Very Special Episode

A Very Special Episode is an episode of a situation comedy highlighting an important societal issue that said sitcom is sorely underequipped to deal with. Issues that Very Special Episodes have clumsily failed to address in any meaningful way include:
*Drunk driving
*Date rape
*The heartbreak of psoriasis
*Testicular cancer
*Teenage runaways
*First sexual encounters, often involving Blossom
*The tragic death of one's hamster
*The mysterious disappearance of one's hamster when weird Uncle Lawrence came to visit (special guest appearance by Jm J. Bullock)
*Menarche
*The tragic soiling of one's hamster when menarche caught one completely by surprise
Very Special Episodes are called "very special" because they are retarded.