Daria

Lane Miserables

Season 3, Episode 8, Aired 7/14/99

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The Lane house gets a little too crowded when Jane and Trent's siblings and dad all move back home, at the same time. Unable to handle it, Jane and Trent stay with Daria's house--which puts Daria at a quandary, as she has to deal with her crush.moreless

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Tracy Grandstaff

Daria Morgendorffer
Wendy Hoopes

Jane Lane, Helen Morgendorffer, Quinn Morgendorffer
Julian Rebolledo

Jake Morgendorffer

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Trivia
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- When Jane asks Daria if she's sure she has the concentration for this game Jane notes that Daria has only picked 2 letters. If you look closely you see that Daria has three letters, however when it goes to a closeup of her letters she puts the next letter down it shows she only had two before she added the next letter.
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- At the beginning when Helen cuts the lasagna she cuts it into 6 pieces, but when they show it sitting on the table it is cut into 12 pieces. Edit
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- By coincidence, this episode premiered on Bastille Day. Bastille Day is also mentioned in Les Miserables, the same title pun. Edit
- Music -Pet Shop Boys - "Too Many People" (closing credits) -Heather Nova - "London Rain" (Trent looks in fridge) -Speed - "Space Queen" (Jane running past Helen) -Blaque - "808" (Jane eating w/ Morgendorffers) -Paul Weller - "The Changing Man" (parrot steals photograph) -Sonic Youth - "Dirty Boots" (Scrabble) -The Foo Fighters - "Everlong" (Daria watches Trent leave with Monique) -Filter - "Welcome to the Fold" (Trent & Monique drive away) -UNKLE - "Unreal" (Quinn's fantasy) -Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea" (Daria's fantasy) Edit
- We learn the Lane family has a total of 5 children: Summer, Wind, Penny, Trent, & Jane. Edit
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- Penny: (on the phone) No, no, Señor Finance Minister. Necesito dinero to reopen my business. Your volcano wiped out hundreds of hand-fashioned tin picture frames and I'd like to know how your government intends to compensate me. Edit
- Daria: Well, I was just pondering the idea that the negative, which is the nothingness of being and the annihilating power both together, is nothingness. Quinn: Oh, Daria! That whole "less is more" thing is so over! Accessories are back. Edit
- Wind: Do I smell cookies baking? Jane: Not bloody likely. Amanda: (runs off) The kiln! Edit
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- Jane: ...the wandering Lanes scatter to parts unknown. Jane's comment about the "wandering Lanes" is a reference to the Wandering Jew, supposedly a Jew who mocked Jesus on his way to the cross and was condemned to wander on earth until Judgement Day. Edit
- Jane: ...the manger will be fine. This quote alludes to the biblical story of Mary and Joseph, who stay in a hotel's manger and then gave birth to the baby Jesus. Edit
- Episode Title: Lane Miserables This episode title is clearly an allusion to the novel by French novelist Victor Hugo (1802-1885) "Les Misèrables" written in 1862. Among the most well known novels of the 19th century, it follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty year period in the early 19th century that includes the Napoleonic wars and subsequent decades. Edit