The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

ENDED9 Seasons201 Episodes7.1
NetworkNBC
First AiredAug 24, 1979
Last AiredMay 7, 1988
Runtime30 min
Created ByDick Clair, Norman Lear, Jenna McMahon

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.

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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

Seasons & Episodes9 seasons · 201 episodes

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E1
E1Down and Out in Malibu (1)
Sep 26, 1987
Jo is jobless and apartmentless in Malibu, where Richard Moll just happens to need a house sitter.
E2
E2Down and Out in Malibu (2)
Oct 3, 1987
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.
E3
E3Rumor Has It
Oct 17, 1987
Blair's after-hours visit with a professor reputed to be a womanizer stirs up a storm of vicious rumors on campus.
E4
E4Before the Fall
Oct 24, 1987
Natalie jumps at the chance to do an inside story on ROTC and then learns she'll also have to jump from a plane.
E5
E5Sweet Charity
Nov 7, 1987
Jo takes a job in social work at a community center that, she learns, has no funds to pay her salary.
E6
E6Up from Down Under
Nov 14, 1987
A new girl arrives at Eastland in the wee hours, claiming to be an Australian exchange student.
E7
E7The More the Marrier
Nov 21, 1987
Tootie's boyfriend says he can't make it to town for the Winter Carnival so Tootie decides to go with someone else.
E8
E8A Rose by Any Other Age
Nov 28, 1987
Blair is dumbfounded when an honor student she invited over ostensibly to study takes a shine to Beverly Ann instead of her.
E9
E9Adventures in Baileysitting
Dec 5, 1987
Babysitter Blair leaves her sister with the others while she attends a tea, and returns to find they somehow misplaced her.
E10
E10It's a Wonderful Christmas
Dec 12, 1987
It's holiday time, and Beverly Ann feels unneeded, until a mysterious Santa shows her what Christmas in Peekskill would be like without her.
E11
E11Golden Oldies
Jan 2, 1988
Imagine the whole gang the same people the same place, 40 years from now.
E12
E12A Thousand Frowns
Jan 9, 1988
Andy latches on to a ""big brother,"" who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.
E13
E13Something in Common
Jan 16, 1988
It's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.
E14
E14Peekskill Law
Jan 23, 1988
Blair interns at a law firm that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.
E15
E15A House Divided
Jan 30, 1988
The fat hits the fire when Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends meet, and Jo blows a gasket over the repair job on her bike.
E16
E16The First Time
Feb 6, 1988
Natalie deals firsthand with facts of life as she overnights with her boyfriend Snake, and faces the reactions of her friends and Snake.
E17
E17Let's Face the Music
Feb 13, 198830m
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.
E18
E18Less Than Perfect
Feb 20, 198830m
One evening, a tired Blair falls asleep at the wheel and has a car accident landing her in the hospital with a gash in her for-head. This leads her to begin worrying about how her once ""perfect"" self will recover from this tragedy.
E19
E19Till Marriage Do Us Part
Feb 27, 1988
Rick proposes to Jo in his own crazy way, and everyone anticipates a wedding everyone, that is, except Jo, who still hasn't accepted.
E20
E20Present Imperfect
Mar 5, 1988
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.
E21
E21On the Edge
Mar 12, 1988
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.
E22
E22Big Apple Blues
Mar 19, 1988
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.""
E23
E23The Beginning of the End
Apr 30, 1988
Blair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.
E24
E24The Beginning of the Beginning
May 7, 1988
As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.

About The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life is a drama, comedy series on NBC. The show first aired on Aug 24, 1979 and currently has 9 seasons and 201 episodes. The Facts of Life has ended after 9 seasons. It has a rating of 7.1/10 based on 99 votes. The cast includes Cloris Leachman, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon. Created by Dick Clair and Norman Lear and Jenna McMahon.

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