Episode list for
"The Facts of Life" (1979)

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Episode Count: 202
Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | unknown
Year: 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | unknown

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Rough Housing

Original Air Date: 24 August 1979
Cindy decides not to attend the Harvest Ball when Blair intimates that because of her tomboyishness she might be a lesbian.

Season 1, Episode 2: Like Mother, Like Daughter

Original Air Date: 31 August 1979
Blair fears she will get a reputation for being "easy" because her multiple-divorce' mother is caught flirting with another student's married father.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Return of Mr. Garrett

Original Air Date: 7 September 1979
Mrs. Garrett accepts her ex-husband's proposal of remarriage, but changes her mind when she discovers he is teaching the girls how to gamble.

Season 1, Episode 4: I.Q.

Original Air Date: 14 September 1979
When Tootie stumbles upon elementary school IQ results ordered by their headmaster, the girls are stunned to find out that their scores don't necessarily match their current academic reputation.

Season 1, Episode 5: Overachieving

Original Air Date: 12 March 1980
Tootie's father thinks Mrs. Garrett's influence over his daughter is holding her back. Tootie's latest ambition? To open a beauty salon!

Season 1, Episode 6: Emily Dickinson

Original Air Date: 14 March 1980
Blair plagiarizes an Emily Dickinson poem about beauty, but gets caught when the headmaster submits it into a competition, and it wins.

Season 1, Episode 7: Dieting

Original Air Date: 21 March 1980
Sue Ann goes on a crash diet after the pressure of everyone's body-consciousness, and Blairs intimating that a boy won't like her, makes her feel fat.

Season 1, Episode 8: The Facts of Love

Original Air Date: 4 April 1980
To the chagrin of the headmaster, Mrs. Garrett holds a sex education class. Meanwhile Blair gets into a compromising situation with a boy and has to make a tough decision.

Season 1, Episode 9: Flash Flood

Original Air Date: 2 May 1980
The headmaster pits two of the girls against each other in a track competition, which causes conflicts.

Season 1, Episode 10: Adoption

Original Air Date: 1982
Blair noses into Natalie's business and arranges for her to talk to her birth mother by phone.

Season 1, Episode 11: Running

Original Air Date: 21 March 1980
The headmaster pits two of the girls against each other in a track competition, which causes conflicts.

Season 1, Episode 12: Molly's Holiday

Original Air Date: 4 June 1980
Molly finds out her parents are getting divorced so she and the girls cook up a scheme to bring them back together.

Season 1, Episode 13: Dope

Original Air Date: 11 June 1980
Blair gets Sue Ann into a clique known as "The Group," whose members are all marijuana smokers.

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Season 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: The New Girl: Part 1

Original Air Date: 19 November 1980
A new student, Jo Polniaczek, arrives at Eastland.

Season 2, Episode 2: The New Girl: Part 2

Original Air Date: 26 November 1980
The girls are put on probation and must work in the cafeteria to pay off their damages.

Season 2, Episode 3: Double Standard

Original Air Date: 10 December 1980
Blair is shocked when her boyfriend invites Jo to a cotillion at a country club.

Season 2, Episode 4: Who Am I?

Original Air Date: 17 December 1980
Tootie falls for a black boy who tries to drive a wedge between her and her white friends.

Season 2, Episode 5: Cousin Geri

Original Air Date: 24 December 1980
Blair's cousin Geri, a comedian who has Cerebral Palsy, comes to visit.

Season 2, Episode 6: Shoplifting

Original Air Date: 31 December 1980
Mrs. Garrett's birthday is coming up, and when Jo can't afford a present for her, she decides to steal one.

Season 2, Episode 7: Teen Marriage: Part 1

Original Air Date: 7 January 1981
Jo's boyfriend Eddie goes AWOL from his Naval base in Chicago to propose marriage.

Season 2, Episode 8: Teen Marriage: Part 2

Original Air Date: 14 January 1981
Mrs. Garrett tries to stop Jo and Eddie from driving to West Virginia to get married.

Season 2, Episode 9: Gossip

Original Air Date: 21 January 1981
Tootie's gossiping causes a rift between Blair, Jo, and Nancy, and almost costs Mrs. Garrett her job.

Season 2, Episode 10: Breaking Point

Original Air Date: 28 January 1981
Blair gets involved in a tough campaign for class president but things take a serious turn when one of the girls commits suicide.

