Is it just me or this season actually does feel different than the previous ones? This one feels more basic, less of its quirky charm. I may be misremembering but this season feels like it's using the premise of 'put outcast Daria into a normie physical place' more than others (class hike, homecoming parade, her dad's business trip, her mom's work's therapy spa). it's becoming redundant. It's like the writers have run out of excuses to have these different characters interact.
As much as Daria and Jane think they are and are sometimes referred to as the outcasts of the school, I think Andrea (the goth girl) would be lower on the hierarchy. Why else would Andrea be so afraid that they would spread rumours about her? And both, Jane and Daria have done things that would make their name known to the school (more so in the previous seasons)
Also, the way the character of Mrs. Johansen is portrayed really makes me feel uneasy. Is it supposed to be funny that a fat person wants chocolate? Is that really the joke?
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2016-01-07T16:32:36Z
7.5/10. This was basically a stand up comedy routine about warehouse stores brought to life, but it was funny, so it worked. Some of the individual elements of it worked better than others, though. My favorite story was Daria and Jane finding out that Andrea was the employee who kept alluding them. At first, it just seemed like a joke at how hard it is to find someone who works at these stores to help you navigate it, and that's a good gag in and of itself, but bringing it back to a classmate who was embarrassed to be there was a nice touch, and brought in a little of the humane if fractured spirit of the show.
On the other side of the spectrum, Mr. DeMartino's attempts to purloin cheese log samples given his meager food budget is a pretty hackneyed premise, but the exasperated-yet-sarcastic tone of his character, especially when dealing with Kevin and Brittany, made it pretty funny. The same goes with Mr. O'Neil trying to relate to Kevin's dad, who is, like his son, something of a thumbnail sketch of a character whose interactions the show nevertheless wrung some comedy out of thanks to Mr. O'Neil's meek but dogged attempts to broach Kevin's academic performance.
The Trent-Tom pairing didn't pay nearly the same dividends, but were good for the occasional lark, and Kevin and Brittany's adventures were pretty par for the course for that twosome. The Fashion Club's misadventures were a little too standard issue as well. Nevertheless, the laughs were there and it was an amiable half hour of Sam's Club-based humor.