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The Facts of Life Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Rough Housing

First aired: Aug/24/1979
Director: Nick Havinga
Guest star: Gary Coleman (Arnold Jackson), Todd Bridges (Willis Jackson), Conrad Bain (Phillip Drummond), Dana Plato (Kimberly Drummond)

Blair and tomboyish Cindy are nominated for the title of Harvest Queen. Also, the Drummond's make a visit to Eastland to see about her imminent return to their home.



2 :01x02 - Like Mother, Like Daughter

First aired: Aug/31/1979
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Jim Drake
Guest star: Pam Huntington (Monica Warner), Donald May (Justin Branch)

Blair is upset when her mother comes for a visit and is more interested in dating men than spending time with her own daughter,



3 :01x03 - The Return of Mr. Garrett

First aired: Sep/07/1979
Writer: Martin Ragaway
Director: Jim Drake
Guest star: Robert Alda (Robert Garrett)

Mrs. Garrett is surprised by the sudden arrival of her ex-husband and even more by his proposal. But all falls apart when she learns he has been teaching Tootie how to play poker.



4 :01x04 - I.Q.

First aired: Sep/14/1979
Writer: Shelly Landau, Jane Gould
Director: Jim Drake

A list of I.Q. test results is shown to the girls by Tootie, creating unexpected results.



5 :01x05 - Overachieving

First aired: Mar/12/1980
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Lee Lochhead
Guest star: Robert Hooks (Mr. Ramsey)

Tootie's father is blaming Mrs. Garrett for holding her back when she decides she wants to open a beauty salon instead of being a lawyer, like he is.



6 :01x06 - Emily Dickinson

First aired: Mar/14/1980
Writer: Stan Dreben
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Duane Ladage (Jason)

Blair plagiarizes a poem from Emily Dickinson, in order to complete a school assignment, unaware that the headmaster has entered it in a national poetry contest.



7 :01x07 - Dieting

First aired: Mar/21/1980
Writer: Martin Ragaway
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Greg Bradford (Steve)

Sue Ann puts her health in danger when she goes on a crash diet in hopes of impressing a blind date.



8 :01x08 - The Facts of Love

First aired: Apr/04/1980
Writer: Jerry Mayer, Rowland Barber
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Greg Bradford (Steve)

Blair accepts a date with a delivery boy believing she can handle the situation after attending Mrs. Garrett's sex education class.



9 :01x09 - Flash Flood

First aired: Apr/11/1980
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Bern Bennett (TV Announcer), Vincent Bufano (Soldier)

Blair falls for Mr. Bradley after a flash flood puts the school and the lives of some of the girl's animals.



10 :01x10 - Adoption

First aired: Apr/25/1980
Writer: Migdia Varela
Director: Asaad Kelada

When Natalie discovers she is adopted, Blair offers to help her find her true birth parents, despite Mrs. Garrett's objection.



11 :01x11 - Running

First aired: May/02/1980
Writer: Warren S. Murray
Director: John Bowab

Mr. Bradley wants to win the state track championships so badly that he would sacrifice a close friendship when he places Sue Ann against Cindy.



12 :01x12 - Molly's Holiday

First aired: Jun/04/1980
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Guest star: Lee Crawford (Angela), William Bogert (Mr. Parker)

The girls plan a reconciliation for Molly's parents when they learn of their pending divorce. But all does not go well when her father arrives with a new girlfriend.



13 :01x13 - Dope

First aired: Jun/11/1980
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Helen Hunt (Emily), Hillary Horan (Tumpy)

Blair and Sue Ann enter a whole new world when they join an exclusive club on campus and discover their favorite past time is smoking pot.



14 :02x01 - The New Girl (1)

First aired: Nov/19/1980
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Reb Brown (ID Checker), Gary Coleman (Arnold Jackson), Peter Fox (Officer Barry Shuler)

Mrs. Garrett has been named the new nutritional expert for Eastland school. But she has more problems than food when a new street tough girl, Jo, is named roommates with Blair and the girls.



