Episode 1 - Janet's Old Boyfriend
    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #21 - Janet's Old Boyfriend

    S3:E1

    Janet's old high school boyfriend Joey Russo, a famous writer, comes back to town and Janet invites him over to have dinner with the family. However, things don't go well when tension builds between Marshall and Joey and Joey proves to not be too helpful when he offers Clarissa advice on a paper she's writing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Clarissa Explains It All Season 3 Episode 3 - Poetic Justice
    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #22 - Poetic Justice

    S3:E3

    Clarissa is chosen to represent her school at a poetry banquet after her computer helps her write a strange but well-loved poem.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Clarissa Explains It All Season 3 Episode 5 - Punch the Clock
    7.8/10(40 votes)

    #23 - Punch the Clock

    S3:E5

    Clarissa learns a thing or two about money and responsibility when she lands several part-time jobs and tries to keep up with all of them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Clarissa Explains It All Season 3 Episode 6 - The Silent Treatment
    7.8/10(40 votes)

    #24 - The Silent Treatment

    S3:E6

    After having an argument with Clarissa, Ferguson tries to get her back by giving her the Silent Treatment. Clarissa has to figure out how to get him to talk and break his silence. Meanwhile, Janet gets paranoid over being a juror at mobster Fishface Eddie's trial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Clarissa Explains It All Season 3 Episode 7 - Involunteering
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #25 - Involunteering

    S3:E7

    After Janet asks the family to participate in Volunteer Day at the Chidren's museum, Clarissa tries to figure out a way to escape her duty of helping out.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Clarissa News Network" is the worst rated episode of "Clarissa Explains It All". It scored 7.5/10 based on 72 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/6/1991. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Educating Janet".