78 Helga on the Couch (with Charlie Mackin)

Charlie Mackin stops by to discuss one of the most important episodes of Hey Arnold! and a classic in its own right! “Helga on the Couch” is remembered as an episode that changed everything for Helga. An outburst like any other turns into school-mandated therapy sessions with Dr. Bliss, a child psychologist assigned to PS 118. On the couch (and in the chair and behind the dart board and pacing the room), Helga comes to terms (almost accidentally) with the love she feels for Arnold, tying it directly to the love Big Bob and Miriam gave to Olga instead of her. It’s a climactic episode that provides serious catharsis for Helga and the audience alike, while managing to keep the tension of Helga’s secret taut as ever. Also, Baby Arnold forever. Find Charlie’s work at https://charliemackin.com/ Follow Charlie on Twitter at https://twitter.com/charliemander13 Buy Décorum, the tabletop game created by Charlie, Harry, and Drew Tenenbaum: ​​https://floodgate.games/products/decorum Listen to Charlie’s other episodes of Stoop Kidz!: - 8A The List/8B Haunted Train - 20 Arnold’s Christmas - 46A Arnold Betrays Iggy/46B Helga and the Nanny - 60 Parent's Day If you like Stoop Kidz!, tell a friend about our show and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell them they can also find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/stoopkidzpod and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/stoopkidzpod/. We get a lot of really nice messages from our great listeners, and we’d love to see yours among them, so get in touch! All Stoop Kidz show art is created by our own Emily Csuy (https://www.instagram.com/emilycsuy/). Intro music: “Hey Arnold! Theme” by Jim Lang. Intermission music: “The A Game” by Jim Lang. Outro music: “Helga’s Love Theme” by Jim Lang.