The Facts of Life

  • Premiered: Aug 1979
  • Episodes: 201
  • Followers: 27
  • Ended
  • NBC
  • Saturday at 20
  • Comedy Family

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Season 1
1x1
Rough Housing
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 24, 1979
The series opens with the Drummonds (from Diff'rent Strokes) visiting Eastland to see Mrs. Garrett (their ex-housekeeper). They arrive right in the middle of the Harvest Queen .. show full overview
1x2
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 31, 1979
It's Parents' Night at Eastland and Blair's sophisticated but flirtatious mother arrives. When her mother then gets involved with a married man, Blair confronts her mother and expresses her outrage.
1x3
The Return of Mr. Garrett
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 07, 1979
Mrs. Garrett is surprised by a visit from her ex-husband, Roger, who wants to remarry her. However, his gambling ways rub off on the girls who begin playing poker for money.
1x4
I.Q.
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 14, 1979
Tootie comes across a paper listing the girls' I.Q. scores. Nancy scored highest and Sue Ann lowest, which puts extra pressure on them just before midterm exams.
1x5
Overachieving
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 12, 1980
Tootie's father visits but doesn't like Tootie's activities, blaming Mrs. Garrett as a bad influence. Mr. Ramsey moves to have Tootie pulled out of Eastland but then has a change of heart.
1x6
Emily Dickinson
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 14, 1980
Blair is so caught up with her latest boyfriend that she forgets to write a poem for English class. So at the last minute she plagiarizes a poem by Emily Dickinson and turns it in as her .. show full overview
1x7
Dieting
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 21, 1980
Sue Ann takes Blair's comments about her weight too seriously, and to prepare for a blind date that will involve swimming, Sue Ann goes on a starvation diet and collapses. Mrs. Garrett also diets to fit into a new dress.
1x8
The Facts of Love
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 04, 1980
Mrs. Garrett teaches a sex-education class, but her approach clashes with Mr. Bradley's more conservative ideas. Blair takes the ideas from class and experiments with her latest boyfriend, Steve.
1x9
Flash Flood
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 11, 1980
A flood prompts Blair and Tootie to race out to the stables to save some animals. However, the dam breaks and Blair and Tootie are in danger of being washed away. Mr. Bradley comes to the rescue, causing Blair to develop a crush on him.
1x10
Adoption
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 25, 1980
The girls have an assignment to show their family trees. But Natalie is reluctant to show hers because she was adopted, which prompts Blair to help Natalie find the name of her birth mother.
1x11
Running
Episode overview
Air date
May 02, 1980
Mr. Bradley's pressure to win a track trophy causes best friends Sue Ann and Cindy to become bitter rivals.
1x12
Molly's Holiday
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 04, 1980
Molly is sad over her parents' divorce, so the girls help her scheme to reunite them. But her father arrives with a new girlfriend instead.
1x13 Season finale
Dope
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 11, 1980
Blair and Sue Ann befriend two new girls, who pressure them to try marijuana.

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