Episode 1
Down and Out in Malibu (1)
Jo is jobless and apartmentless in Malibu, where Richard Moll just happens to need a house sitter.
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Guest stars Richard Moll
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The Facts of Life
1979TV-PG9 seasons7.1 / 10
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.
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Synopsis
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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Episode 2
Down and Out in Malibu (2)
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.
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Guest stars Richard Moll, Clyde Kusatsu, Nancy Everhard
Episode 3
Rumor Has It
Blair's after-hours visit with a professor reputed to be a womanizer stirs up a storm of vicious rumors on campus.
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Written by Michael PoryesGuest stars Franc Luz, David Arnott
Episode 4
Before the Fall
Natalie jumps at the chance to do an inside story on ROTC and then learns she'll also have to jump from a plane.
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Written by Bob CollearyGuest stars Renee Props, Dennis Haysbert
Episode 5
Sweet Charity
Jo takes a job in social work at a community center that, she learns, has no funds to pay her salary.
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Guest stars Paul Provenza, Bumper Robinson, Elmarie Wendel
Episode 6
Up from Down Under
A new girl arrives at Eastland in the wee hours, claiming to be an Australian exchange student.
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Guest stars Troy Evans
Episode 7
The More the Marrier
Tootie's boyfriend says he can't make it to town for the Winter Carnival so Tootie decides to go with someone else.
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Written by Lawrence H. LevyGuest stars Paul Provenza, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Todd Hallowell
Episode 8
A Rose by Any Other Age
Blair is dumbfounded when an honor student she invited over ostensibly to study takes a shine to Beverly Ann instead of her.
Where to watch The Facts of LifeEpisode 9
Adventures in Baileysitting
Babysitter Blair leaves her sister with the others while she attends a tea, and returns to find they somehow misplaced her.
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Guest stars Marj Dusay, Evelyn Guerrero
Episode 10
It's a Wonderful Christmas
It's holiday time, and Beverly Ann feels unneeded, until a mysterious Santa shows her what Christmas in Peekskill would be like without her.
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Guest stars Chuck McCann
Episode 11
Golden Oldies
Imagine the whole gang the same people the same place, 40 years from now.
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Guest stars Bill Macy
Episode 12
A Thousand Frowns
Andy latches on to a "big brother," who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.
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Guest stars Paul Provenza, Scott Bryce
Episode 13
Something in Common
It's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.
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Written by Michael PoryesGuest stars Alex Rocco, Scott Bryce
Episode 14
Peekskill Law
Blair interns at a law firm that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.
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Guest stars Franc Luz, Alan Autry, James Staley, Tony Steedman
Episode 15
A House Divided
The fat hits the fire when Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends meet, and Jo blows a gasket over the repair job on her bike.
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Guest stars Robert Romanus, Todd Hallowell
Episode 16
The First Time
Natalie deals firsthand with facts of life as she overnights with her boyfriend Snake, and faces the reactions of her friends and Snake.
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Guest stars Robert Romanus
Episode 17
Let's Face the Music
30m
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.
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Guest stars Tuesday Knight, Warren Burton, Peter Marc Jacobson, John Kassir
Episode 18
Less Than Perfect
30m
One evening, a tired Blair falls asleep at the wheel and has a car accident landing her in the hospital with a gash on her forehead. This leads her to begin worrying about how her once "perfect" self will recover from this tragedy.
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Guest stars Paul Provenza, Ron Fassler
Episode 19
Till Marriage Do Us Part
Rick proposes to Jo in his own crazy way, and everyone anticipates a wedding. Everyone, that is, except Jo – who still hasn't accepted.
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Guest stars Paul Provenza, Alex Rocco, Scott Bryce, Twyla Littleton, Todd Hallowell
Episode 20
Present Imperfect
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.
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Guest stars Devon Odessa, Nicky Katt, Beah Richards, Todd Hallowell
Episode 21
On the Edge
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.
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Written by Bob CollearyGuest stars Suzanne Krull
Episode 22
Big Apple Blues
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."
Where to watch The Facts of LifeEpisode 23
The Beginning of the End
Blair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.
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Guest stars Nicolas Coster, Sal Viscuso, Sam Behrens, Danny Dayton, Juliette Lewis, Mayim Bialik, Meredith Scott Lynn, Kathleen Freeman
Episode 24
The Beginning of the Beginning
finale
As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.
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Guest stars Sam Behrens, Scott Bryce, Juliette Lewis, Mayim Bialik, Meredith Scott Lynn, Kathleen Freeman, Seth Green
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
More about The Facts of Life
Cast
Charlotte RaeEdna Garrett
Cloris LeachmanBeverly Ann Stickle
Lisa WhelchelBlair Warner
Kim FieldsTootie Ramsey
Mindy CohnNatalie Green
Jenny O'HaraMiss Emily Mahoney
John LawlorSteven Bradley
Nancy McKeonJoanne Jo PolniaczekCredits
- Created by
- Dick Clair, Norman Lear, Jenna McMahon
- Written by
- Jerry Mayer, Linda Marsh, Paul Haggis, Michael Poryes, Michael Maurer, Andy Borowitz, Jane Anderson, Bob Bendetson, Bob Colleary, Peter Noah, Lawrence H. Levy, Martin Ragaway, Mitch Markowitz, Susan Beavers, Bob Brush, Jake Weinberger, Michael Weinberger, Alan Spencer
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 201
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
NBCUnited States- TAT Communications Company
- Embassy TelevisionUnited States
Themes
boarding schoolsitcomwealthy
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