15 :02x02 - The New Girl (2)

First aired: Nov/26/1980
Writer: Jack Elinson
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Hugh Gillin (Howard), Bunny Summers (Matron), Molly Ringwald (Molly Parker), Rene Lampart (Boy), Amy Gibson (Margo), Suzanne Goddard-Smythe (Tough Girl (as Susie Goddard))

The girls get expelled from Eastland after a ridiculous bet between Jo and Blair lands them all in jail.



16 :02x03 - Double Standard

First aired: Dec/10/1980
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Grant Wilson (Harrison Andrews)

Blair is devastated when Jo is asked to a country club cotillion by a childhood friend, Harrison.



17 :02x04 - Who Am I?

First aired: Dec/17/1980
Writer: Margie Peters, Linda Marsh
Director: Lee Lochhead
Guest star: Tan Adams (Julia), Shawnte Northcutte (Madge), Eric Moses (Fred (as Erik Moses)), Tim Clark (Boy #1), Cheryl Epps (Terry), Gary Dubin (Boy #2), David Coburn (Carl)

Tootie is unsure of herself when her new boyfriend claims she hangs out with only white girls.



18 :02x05 - Cousin Geri

First aired: Dec/24/1980
Writer: Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Hugh Gillin (Howard)

Blair learns a lesson when her handicapped cousin, Geri, arrives at Eastland for the school's award banquet.



19 :02x06 - Shoplifting

First aired: Dec/31/1980
Writer: Sally Sussman Morina
Director: Lee Lochhead
Guest star: Hazel Shermet (Saleswoman), Dick O'Neill (Henry Douglas)

Mrs. Garrett is arrested for shoplifting after returning a birthday present that was given by Jo, Natalie and Tootie.



20 :02x07 - Teenage Marriage (1)

First aired: Jan/07/1981
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Bella Bruck (Woman Attendant), Clark Brandon (Eddie Brennan), Mark Savalle (Waiter), Brian Fuld (Bink)

The girls hope to persuade Jo, that a marriage to Eddie will be a huge mistake.



21 :02x08 - Teenage Marriage (2)

First aired: Jan/14/1981
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Hugh Gillin (Howard), Bill Dana (Hotel Manager), Clark Brandon (Eddie Brennan)

Mrs. Garrett hopes to delay Jo and Eddie's marriage plans until her mother can be contacted, but that idea is squashed when they decide to elope.



22 :02x09 - Gossip

First aired: Jan/21/1981
Writer: Paul L. Friedman, Gayle MacDonald
Director: Lee Lochhead
Guest star: Felice Schachter (Nancy Olson), Julie Anne Haddock (Cindy Webster), Kenneth Mars (Mr. Harris), Julie Piekarski (Sue Ann Weaver), Hugh Gillin (Howard)

Feeling a need to be one of the girls, Tootie spreads a rumor that she saw Mrs. Garrett drinking, which quickly spreads to being in a drunken state.



23 :02x10 - Breaking Point

First aired: Jan/28/1981
Writer: Margie Peters, Linda Marsh
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Denise Halma (Cynthia)

Although Blair puts winning the school's student council presidential race as the most important event in her life, she learns there are more dire needs when the winner has a personal breakdown.



24 :02x11 - Sex Symbol

First aired: Feb/04/1981
Writer: Sally Sussman Morina, Joel Kimmel, Ann Gibbs, Margie Peters, Linda Marsh
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Holly Gagnier (Helen), Julie Piekarski (Sue Ann Weaver), Julie Anne Haddock (Cindy Webster), Felice Schachter (Nancy Olson), Dan Spector (Neil)

Natalie gets a rash of phone calls for dates after her first date with a Bates Academy student.



25 :02x12 - The Secret

First aired: Feb/25/1981
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek)

Jo is afraid the girls will learn that her father is an ex-con if he attends an honors ceremony.



26 :02x13 - Bought and Sold

First aired: Mar/04/1981
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Todd Bridges (Willis Drummond), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Countess Calvet)

Blair uses Natalie as a model when she decides to become a sales representative for Countess Calvert's cosmetics.



