The Facts of Life (1979)
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest running sitcom of the 1980s. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focuses on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York.
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Episode 1 - Out of Peekskill (1)
Release Date: 1986-09-27Mrs. Garrett must decided between her two loves, the girls or Bruce, a man she falls for and who asks her to go to Africa with him.
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Episode 2 - Out of Peekskill (2)
Release Date: 1986-09-27Conclusion. When Mrs. Garrett goes to Africa with her new husband, her sister moves in with the girls. Blair: Lisa Whelchel. Andy: Mackenzie Astin. Jo: Nancy McKeon.
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Episode 3 - Ready or Not
Release Date: 1986-10-04Beverly Ann is concerned that Tootie is getting much too serious about her new boyfriend.
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Episode 4 - Another Room
Release Date: 1986-10-11Fed up with having no privacy, Jo considers moving out, until Beverly Ann suggests remodeling the attic into a room. However, the construction costs divided by the four girls cause Jo to make a sacrifice when she can't come up with her share.
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Episode 5 - Off-Broadway Baby
Release Date: 1986-11-01Beverly Ann and the girls head for New York, when Tootie decides to audition for her first Broadway show. However, when she arrives, she quickly learns that she has plenty of competition working against her.
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Episode 6 - The Little Chill
Release Date: 1986-11-08Blair, Tootie and Natalie organize a reunion with the girls from Eastland. This brings Nancy, Cindy and Sue Ann back to town each with successful lives. Cindy has become a model, Nancy is engaged and Sue Ann a vice president for a company. However, each also has a distinct downside to their success. Meanwhile, Jo feels left out of the reunion.
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Episode 7 - The Ratings Game
Release Date: 1986-11-15Blair's computerized date-rating system is the focus when she makes a bet with Jo dealing with whether or not the system really works. However, when Beverly Ann accidentally erases a disk, Jo tampers with some of the ratings.
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Episode 8 - The Wedding Day
Release Date: 1986-11-22Jo offers to marry an illegal alien in order to keep the man from being deported.
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Episode 9 - Fast Food
Release Date: 1986-11-29Natalie gets Blair a job at a Mexican restaurant where Natalie works. However, Blair snobby attitude gets her fired when she inadvertently insults the boss.
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Episode 10 - Where's Poppa?
Release Date: 1986-12-06A disconsolate Blair locks herself in the bedroom after her father pleads guilty to charges of insider trading.
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Episode 11 - Write and Wrong
Release Date: 1986-12-13A furious Natalie is determined to identify and sue the plagiarist who sold her short story to a magazine.
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Episode 12 - Seven Little Indians
Release Date: 1987-01-03In this fantasy episode, a cross between ""The Twilight Zone"" and a horror film, the crew finds themselves being murdered, one by one, until only Tootie is left to confront the killer. The episode is narrated by a Rod Serling lookalike.
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Episode 13 - The Greek Connection
Release Date: 1987-01-10Assigned by the paper to get the inside dirt on Pledge Week at Langley, Natalie crashes the rush party of the sorority Tootie wants to join.
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Episode 14 - Post-Christmas Card
Release Date: 1987-01-17As a post-Christmas gift, Natalie gets her first credit card, and promptly goes on a spending spree.
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Episode 15 - A Star is Torn
Release Date: 1987-01-31Cinnamon, who bested Tootie in the audition for a Broadway rock musical, shows up claiming she's been replaced but that's not the real story.
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Episode 16 - A Winter's Tale
Release Date: 1987-02-07The girls are snowed in at a ski cabin with three guys preparing a bachelor party, but the groom is ready to call off the wedding when he gets a look at Blair.
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Episode 17 - Cupid's Revenge
Release Date: 1987-02-14Cupid can be perverse: all the girls old boyfriends happen to show up just before the Valentine's Day dance.
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Episode 18 - 62 Pick-Up
Release Date: 1987-02-21Fabian and Bobby Rydell visit the girls, and together they recall the look and sound of the 1960s.
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Episode 19 - Boy About the House
Release Date: 1987-02-28Beverly is sick of seeing Andy shuttled from one foster home to another, so she offers to adopt him.
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Episode 20 - Ex Marks the Spot
Release Date: 1987-03-07Beverly Ann's ex shows up unexpectedly, hoping for a reconciliation.
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Episode 21 - Younger Than Springtime
Release Date: 1987-03-21Jo is unhappy that Blair is playing matchmaker for Jo's lonely father, but she's really upset with the final results.
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Episode 22 - This is Only a Test
Release Date: 1987-04-18Blair discovers that even she can't buy admission to law school if she doesn't pass a four-hour test she hasn't studied for.
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Episode 23 - Rites of Passage (1)
Release Date: 1987-05-02After her commencement speech is rejected, Jo refuses to make a speech at all, but then learns that her grandfather has come all the way from Poland to hear it.
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Episode 24 - Rites of Passage (2)
Release Date: 1987-05-09Summer offers a variety of options for everyone, especially Jo, who's offered a tempting job in Los Angeles.