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The Facts of Life

The Facts of LifeSeason 9

You take the good, you take the bad...

★7.1(108)
August 24, 1979
→ May 7, 1988
30m
9 Seasons
201 Episodes
DramaComedy
IMDb

Overview

Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.

Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

13 Episodes

August 24, 1979

Season 2

Season 2

16 Episodes

November 19, 1980

Season 3

Season 3

24 Episodes

October 28, 1981

Season 4

Season 4

24 Episodes

September 29, 1982

Season 5

Season 5

26 Episodes

September 21, 1983

Season 6

Season 6

26 Episodes

September 26, 1984

Season 7

Season 7

24 Episodes

September 14, 1985

Season 8

Season 8

24 Episodes

September 27, 1986

Season 9

Season 9

24 Episodes

September 26, 1987

Episodes

1
Episode 1September 26, 1987

Down and Out in Malibu (1)

Jo is jobless and apartmentless in Malibu, where Richard Moll just happens to need a house sitter.

2
Episode 2October 3, 1987

Down and Out in Malibu (2)

Richard Moll returns to the home he left in Jo's care to find it's been flooded: someone left the water running in the hot tub.

3
Episode 3October 17, 1987

Rumor Has It

Blair's after-hours visit with a professor reputed to be a womanizer stirs up a storm of vicious rumors on campus.

4
Episode 4October 24, 1987

Before the Fall

Natalie jumps at the chance to do an inside story on ROTC and then learns she'll also have to jump from a plane.

5
Episode 5November 7, 1987

Sweet Charity

Jo takes a job in social work at a community center that, she learns, has no funds to pay her salary.

6
Episode 6November 14, 1987

Up from Down Under

A new girl arrives at Eastland in the wee hours, claiming to be an Australian exchange student.

7
Episode 7November 21, 1987

The More the Marrier

Tootie's boyfriend says he can't make it to town for the Winter Carnival so Tootie decides to go with someone else.

8
Episode 8November 28, 1987

A Rose by Any Other Age

Blair is dumbfounded when an honor student she invited over ostensibly to study takes a shine to Beverly Ann instead of her.

9
Episode 9December 5, 1987

Adventures in Baileysitting

Babysitter Blair leaves her sister with the others while she attends a tea, and returns to find they somehow misplaced her.

10
Episode 10December 12, 1987

It's a Wonderful Christmas

It's holiday time, and Beverly Ann feels unneeded, until a mysterious Santa shows her what Christmas in Peekskill would be like without her.

11
Episode 11January 2, 1988

Golden Oldies

Imagine the whole gang the same people the same place, 40 years from now.

12
Episode 12January 9, 1988

A Thousand Frowns

Andy latches on to a "big brother," who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.

13
Episode 13January 16, 1988

Something in Common

It's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.

14
Episode 14January 23, 1988

Peekskill Law

Blair interns at a law firm that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.

15
Episode 15January 30, 1988

A House Divided

The fat hits the fire when Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends meet, and Jo blows a gasket over the repair job on her bike.

16
Episode 16February 6, 1988

The First Time

Natalie deals firsthand with facts of life as she overnights with her boyfriend Snake, and faces the reactions of her friends and Snake.

17
Episode 17February 13, 1988

Let's Face the Music

30min

A sponsor of a musical benefit invites Jo and Blair to visit his beauty spa, where they are transformed but not in the way they expected.

18
Episode 18February 20, 1988

Less Than Perfect

30min

One evening, a tired Blair falls asleep at the wheel and has a car accident landing her in the hospital with a gash on her forehead. This leads her to begin worrying about how her once "perfect" self will recover from this tragedy.

19
Episode 19February 27, 1988

Till Marriage Do Us Part

Rick proposes to Jo in his own crazy way, and everyone anticipates a wedding. Everyone, that is, except Jo – who still hasn't accepted.

20
Episode 20March 5, 1988

Present Imperfect

Tootie recieves a hideous pendant as an engagement present from Jeff's formidable grandmother, and it's pulverized at Andy and Pippa's wild party just before the woman arrives.

Episodes 1-20 of 24

Cast

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

Beverly Ann Stickle

Lisa Whelchel

Lisa Whelchel

Blair Warner

Kim Fields

Kim Fields

Tootie Ramsey

Mindy Cohn

Mindy Cohn

Natalie Green

Nancy McKeon

Nancy McKeon

Joanne Jo Polniaczek

Mackenzie Astin

Mackenzie Astin

Andy Moffett

Sherrié Austin

Sherrié Austin

Pippa McKenna