With Mrs. Pool's (Edie McClurg) 40th anniversary as a teacher at the same high school coming up, Principal Huffy has picked Becky Freeley and Lisa Germain to plan a party for her since they were next on the alphabetical list. Problem is nobody likes her. In fact, the feeling is mutual. Add to that Bruce Terry and Terry O'Malley have been doing errands for her because of secrets she knows about each that neither wants anyone to find out. Things go so bad with the planning, however, that Becky and Lisa resolve to confront her with complaints. Just as Becky starts to say her peace, however, Lisa slinks away. It's just as well since what Becky says shocks Mrs. Pool so much that she dies seconds after Becky leaves while the students cheer her on. Despite this, the party goes on with Becky, Lisa, Terry, and Bruce saying what they didn't like about the just departed Mrs. Pool though there's some embarrassment when Bruce reveals he had sex with her. Oh, and during much of this, student Karey (Charlyne Yi) has been painting graffiti on cars because Becky's been telling her to take art to express herself...Written by creator Caroline Williams, "Pool Party" seems to take every characteristic of a mean teacher and put her in Mrs. Pool to the nth degree. Ms. McClurg seems to be so perfectly spot on as this bitchy woman that I didn't recognize her at first since I'm used to her portraying as something more demure and soft-hearted. And how funny to see Becky tell off like that before the unfortunate result. And seeing Bruce and Tim bond over their secrets and then Bruce's humiliation over telling about his relationship with the dead woman in front of the faculty was pretty hilarious! Also loved what Karey wrote on Lisa's car with Becky laughing at the end. This was another entertaining episode of "Miss Guided".
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