EPISODE
SEASON
Clarissa Explains It All - Season 1
As events unfold in her life, Clarissa explains to the viewer the motivations behind people's actions.
17 December 1984, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
7 July 1971, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
20 December 1956, New York City, New York, USA
30 October 1968, Rutland, England, UK
6 October 1954, Tarrytown, New York, USA
20 June 1947, Kingston, New York, USA
5 October 1946, New York City, New York, USA
February 8, 1951 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
12 May 1980, Florida, USA
10 May 1979, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
7 July 1989, Elmira, New York, USA
18 June 1966, Tampa, Florida, USA
April 24, 1980 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA
May 31, 2019
Rarely have I encountered a more vapid television series that was so enamored of its own sense of self-importance.
May 31, 2019
The quintessential '90s show.
May 31, 2019
As Clarissa, a '90s girl with a mall-derived fashion sense, Melissa Joan Hart does a fine job of tempering her cynicism with insouciance. She makes this silly but hip show into a sort of post-Pee-wee sitcom.
May 31, 2019
The show has held up surprisingly well with the passing of time and the weird Sam/Clarissa platonic bedroom friendship and nerdy brother Ferg-breath are just as captivating as they were when we were 8 years old.
May 31, 2019
Clarissa Explains It All left a nation of young women safe in the knowledge that things would work out just fine, as long as they stayed true to themselves.
May 30, 2019
Not surprisingly, this series shows its age in the predictable areas of wardrobe and special effects, but it's not so dated that it would be an impossible sell for today's tweens.
May 31, 2019
Clarissa often featured a little more maturity in its storylines than most Nick shows... It was sort of Nickelodeon's beta-testing of sitcoms for kids, but it was funny and entertaining enough for that not to matter.
May 31, 2019
The show is hokier and a bit rougher around the edges, but it had a real voice.
May 31, 2019
Nothing very revolutionary, granted, but reasonably promising.
