The Facts of Life

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

Seasons:

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Season 3
3x1
Growing Pains
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 1981
When Blair, Natalie and Jo tease Tootie for being the youngest, she feels left out. Tootie responds by drinking an entire bottle of wine.
3x2
Fear Strikes Back
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 1981
Natalie is attacked while returning from a party and develops a fear of going outside.
3x3
A Baby in the House
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 1981
Ex-Eastlander Alison, now married with a baby daughter, visits. But when Alison leaves without her daughter, Mrs. Garrett and the girls must take care of the baby.
3x4
A Friend in Deed
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 1981
Blair discovers that her mother may have breast cancer.
3x5
Front Page
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 25, 1981
Burned by her journalism teacher's scathing criticism, Jo turns out a front-page story linking him to a drug bust.
3x6
Give and Take
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 02, 1981
When Mrs. Garrett learns that her pension fund is gone, she fears for her financial security and takes on a second job.
3x7
Sweet Sorrow
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 09, 1981
Jo learns that she's growing apart from her boyfriend when she finds herself attracted to another guy.
3x8
From Russia with Love
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 16, 1981
Natalie's romantic escapade is cancelled when her meddling grandmother drops in unexpectedly.
3x9
Dear Me
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 23, 1981
To avoid a campout with boys, Tootie writes love letters to herself from an imaginary boyfriend.
3x10
Cousin Geri Returns
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 30, 1981
Blair's cousin Geri dates the school's French teacher, but Blair suspects that Geri is headed for a romantic fall.
3x11
Legacy
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 06, 1982
A large sum from Blair's grandfather's estate is being donated to build a new library. But Natalie uncovers a shocking secret about the benefactor.
3x12
Green-Eyed Monster
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 13, 1982
Natalie and Tootie feud over the lead role in the school's production of South Pacific.
3x13
The Americanization of Miko
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 20, 1982
The strict father of new Japanese student Miko comes down hard on her for sneaking out to see a rock concert and causing $400 in damage with Jo's motorcycle.
3x14
The Marriage Brokers
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 27, 1982
A mysterious visitor from Mrs. Garrett's past appears, and when Tootie catches them kissing, Blair becomes determined to discover how serious the relationship is.
3x15
Starstruck
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 03, 1982
Tootie wins tickets to a Jermaine Jackson concert and meets him in person backstage.
3x16
The Four Musketeers
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 10, 1982
Mrs. Garrett tells the girls that their debt has been paid and that they are free to move out. But the girls come to realize they don't want to change their living arrangements.
3x17
The Affair
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 17, 1982
In a New York restaurant, Natalie sees her father romancing a woman who is not her mother and must face the prospect of her parents divorcing.
3x18
Runaway
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 24, 1982
Tootie becomes lost in New York City and befriends a young prostitute in a coffee shop.
3x19
New York, New York
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 03, 1982
Blair and Jo visit old friends in New York but soon realize their own friendship is much more meaningful.
3x20
Kids Can Be Cruel
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 17, 1982
Natalie becomes furious with Blair when Blair discloses Natalie's interest in a boy.
3x21
Mind Your Own Business
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 24, 1982
Blair reads Natalie's diary and discovers that Natalie thinks Blair is an egotistical witch.
3x22
The Academy
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 31, 1982
Jo fixes a friend up with Blair, but Blair thinks the military-school student dates wealthy women, such as Gloria Vanderbilt's daughter.
3x23
Jo's Cousin
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 14, 1982
Jo's cousin, a 14-year-old lovesick tomboy, seeks her help, and others of Jo's family are introduced in this backdoor pilot attempt.
3x24 Season finale
Read No Evil
Episode overview
Air date
May 05, 1982
The girls take a stand against the banning of books believed to have negative influences.

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