The Facts of Life

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

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Season 7
7x1
Out of the Fire...
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 14, 1985
After returning from their summer vacation, the girls discover that Edna's Edibles has burned down. This leads the girls to discuss rebuilding and opening up a new business.
7x2
Into the Frying Pan
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 21, 1985
The girls try to hire a contractor to rebuild Edna's Edibles into their new business. After interviewing a string, they hire George Burnett, who's inexpensive, but he soon proves to be easily sidetracked from his work.
7x3
Grand Opening
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 28, 1985
The girls finally open their new shop, which is called, Over Our Heads, which sells a mixture of trendy, nostalgic memorabilia. However, the opening day may be the closing day, when they don't get quite the reception they were hoping for.
7x4
Teacher, Teacher
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 05, 1985
Jo is offered a job at a major company which is tempting but this causes her to reevaluate her dream of becoming a teacher.
7x5
Men for All Seasons
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 19, 1985
Natalie's boyfriend appears in a popular beefcake calendar of the Langley swim team, a calendar that is frowned upon by the college board of regents.
7x6
A New Life
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 26, 1985
Needing advice on her love life, Blair asks her mother to visit, only to learn that mom needs advice even more than Blair does.
7x7
Doo-Wah
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 1985
Andy enters the girls in a contest through a teen magazine that if they win, they could sing backup to El DeBarge. First, however, they must produce a demo tape of their singing talent.
7x8
Come Back to the Truck Stop, Natalie Green, Natalie Green
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 1985
While waiting for a bus, Natalie thinks she could get some inspiration on something to write about in a diner. Failing to find anything of interest, she begins writing a wild story, .. show full overview
7x9
Born Too Late
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 1985
Tootie tutors seventh grader Andy for a role in "West Side Story," which turns him on to her more than to acting.
7x10
3, 2, 1
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 23, 1985
Blair and Jo argue over stories and editorials that are to be presented as a news report which is also going to include a behind the scenes look at the girls' shop, Over Our Heads.
7x11
We Get Letters
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 30, 1985
Mrs. Garrett's old friend, Gwen comes to town for a visit with her old gossip buddy, but she also comes to town to confront Edna about the affair Gwen thinks she had with her late husband.
7x12
Ballroom Dance
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 07, 1985
Jo takes up ballroom dance lessons and becomes determined to do a good job at an upcoming recital despite chaotic lessons and a clutzy dance partner.
7x13
Christmas Baby
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 1985
A very pregnant Monica comes to the house on Christmas Eve, where she ends up in labor and gives birth to Bailey, her third child, on Christmas morning.
7x14
Tootie Drives
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 21, 1985
Tootie's learning to drive and she's driving everyone bananas.
7x15
Stake-Out Blues
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 11, 1986
The police want to stake out the shop to nab a few crooks but the girls, not wanting to worry Mrs. Garrett, insist she not be told about the operation.
7x16
The Agent
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 18, 1986
Tootie and Blair give an aspiring comic a career boost by staging a performance attended by Jim McCawley, talent coordinator of "The Tonight Show."
7x17
The Reunion
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 01, 1986
George gets Blair to pose as his fiancee at his high school reunion in order to make an ex-classmate jealous that she never gave him the light of day. However, the unexpected prompts Jo to go in Blair's place.
7x18
Concentration
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 08, 1986
On the day Blair is to accept an award, she encounters two burdens. First, she's stuck babysitting her baby brother and second she becomes trapped in an elevator, where she learns an important lesson from a concentration camp survivor.
7x19
Atlantic City
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 15, 1986
The girls are in Atlantic City for a long weekend, where Blair gets gambling fever and Jo hopes to be reunited with Flyman, the rock star she met on spring break in Fort Lauderdale.
7x20
The Lady Who Came to Dinner
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 22, 1986
The girls surprise Blair on her birthday with a party featuring singer and dancer Betty Kean who, like "The Man Who Came to Dinner," stays on and on and on.
7x21
The Candidate
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 01, 1986
Natalie is furious with the mayor during an election when she learns he plans to build an amusement park. This prompts Natalie to consider running for mayor herself.
7x22
Big Time Charlie
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 29, 1986
Jo's father shows up to announce that he's won a publisher's giveaway, and is determined to give Jo everything he could never give her before.
7x23
The Graduate
Episode overview
Air date
May 03, 1986
Tootie plans to join a road show after graduation despite her parents' objections, while Natalie plans to find an apartment where she can write in peace.
7x24 Season finale
The Apartment
Episode overview
Air date
May 10, 1986
Natalie and Tootie find that privacy is at a premium in their one-room apartment, which doubles as a roach resort.

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