Driver's Ed

Driver's Ed is the fifteen episode of the third season of Moriah Blake. It depicts three of the main characters starting driver's ed.

Plot
In the Cold Open, Dude teaches Dave how to drive.

Principal Johns returns to Moriah Blake to take a look around. It is revealed that he goes there often, because of his lack of a social life. He discovers that someone has broken in and spraypainted obscene images all over the walls. He also meets Joe, who apparently has been living in the school since his wife kicked him out. The two of them paint over the graffiti.

Meanwhile, Dave, Patrick, and Devin start driver's ed. Their instructor is a sarcastic old man named Ed. His name is a source of laughter for Dave and Devin, who think it's ironic for a driver's ed teacher to be named Ed.

Ashley and Austin hang out in an unidentified park, where they make out in the bushes. They then move on to a music store. Austin asks Ashley if she wants to have sex in the bathroom. She replies that she does. They enter the bathroom together, but are interrupted by the store owner telling them that the store closed ten minutes ago. Ashley opens the door to see an image of the Virgin Mary, which makes her go back on her wanting to lose her virginity. She tells Austin that she has not yet been able to convince herself that she didn't want to be a part of the life that her aunt wanted for her. Austin is obviously upset over this recent turn of opinion.

In the Tag, Principal Johns and Joe finish painting the walls in the Commons area and move on to the lobby, which is now adorned with a large swastika. As the automatic lights turn off, we see that they've accidentally been painting with glow-in-the-dark paint the whole time.

Characters
Driver's Ed is the first episode of Season Three to feature neither Scott McCrimmon nor Emily Greene. Scott is mentioned once.

In this episode, we see the furthering of Ashley's deliberate change in character which began in the previous episode, Dave's Birthday. She is purposefully trying to reject the pure, innocent personality by which everyone knows her and accept the raucous, promiscuous lifestyle that is exhibited through Austin. However, when confronted with the prospect of losing her virginity, she finds herself unable to.

Driver's Ed is the first episode to feature Joe in any context besides a small cameo. His personality and lifestyle are explored.

This is the first episode in which Anna Marx makes an appearance. She is never named, and only has one line; however, she has been confirmed as a "pre-suicide" Anna Marx.

Name
"Driver's ed" is the common slang term for "driver's education," in which one learns to operate a motor vehicle. The play on words is that the instructor's name is Ed, a fact which does not go unnoticed by his students.