The Story so Far

In the interest of making my "Quinn" spin off easier to follow I've decided to open each new season with a synopsis of the previous seasons.

Season 1

This season covers Quinn's senior year at Lawndale High and was originally intended to be a one season mini series. It begins with all of the Former Fashion Club taking jobs at Burger World. It all goes horribly wrong and ends when Tiffany accidentally burns the place down. Quinn soon finds a new extra-curricular: tutoring Kevin. While this is going on Quinn and Jane bond over the fact that they both miss Daria and quickly become friends. Quinn is also still friends with Lindy and grows even more concerned about her continued drinking. Daria is having a hard time adjusting to college life and things come to a head when she becomes convinced that Quinn is trying to steal Jane from her. The sisters soon reconcile, however, and grow closer as a result. Stacy volunteers for the school paper and quickly becomes the Jane to Quinn's Daria. She also begins to stand up to Sandi more often, creating tension in the Former Fashion Club. Quinn soon learns that for the past year Stacy has been secretly in an on and off relationship with Upchuck. While this freaks Quinn out at first she soon gets over it and is supportive. By November the mounting tensions between Quinn and Sandi come to a head and the two have an epic showdown in the school hall. This results in Sandi not only being on the outs with the Former Fashion Club but the popular kids in general. After this Jane reveals to Quinn that she and Sandi had been friends in elementary school but in middle school Sandi fell in with the popular crowd and turned on Jane. By Christmas time we are introduced to a new character: Helen's mother, Emma. Emma is a stuck up matriarch who is obsessed with status and has a habit of hitting people with her cane. After the holiday Jane goes to BFAC. Quinn now becomes so concerned with Lindy's drinking that she stages an intervention. After this Lindy finally acknowledges that she has a problem and gets help. Quinn is supportive every step of the way. Stacy comes into possession of evidence that Ms. Li has been embezzling school funds for years. Quinn convinces Stacy to hand the evidence over to the authorities, which she does anonnymously. Ms. Li is arrested and most of the school administration are fired. As the most senior member of the faculty, Mr. DeMartino is appointed the new principal of Lawndale High. For spring break, Quinn and Stacy decide to take a road trip to Florida. Tiffany can't come because she has to attend a family member's wedding and Sandi is on the outs with everyone, so they take Daria and Jane. While in Miami Jane has a one night stand that goes horribly wrong, Daria runs into Tom and loses her virginity in a drunken hook up with him, Stacy and Upchuck have a hot tob encounter that is cut short by his paying too much attention to the other girls there and Quinn gets so drunk that she makes a complete fool of herself in front of everyone. Soon, it's college admissions time. Stacy is accepted at State U while Quinn waits to hear from Pepperhill and East Coast University. Quinn is accepted at ECU but, due to the recent scandals at Lawndale High, is rejected by Pepperhill. At this point Sandi, humbled by months of lonliness, comes to the Former Fashion Club to beg for forgiveness. They are skeptical at first but Quinn soon decides to give Sandi the benefit of the doubt and welcomes her back with open arms. Stacy and Tiffany follow suit. When Quinn graduates Stacy and Upchuck publically come out as a couple. At the ceremony Quinn recieves an award for academic improvement and philantropy. She shares the spotlight with Daria.

Interlude

During Quinn's college years she remains friends with Stacy while growing closer to both Daria and Jane. She also has her first serious boyfriend, a football player named Trevor Anderson. Quinn majors in marketing and is a fine student. After her third year she moves out of the dorm. Daria and Jane, having finished college at this point, move to New York City (where Quinn is attending ECU). Jane plans to break in to the New York art scene while Daria pursues a PhD in literature. Quinn, Daria and Jane share an apartment in the city. As Quinn's college graduation approaches her relationship with Trevor starts to go downhill.

Season 2

This season opens as Quinn is on the verge of graduating college. Her relationship with Trevor has deteriorated to the point where she is seriously considering breaking up with him. Meanwhile, Upchuck asks Stacy to marry him and she says yes. After graduation they move back to Lawndale. When Trevor tries to pressure Quinn in to marrying him she decides that it's over. She and Trevor break up but agree to remain friends. On July 4th Jake suffers another heart attack that nearly kills him. The Morgendorffer sisters return to Lawndale and prepare for the worst. Jake survives but it will take him almost a year to fully recover. In the mean time someone has to fill in for him at Morgendorffer Consulting. Quinn, with her marketing degree, volunteers as she is the most qualified. While in the process of moving back to Lawndale Quinn meets a young man named Jim Carbone. After a few dates they become a steady couple. Quinn proves to be so good at her new job that Morgendorffer Consulting is soon a booming business. Jim makes friends with Upchuck (who's now only known as Chuck) and Kevin, albeit grudgingly in the case of Kevin. Jim and Quinn soon fall in love. Quinn finds Sandi working as a checkout girl at Food Lord and learns that after graduation Sandi came out as a bisexual and was disowned by her family for it. She also discovers that Tiffany now works at Cashmans after a failed move to Hollywood. Quinn and Daria spend Thanksgiving at Grandma Emma's, where Quinn sees firsthand just how toxic Erin and Brian's marriage is. She offers to help Erin out if she ever decides to leave him. After hearing the story of Jake and Helen's early years as a couple Quinn and Jim admit to each other that they are in love. Erin eventually does file for divorce and comes to Quinn for help getting back on her feet. Quinn, whom has just been made Jake's business partner, gives Erin a job at Morgendorffer Consulting, which has been renamed Morgendorffer and Daughter Consulting. Emma tries to force Erin and Brian back together but eventually backs down in the face of opposition from not only Erin but also Quinn, Jim and Helen. After dating Quinn for a year Jim is offered a promotion that requires him to move to Tokyo, Japan. He accepts the job and breaks up with Quinn, leaving her devastated. He soon regrets his decision and quits his new job and returns to Lawndale. He and Quinn have a heartfelt reunion and move in together.

