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| A student we've never met before has AIDS. Professor Whoopi Goldberg will teach us more. Casual homophobia remains unaddressed. | |
| A friendly bald man sexually abuses at least one young boy, a process which involves wine, pornographic cartoons, and pretending to be a horse. | |
| Nerdy girl takes caffeine pills; gets so excited, so excited, so scared. | |
| After several decades of misunderstandings, a sexpot lady finally accepts her brother's homosexuality. | |
| Girl collapses at gym thanks to the abrupt development of an eating disorder. After her kind, single father talks to her warmly, she is utterly cured. | |
| Teenage boy is left in a coma after a terrible motorcycle accident. His very cool friend prays for his recovery. | |
| Teenage boy learns that he is dyslexic. | |
| Teenage boy takes speed at a school dance. Upon being offered Clippers tickets, his cousin later cries about his involvement. | |
| Teenage boy bootlegs a Doobie Brothers concert; the band stops playing mid-song and demands justice. | |
| Middle-aged woman decides to terminate her pregnancy. | |
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| Uncle Tom Hanks is an abusive alcoholic. | |
| Teenage boy joins a cult, but later leaves when his teacher gets in a motorcycle accident. Aforementioned teacher is never seen again. | |
| Daffy housewife is attacked by a serial rapist. Hilarity ensues. | |
| Buzz Aldrin helps young girl understand and mourn the recent explosion of the Challenger space shuttle. | |
| The threat of Black History Month causes students to deface a black girl's locker with racist graffiti. No one is punished, but the month proceeds as intended. | |
| Rich, blonde girl tries to donate money to her boarding school, but discovers her grandfather was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. | |
| Impish lad is fondled by his camp counselor, but continues being impish. | |
| Various characters suddenly reveal they're illiterate, terminally ill, kleptomaniacs, homeless, or anorexic. Nonetheless, no Emmies are awarded. | |
| Matthew Perry drives drunk; Matthew Perry dies. | |
| Teenage girl brings a joint home; her divorced father finds it. | |
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