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Episode 1: "The Summer of '84" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/26/1984

Mrs. Garrett and the Facts gals return for a (sigh) sixth season and reminisce about their summer vacays.
Episode 2: "A Slice of Life" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/3/1984

​Jo launches a pizza making business, but quickly gets in over her head.
Episode 3: "Love at First Byte" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/17/1984

Natalie submits info on Jo and Blair to a computer dating service to hook them up with "the perfect mates".
Episode 4: "My Boyfriend's Back" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/24/1984

Tootie assumes she has to put out for her boyfriend Jeff, who's now a literate college man.
Episode 5: "Cruisin'" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/31/1984

The Facts gals spend Saturday night driving in an endless loop around downtown Peekskill.
Episodes 6 & 7: "Taking a Chance on Love, Parts 1 & 2" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/7/1984

Jo gets romantically involved with her marriage minded photography teacher and unwittingly finds herself playing the role of stepmom to his seven year old son.
Episode 8: "Edna Garrett on Campus" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/14/1984

Mrs. Garrett takes a class on Shakespearean plays with Jo and Blair...and soon worries that she's too old and unhip to make a return to college.
Episode 9: "Dear Apple" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/21/1984

Jo commiserates to a computer about her acrimonious relationship with Blair.
Episode 10: "Talk, Talk, Talk" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/28/1984

Jo enlists the help of the rest of the Facts cast to provide entertainment to campus radio listeners.
Episode 11: "Smile" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/5/1984

Natalie is reluctant to share her true feelings about anything to her new boyfriend Brian.
Episode 12: "The Rich Aren't Different" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/12/1984

Blair takes Jo to small claims court after Jo damages her watch and dickishly refuses to apologize.
Episode 13: "Christmas in the Big House" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/19/1984

The Facts cast performs a Christmas show for prison inmates.
Episode 14: "Me and Eleanor" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/2/1985

Tootie writes a one-woman play about Eleanor Roosevelt, and is in denial for most of the episode about how shitty her writing is.
Episode 15: "Working it Out" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/9/1985

After dumping Cliff, Blair goes on a dating frenzy and acts rude and bitchy towards Mrs. Garrett and the rest of the Facts gals.
Episode 16: "Jazzbeau" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/16/1985

Natalie and Tootie reminisce about the late jazz singer/waiter they befriended while working in the Poconos last summer.
Episode 17: "Two Guys From Appleton" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/23/1985

Mrs. Garrett reconnects with her high school sweetheart.
Episode 18: "With a Little Help From My Friends" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/30/1985

Blair is shocked to learn that her new beau is a cokehead.
Episode 19: "Gone With the Wind, Part 1" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/13/1985

Natalie invites the Facts gals to spend spring break at her grandmother's Fort Lauderdale condo.
Episode 20: "Gone With the Wind, Part 2" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/20/1985

Blair falls in love with a handyman while the rest of the gals enjoy their spring break in Fort Lauderdale.
Episode 21: "Man in the Attic" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/27/1985

Kevin moves into the Edna's Edibles attic and makes a move on Jo.
Episode 22: "The Last Drive-in" (recap)
​Original airdate: 3/13/1985

Natalie tries to save the local drive-in from being bulldozed...but gives up when no one else (the owner included) seems to care.
Episode 23: "Sisters" (recap)
​Original airdate: 3/20/1985

When Jo's dad and Blair's mom enjoy a few dinners out, Blair and Jo contemplate the strange possibility of becoming step-sisters.
Episode 24: "It's Lonely at the Top" (recap)
​Original airdate: 3/27/1985

Blair temporarily takes over the day-to-day management of Edna's Edibles and lets the power go to her head.
Episode 25: "Bus Stop" (recap)
​Original airdate: 5/8/1985

Natalie announces that she's putting off attending college for a year so she can travel and "find herself".
Episode 26: "The Interview Show" (recap)
​Original airdate: 5/15/1985

An Eastland alumni interviews Mrs. Garrett and the Facts gals for an upcoming book about the boarding school.