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The Best Episodes of The Facts of Life

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...

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  1. Background image for Runaway
    8.4/10(139 votes)

    #1 - Runaway

    S3:E18

    Jo, Natalie and Blair are going to New York to see a Broadway play and a left out Tootie sneaks out to meet them in front of the theatre without Mrs. Garrett's knowledge. However, when Tootie doesn't find the girls she stops in a coffee shop across the street unaware she's about to get a dose of the downside of New York life.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Take My Finals, Please
    8.4/10(96 votes)

    #2 - Take My Finals, Please

    S4:E22

    It's finals week at Eastland and the girls are planning an all night study session. They soon find out that studying is going to be hard with so many distractions, including Blair and Jo's fears of the future in college and Natalie's fear of an upcoming Chemistry exam in which she must memorize the atomic symbols.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.3/10(90 votes)

    #3 - The Four Musketeers

    S3:E16

    Constant squabbling between the girls prompt Mrs. Garrett to announce that the debt for wrecking the van has been paid off and they are all now free to move out and live in the dorms. However, the girls soon realize the living above the cafeteria is something they do not want to change.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Kids Can Be Cruel
    8.3/10(107 votes)

    #4 - Kids Can Be Cruel

    S3:E20

    Natalie has a big crush on Tim and has filled Blair's slambook with words of praise. However, in Blair's slambook instead of signing your name you sign a number, Natalie's number is 10. When Blair tells Tim who number 10 belongs to, Natalie is furious and wants revenge no matter who she hurts in the process.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
  5. Background image for Graduation  (2)
    8.3/10(74 votes)

    #5 - Graduation (2)

    S4:E24

    As graduation day arrives, Monica is furious that Blair's father won't attend, Rose is furious at Charlie due to his sudden tranformation into a big spender and Natalie and Tootie are scared that they will lose Blair and Jo as friends when they leave for college.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
  6. Background image for Slices of Life
    8.3/10(78 votes)

    #6 - Slices of Life

    S6:E2

    Jo begins a pizza business with her mom's secret pizza recipe that has everyone's mouths watering, including a fraternity house that buys pizzas in bulk. However, the business begins running Jo and her workers, Natalie and Tootie ragged which leads Jo to make a business decision on how to make pizzas faster and cheaper.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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    8.2/10(74 votes)

    #7 - Graduation (1)

    S4:E23

    Graduation has everyone rushing around and Natalie and Tootie are worried that their isn't going to be enough time for Jo and Blair to say goodbye, especially since Blair and Jo are at each other's throats, as usual.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Working it Out
    8.2/10(67 votes)

    #8 - Working it Out

    S6:E15

    Mrs. Garrett and the girls all become concerned about Blair's bizarre behavior, she's skipping class, dating nonstop and is out all night every night, all this just after a breakup with her first serious relationship, Cliff.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
  10. Background image for With a Little Help From My Friends
    8.2/10(80 votes)

    #9 - With a Little Help From My Friends

    S6:E18

    Blair is devastated when she learns that her boyfriend is into cocaine. Lisa Whelchel. Jo: Nancy McKeon. Kevin: Ryan Cassidy. Father Donovan: John Ingle.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(87 votes)

    #10 - The Last Drive-In

    S6:E22

    The local drive-in theatre is closing and the girls decide to pay it one last visit on the final night it's open. However, chaos reigns when people begin to loot the theatre and Blair gets into a cat fight.

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    Director:Unknown
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    8.2/10(66 votes)

    #11 - Fast Food

    S8:E9

    Natalie gets Blair a job at a Mexican restaurant where Natalie works. However, Blair snobby attitude gets her fired when she inadvertently insults the boss.

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    Director:Unknown
  13. Background image for New York, New York
    8.1/10(97 votes)

    #12 - New York, New York

    S3:E19

    Both Blair and Jo head to New York to meet two old friends. Blair discovers her old friend, Dina, is the same old snob she's always been and Jo discovers her friend, Jesse, is the same old prejudiced bully she's always been. Blair and Jo soon realize their friendship is much more meaningful.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Peter Noah
  14. Background image for Gone With the Wind  (1)
    8.1/10(88 votes)

    #13 - Gone With the Wind (1)

    S6:E19

    The girls have no plans for spring break until Natalie learns that her grandmother's condominium is available in Fort Lauderdale, where the boys are.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.1/10(57 votes)

    #14 - Sisters

    S6:E23

    During an alumni weekend at Langley, Blair's mother and Jo's father bond which leads to Blair and Jo's fears of becoming sisters.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.1/10(65 votes)

    #15 - Concentration

    S7:E18

    On the day Blair is to accept an award, she encounters two burdens. First, she's stuck babysitting her baby brother and second she becomes trapped in an elevator, where she learns an important lesson from a concentration camp survivor.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(84 votes)

    #16 - The Affair

    S3:E17

    Mrs. Garrett and the girls visit New York and have lunch in a Italian restaurant where Natalie discovers something she never expected, her father romancing someone other than her mother. This prompts Natalie to debate whether or not to confront her father, out of fear of a divorce between her parents.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Source
    8.0/10(77 votes)

    #17 - The Source

    S4:E2

    Natalie makes up a source for the topic of her newspaper article on abortion and if she doesn't reveal who the source is, she could be kicked out of school. However, little does she know, that their is someone at Eastland who could fill the shoes of the ""made up source""

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Peter Noah
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    8.0/10(91 votes)

    #18 - Cruisin'

    S6:E5

    On a dateless Saturday night, the girls cruise downtown Peekskill in hopes of finding Mr. Right. However, a string of bizarre events leads the girls to hideout in their car at a closed gas station.

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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for Tootie Drives
    8.0/10(71 votes)

    #19 - Tootie Drives

    S7:E14

    Tootie's learning to drive and she's driving everyone bananas.

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    7.9/10(92 votes)

    #20 - Front Page

    S3:E5

    Burned by her journalism teacher's scathing criticism, Jo turns out a front-page story linking him to a drug bust.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.9/10(77 votes)

    #21 - Teacher's Pet

    S4:E15

    Jo has become close friends with her English teacher, Gail, even inspiring Jo to think about becoming a teacher herself. However, Jo is disappointed to learn that Gail is leaving Eastland presumably for a job that pays more but the real reason she's leaving is nothing Jo ever expected.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Help from Home
    7.9/10(65 votes)

    #22 - Help from Home

    S4:E21

    Jo has been accepted at Langley College along with Blair but doesn't tell anyone that she has since she doesn't plan on going due to her and her parents financial situation. However, when she takes a trip home for the weekend, she learns that her entire family found out the truth and are now counting on her to do well.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
  24. Background image for Talk, Talk, Talk
    7.9/10(71 votes)

    #23 - Talk, Talk, Talk

    S6:E10

    While working at the campus radio station, Jo finds herself needing to fill 5 hours of air time. Things start off on a bad note, when she can't find a key to the record cabinet, which leads, Natalie, Tootie, Blair and Mrs. Garrett to come to her rescue.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Out of the Fire...
    7.9/10(64 votes)

    #24 - Out of the Fire...

    S7:E1

    After returning from their summer vacation, the girls discover that Edna's Edibles has burned down. This leads the girls to discuss rebuilding and opening up a new business.

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.9/10(74 votes)

    #25 - Teacher, Teacher

    S7:E4

    Jo is offered a job at a major company which is tempting but this causes her to reevaluate her dream of becoming a teacher.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Runaway" is the best rated episode of "The Facts of Life". It scored 8.4/10 based on 139 votes. Directed by Asaad Kelada and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/24/1982. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Take My Finals, Please".