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The Best Episodes of Strangers with Candy

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The Best Episodes of Strangers with Candy

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...

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  1. 8.6/10(154 votes)

    #1 - The Virgin Jerri

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    S2:E1

    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.

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  2. 8.5/10(141 votes)

    #2 - To Love, Honor and Pretend

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    S2:E7

    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?

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  3. 8.4/10(132 votes)

    #3 - The Blank Stare (1)

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    S2:E8

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

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  4. 8.3/10(176 votes)

    #4 - Who Wants Cake?

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    S1:E4

    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.

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  5. 8.3/10(133 votes)

    #5 - The Blank Page

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    S2:E5

    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.

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  6. 8.3/10(146 votes)

    #6 - Hit and Run

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    S2:E6

    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.

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  8. 8.3/10(147 votes)

    #7 - The Last Temptation of Blank

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    S3:E10

    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.

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  9. 8.2/10(179 votes)

    #8 - Dreams on the Rocks

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    S1:E3

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

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  10. 8.2/10(167 votes)

    #9 - Bogie Nights

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    S1:E5

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

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  11. 8.2/10(155 votes)

    #10 - Let Freedom Ring

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    S1:E6

    Flatpoint High is up in arms to find out whodunit after someone scrawls a racial slur on the wall.

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  12. 8.2/10(144 votes)

    #11 - Feather in the Storm

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    S1:E7

    Jerri finds her calling on the debate team, but can she make it through the dangerous physical training for the big competition?

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  13. 8.2/10(157 votes)

    #12 - The Trip Back

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    S1:E10

    Jerri 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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  14. 8.2/10(138 votes)

    #13 - Behind Blank Eyes

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    S2:E2

    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.

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  15. 8.2/10(124 votes)

    #14 - Jerri's Burning Issue

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    S3:E1

    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.

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  16. 8.2/10(129 votes)

    #15 - Bully

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    S3:E9

    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.

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  17. 8.1/10(134 votes)

    #16 - Jerri Is Only Skin Deep

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    S1:E9

    Desperate to become homecoming queen, Jerri concocts some unique strategies to eliminate the competition.

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  18. 8.1/10(121 votes)

    #17 - Is My Daddy Crazy?

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    S3:E5

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

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  19. 7.9/10(160 votes)

    #18 - A Burden's Burden

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    S1:E2

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

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  20. 7.9/10(128 votes)

    #19 - Yes You Can't

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    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.

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  21. 7.9/10(116 votes)

    #20 - The Blank Stare (2)

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    S2:E9

    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.

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  22. 7.8/10(107 votes)

    #21 - Ask Jerri

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    S3:E7

    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.

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  23. 7.7/10(220 votes)

    #22 - Old Habits/New Beginnings

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    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.

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  24. 7.7/10(129 votes)

    #23 - To Be Young, Gifted and Blank

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    S1:E8

    Noblet discovers that Jerri is a violin prodigy and ruthlessly grooms her to become the star he always wanted to be.

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  25. 7.7/10(118 votes)

    #24 - A Price Too High for Riches

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    S2:E10

    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.

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  26. 7.7/10(106 votes)

    #25 - Sexual Harrasment (aka There Once Was a Blank from Nantucket)

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    S3:E8

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Virgin Jerri" is the best rated episode of "Strangers with Candy". It scored 8.6/10 based on 154 votes. Directed by Juan José Campanella and written by Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, it aired on 1/17/2000. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "To Love, Honor and Pretend".