Season 2, Episode 11: Sex Symbol

Original Air Date: 4 February 1981
A boy with whom Natalie studies spreads rumors about their friendship that damage her reputation while supposedly helping his own.

Season 2, Episode 12: The Secret

Original Air Date: 25 February 1981
Jo is up for the Best New Student of the Year award, but her joy is dampened by a letter from her father. She never told anyone that he is in the State Penitentiary for burgling the warehouse where he once worked.

Season 2, Episode 13: Bought and Sold

Original Air Date: 4 March 1981
Blair is selling Countess Calvert cosmetics, and she uses Natalie as a model.

Season 2, Episode 14: Pretty Babies

Original Air Date: 11 March 1981
Tootie is lured into doing a photo shoot for a child pornographer.

Season 2, Episode 15: Free Spirit

Original Air Date: 18 March 1981
Mrs. Garrett's son Alex visits her at Eastland. Natalie is impressed by his claims of having played on several recording sessions for popular musicians, but Blair doesn't trust him.

Season 2, Episode 16: Brian and Sylvia

Original Air Date: 25 March 1981
Tootie's uncle Brian and aunt Sylvia are a mixed couple -- he's white and she's black. When Tootie and Natalie visit them in Buffalo, Sylvia receives a job offer in New York City.

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Season 3

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Season 3, Episode 1: Growing Pains

Original Air Date: 28 October 1981
Blair brings home a bottle of a fine European wine, and Tootie drinks it to show how "adult" she is.

Season 3, Episode 2: Fear Strikes Back

Original Air Date: 4 November 1981
Natalie withdraws from her life after an attempted sexual assault.

Season 3, Episode 3: A Baby in the House

Original Air Date: 11 November 1981
Blair's friend Allison disappears after visiting, leaving her baby in the girls' care.

Season 3, Episode 4: A Friend in Deed

Original Air Date: 18 November 1981
Blair's mother arrives on a surprise visit and Blair is ecstatic until dire news is revealed about her mother's health.

Season 3, Episode 5: Front Page

Original Air Date: 25 November 1981
In an article for the school newspaper Jo reports that her journalism teacher, Mr. Gideon, whom she thinks dislikes her, was arrested in a cocaine raid.

Season 3, Episode 6: Give and Take

Original Air Date: 2 December 1981
Mrs. Garrett must take a second job at the Howard Johnson's when she loses her pension. This takes a toll on her mood and her Eastland work, so she must choose between the two.

Season 3, Episode 7: Sweet Sorrow

Original Air Date: 9 December 1981
Jo's boyfriend Eddie returns just as she is partnered with another boy, Bob, in a marriage study group. Jo soon starts to take more of an interest in him beyond their studies, but this bothers her because of her loyalty to Eddie.

Season 3, Episode 8: From Russia with Love

Original Air Date: 16 December 1981
Natalie's Grandma Mona, a Russian Jewish immigrant, comes to visit her.

Season 3, Episode 9: Dear Me

Original Air Date: 23 December 1981
Tootie wants to impress the older girls who are going on a camping trip with some boys from Bates. She types a phony love letter from a camp counselor at the summer camp she attended.

Season 3, Episode 10: Cousin Geri Returns

Original Air Date: 30 December 1981
Mr. Palmer, the French teacher, asks Geri out on a date. She seems to be having a good time, but Blair believes the man has an ulterior motive for taking her cousin out.

Season 3, Episode 11: Legacy

Original Air Date: 6 January 1982
Blair learns that her late grandfather, whom she idealized, was a supporter and benefactor of the Ku Klux Klan.

Season 3, Episode 12: Green-Eyed Monster

Original Air Date: 13 January 1982
When Tootie beats Natalie for the lead role in the school play, a rift grows between the two of them.

Season 3, Episode 13: The Americanization of Miko

Original Air Date: 20 January 1982
A Japanese student's father objects to her daughter's adoption of Western cultural values.

Season 3, Episode 14: The Marriage Brokers

Original Air Date: 27 January 1982
Blair goes on a double date with Mrs. Garrett and her longtime friend Ernest Melbourne, worrying that the two of them might get married.

Season 3, Episode 15: Starstruck

Original Air Date: 3 February 1982
Tootie begs Mrs. Garrett to take her to a Jermaine Jackson concert.

Season 3, Episode 16: The Four Musketeers

Original Air Date: 10 February 1982
The girls start to become annoyed by each other's little personality quirks. When Mrs. Garrett tells them they've paid off their damages to the school van, they decide to go their separate ways.

