The Facts of Life

Season 5 (26 Episodes)

9 Seasons1983TV-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.

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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 3 Gamma Gamma or Bust

3. Gamma Gamma or Bust

Aired: Sep 28, 1983

Blair is nominated for a placement in the Gamma Gamma sorority at Langley.

Episode 4 Just My Bill

4. Just My Bill

Aired: Oct 12, 1983

When Jo finds out her new boyfriend is the son of distinguished and wealthy p...

Episode 5 What Price Glory?

5. What Price Glory?

Aired: Oct 19, 1983

Tootie discovers that her boyfriend Jeff, a school athlete, cannot read.

Episode 6 The Halloween Show

6. The Halloween Show

Aired: Oct 26, 1983

The girls fear Mrs. Garrett ground up a missing customer into her homemade br...

Episode 7 Advance Placement

7. Advance Placement

Aired: Nov 2, 1983

Natalie is allowed to take a course at Langley and gets so caught up in the s...

Episode 9 Small But Dangerous

9. Small But Dangerous

Aired: Nov 16, 1983

Kelly begs for a fresh start from Mrs. Garrett and the girls when her attempt...

Episode 10 Store Games

10. Store Games

Aired: Nov 30, 1983

Kelly informs Mrs. Garrett that Pete, the underhanded owner of Pete's Deli, i...

Episode 13 The Chain Letter

13. The Chain Letter

Aired: Dec 28, 1983

All four girls are fired from Edna's Edibles by Mrs. Garrett. They hope she'l...

Episode 14 Next Door

14. Next Door

Aired: Jan 4, 1984

Mrs. Garrett and the girls befriend a little boy whose single mother doesn't ...

Episode 15 Crossing the Line

15. Crossing the Line

Aired: Jan 11, 1984

Natalie and Tootie's relationship is strained when Tootie questions Natalie's...

Episode 16 All or Nothing

16. All or Nothing

Aired: Jan 18, 1984

Jo faces a harsh political reality when she's elected to the Langley College ...

Episode 18 Big Fish/Little Fish

18. Big Fish/Little Fish

Aired: Feb 8, 1984

Blair is confused as to why she isn't as popular at Langley as she was at Eas...

Episode 19 Star at Langley

19. Star at Langley

Aired: Feb 15, 1984

Blair encourages Cliff to have a more open and less demanding relationship wi...

Episode 20 Dream Marriage

20. Dream Marriage

Aired: Feb 22, 1984

Blair dreams of what her life might be like in the year 2000.

Episode 21 Mother and Daughter

21. Mother and Daughter

Aired: Feb 29, 1984

Tootie's mother is visiting her in Peekskill and feels compelled to confront ...

Episode 22 All by Herself

22. All by Herself

Aired: Mar 14, 1984

Blair's cousin Geri asks for her help with a charity function for disabled ch...

Episode 23 Seems Like Old Times

23. Seems Like Old Times

Aired: Mar 21, 1984

Eddie, Jo's old flame, returns to rekindle their romance, even though he's ma...

Episode 24 Joint Custody

24. Joint Custody

Aired: May 2, 1984

If Mrs. Garrett doesn't save her son's troubled marriage, Edna's Edibles migh...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Family

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