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The Facts of Life Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1981 - 1982
Episode 1
Growing Pains
Wed, Oct 28, 198130 mins
Blair brings home two bottles of fine European wine, and Tootie drinks some to show how "adult" she is.
Episode 2
Fear Strikes Back
Wed, Nov 4, 198130 mins
Natalie withdraws from her life after an attempted sexual assault.
Episode 3
A Baby in the House
Wed, Nov 11, 198130 mins
Blair's friend Allison disappears after visiting, leaving her baby in the girls' care.
Episode 4
A Friend in Deed
Wed, Nov 18, 198130 mins
Blair's mother arrives on a surprise visit and Blair is ecstatic until dire news is revealed about her mother's health.
Episode 5
Front Page
Wed, Nov 25, 198130 mins
In an article for the school newspaper Jo reports that her journalism teacher, Mr. Gideon, whom she thinks dislikes her, was arrested in a cocaine raid.
Episode 6
Give and Take
Wed, Dec 2, 198130 mins
Mrs. Garrett must take a second job at the Howard Johnson's when she loses her pension. This takes a toll on her mood and her Eastland work, so she must choose between the two.
Episode 7
Sweet Sorrow
Wed, Dec 9, 198130 mins
Jo's boyfriend Eddie returns just as she is partnered with another boy, Bob, in a marriage study group. Jo soon starts to take more of an interest in him beyond their studies, but this bothers her because of her loyalty to Eddie.
Episode 8
From Russia with Love
Wed, Dec 16, 198130 mins
Natalie's Grandma Mona, a Russian Jewish immigrant, comes to visit her.
Episode 9
Dear Me
Wed, Dec 23, 198130 mins
Tootie wants to impress the older girls who are going on a camping trip with some boys from Bates. She types a phony love letter from a camp counselor at the summer camp she attended.
Episode 10
Cousin Geri Returns
Wed, Dec 30, 198130 mins
Mr. Palmer, the French teacher, asks Geri out on a date. She seems to be having a good time, but Blair believes the man has an ulterior motive for taking her cousin out.
Episode 11
Legacy
Wed, Jan 6, 198230 mins
Blair learns that her late grandfather, whom she idealized, was a supporter and benefactor of the Ku Klux Klan.
Episode 12
Green-Eyed Monster
Wed, Jan 13, 198230 mins
When Tootie beats Natalie for the lead role in the school play, a rift grows between the two of them.
Episode 13
The Americanization of Miko
Wed, Jan 20, 198230 mins
A Japanese student's father objects to her daughter's adoption of Western cultural values.
Episode 14
The Marriage Brokers
Wed, Jan 27, 198230 mins
Blair goes on a double date with Mrs. Garrett and her longtime friend Ernest Melbourne, worrying that the two of them might get married.
Episode 15
Starstruck
Wed, Feb 3, 198230 mins
For the thrill of her life, Tootie was invited to Jermaine Jackson's concert due to her efforts of his fan club. However, Jo was preparing for a Scholarship Fair which falls on the same night of the concert. Mrs. Garrett, informed Tootie that she cannot go to the concert because, she made a prior commitment. In order to get her way, Tootie throws a full blown tantrum with tears in her eyes. At the concert, Tootie finally got to see her idol but sadly, she was left heartbroken in the dressing room.
Episode 16
The Four Musketeers
Wed, Feb 10, 198230 mins
The girls start to become annoyed by each other's little personality quirks. When Mrs. Garrett tells them they've paid off their damages to the school van, they decide to go their separate ways.
Episode 17
The Affair
Wed, Feb 17, 198230 mins
Mrs. Garrett and the girls spend an afternoon in New York City, where they go to Pagliacci's, a high-profile Italian restaurant. Natalie is devastated when she sees her father kissing another woman across the dining room.
Episode 18
Runaway
Wed, Feb 24, 198230 mins
Even though her parents refused to give her permission to go with Mrs. Garrett and the older girls, Tootie runs away to New York to meet up with them. There, she meets a teenage prostitute who tries to recruit her into her line of work.
Episode 19
New York, New York
Wed, Mar 3, 198230 mins
Blair and Jo go to visit old friends in New York, where they find that things have changed considerably.
Episode 20
Kids Can Be Cruel
Wed, Mar 17, 198230 mins
During the preparations for a box lunch charity auction, the girls are gazing over an Eastland/Bates "Slam Book", in which those writing the comments are identified by numbers instead of names. Mrs. Garrett is horrified by the cruel comments in there. When Blair reveals to one of the Bates boys that Natalie is number 10, Natalie gets her revenge by telling a Bates boy named Carl Price, whom the other boys tease because of his severe acne, which of the box lunches belongs to Blair.
Episode 21
Mind Your Own Business
Wed, Mar 24, 198230 mins
Natalie institutes nine rules of privacy after she learns that Blair looked in her diary.
Episode 22
The Academy
Wed, Mar 31, 198230 mins
The girls go to a school dance with boys from nearby Stone Military Academy.
Episode 23
Jo's Cousin
Wed, Apr 14, 198230 mins
Jo visits her relatives in New Jersey, where her tomboyish 14-year-old cousin Terry puts on a dress and makeup to impress a boy.
Episode 24
Read No Evil
Wed, May 5, 198230 mins
When the school library institutes a censorship policy, Natalie is bounced from the school paper for speaking out against it, and Mrs. Garrett is asked by Mr. Parker not to comment on the issue.