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Episode 1: "Ain't Miss Beholden" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/29/1982

When Jo's scholarship gets cut from Eastland's budget, she pissily refuses to accept help from Blair's family's scholarship foundation.
Episode 2: "The Source" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/6/1982

Natalie gets into hot water with the headmaster when she writes a story about abortion, and attributes all of her "personal point of view" information to a faux source named Louise.
Episode 3: "The Sounds of Silence" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/27/1982

Tootie gets an ear infection, and for some unfathomable reason refuses to see a doctor.
Episode 4: "The Oldest Living Graduate" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/3/1982

Jo lips off to Eastland's oldest graduate, and the old woman responds by making Jo the beneficiary of her estate.
Episode 5: "Different Drummer" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/10/1982

Blair is instantly smitten with Roy's attractive new delivery assistant...but when she learns he's special, she recombobulates her intentions and takes him on as a pet project.
Episode 6: "Dearest Mommie" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/17/1982

When Natalie learns the name of her bio mom, she tracks her down in the phone book and meets her for the first time.   
Episode 7: "A Woman's Place" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/24/1982

Jo's budding romance with a fellow mechanic sours after she - and not he - is offered a promotion.
Episode 8: "Daddy's Girl" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/1/1982

Blair becomes disillusioned with her father when she learns that he cheats on his taxes.
Episode 9: "Academy II, aka The Big Fight" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/8/1982

In another failed spin-off attempt, Natalie drops by the Stone Military Academy to watch Alfred Webster compete in a boxing tournament.
Episode 10: "For the Asking" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/15/1982

Natalie tries to get the rest of the Facts gals to boycott a Sadie Hawkins dance...but then abandons the effort when the boy she likes tells her he wants her to invite him.
Episode 11: "September Song" (recap)
​Original airdate: 12/22/1982

Mrs. Garrett's new beau proves what a total dickwad he is when he hurts his back at Eastland, stays indefinitely, and expects to be waited on hand and foot.
Episode 12: "A Royal Pain" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/5/1983

The Facts gals convince Eastland's newest student, a princess named Alexandra, to break her habit of fleeing boarding schools.
Episode 13: "Magnificent Obsession" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/12/1983

The Facts gals are appalled when Blair gets dissed by her shitty boyfriend.
Episode 14: "Under Pressure" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/19/1983

When the Facts gals learn that Mrs. Garrett suffers from high blood pressure, they try to shield her from any and all stress...which ends up stressing her out more than she'd otherwise be.
Episode 15: "Teacher's Pet" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/26/1983

Jo is devastated when she learns that her favorite teacher is leaving Eastland because of an unspecified deadly illness.
Episode 16: "Let's Party" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/9/1983

Tootie's brother comes to town, and it soon becomes clear that he's an out-of-control boozer who routinely gets behind the wheel after a few too many drinks.
Episode 17: "The Best Sister: Part 1" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/16/1983

Blair is shocked and appalled when her step-sister announces that she's becoming a nun...and also when Jo expresses an interest in following in her footsteps.
Episode 18: "The Best Sister: Part 2" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/23/1983

Jo rethinks becoming a nun after she punches Blair in the face.
Episode 19: "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/9/1983

Mrs. Garrett is stressed out when her former mentor from France, Chef Antoine, drops by Eastland for a visit and brings along three glum family members.
Episode 20: "Who's On First?" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/30/1983

Tootie gets pissy when Natalie spends all of her free time with her new boyfriend, Gil. Jo enters the stock market, but is too nerve-wracked about the rising and falling of stock prices to give it much of a chance.
Episode 21: "Help From Home" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/6/1983

Jo gets an acceptance letter from Langley College, but turns it down 'cause she doesn't want to hit up her mother for the steep tuition costs...and for some reason no one mentions the possibility of applying for a student loan.
Episode 22: "Take My Finals Please" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/27/1983

The Facts gals pull an all-nighter to study for their exams. 
Episodes 23 & 24: "Graduation: Parts 1 & 2" (recap)
Original airdate: 5/4/1983

​Jo and Blair graduate from Eastland amid a lot of family drama and sad nostalgia from Tootie.