Season 3

Season three opens with Jim looking for a new job while Jane asks Quinn to model for her. There's just one catch; Quinn will have to pose nude. She does it despite her misgivings. Jane makes the piece a social commentary. After this Jim gets a job as an auto mechanic. When Quinn discovers that Sandi is now stripping for a living the two have a heart to heart about what's been going on with Sandi in the years since high school and Sandi tells how during her first semester at community college she discovered she was bi when she fell in love with an attractive female classmate who was also bi. When Sandi came out to her parents she was immediately disowned. She has been alone ever since. Quinn then declares that she and their other friends will be Sandi's new family. Later, they all attend a costume party at Tom Sloan's house during a thunderstorm. At the party Sandi begins a romantic relationship with one of the three J's, Joey. A stray puppy crashes the party. Quinn and Jim decide to keep the dog and name him Storm. For Thanksgiving Quinn and Jim visit Jim's family on Long Island. Jim's father, Tony, doesn't even try to be nice to Quinn and she immediately sees parallels between Tony Carbone and her own grandfather, Mad Dog Morgendorffer. When a fight breaks out between Tony and Jim the couple decide to leave. During the holidays Quinn runs into Jeffy and the two catch up on their lives. It soon becomes apparent that Jeffy is stalking her and has been doing so for years. When Quinn calls him out on it he goes completely insane and tries to kill her. Jim stops him and Jeffy is arrested and eventually sent to a mental hospital. The experience leaves Quinn so rattled that she signs up for a martial arts class taught by Ms. Barch. Quinn soon develops an agressive streak that the others find unsettling. When she accedentally hits the dog she decides to seek professional help and quickly overcomes her issues and snaps back to normal. When Jake lectures the economics class at Lawndale high he accidentially gives the economics teacher a fatal heart attack. To make it up to the school Jake ropes Quinn into subbing until a replacement can be found. Quinn soon bonds with Alyssa, a student who reminds Quinn of her old self. Using her wisdom Quinn helps Alyssa avoid some of the mistakes that she had made at that age. Later, Jim tries his hand at stock car racing but quits after surviving a potentially fatal crash. Season 3 ends with Jim's parents visiting the Morgendorffers for memorial day. It turns out to be a disaster as Rita and Emma are there as well. When Jim is distraught about the situation Quinn reassures him that she doesn't care and she loves him anyway.

Are We There Yet?

When a greatful client offers Quinn an all expenses paid trip to Europe she accepts. Quinn, Jim, Jake, Helen, Daria, Jane, Trent, Lindy, Sandi and Joey come along. The journey spans from London to Paris to Munich to Florence. In London Trent and Lindy grow close while Sandi and Joey have an awkward first night due to his having lost physical interest in her. Daria and Jane act like ugly Americans just for the fun of it. In Paris, Trent and Lindy officially hook up while Jim sneaks off and buys an engagement ring, planning to propose to Quinn in Florence. In Germany the guys plan a romantic surprise for the girls while Joey and Sandi accept that their relationship is over and break up. Joey flys back home. They visit the village of Morgendorf, the home of Jake's ancestors. They are chased out after Jake accedentally incites a lynch mob. When they are in Italy Jim starts to have doubts about proposing to Quinn as he feels unready to take that next step. The guys spring their surprise at a restaurant with a karaoke machine. Jim, Jake and Trent seranade Quinn, Helen and Lindy with a rendition of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Asthley. Afterwards, Jim tells Quinn about the ring he bought but explains that while he loves her he isn't ready to make that commitment just yet. Quinn agrees that it's still too soon and they decide to keep things as they are. When they all get back to the US Lindy and Trent decide to continue seeing each other while Sandi agrees to go on a date with Tom Sloan.

Season 4

This season begins with Daria and Jane being evicted from their apartment during the 2008 recession. Daria is forced to move back in with her parents.