Norman Lear
Director
The Facts of Life (1979)
Season 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.
Released Aug. 24, 1979
Episode 29 min
11+
Keywords: tmdb.boarding-school, tmdb.wealthy, tmdb.sitcom, imdb.housemother, imdb.boarding-school, imdb.famous-opening-theme, imdb.friendship-between-girls + 36 more, imdb.tomboy, imdb.observational-comedy, imdb.teenager, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.laugh-track, imdb.school, imdb.1980s, imdb.four-word-title, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.store, imdb.dormitory, imdb.headmaster, imdb.new-york, imdb.peekskill-new-york, imdb.girls-school, imdb.girls-boarding-school, imdb.school-uniform, imdb.college, imdb.high-school, imdb.handyman, imdb.tolerance, imdb.rich-girl, imdb.problem-solving, imdb.friendship, imdb.bad-girl, imdb.sitcom, imdb.uniform, imdb.schoolgirl, awards.emmy-award-nominated, imdb.20th-century, imdb.1970s, imdb.primarily-female-cast, imdb.high-top-sneakers, imdb.woman-wears-sneakers, imdb.man-wears-sneakers
Watch Providers: Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Production Companies: TAT Communications Company, Embassy Television
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S8E1 - Out of Peekskill (1)
Mrs. Garrett must decided between her two loves, the girls or Bruce, a man she falls for and who asks her to go to Africa with him.
Sept. 27, 1986, midnight
S8E2 - Out of Peekskill (2)
Conclusion. When Mrs. Garrett goes to Africa with her new husband, her sister moves in with the girls. Blair: Lisa Whelchel. Andy: Mackenzie Astin. Jo: Nancy McKeon.
Sept. 27, 1986, midnight
S8E3 - Ready or Not
Beverly Ann is concerned that Tootie is getting much too serious about her new boyfriend.
Oct. 4, 1986, midnight
S8E4 - Another Room
Fed up with having no privacy, Jo considers moving out, until Beverly Ann suggests remodeling the attic into a room. However, the construction costs divided by the four girls cause Jo to make a sacrifice when she can't come up with her share.
Oct. 11, 1986, midnight
S8E5 - Off-Broadway Baby
Beverly Ann and the girls head for New York, when Tootie decides to audition for her first Broadway show. However, when she arrives, she quickly learns that she has plenty of competition working against her.
Nov. 1, 1986, midnight
S8E6 - The Little Chill
Blair, Tootie and Natalie organize a reunion with the girls from Eastland. This brings Nancy, Cindy and Sue Ann back to town each with successful lives. Cindy has become a model, Nancy is engaged and Sue Ann a vice president for a company. However, each also has a distinct downside to their success. Meanwhile, Jo feels left out of the reunion.
Nov. 8, 1986, midnight
S8E7 - The Ratings Game
Blair's computerized date-rating system is the focus when she makes a bet with Jo dealing with whether or not the system really works. However, when Beverly Ann accidentally erases a disk, Jo tampers with some of the ratings.
Nov. 15, 1986, midnight
S8E8 - The Wedding Day
Jo offers to marry an illegal alien in order to keep the man from being deported.
Nov. 22, 1986, midnight
S8E9 - Fast Food
Natalie gets Blair a job at a Mexican restaurant where Natalie works. However, Blair snobby attitude gets her fired when she inadvertently insults the boss.
Nov. 29, 1986, midnight
S8E10 - Where's Poppa?
A disconsolate Blair locks herself in the bedroom after her father pleads guilty to charges of insider trading.
Dec. 6, 1986, midnight
S8E11 - Write and Wrong
A furious Natalie is determined to identify and sue the plagiarist who sold her short story to a magazine.
Dec. 13, 1986, midnight
S8E12 - Seven Little Indians
In this fantasy episode, a cross between ""The Twilight Zone"" and a horror film, the crew finds themselves being murdered, one by one, until only Tootie is left to confront the killer. The episode is narrated by a Rod Serling lookalike.
Jan. 3, 1987, midnight
S8E13 - The Greek Connection
Assigned by the paper to get the inside dirt on Pledge Week at Langley, Natalie crashes the rush party of the sorority Tootie wants to join.
Jan. 10, 1987, midnight
S8E14 - Post-Christmas Card
As a post-Christmas gift, Natalie gets her first credit card, and promptly goes on a spending spree.
Jan. 17, 1987, midnight
S8E15 - A Star is Torn
Cinnamon, who bested Tootie in the audition for a Broadway rock musical, shows up claiming she's been replaced but that's not the real story.
Jan. 31, 1987, midnight
S8E16 - A Winter's Tale
The girls are snowed in at a ski cabin with three guys preparing a bachelor party, but the groom is ready to call off the wedding when he gets a look at Blair.
Feb. 7, 1987, midnight
S8E17 - Cupid's Revenge
Cupid can be perverse: all the girls old boyfriends happen to show up just before the Valentine's Day dance.
Feb. 14, 1987, midnight
S8E18 - 62 Pick-Up
Fabian and Bobby Rydell visit the girls, and together they recall the look and sound of the 1960s.
Feb. 21, 1987, midnight
S8E19 - Boy About the House
Beverly is sick of seeing Andy shuttled from one foster home to another, so she offers to adopt him.
Feb. 28, 1987, midnight
S8E20 - Ex Marks the Spot
Beverly Ann's ex shows up unexpectedly, hoping for a reconciliation.
March 7, 1987, midnight
S8E21 - Younger Than Springtime
Jo is unhappy that Blair is playing matchmaker for Jo's lonely father, but she's really upset with the final results.
March 21, 1987, midnight
S8E22 - This is Only a Test
Blair discovers that even she can't buy admission to law school if she doesn't pass a four-hour test she hasn't studied for.
April 18, 1987, midnight
S8E23 - Rites of Passage (1)
After her commencement speech is rejected, Jo refuses to make a speech at all, but then learns that her grandfather has come all the way from Poland to hear it.
May 2, 1987, midnight
S8E24 - Rites of Passage (2)
Summer offers a variety of options for everyone, especially Jo, who's offered a tempting job in Los Angeles.
May 9, 1987, midnight
NBC
29 min/ep
5829 min
Aug. 24, 1979
May 7, 1988, midnight
Ended
TV-PG
11+
Action
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists