Daria is surprised to learn that she has won an essay competition in teen magazine 'Val' as she didn't know she had entered it. Mr O'Neill had entered her essay and the prize is to have Val herself spend a day with her at school. The visit is meant to me a secret so that everything will be normal but Ms Li has arranged 'school colours day' and Val's people have made sure that the press will know she is going to be there. Jane sees it as an opportunity for Daria to get an invitation to spend a day with Val at the New York home of her magazine. Daria doesn't particularly enjoy spending her day with Val; she claims to be in her twenties and in touch with edgy teen culture but is just obsessed with herself and looks considerably older than she claims. Eventually Daria can take no more of this vacuous woman and tells her exactly what she thinks of her... blowing any chance of a trip to New York; not that she cares.
This was another enjoyable episode; largely because 'teen icon' Val was clearly out of touch with real teens and was totally self-centred... it was fantastic to see Daria demolish her character at the end... even the fashion club have a dig at her. The way Ms Li made sure that it wasn't a typical day at Lawndale High was fairly predictable and the subplot where Jane was trying to get Daria a trip to New York didn't really go anywhere but it didn't detract from the story.
This was another enjoyable episode; largely because 'teen icon' Val was clearly out of touch with real teens and was totally self-centred... it was fantastic to see Daria demolish her character at the end... even the fashion club have a dig at her. The way Ms Li made sure that it wasn't a typical day at Lawndale High was fairly predictable and the subplot where Jane was trying to get Daria a trip to New York didn't really go anywhere but it didn't detract from the story.