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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 - Like Mother, Like Daughter

    S1:E2

    It's Parent's Night at Eastland and Blair's sophisticated mother arrives bringing with her, her flirtatious tendancies which prompt rumors when she becomes ""friendly"" with a married man.

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    Director:Jim Drake
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    #2 - The Return of Mr. Garrett

    S1:E3

    Mrs. Garrett is surprised by a visit from her ex-husband, Roger, who wants the two of them to remarry. However, his gambling ways rub off on the girls who begin gambling on poker games and loosing what little money they have..

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    Director:Jim Drake
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    #3 - I.Q.

    S1:E4

    Tootie accidentally comes across a paper which lists the I.Q. scores of each one of the girls. Nancy received the highest score and Sue Ann scored the lowest, this puts extra pressure on each one of them just prior to midterm exams.

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    Director:Jim Drake
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - Overachieving

    S1:E5

    Tootie's father comes for a visit and doesn't like the activities that Tootie is being exposed to. Believing that Mrs. Garrett is a bad influence, Mr. Ramsey decides to have Tootie transfer out of Eastland.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #5 - Emily Dickinson

    S1:E6

    Blair is so caught up with her latest boyfriend that she forgets about an English assignment in which she has to write a poem. So, at the last minute she plagiarizes a poem by Emily Dickinson and turns it in as her own. Things get worse when she's the only one who gets an A and Mr. Bradley enters her poem in a contest.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Dieting

    S1:E7

    Blair and Sue Ann kid each other about their weight and Sue Ann takes Blair's comments a little too seriously. However, when Blair sets Sue Ann up on a blind date which will involve going swimming, Sue Ann goes on a starvation diet leading to a collapse. Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrett also jumps on the dieting wagon, trying to fit in a size 12 dress.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #7 - The Facts of Love

    S1:E8

    Mrs. Garrett begins teaching a sex-education class at Eastland and her tactics are against the more prudish suggestions of Mr. Bradley. Meanwhile, Blair takes the ideas from class and expirements with her latest boyfriend, Steve.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #8 - Flash Flood

    S1:E9

    A flood hits Peekskill which prompts Blair and Tootie to race out to the stables to save some animals from being washed away. However the damn breaks and Blair and Tootie become in danger of being washed away.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #9 - Adoption

    S1:E10

    Mr. Bradley gives the girls an assignment having to do with their family trees. However, Natalie is reluctant to show hers in class do to the fact that the family that raised her is her adopted family. This prompts Blair to help Natalie find the name of her real mother by using her mother's clout to cut through some red tape and sealed records.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - Running

    S1:E11

    Mr. Bradley's need to have Eastland win prompts him to manipulate Sue Ann into competing in a running competition. Sue Ann had previously ran but this year decided not to, however, Mr. Bradley uses Cindy's better racing times to goad Sue Ann into competing.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - Molly's Holiday

    S1:E12

    Molly is down in the dumps due to her parents getting a divorce. So she gets some help from the girls who plan to reunite her parents. Things hit the fan, when her father arrives with a new girlfriend.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - Dope

    S1:E13

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

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    #13 - Growing Pains

    S3:E1

    When Blair, Natalie and Jo tease Tootie for being the youngest, she feels left out. This leads her to experiment with alcohol by downing an entire bottle of wine.

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    #14 - Fear Strikes Back

    S3:E2

    Natalie conjures up a fear of going outside after she is attacked while coming home from a party

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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    #15 - A Baby in the House

    S3:E3

    An ex-Eastlander, Alison makes a visit to Eastland to see old friends, Blair, Natalie and Tootie. Coming back brings back memories of when life was a lot simpler, since now she is married and has a baby daughter, Emily. When Alison leaves, however, she forgets to take along one important thing, Emily.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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    #16 - A Friend in Deed

    S3:E4

    Blair's mother is scheduled to have plastic surgery but calls it off to make a visit to Eastland to see her daughter. However, a mistaken phone call leads Blair to discover the truth, her mother may have breast cancer.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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    #17 - 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
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    #18 - Give and Take

    S3:E6

    Mrs. Garrett learns that the company that she worked for, for years has gone bankrupt thus canceling her pension fund. This prompts her to get a second job, one that pays more that the job at Eastland. She ultimately begins thinking of quitting her job as school dietician.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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    #19 - Sweet Sorrow

    S3:E7

    When her ex-fiancee, Eddie, arrives in town for a visit, Jo learns that she's growing apart from him when she finds herself attracted to the man who's playing her husband in a simulated marriage project for a class.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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    #20 - From Russia with Love

    S3:E8

    Natalie's planning a weekend of romance with her boyfriend, but when her Grandma Mona drops in unexpectedly, her romantic intentions are postponed.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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    #21 - Dear Me

    S3:E9

    The girls are all excited about a big camp-out due to the fact that it will give them a chance to be with their beaus. However, Tootie is anything but happy and tries to wriggle her way out of going, by writing love letters from an imaginary boyfriend, in order to avoid the boy Blair is trying to fix her up with.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Cousin Geri Returns

    S3:E10

    Blair's cousin, Geri, makes another visit to Peekskill and Blair sets her up with her teacher, but later Blair feels that Geri is headed for a romantic fall.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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    #23 - Legacy

    S3:E11

    Blair is thrilled that her name is going to be part of Eastland, since a large amount of money from her grandfather's estate is being donated for the building of a new library. However, while doing a story on him for the newspaper, Natalie uncovers a shocking truth, Blair's grandfather was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #24 - Green-Eyed Monster

    S3:E12

    Natalie wants the lead in the play, South Pacific, and she won't let anyone stand in her way of getting it. However, when Tootie is practically forced to audition and gets the lead, heaven help Tootie because Natalie is after revenge.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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    #25 - The Americanization of Miko

    S3:E13

    The new Japanese student, Miko, is excited about being the newest student at Eastland as well as being in America. However, her strict father doesn't think Eastland is a good influence especially since she snuck out to see a rock concert and borrowed Jo's bike causing $400 in damage.

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    Director:Asaad Kelada
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Like Mother, Like Daughter" is the worst rated episode of "The Facts of Life". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Jim Drake and written by Jerry Mayer, it aired on 8/31/1979. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Return of Mr. Garrett".