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The Facts of Life

1979 Ended 30m episodes

7.0/10 109 votes

DramaComedy

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.

Created by:: Dick Clair, Norman Lear, Jenna McMahon
Cast:: Cloris Leachman, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn
Language:: English
Country:: United States of America
Network:: NBC

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Season 9

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E01

Episode 1

Down and Out in Malibu (1)

1987-09-26

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

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E02

Episode 2

Down and Out in Malibu (2)

1987-10-03

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.

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E03

Episode 3

Rumor Has It

1987-10-17

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

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E04

Episode 4

Before the Fall

1987-10-24

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

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E05

Episode 5

Sweet Charity

1987-11-07

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

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E06

Episode 6

Up from Down Under

1987-11-14

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

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E07

Episode 7

The More the Marrier

1987-11-21

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

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E08

Episode 8

A Rose by Any Other Age

1987-11-28

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

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E09

Episode 9

Adventures in Baileysitting

1987-12-05

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

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E10

Episode 10

It's a Wonderful Christmas

1987-12-12

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

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E11

Episode 11

Golden Oldies

1988-01-02

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

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E12

Episode 12

A Thousand Frowns

1988-01-09

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

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E13

Episode 13

Something in Common

1988-01-16

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

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E14

Episode 14

Peekskill Law

1988-01-23

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

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E15

Episode 15

A House Divided

1988-01-30

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

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E16

Episode 16

The First Time

1988-02-06

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

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E17

Episode 17

Let's Face the Music

1988-02-13 · 30m

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.

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E18

Episode 18

Less Than Perfect

1988-02-20 · 30m

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.

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E19

Episode 19

Till Marriage Do Us Part

1988-02-27

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

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E20

Episode 20

Present Imperfect

1988-03-05

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.

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Episode 21

On the Edge

1988-03-12

Jo's job at the social services center gets a bit hairy when her supervisor, a suicide prevention counselor, threatens to leap off a building.

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E22

Episode 22

Big Apple Blues

1988-03-19

Natalie's first bite of the Big Apple is hard to digest: she overnights in a Soho loft with "the four weirdest people I've ever met."

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E23

Episode 23

The Beginning of the End

1988-04-30

Blair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.

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E24

Episode 24

The Beginning of the Beginning

1988-05-07

As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.

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