Season 3, Episode 17: The Affair

Original Air Date: 17 February 1982
Mrs. Garrett and the girls spend an afternoon in New York City, where they go to Pagliacci's, a high-profile Italian restaurant. Natalie is devastated when she sees her father kissing another woman across the dining room.

Season 3, Episode 18: Runaway

Original Air Date: 24 February 1982
Even though her parents refused to give her permission to go with Mrs. Garrett and the older girls, Tootie runs away to New York to meet up with them. There, she meets a teenage prostitute who tries to recruit her into her line of work.

Season 3, Episode 19: New York, New York

Original Air Date: 3 March 1982
Blair and Jo go to visit old friends in New York, where they find that things have changed considerably.

Season 3, Episode 20: Kids Can Be Cruel

Original Air Date: 17 March 1982
During the preparations for a box lunch charity auction, the girls are gazing over an Eastland/Bates "Slam Book", in which those writing the comments are identified by numbers instead of names. Mrs. Garrett is horrified by the cruel comments in there. When Blair reveals to one of the Bates boys that Natalie is number 10, Natalie gets her revenge by telling a Bates boy named Carl Price, whom the other boys tease because of his severe acne, which of the box lunches belongs to Blair.

Season 3, Episode 21: Mind Your Own Business

Original Air Date: 24 March 1982
Natalie institutes nine rules of privacy after she learns that Blair looked in her diary.

Season 3, Episode 22: The Academy

Original Air Date: 31 March 1982
The girls go to a school dance with boys from nearby Stone Military Academy.

Season 3, Episode 23: Jo's Cousin

Original Air Date: 14 April 1982
Jo visits her relatives in New Jersey, where her tomboyish 14-year-old cousin Terry puts on a dress and makeup to impress a boy.

Season 3, Episode 24: Read No Evil

Original Air Date: 5 May 1982
When the school library institutes a censorship policy, Natalie is bounced from the school paper for speaking out against it, and Mrs. Garrett is asked by Mr. Parker not to comment on the issue.

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Season 4

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Season 4, Episode 1: Ain't Miss Beholden

Original Air Date: 29 September 1982

Season 4, Episode 2: The Source

Original Air Date: 6 October 1982
Natalie fabricates a story about an unnamed Eastland student who had an abortion.

Season 4, Episode 3: The Sound of Silence

Original Air Date: 27 October 1982
Tootie refuses to believe she is suffering from hearing loss until she is in an accident.

Season 4, Episode 4: The Oldest Living Graduate

Original Air Date: 3 November 1982
Eastland's oldest living graduate returns to the school.

Season 4, Episode 5: Different Drummer

Original Air Date: 10 November 1982
Blair befriends a mentally handicapped artist.

Season 4, Episode 6: Dearest Mommie

Original Air Date: 17 November 1982
Natalie finally uncovers the name of her biological mother.

Season 4, Episode 7: A Woman's Place

Original Air Date: 24 November 1982

Season 4, Episode 8: Daddy's Girl

Original Air Date: 1 December 1982

Season 4, Episode 9: The Big Fight

Original Air Date: 8 December 1982
Natalie covers a boxing match at Bates Academy, the nearby boys' school, for the school paper.

Season 4, Episode 10: For the Asking

Original Air Date: 15 December 1982
Natalie refuses to go to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance.

Season 4, Episode 11: September Song

Original Air Date: 22 December 1982
Mrs. Garrett receives a marriage proposal from her elderly boyfriend.

Season 4, Episode 12: A Royal Pain

Original Air Date: 5 January 1983
An obnoxious young heiress enrolls at Eastland.

Season 4, Episode 13: Magnificent Obsession

Original Air Date: 12 January 1983
Jo is concerned by Blair's infatuation with a boy who treats her poorly.

Season 4, Episode 14: Under Pressure

Original Air Date: 19 June 1983
When Mrs. Garrett learns she has high blood pressure, the girls try to protect her from stress.

Season 4, Episode 15: Teacher's Pet

Original Air Date: 26 January 1983
Jo learns that her favorite teacher is terminally ill.

Season 4, Episode 16: Let's Party

Original Air Date: 9 February 1983
Tootie believes her older brother Marshall has a drinking problem.

Season 4, Episode 17: Best Sister: Part 1

Original Air Date: 23 February 1983
Blair's sister Meg, a nun, inspires Jo.