27 :02x13 - Pretty Babies

First aired: Mar/11/1981
Writer: Joel Kimmel, Ann Gibbs
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Felice Schachter (Nancy Olson), John Mark Robinson (Jonathan Dutton), Michelle Downey (Rena)

A high profile fashion photographer is visiting Eastland in search for a fresh face for the 80's, and has set his sight on Tootie.



28 :02x14 - Free Spirit

First aired: Mar/18/1981
Writer: Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Tom Fitzsimmons (Alex Garrett)

Mrs. Garrett is upset to learn her free spirited, musician son is occupying Natalie's time while she should be studying for an important test.



29 :02x16 - Brian and Sylvia

First aired: Mar/25/1981
Writer: Jack Elinson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Rosanne Katon (Sylvia), Ron Sloan (Danny Robinson), Peter Barth (Stage Manager), Richard Dean Anderson (Brian), Anthony Holland (Ray), Ja'net DuBois (Ethel), Thos Peterson (Larry Baker)

Natalie and Tootie arrive in Buffalo for a visit with Tootie's aunt Sylvia and uncle Brian. Unexpectedly, the girls are caught in the middle of an argument.



30 :03x01 - Growing Pains

First aired: Oct/28/1981
Writer: Margie Peters, Linda Marsh
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Roger Perry (Mr. Parker)

Tootie gets herself drunk after the girls leave her out of their wine party they have planned while Mrs. Garrett is away.



31 :03x02 - Fear Strikes Back

First aired: Nov/04/1981
Writer: Deidre Fay, Stuart Wolpert
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Paige Conner (Lucy), Louis Welch (Instructor)

Natalie is afraid to leave the school after she is attacked while on her way home from a costume party.



32 :03x03 - A Baby in the House

First aired: Nov/11/1981
Writer: Deidre Fay, Stuart Wolpert, Jerry Winnick
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Kristin Nathanson (Baby Emily #2), Danielle Nathanson (Baby Emily #1), Heather Kerr (Alison)

Mrs. Garrett and the girls are left in charge of a former student's baby when she comes for a visit to Eastland and then disappears.



33 :03x04 - A Friend in Deed

First aired: Nov/18/1981
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Marj Dusay (Monica Warner)

Blair is shocked when she learns her mother went into a hospital for a breast biopsy, and not for a face lift as she had told her.



34 :03x05 - Front Page

First aired: Nov/25/1981
Writer: Mike Mayer, Larry Swimer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Steven Anderson (Professor Gideon), Loren Lester (Roy)

Jo's attempt to get back at her journalism teacher backfires when she writes about his arrest at a party where cocaine was present, but fails to get all the facts straight.



35 :03x06 - Give and Take

First aired: Dec/02/1981
Writer: Margie Peters, Linda Marsh
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Roger Perry (Mr. Parker)

Mrs. Garrett feels she is may need to leave Eastland after learning she is not earning enough money to survive on.



36 :03x07 - Sweet Sorrow

First aired: Dec/09/1981
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Shawn Stevens (Bob Perkins), Clark Brandon (Eddie Brennan)

Jo's boyfriend Eddie, appears unexpectedly when he fears that they are growing apart. Seeing her spending time with a boy from Bates Academy cements his expectations.



37 :03x08 - From Russia with Love

First aired: Dec/16/1981
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Molly Picon (Grandma Mona)

Natalie feels embarrassed when her old-fashioned grandmother pays her a visit for the weekend and treats her like a child.



38 :03x09 - Dear Me

First aired: Dec/23/1981
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Howard Liebling
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Philip Linton (Lenny), David Wallace (Paul), Todd Hollowell (Zack Peters)

Tootie makes up an imaginary boyfriend to fend off the other girls for teasing her about her reluctance to start dating a boy from the Bates Academy.



39 :03x10 - Cousin Geri Returns

First aired: Dec/30/1981
Writer: Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Lou Richards (Mr. Palmer), Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler)

Blair is upset when a young teacher asks her cousin Geri out for a date, fearing that she will get her heart broken.



