The Facts of Life
"You take the good, you take the bad..."
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 7 Episodes
After returning from their summer vacation, the girls discover that Edna's Edibles has burned down. This leads the girl…
The girls try to hire a contractor to rebuild Edna's Edibles into their new business. After interviewing a string, they…
The girls finally open their new shop, which is called, Over Our Heads, which sells a mixture of trendy, nostalgic memor…
Jo is offered a job at a major company which is tempting but this causes her to reevaluate her dream of becoming a teach…
Natalie's boyfriend appears in a popular beefcake calendar of the Langley swim team, a calendar that is frowned upon by …
Needing advice on her love life, Blair asks her mother to visit, only to learn that mom needs advice even more than Blai…
Andy enters the girls in a contest through a teen magazine that if they win, they could sing backup to El DeBarge. Firs…
While waiting for a bus, Natalie thinks she could get some inspiration on something to write about in a diner. Failing …
Tootie tutors seventh grader Andy for a role in "West Side Story," which turns him on to her more than to acting.
Blair and Jo argue over stories and editorials that are to be presented as a news report which is also going to include …
Mrs. Garrett's old friend, Gwen comes to town for a visit with her old gossip buddy, but she also comes to town to confr…
Jo takes up ballroom dance lessons and becomes determined to do a good job at an upcoming recital despite chaotic lesson…
A very pregnant Monica comes to the house on Christmas Eve, where she ends up in labor and gives birth to Bailey, her th…
Tootie's learning to drive and she's driving everyone bananas.
The police want to stake out the shop to nab a few crooks but the girls, not wanting to worry Mrs. Garrett, insist she n…
Tootie and Blair give an aspiring comic a career boost by staging a performance attended by Jim McCawley, talent coordin…
George gets Blair to pose as his fiancee at his high school reunion in order to make an ex-classmate jealous that she ne…
On the day Blair is to accept an award, she encounters two burdens. First, she's stuck babysitting her baby brother and…
The girls are in Atlantic City for a long weekend, where Blair gets gambling fever and Jo hopes to be reunited with Flym…
The girls surprise Blair on her birthday with a party featuring singer and dancer Betty Kean who, like ""The Man Who Cam…
Natalie is furious with the mayor during an election when she learns he plans to build an amusement park. This prompts …
Jo's father shows up to announce that he's won a publisher's giveaway, and is determined to give Jo everything he could …
Tootie plans to join a road show after graduation despite her parents' objections, while Natalie plans to find an apartm…
Natalie and Tootie find that privacy is at a premium in their one-room apartment, which doubles as a roach resort.
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