Season 4, Episode 18: Best Sister: Part 2

Original Air Date: 23 February 1983
Blair belittles Jo for wanting to become a nun.

Season 4, Episode 19: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Original Air Date: 9 March 1983
Mrs. Garrett's cooking instructor from Paris visits Eastland. Meanwhile, the girls try to deal with a squirrel who got into their bedroom.

Season 4, Episode 20: Who's on First

Original Air Date: 30 March 1983

Season 4, Episode 21: Help from Home

Original Air Date: 6 April 1983
Jo refuses to accept college assistance from Blair's family foundation.

Season 4, Episode 22: Take My Finals, Please

Original Air Date: 27 April 1983
The girls study for final exams together for the very last time.

Season 4, Episode 23: Graduation: Part 1

Original Air Date: 4 May 1983

Season 4, Episode 24: Graduation: Part 2

Original Air Date: 4 May 1983
Jo and Blair graduate from Eastland Academy.

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Season 5

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Season 5, Episode 1: Brave New World: Part 1

Original Air Date: 21 September 1983
As Blair and Jo enter Langley college, Mrs. Garrett decides to quit her job at Eastland.

Season 5, Episode 2: Brave New World: Part 2

Original Air Date: 21 September 1983
Mrs. Garrett decides to open a gourmet delicatessen and asks the girls to assist her.

Season 5, Episode 3: Gamma Gamma or Bust

Original Air Date: 28 September 1983
Blair is nominated for a placement in the Gamma Gamma sorority at Langley.

Season 5, Episode 4: Just My Bill

Original Air Date: 12 October 1983

Season 5, Episode 5: What Price Glory?

Original Air Date: 19 October 1983
Tootie discovers that her boyfriend Jeff, a school athlete, cannot read.

Season 5, Episode 6: The Halloween Show

Original Air Date: 26 October 1983
The girls fear Mrs. Garrett ground up a missing customer into her homemade bratwurst!

Season 5, Episode 7: Advance Placement

Original Air Date: 2 November 1983

Season 5, Episode 8: I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

Original Air Date: 9 November 1983
Blair and Jo take Mrs. Garrett to a male strip club for her birthday, where Blair discovers a shocking revelation about her boyfriend.

Season 5, Episode 9: Small But Dangerous

Original Air Date: 16 November 1983

Season 5, Episode 10: Store Games

Original Air Date: 30 November 1983

Season 5, Episode 11: The Second Time Around

Original Air Date: 14 December 1983

Season 5, Episode 12: The Christmas Show

Original Air Date: 21 December 1983
The girls prepare to go their separate ways for Christmas vacation.

Season 5, Episode 13: The Chain Letter

Original Air Date: 28 December 1983

Season 5, Episode 14: Next Door

Original Air Date: 4 January 1984
Mrs. Garrett and the girls befriend a little boy whose single mother doesn't have time to take care of him.

Season 5, Episode 15: Crossing the Line

Original Air Date: 11 January 1984

Season 5, Episode 16: All or Nothing

Original Air Date: 18 January 1984

Season 5, Episode 17: A Death in the Family

Original Air Date: 1 February 1984
Natalie's father dies from a sudden heart attack.

Season 5, Episode 18: Big Fish/Little Fish

Original Air Date: 8 February 1984

Season 5, Episode 19: Star at Langley

Original Air Date: 15 February 1984

Season 5, Episode 20: Dream Marriage

Original Air Date: 22 February 1984
Blair dreams of what her life might be like in the year 2000.

Season 5, Episode 21: Mother and Daughter

Original Air Date: 29 February 1984

Season 5, Episode 22: All by Herself

Original Air Date: 14 March 1984

Season 5, Episode 23: Seems Like Old Times

Original Air Date: 21 March 1984

Season 5, Episode 24: Joint Custody

Original Air Date: 2 May 1984

Season 5, Episode 25: The Way We Were: Part 1

Original Air Date: 9 May 1984
As the girls prepare for their summer vacations, they look back on the past, as seen in clips from previous episodes.

Season 5, Episode 26: The Way We Were: Part 2

Original Air Date: 9 May 1984
The girls continue their reminiscences of their friendship.

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Season 6

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Season 6, Episode 1: Summer of '84

Original Air Date: 26 September 1984
Mrs. Garrett and the girls return home to tell each other about their respective summer vacations.

