Clarissa Explains It All

Clarissa has a history assignment: take something old, tired, and worn out and reinvent it. Clarissa tries to remodel her mother.

Clarissa becomes the editor in chief for her school newspaper. Sam also decides to work for the paper by writing alternative music reviews. Clarissa explains she has to be objective and can't play favorites.

Janet's old college roommate Kokie and her daughter Piper come to visit. Clarissa tries to entertain Piper but Piper remains aloof.

Clarissa and Sam go to a party dressed as cool, hip, outrageous characters. Clarissa creates a whole new persona named "Jade", meets a really cute guy, Paulie, and gets deeply involved in her charade.

Clarissa and Sam sign up for the school "intern" program and experience the loony "real world" while working for each other's father.

Clarissa needs some help filling out some scholarchip forms for college. But she's reluctant to ask Marshall for help because everytime she does, her Dad goes overboard and takes over the situation entirely.

Clarissa has a class assignment to invent and market an environmentally safe product. Janet is in the kitchen making health treats which are delicious and they bounce when dropped on the floor.

Since Clarissa has so many opinions these days, she thinks it would be really cool to be a professional opinion-giver. Her advice column has been in the school paper for a few days and the response has been great but the letters have been pretty silly.

Ferguson has ordered a pair of mind control glasses. A mere glance will have people in his power. He searches everywhere for Clarissa--she's the first family member he's going to put under his mind control spell.

Clarissa discovers that real science can be really weird. After interviewing a woman who supposedly spotted a U.F.O., Clarissa decides to get to the bottom of the U.F.O. phenomena herself.

Clarissa discovers that Woolcott Industries is still doing animal testing at the local plant. She is determined to write an editorial blasting them and, in addition, she and Sam stage a peaceful protest outside the plant.

Clarissa ponders how weird the time space continuum is. Clarissa's last assignment for the Dispatch will be an article dedicated to the future...where will everyone be in 20 years?