The Facts of Life
Drama • Series

The Facts of Life

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

7.1/10 1979 9 Seasons 201 Episodes Ended

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.

Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Season 1 Episodes

E1
Rough Housing
30 min 1979

The series opens with the Drummonds (from Diff'rent Strokes) visiting Eastland to see Mrs. Garrett (their ex-housekeeper…

E2
Like Mother, Like Daughter
30 min 1979

It's Parent's Night at Eastland and Blair's sophisticated mother arrives bringing with her, her flirtatious tendancies w…

E3
The Return of Mr. Garrett
1979

Mrs. Garrett is surprised by a visit from her ex-husband, Roger, who wants the two of them to remarry. However, his gam…

E4
I.Q.
1979

Tootie accidentally comes across a paper which lists the I.Q. scores of each one of the girls. Nancy received the highe…

S1E5
E5
Overachieving
30 min 1980

Tootie's father comes for a visit and doesn't like the activities that Tootie is being exposed to. Believing that Mrs. …

E6
Emily Dickinson
30 min 1980

Blair is so caught up with her latest boyfriend that she forgets about an English assignment in which she has to write a…

E7
Dieting
25 min 1980

Blair and Sue Ann kid each other about their weight and Sue Ann takes Blair's comments a little too seriously. However,…

E8
The Facts of Love
24 min 1980

Mrs. Garrett begins teaching a sex-education class at Eastland and her tactics are against the more prudish suggestions …

E9
Flash Flood
25 min 1980

A flood hits Peekskill which prompts Blair and Tootie to race out to the stables to save some animals from being washed …

E10
Adoption
1980

Mr. Bradley gives the girls an assignment having to do with their family trees. However, Natalie is reluctant to show h…

E11
Running
1980

Mr. Bradley's need to have Eastland win prompts him to manipulate Sue Ann into competing in a running competition. Sue …

S1E12
E12
Molly's Holiday
1980

Molly is down in the dumps due to her parents getting a divorce. So she gets some help from the girls who plan to reuni…

E13
Dope
1980

Blair and Sue Ann befriend two new girls. All seems to go okay with them until they learn that their friends use drugs.

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

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