Season 6, Episode 2: A Slice of Life

Original Air Date: 3 October 1984

Season 6, Episode 3: Love at First Byte

Original Air Date: 17 October 1984
Jo asks a computer for advice on her friendship with Blair.

Season 6, Episode 4: My Boyfriend's Back

Original Air Date: 24 October 1984

Season 6, Episode 5: Cruisin'

Original Air Date: 31 October 1984

Season 6, Episode 6: Taking a Chance on Love: Part 1

Original Air Date: 7 November 1984

Season 6, Episode 7: Taking a Chance on Love: Part 2

Original Air Date: 7 November 1984

Season 6, Episode 8: E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett on Campus)

Original Air Date: 14 November 1984

Season 6, Episode 9: Dear Apple

Original Air Date: 21 November 1984
Jo thinks about her friendship with Blair with the aid of a talking computer.

Season 6, Episode 10: Talk, Talk, Talk

Original Air Date: 28 November 1984
The girls fill in as disk jockeys at the Langley College radio station.

Season 6, Episode 11: Smile

Original Air Date: 5 December 1984

Season 6, Episode 12: The Rich Aren't Different

Original Air Date: 12 December 1984
Blair takes Jo to small claims court over a broken wristwatch.

Season 6, Episode 13: Christmas in the Big House

Original Air Date: 19 December 1984
Blair plans a charity event at what she believes is an orphanage but is really a prison.

Season 6, Episode 14: Me and Eleanor

Original Air Date: 2 January 1985
Tootie portrays Eleanor Roosevelt in a play.

Season 6, Episode 15: Working It Out

Original Air Date: 9 January 1985

Season 6, Episode 16: Jazzbeau

Original Air Date: 16 January 1985

Season 6, Episode 17: Two Guys from Appleton

Original Air Date: 23 January 1985

Season 6, Episode 18: With a Little Help from My Friends

Original Air Date: 30 January 1985

Season 6, Episode 19: Gone with the Wind: Part 1

Original Air Date: 13 February 1985
The girls spend spring break in Florida when a hurricane hits.

Season 6, Episode 20: Gone with the Wind: Part 2

Original Air Date: 20 February 1985

Season 6, Episode 21: Man in the Attic

Original Air Date: 27 February 1985
Kevin moves into the attic and quickly becomes a nuisance to the girls.

Season 6, Episode 22: The Last Drive-In

Original Air Date: 13 March 1985
The girls write a petition to save a dilapidated drive-in movie theater but find little interest from anyone else..

Season 6, Episode 23: Sisters

Original Air Date: 20 March 1985
Blair's mother and Jo's father go out on a date.

Season 6, Episode 24: It's Lonely at the Top

Original Air Date: 27 March 1985

Season 6, Episode 25: Bus Stop

Original Air Date: 8 May 1985
When Natalie graduates from Eastland, she shocks her mother and her friends by deciding not to go to college.

Season 6, Episode 26: The Interview Show

Original Air Date: 15 May 1985
Mrs. Garrett and the girls are interviewed for a documentary about Eastland Academy.

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Season 7

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Season 7, Episode 1: Out of the Fire...

Original Air Date: 14 September 1985
Mrs. Garrett and the girls return home from summer vacation to find that their home and business have been destroyed by a fire.

Season 7, Episode 2: Into the Frying Pan

Original Air Date: 21 September 1985
Mrs. Garrett and the girls decide to rebuild their store into an update version of a 1950s malt shop. Mrs. Garrett hires a good-looking young carpenter, named George Burnett, to help out, but who causes more of a distraction to the rest of the ladies.

Season 7, Episode 3: Grand Opening

Original Air Date: 28 September 1985
Mrs. Garrett and the girls open a novelty shop called "Over Our Heads."

Season 7, Episode 4: Teacher, Teacher

Original Air Date: 5 October 1985
Jo works as a substitute teacher at an elementary school.

Season 7, Episode 5: Men for All Seasons

Original Air Date: 19 October 1985
The store gets into hot water with Langley officials for carrying a beefcake poster featuring the men's swimming team.

Season 7, Episode 6: A New Life

Original Air Date: 26 October 1985
Monica reveals to Blair that she is pregnant by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.

Season 7, Episode 7: Doo-Wah

Original Air Date: 2 November 1985
The girls go to an audition to perform as backup singers for El DeBarge.

