Saved by the Bell: "Jessie's Song"
Yes, this is the one where Jessie Spano gets addicted to caffeine pills and sings The Pointer Sisters! It's the textbook example of a Very Special Episode and one of the most lambasted episodes in TV history -- and it actually came from a sincere, personal place. We explore how a Saturday morning sitcom for children decided to do a drug story, why it became caffeine, and the better story about pressures to succeed in school that's buried under that singing.
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