Daria (TV Series) The New Kid (1998) User Reviews

Ted...

[planktonrules · 9/10 · 6 March 2011]

In this episode, Daria is convinced to work for the yearbook committee. There she teams up with a ultra-weirdo named 'Ted'--a guy who, up until recently, has been home schooled. Yet, oddly, despite Ted being a totally strange guy, there is something sweet and endearing about him and Daria can't help but fall for him. But, like the movie "Marty", Daria thinks twice about going out with Ted because she is afraid what others might think--which is ironic, as Daria never really seemed to care what others think! But how this relationship goes is pretty weird--and pretty funny and nothing goes like you'd expect.

This is a cute little episode. While you never see Ted again, he's an interesting character and you see a vulnerable side of Daria you don't often see. Well worth seeing.

Daria takes an interest in a boy

[Tweekums · 9/10 · 29 November 2012]

In this episode Daria is persuaded to join the staff of the school yearbook on the grounds that it will look good on her CV; she expects her photographs will get her quickly kicked off again but it turns out the photo editor, Ted, really likes them. They get talking and after a while point out to Mr DeMartino, the staff member in charge, that a disproportionate proportion of the book is taken up by sports and clubs. Surprisingly he decides that the club and sports pages can be reduced; something that makes Daria unpopular with many of the other students. As they work together Daria finds herself taking an interest in Ted; he isn't like the other children; his parents are old hippies, who had home-schooled him until recently, and he hasn't done the things most kids his age have tried... he hasn't even chewed gum! It isn't long before Daria goes on to corrupt him further with pizza and video games. Quinn meanwhile has taken on the mission of finding a 'normal' boy for Daria so she can be persuaded to change the yearbook back to how it was.

This is another funny episode; it was fun seeing Daria take an interest in a boy other than Trent... and this one takes an interest back. It is a bit unbelievable that he hasn't done anything regular kids have done but that just adds to the laughs; he was a fun character. Mr DeMartino is almost always funny and this time was no exception; it was a pity he was beaten into reverting to the old yearbook style but if it had gone how Daria wanted she shouldn't have the excuse she needs to be cynical!

Want book.

[Foreverisacastironmess123 · 8/10 · 9 August 2014]

I really like this episode because in a very rare occurrence the stoic Daria begins to grow close to somebody in a romantic way. He is Ted Dewitt-Clinton, something of a natural-born misfit and social outcast, like her. Except that the big difference between them and what eventually ends their relationship before it even really begins is that he seems to have a naive but very positive outlook on things, which she doesn't. I really like the sincerity of the little friendship that they impressively manage to establish in the limited time of this episode only. The attraction and chemistry that's developed as they bond in just a few scenes is small, but very well realised. He was like a sort of pre-Tom Sloane love interest for Daria. She's so stupid when she doesn't allow him to get a little closer by accepting a necklace that he made for her himself. And that's where this show always lost me a little - why deny herself the basic human need of simply getting a little comfort from another person? I would've thought that even the most unwavering hardened of rebellious loners wouldn't have passed-up genuine friendship when it happened to come along.. But Ted was no doormat, and he wasn't above getting even with Daria by later rejecting her, and of all the things to ever call the eternally-stony and clipped one, he actually calls Daria shallow!!! *And* she looks shocked! I agree that it is too bad the character was never used again barring one quick cameo in "I Loathe a Parade." Disaster strikes when, in sharing a few commonplace niceties such as hanging out in a video arcade which has some extremely advanced technology for 1998(!), she awakens Ted to a world of experiences he's never had before, and then of course he's lost to her forever at the end when it appears that, quite unlike Daria, his intelligence and abilities have made him a few new friends and somewhat popular, and she finds herself on the outside once again. And it doesn't clarify if he's just ignoring Daria at the end of the story - although I personally don't reckon as he didn't seem like the two-faced type, or if they've merely drifted apart as she's typically insecure about having a relationship with him because of this. Daria sure doesn't appear to come out on top in any way in this episode, but on the plus side, in the closing scene she does shut the door to give her bratty sister a beating, so I guess it ain't all bad! Be seeing ya!