Season 7, Episode 8: Come Back to the Truck Stop, Natalie Green, Natalie Green

Original Air Date: 9 November 1985
Natalie is in a truck stop diner in Pennsylvania where she writes a story, relating the characters in it to the people in her own life.

Season 7, Episode 9: Born Too Late

Original Air Date: 16 November 1985
Tootie helps Andy prepare prepare for an audition for a play.

Season 7, Episode 10: 3, 2, 1

Original Air Date: 23 November 1985
Jo handcuffs herself to Blair, who has to anchor the Langley TV station's newscast.

Season 7, Episode 11: We Get Letters

Original Air Date: 30 November 1985

Season 7, Episode 12: Ballroom Dance

Original Air Date: 7 December 1985
Jo,hesitantly,takes up ballroom dancing. Discovering,to her surprise,that she likes it more than she thought she would but seemingly shrugging it off when her friends ask about her interest in it. Quote: "I'm just doing it for exercise".

Season 7, Episode 13: Christmas Baby

Original Air Date: 14 December 1985
Blair's mother goes into labor on Christmas Eve.

Season 7, Episode 14: Tootie Drives

Original Air Date: 21 December 1985
Mrs. Garrett tutors Tootie for a driving test.

Season 7, Episode 15: Stake-Out Blues

Original Air Date: 11 January 1986

Season 7, Episode 16: The Agent

Original Air Date: 18 January 1986
Tootie serves as an agent to an aspiring comedian trying to get a TV gig.

Season 7, Episode 17: The Reunion

Original Air Date: 1 February 1986

Season 7, Episode 18: Concentration

Original Air Date: 8 February 1986

Season 7, Episode 19: Atlantic City

Original Air Date: 15 February 1986
The girls' trip to Atlantic City reunites Jo with Flyman, the aspiring singer she met in Florida.

Season 7, Episode 20: The Lady Who Came to Dinner

Original Air Date: 22 February 1986
An elderly song-and-dance woman hired for Blair's birthday party stays with the girls.

Season 7, Episode 21: The Candidate

Original Air Date: 1 March 1986
Natalie runs for mayor to stop a tacky amusement park from being built. Blair, however, is campaigning for her opponent.

Season 7, Episode 22: Big Time Charlie

Original Air Date: 29 March 1986
Jo's father, Charlie Polniaczek, believes that has made a fortune in citrus futures. Meanwhile, Natalie returns from a trip to Miami and has brought back the wrong suitcase.

Season 7, Episode 23: The Graduate

Original Air Date: 3 May 1986
It's Graduation Day at Eastland, but Tootie would rather audition for the lead role in a musical play than continue her education.

Season 7, Episode 24: The Apartment

Original Air Date: 10 May 1986

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Season 8

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Season 8, Episode 1: Out of Peekskill: Part 1

Original Air Date: 27 September 1986
Mrs. Garrett becomes reacquainted with Bruce Gaines, a man she met when she was serving in the Peace Corps. He proposes marriage to her, and she accepts. Her sister, Beverly Ann Stickle, comes to the wedding in her Winnebago recreational vehicle.

Season 8, Episode 2: Out of Peekskill: Part 2

Original Air Date: 27 September 1986
In spite of a scare at Depressed Person's Cliff, Mrs. Garrett and Bruce are married, and they rejoin the Peace Corps. Beverly Ann takes over her duties at Over Our Heads.

Season 8, Episode 3: Ready or Not

Original Air Date: 4 October 1986

Season 8, Episode 4: Another Room

Original Air Date: 11 October 1986

Season 8, Episode 5: Off-Broadway Baby

Original Air Date: 1 November 1986

Season 8, Episode 6: The Little Chill

Original Air Date: 8 November 1986
Three of the girls who used to live in the dorm with Blair, Tootie, and Natalie return for a reunion. Jo feels left out because she never knew them.

Season 8, Episode 7: The Ratings Game

Original Air Date: 15 November 1986

Season 8, Episode 8: The Wedding Day

Original Air Date: 22 November 1986

Season 8, Episode 9: Fast Food

Original Air Date: 29 November 1986
Natalie hires Blair as an employee at the Mexican restaurant Señor Sombrero, where she is assistant manager.

Season 8, Episode 10: Where's Poppa?

Original Air Date: 6 December 1986

Season 8, Episode 11: Write and Wrong

Original Air Date: 13 December 1986

Season 8, Episode 12: Seven Little Indians

Original Air Date: 3 January 1987
On a dark and stormy night, the girls and their friends all meet with gruesome ends.

