The television show Popular takes place at Kennedy High School in Los Angeles, California. The plot centers around two cliques of teens, the "in" crowd and the "out" crowd, led by Brooke McQueen and Sam McPherson, respectively. Although the show consists of conflicts regarding members of each clique, the main plot involves the never-ending disputes and rival between Brooke and Sam. Sam does not feel as though it is fair that equality between the two cliques is present and so she takes it upon herself to see that the "in" crowd pays for the way that they treat anyone that is not of their status. Sam struggles to gain equality with those of the more popular crowd within t

The dilemma involved in this particular episode of "Popular" is a reflection of everyday social conflicts between the upper and lower class. Just like Sam, the lower class strives for equality, and resents the fact that those on the higher social scale receive special treatment. We see examples of how those in the higher social status look out for their own through the way that Brooke's friend steps up and takes the blame, so that Brooke does not have to be humiliated, and lose her image that everyone else has of her. Everyday situations are condensed into this episode and are dealt with in such a way that by ending the show with a food fight, it becomes comedic and natural to laugh the problem away. By resolving the problem in this way, the television show gives a delusion of how reality may actually be able to work that way. Even if reality does not turn out to be like this, the television show allows viewers to more easily push away very serious problems into the back of their mind, and forget about them, at least for the thirty minutes that they are watching the show. It also gives us a sense of hope that our everyday problems can actually be able to be worked out in reality, just as it has in the television show. By laughing at the conflict in the show, the pressures of the viewer's problems are lessened, and make it seem less serious of a problem.

With the consequences of no one coming forward being a new and harder exam taken by the whole class, the Biology teachers asks that the guilty party come forward. Just as Sam thinks Brooke is going to admit to cheating, Brooke's friend that actually stole the exam in the first place comes forward and admits that she is the one that cheated and will face the consequences of her actions. The episodes concludes with a food fight breaking out during lunch, with Sam and Brooke being the cause of it all.

Walking down the hallway of Kennedy High School, one can easily spot out who the members of each of the two crowds are just by their appearance. Anyone who is blonde, beautiful, and looks as though she can be a model for the cover of a magazine can easily be a candidate for the popular crowd. What verifies the status of being apart of the "in" crowd is being a member of the cheerleading squad and by virtually dressing the same as Brooke McQueen. Every girl in the popular crowd strives to be the equivalent of Brooke. She seems to have mastered the art of being popular, beautiful and smart so easily, that she gives her peers a reason to believe that being able to accomplish all of these ch

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