The Facts of Life

Season 3 (24 Episodes)

9 Seasons1981TV-PG30m6.8

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.

A group of girls attending a boarding school experience the joys and the trials of adolescence under the guiding hand of housemother Edna Garrett, the Drummonds' maid on Diff'rent Strokes. Later in the series, she is promoted to school dietitian, and four of the girls move into new quarters above the cafeteria. She eventually leaves the school and opens her own business, with help from the girls.

Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 1 Growing Pains

1. Growing Pains

Aired: Oct 28, 1981

Blair brings home two bottles of fine European wine, and Tootie drinks some t...

Episode 2 Fear Strikes Back

2. Fear Strikes Back

Aired: Nov 4, 1981

Natalie withdraws from her life after an attempted sexual assault.

Episode 3 A Baby in the House

3. A Baby in the House

Aired: Nov 11, 1981

Blair's friend Allison disappears after visiting, leaving her baby in the gir...

Episode 4 A Friend in Deed

4. A Friend in Deed

Aired: Nov 18, 1981

Blair's mother arrives on a surprise visit and Blair is ecstatic until dire n...

Episode 5 Front Page

5. Front Page

Aired: Nov 25, 1981

In an article for the school newspaper Jo reports that her journalism teacher...

Episode 6 Give and Take

6. Give and Take

Aired: Dec 2, 1981

Mrs. Garrett must take a second job at the Howard Johnson's when she loses he...

Episode 7 Sweet Sorrow

7. Sweet Sorrow

Aired: Dec 9, 1981

Jo's boyfriend Eddie returns just as she is partnered with another boy, Bob, ...

Episode 9 Dear Me

9. Dear Me

Aired: Dec 23, 1981

Tootie wants to impress the older girls who are going on a camping trip with ...

Episode 10 Cousin Geri Returns

10. Cousin Geri Returns

Aired: Dec 30, 1981

Mr. Palmer, the French teacher, asks Geri out on a date. She seems to be havi...

Episode 11 Legacy

11. Legacy

Aired: Jan 6, 1982

Blair learns that her late grandfather, whom she idealized, was a supporter a...

Episode 12 Green-Eyed Monster

12. Green-Eyed Monster

Aired: Jan 13, 1982

When Tootie beats Natalie for the lead role in the school play, a rift grows ...

Episode 14 The Marriage Brokers

14. The Marriage Brokers

Aired: Jan 27, 1982

Blair goes on a double date with Mrs. Garrett and her longtime friend Ernest ...

Episode 15 Starstruck

15. Starstruck

Aired: Feb 3, 1982

For the thrill of her life, Tootie was invited to Jermaine Jackson's concert ...

Episode 16 The Four Musketeers

16. The Four Musketeers

Aired: Feb 10, 1982

The girls start to become annoyed by each other's little personality quirks. ...

Episode 17 The Affair

17. The Affair

Aired: Feb 17, 1982

Mrs. Garrett and the girls spend an afternoon in New York City, where they go...

Episode 18 Runaway

18. Runaway

Aired: Feb 24, 1982

Even though her parents refused to give her permission to go with Mrs. Garret...

Episode 19 New York, New York

19. New York, New York

Aired: Mar 3, 1982

Blair and Jo go to visit old friends in New York, where they find that things...

Episode 20 Kids Can Be Cruel

20. Kids Can Be Cruel

Aired: Mar 17, 1982

During the preparations for a box lunch charity auction, the girls are gazing...

Episode 22 The Academy

22. The Academy

Aired: Mar 31, 1982

The girls go to a school dance with boys from nearby Stone Military Academy.

Episode 23 Jo's Cousin

23. Jo's Cousin

Aired: Apr 14, 1982

Jo visits her relatives in New Jersey, where her tomboyish 14-year-old cousin...

Episode 24 Read No Evil

24. Read No Evil

Aired: May 5, 1982

When the school library institutes a censorship policy, Natalie is bounced fr...

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Info about The Facts of Life

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Family

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