Season 8, Episode 13: The Greek Connection

Original Air Date: 10 January 1987

Season 8, Episode 14: Post-Christmas Card

Original Air Date: 17 January 1987

Season 8, Episode 15: A Star Is Torn

Original Air Date: 31 January 1987

Season 8, Episode 16: A Winter's Tale

Original Air Date: 7 February 1987
The girls go to a ski resort.

Season 8, Episode 17: Cupid's Revenge

Original Air Date: 14 February 1987

Season 8, Episode 18: 62 Pick Up

Original Air Date: 21 February 1987
A flashback to the early 1960s, replete with teen idols, beatniks, and girl groups.

Season 8, Episode 19: Boy About the House

Original Air Date: 28 February 1987
When Andy's parents break up, Beverly Ann decides it is time to adopt him.

Season 8, Episode 20: Ex Marks the Spot

Original Air Date: 7 March 1987
Beverly Ann's ex-husband, Frank Stickle, comes to visit, and has a heart attack.

Season 8, Episode 21: Younger Than Springtime

Original Air Date: 21 March 1987

Season 8, Episode 22: This Is Only a Test

Original Air Date: 18 April 1987

Season 8, Episode 23: Rites of Passage: Part 1

Original Air Date: 2 May 1987

Season 8, Episode 24: Rites of Passage: Part 2

Original Air Date: 9 May 1987

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Season 9

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Season 9, Episode 1: Down and Out in Malibu: Part 1

Original Air Date: 26 September 1987

Season 9, Episode 2: Down and Out in Malibu: Part 2

Original Air Date: 3 October 1987
Richard Moll has the girls put in prison when he sees what has happened to his house.

Season 9, Episode 3: Rumor Has It

Original Air Date: 17 October 1987

Season 9, Episode 4: Before the Fall

Original Air Date: 24 October 1987
Natalie decides to take up skydiving.

Season 9, Episode 5: Sweet Charity

Original Air Date: 7 November 1987

Season 9, Episode 6: Up from Down Under

Original Air Date: 14 November 1987
Pippa McKenna, a teenage girl from Eastland's Australian sister school, Colunga Academy, enrolls at Eastland.

Season 9, Episode 7: The More the Marrier

Original Air Date: 21 November 1987

Season 9, Episode 8: A Rose by Any Other Age

Original Air Date: 28 November 1987

Season 9, Episode 9: Adventures in Baileysitting

Original Air Date: 5 December 1987
Blair's baby sister Bailey gets lost while in the girls' care.

Season 9, Episode 10: It's a Wonderful Christmas

Original Air Date: 12 December 1987
Beverly Ann feels unwanted at Christmas and wonders what it would be like if she had never come to Peekskill.

Season 9, Episode 11: Golden Oldies

Original Air Date: 2 January 1988
The girls imagine what their lives will be like 50 years into the future.

Season 9, Episode 12: A Thousand Frowns

Original Air Date: 9 January 1988

Season 9, Episode 13: Something in Common

Original Air Date: 16 January 1988

Season 9, Episode 14: Peekskill Law

Original Air Date: 23 January 1988

Season 9, Episode 15: A House Divided

Original Air Date: 30 January 1988

Season 9, Episode 16: The First Time

Original Air Date: 6 February 1988
Natalie goes to bed with her boyfriend, Snake.

Season 9, Episode 17: Let's Face the Music

Original Air Date: 13 February 1988
A slip-up at a beauty parlor turns Jo's hair blonde and Blair's hair green, causing problems at a banquet. Meanwhile, Pippa's band is scheduled to perform at that same banquet.

Season 9, Episode 18: Less Than Perfect

Original Air Date: 20 February 1988

Season 9, Episode 19: Till Marriage Do Us Part

Original Air Date: 27 February 1988

Season 9, Episode 20: Present Imperfect

Original Air Date: 5 March 1988

Season 9, Episode 21: On the Edge

Original Air Date: 12 March 1988

Season 9, Episode 22: Big Apple Blues

Original Air Date: 19 March 1988
Natalie finds an apartment in the Soho district of New York, living with several eccentric characters.

Season 9, Episode 23: The Beginning of the End

Original Air Date: 30 April 1988
When Blair discovers that Eastland Academy is in dire financial straits, she decides not to go to law school but buy it and save it from closing.

Season 9, Episode 24: The Beginning of the Beginning

Original Air Date: 7 May 1988

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