Episode list

The Facts of Life

Growing Pains

Tue, Oct 27, 1981
Blair brings home two bottles of fine European wine, and Tootie drinks some to show how "adult" she is.
7.6 /10
A Friend in Deed
Blair's mother arrives on a surprise visit and Blair is ecstatic until dire news is revealed about her mother's health.
7.3 /10
Front Page

Tue, Nov 24, 1981
In an article for the school newspaper Jo reports that her journalism teacher, Mr. Gideon, whom she thinks dislikes her, was arrested in a cocaine raid.
7.8 /10
Give and Take

Tue, Dec 01, 1981
Mrs. Garrett must take a second job at the Howard Johnson's when she loses her pension. This takes a toll on her mood and her Eastland work, so she must choose between the two.
7.6 /10
Sweet Sorrow

Tue, Dec 08, 1981
Jo's boyfriend Eddie returns just as she is partnered with another boy, Bob, in a marriage study group. Jo soon starts to take more of an interest in him beyond their studies, but this bothers her because of her loyalty to Eddie.
7.3 /10
Dear Me

Tue, Dec 22, 1981
Tootie wants to impress the older girls who are going on a camping trip with some boys from Bates. She types a phony love letter from a camp counselor at the summer camp she attended.
7.6 /10
Cousin Geri Returns
Mr. Palmer, the French teacher, asks Geri out on a date. She seems to be having a good time, but Blair believes the man has an ulterior motive for taking her cousin out.
7.8 /10
Legacy

Tue, Jan 05, 1982
Blair learns that her late grandfather, whom she idealized, was a supporter and benefactor of the Ku Klux Klan.
7.8 /10
Green-Eyed Monster
When Tootie beats Natalie for the lead role in the school play, a rift grows between the two of them.
7.8 /10
The Marriage Brokers
Blair goes on a double date with Mrs. Garrett and her longtime friend Ernest Melbourne, worrying that the two of them might get married.
7.3 /10
Starstruck

Tue, Feb 02, 1982
For the thrill of her life, Tootie was invited to Jermaine Jackson's concert due to her efforts of his fan club. However, Jo was preparing for a Scholarship Fair which falls on the same night of the concert. Mrs. Garrett, informed Tootie that she cannot go to the concert because, she made a prior commitment. In order to get her way, Tootie throws a full blown tantrum with tears in her eyes. At the concert, Tootie finally got to see her idol but sadly, she was left heartbroken in the dressing room.
7.6 /10
The Four Musketeers
The girls start to become annoyed by each other's little personality quirks. When Mrs. Garrett tells them they've paid off their damages to the school van, they decide to go their separate ways.
8.3 /10
The Affair

Tue, Feb 16, 1982
Mrs. Garrett and the girls spend an afternoon in New York City, where they go to Pagliacci's, a high-profile Italian restaurant. Natalie is devastated when she sees her father kissing another woman across the dining room.
8 /10
Runaway

Tue, Feb 23, 1982
Even though her parents refused to give her permission to go with Mrs. Garrett and the older girls, Tootie runs away to New York to meet up with them. There, she meets a teenage prostitute who tries to recruit her into her line of work.
8.3 /10
New York, New York
Blair and Jo go to visit old friends in New York, where they find that things have changed considerably.
8.1 /10
Kids Can Be Cruel
During the preparations for a box lunch charity auction, the girls are gazing over an Eastland/Bates "Slam Book", in which those writing the comments are identified by numbers instead of names. Mrs. Garrett is horrified by the cruel comments in there. When Blair reveals to one of the Bates boys that Natalie is number 10, Natalie gets her revenge by telling a Bates boy named Carl Price, whom the other boys tease because of his severe acne, which of the box lunches belongs to Blair.
8.3 /10
The Academy

Tue, Mar 30, 1982
The girls go to a school dance with boys from nearby Stone Military Academy.
7.2 /10
Jo's Cousin

Tue, Apr 13, 1982
Jo visits her relatives in New Jersey, where her tomboyish 14-year-old cousin Terry puts on a dress and makeup to impress a boy.
6.6 /10
Read No Evil

Tue, May 04, 1982
When the school library institutes a censorship policy, Natalie is bounced from the school paper for speaking out against it, and Mrs. Garrett is asked by Mr. Parker not to comment on the issue.
7.7 /10

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