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Ellen: Season 4, Episode 6

The Bubble Gum Incident (30 Oct. 1996)

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While attending a camp reunion with Ellen, Paige plots revenge against Megan, a woman who Paige thinks put chewing gum in her hair 25 years ago (shown in a pseudo black-and-white flashback to 1971), and Ellen feels guilty because she was the one that put the gum in Paige's hair. Meanwhile, Spence thinks he's the target of a woman flirting with him, but the real target is Ed. Also, Gothic author Anne Rice signs copies of her latest novel at the bookstore on Halloween with Audrey and Peter in attendance. Written by Anonymous

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Little Paige: Why would Megan O'Connell do this to me? Why would she put gum in my hair.
Little Ellen: Paige, I need to tell you something. I...
[little Ellen hesitates as little Paige looks at her]
Little Paige: Yes?
Little Ellen: Uh... that was really mean for her to put gum in your hair. But it could have been a lot worse, she could have put... uh... hair in your gum. And when you're chewing it and... you feeling something hanging in the back of your throat like a hairball or something and then you'd cough like this...
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