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The Facts of Life

The show follows Mrs. Edna Garrett, a housemother and dietitian at Eastland School, as she guides a group of teenage girls in navigating the challenges of adolescence.

The popular sitcom follows the lives of a group of teenage girls at a boarding school, navigating the ups and downs of adolescence under the guidance of their housemother, Edna Garrett, a character from the show Diff'rent Strokes.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Rough Housing

1. Rough Housing

Aired: Aug 24, 1979

Cindy decides not to attend the Harvest Ball when Blair intimates that becaus...

Episode 4 I.Q.

4. I.Q.

Aired: Sep 14, 1979

When Tootie stumbles upon elementary school IQ results ordered by their headm...

Episode 5 Overachieving

5. Overachieving

Aired: Mar 12, 1980

Tootie's father thinks Mrs. Garrett's influence over his daughter is holding ...

Episode 6 Emily Dickinson

6. Emily Dickinson

Aired: Mar 14, 1980

Blair plagiarizes an Emily Dickinson poem about beauty, but gets caught when ...

Episode 7 Dieting

7. Dieting

Aired: Mar 21, 1980

Sue Ann goes on a crash diet after the pressure of everyone's body-consciousn...

Episode 8 The Facts of Love

8. The Facts of Love

Aired: Apr 4, 1980

To the chagrin of the headmaster, Mrs. Garrett holds a sex education class. M...

Episode 9 Flash Flood

9. Flash Flood

Aired: Apr 11, 1980

A serious flood hits Peekskill, so Blair and Tootie rush to the stables to pr...

Episode 10 Adoption

10. Adoption

Aired: Apr 25, 1980

Blair noses into Natalie's business and arranges for her to talk to her birth...

Episode 11 Running

11. Running

Aired: May 2, 1980

The headmaster pits two of the girls against each other in a track competitio...

Episode 12 Molly's Holiday

12. Molly's Holiday

Aired: Jun 4, 1980

Molly's upset that her parents are getting a divorce, so the girls decide to ...

Episode 13 Dope

13. Dope

Aired: Jun 11, 1980

Blair gets Sue Ann into a clique known as "The Group, " whose members are all...

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Info about The Facts of Life

Seasons: 9

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Family