Name: Strangers with Candy
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1999-04-07
Rating: 3.8

Overview

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.

Seasons

Season 1

10 Episodes

1999

E01

Old Habits/New Beginnings

4/7/1999·25m

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.

E02

A Burden's Burden

4/14/1999·25m

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

E03

Dreams on the Rocks

4/21/1999·25m

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

E04

Who Wants Cake?

4/28/1999·25m

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.

E05

Bogie Nights

6/14/1999·25m

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

E06

Let Freedom Ring

6/21/1999·25m

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

E07

Feather in the Storm

6/28/1999·25m

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

E08

To Be Young, Gifted and Blank

7/5/1999·25m

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

E09

Jerri Is Only Skin Deep

7/12/1999·25m

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

E10

The Trip Back

7/19/1999·25m

Jerri reverts back to her old ways and succumbs to drugs in an attempt to win the affection of a beautiful female stoner

Season 2

10 Episodes

2000

E01

The Virgin Jerri

1/17/2000·25m

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.

Season 3

10 Episodes

2000

E01

Jerri's Burning Issue

7/10/2000·25m

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.

E02