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Lauren Gupty is the wife of Lester Gupty. She is also the mother of Tad and Tricia.


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Lauren and her husband Lester are shown to be almost overbearingly sweet, kind, mild-mannered, and polite people.

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Season 1[]

In Pinch Sitter, Quinn tries to rope "nice guy" Ronnie into taking her babysitting job, so she can go on a date with another more popular boy, Skylar Feldman, but Ronnie sees right through her and refuses. Quinn then tries to convince Daria to do it. Daria first refuses, but quickly changes her mind when Helen asks both of her daughters to be in the house for Couples Therapy Night with her and a reluctant Jake.

The babysitting clients are revealed to be the Guptys. Sensing the worst after a brief phone talk, Daria talks Jane into joining her later to help. Jane gives her some advice on how to deal with children.

That night, Daria goes to her babysitting job. The Guptys are revealed to be an almost overbearingly sweet family of four: the parents, Lester and Lauren Gupty are nice, their children Tricia and Tad are well-behaved and respectful, have educational toys, were taught to discuss current events and learn new words before sleep, do not watch television (except for weather reports and business programs) and do not eat sweets. Daria allows Tricia Gupty to brush her hair.

After some time with them, Daria is so desperate she calls Jane and begs her to come join her. Meanwhile, Quinn’s date with Skylar initially goes well, but her continued use of her evaluation date system (including a scheduled date with B.O.B., a Boy On a Bike she didn't catch the name of) and her refusal to become his steady girlfiend with him eventually turn him away.

Later that evening, Jane arrives at the Guptys. While there, both she and Daria start exposing both children to some subversive information: they tell them some some real-world facts, read slightly altered children stories, and basically teach them to think for themselves and not necessarily trust what grown-ups say. The four end up watching Sick, Sad World.

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