The Facts of Life |
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. |
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