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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'

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Strangers with Candy Season 2 Episode 1 - The Virgin Jerri
    8.6/10(159 votes)

    #1 - The Virgin Jerri

    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.

    Director:Juan José Campanella
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  2. Strangers with Candy Season 2 Episode 7 - To Love, Honor and Pretend
    8.4/10(144 votes)

    #2 - To Love, Honor and Pretend

    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?

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  3. Strangers with Candy Season 2 Episode 8 - The Blank Stare (1)
    8.4/10(135 votes)

    #3 - The Blank Stare (1)

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  4. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 4 - Who Wants Cake?
    8.3/10(181 votes)

    #4 - Who Wants Cake?

    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.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Mitch Rouse, Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  5. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 5 - Bogie Nights
    8.3/10(171 votes)

    #5 - Bogie Nights

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Thomas Lennon, Amy Sedaris

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  6. Strangers with Candy Season 2 Episode 5 - The Blank Page
    8.3/10(136 votes)

    #6 - The Blank Page

    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.

    Director:Juan José Campanella
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, David Wain

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  7. Strangers with Candy Season 2 Episode 6 - Hit and Run
    8.3/10(147 votes)

    #7 - Hit and Run

    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.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  8. Strangers with Candy Season 3 Episode 10 - The Last Temptation of Blank
    8.3/10(152 votes)

    #8 - The Last Temptation of Blank

    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.

    Director:Juan José Campanella
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  9. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 7 - Feather in the Storm
    8.2/10(146 votes)

    #9 - Feather in the Storm

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Danny Leiner
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  10. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 10 - The Trip Back
    8.2/10(160 votes)

    #10 - The Trip Back

    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

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  11. Strangers with Candy Season 2 Episode 2 - Behind Blank Eyes
    8.2/10(141 votes)

    #11 - Behind Blank Eyes

    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.

    Director:Juan José Campanella
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  12. Strangers with Candy Season 3 Episode 1 - Jerri's Burning Issue
    8.2/10(127 votes)

    #12 - Jerri's Burning Issue

    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.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  13. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 6 - Let Freedom Ring
    8.1/10(156 votes)

    #13 - Let Freedom Ring

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Mitch Rouse, Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  14. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 9 - Jerri Is Only Skin Deep
    8.1/10(136 votes)

    #14 - Jerri Is Only Skin Deep

    S1:E9

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

    Directors:Bob Balaban, Danny Leiner
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  15. Strangers with Candy Season 3 Episode 5 - Is My Daddy Crazy?
    8.1/10(122 votes)

    #15 - Is My Daddy Crazy?

    S3:E5

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

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  16. Strangers with Candy Season 3 Episode 9 - Bully
    8.1/10(131 votes)

    #16 - Bully

    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.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  17. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 3 - Dreams on the Rocks
    8.0/10(188 votes)

    #17 - Dreams on the Rocks

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  18. Strangers with Candy Season 2 Episode 9 - The Blank Stare (2)
    8.0/10(120 votes)

    #18 - The Blank Stare (2)

    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.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  19. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 2 - A Burden's Burden
    7.9/10(167 votes)

    #19 - A Burden's Burden

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  20. Strangers with Candy Season 2 Episode 3 - Yes You Can't
    7.9/10(130 votes)

    #20 - Yes You Can't

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Dan Dinello
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  21. Strangers with Candy Season 3 Episode 7 - Ask Jerri
    7.8/10(109 votes)

    #21 - Ask Jerri

    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.

    Director:Juan José Campanella
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  22. Strangers with Candy Season 3 Episode 8 - Sexual Harrasment (aka There Once Was a Blank from Nantucket)
    7.8/10(110 votes)

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

    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.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris

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  23. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 1 - Old Habits/New Beginnings
    7.7/10(229 votes)

    #23 - Old Habits/New Beginnings

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Mitch Rouse, Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  24. Strangers with Candy Season 1 Episode 8 - To Be Young, Gifted and Blank
    7.6/10(131 votes)

    #24 - To Be Young, Gifted and Blank

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Dan Dinello
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris

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  25. Strangers with Candy Season 2 Episode 10 - A Price Too High for Riches
    7.6/10(120 votes)

    #25 - A Price Too High for Riches

    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.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writers:Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, Nicholas Stoller

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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 159 votes. Directed by Juan José Campanella and written by Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris, it aired on 1/17/2000. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "To Love, Honor and Pretend".