Here’s a little quiz for you. I’ll describe a plot and you’ll tell me whether it comes from eighties children’s book series The Babysitter’s Club or a shiny, sexy primetime soap on the CW. Should be easy, right?
a) S.’s friend L. comes to visit from New York. L. is supersophisticated and ridicules S.’s clothes and tells her she should go on a diet. S. arranges for L. to accompany her to school; understandably, L. is less than enthused. A local boy asks L. to the dance that weekend, and although she accepts, she’s more interested in her older boyfriend back home. S. and L. finally get into a fight, and L. returns to the city. S. sadly contemplates the death of their friendship and mails L. her Best Friends necklace back.
b) H. frames his son N. for cocaine possession in an effort to hide his own drug addiction. When his mother insists on turning a blind eye, N. resorts to turning H. in to the police, only to see him charged several counts of embezzlement instead. After getting bailed out and sobering up, H. reveals his plan to flee the country with a forged passport. N. responds with a right hook to his own father’s blow-weakened nasal cartilage.
c) A. is the new girl in school and makes tentative friends with S. Much to her dismay, however, S. spreads a rumor: back in Kansas, A.’s boyfriend was a cow! This is the funniest thing these schoolkids have ever heard and they spend the day mooing at her. A. is furious with S. and vows never to speak to her again. S. regrets her cruelty and makes it up to A. by getting her a part in the musical. They have a touching heart-to-heart and become friends again.
Answers: a) BSC: Stacey’s Ex-Best Friend, b) CW: Gossip Girl, c) CW: 90210.
Have some trouble with the last one? Yeah, me too.
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