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The Facts of Life Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1979 - 1980
Episode 1
Rough Housing
Fri, Aug 24, 197930 mins
Cindy decides not to attend the Harvest Ball when Blair intimates that because of her tomboyishness she might be a lesbian.
Episode 2
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Fri, Aug 31, 197930 mins
Blair fears she will get a reputation for being "easy" because her multiple-divorce' mother is caught flirting with another student's married father.
Episode 3
The Return of Mr. Garrett
Fri, Sep 7, 197930 mins
Mrs. Garrett considers her ex-husband's proposal of remarriage, but changes her mind when she discovers he is teaching the girls how to gamble.
Episode 4
I.Q.
Fri, Sep 14, 197930 mins
When Tootie stumbles upon elementary school IQ results ordered by their headmaster, the girls are stunned to find out that their scores don't necessarily match their current academic reputation.
Episode 5
Overachieving
Wed, Mar 12, 1980
Tootie's father visits the school and gets the impression that it is a bad influence on her.
Episode 6
Emily Dickinson
Fri, Mar 14, 1980
Blair plagiarizes an Emily Dickinson poem about beauty, but gets caught when the headmaster submits it into a competition, and it wins.
Episode 7
Dieting
Fri, Mar 21, 1980
Sue Ann goes on a crash diet after the pressure of everyone's body-consciousness, and Blairs intimating that a boy won't like her, makes her feel fat.
Episode 8
The Facts of Love
Fri, Apr 4, 198024 mins
To the chagrin of the headmaster, Mrs. Garrett holds a sex education class. Meanwhile Blair gets into a compromising situation with a boy and has to make a tough decision.
Episode 9
Flash Flood
Fri, Apr 11, 1980
During a serious flood Blair and Tootie get trapped in the school stables. The headmaster rescues them and Blair develops a case of hero worship which she mistakes for love.
Episode 10
Adoption
Fri, Apr 25, 1980
Blair noses into Natalie's business and arranges for her to talk to her birth mother by phone.
Episode 11
Running
Fri, May 2, 1980
The headmaster pits two of the girls against each other in a track competition, which causes conflicts.
Episode 12
Molly's Holiday
Wed, Jun 4, 198030 mins
Molly finds out her parents are getting divorced so she and the girls cook up a scheme to bring them back together.
Episode 13
Dope
Wed, Jun 11, 198024 mins
Blair gets Sue Ann into an exclusive group at the school. Blair reveals to Sue Ann what the group does--marijuana. They go to Sue Ann's initiation which requires for her to smoke. Tootie shows up to see what they do. Blair gets her out of there. And they then ask Blair and Sue to smoke but Blair refuses. Sue Ann reluctantly does and it affects her school work. Tootie buys what she saw in the room and shows it to Mrs. Garrett who tells her that they're drug paraphernalia.