40 :03x11 - Legacy

First aired: Jan/06/1982
Writer: Stuart Wolpert, Deidre Fay
Director: Judi Elterman
Guest star: Roger Perry (Mr. Parker), Loren Lester (Roy)

Blair learns a dark and troubling family secret just as the school is set to dedicate a library to her grandfather.



41 :03x12 - Green-Eyed Monster

First aired: Jan/13/1982
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Hazel Shermet (Miss Downes), Beverly Nero (Pianist), Heidi Helmer (Girl #1)

Natalie becomes jealous after losing out for the lead role in a school production of South Pacific to Tootie.



42 :03x13 - The Americanization of Miko

First aired: Jan/20/1982
Writer: Bill Shinkai, Stephen W. Spears
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Mako (Mr. Wakamatsu), Lauren Tom (Miko)

A new student from Japan shows a rebellious side when her strict "old-fashion" father announces that she should return to Tokyo.



43 :03x14 - The Marriage Brokers

First aired: Jan/27/1982
Writer: Mitch Markowitz
Director: Alejandro Rey
Guest star: Norman Alden (Ernest Melbourne), Pepe Crow (Renaldo), William Marquez (Carlos), Scott Strader (Barnett Thornwood III)

The girls try to prompt a man who Mrs. Garrett has known for fifteen years now to propose marriage.



44 :03x15 - Starstruck

First aired: Feb/03/1982
Writer: Martin Braverman, Stuart Wolpert, Deidre Fay
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Paris Robinson (Guard), Marcus Chong (Young Boy), Fitzhugh G. Houston (Fitz), Sal Landi (Sal), Cheryl Epps (Terry), Jere Fields (Georgia), Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Jermaine Jackson (Himself), Danielle Bateman (Girl #1), Sheila Monique (Fan #2), Mark Davitt (Mark), Pamela Springsteen (Sally), Rick Fitts (P.R. Man), Tamara Taylor (Teen Fan), Tonia G. Smith (Fan #1), Jill Tandy (Girl #2)

Mrs. Garrett is worried when Tootie becomes a fanatic over singer Jermaine Jackson.



45 :03x16 - The Four Musketeers

First aired: Feb/10/1982
Writer: Stuart Wolpert, Deidre Fay
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Susan Blackstone (Brenda)

Now that the girls probation period has ended, they have the option of going back to the dorms away from each other. With the way they have been arguing lately, Mrs. Garrett feels she already knows their decision.



46 :03x17 - The Affair

First aired: Feb/17/1982
Writer: Migdia Varela
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Peter Reckell (Alan Cooke), Norman Burton (Dr. Green), Benito Prezia (Luigi)

The girls and Mrs. Garrett catch Natalie's father eating dinner in a restaurant with his mistress.



47 :03x18 - Runaway

First aired: Feb/24/1982
Writer: Bernard Burnell Mack
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Lauren Tom (Miko), Linda Darlow (Waitress), Larry Gelman (Man), Belle Ellig (Woman), Darrell Fetty (Mike), Tammy Lauren (Kristie)

Tootie runs off to New York City to catch up with the girls and Mrs. Garrett, and catch the Broadway show. But when she heads into a diner to warm up, she meets a young prostitute who's pimp wants to recruit Tootie.



48 :03x19 - New York, New York

First aired: Mar/03/1982
Writer: Peter Noah
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Dana Kimmell (Dina Becker), Alexa Kenin (Jesse), David Bond (Checkers Player), Bunny Summers (Hildy), Jan Rabson (Waiter)

Blair and Jo realize how much Eastland has changed them when they both return to New York City for a weekend with their old friends.



49 :03x20 - Kids Can Be Cruel

First aired: Mar/17/1982
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Dan Frischman (Carl), Wendell Baker (Boy #1), Andrew J. Lederer (Boy #2), Marc Poppel (Tim), Scott McGinnis (Dink)

Natalie gets back at Blair for revealing she has a crush on the boy's school campus stud, by setting her up with the school nerd at a box lunch auction.



50 :03x21 - Mind Your Own Business

First aired: Mar/24/1982
Writer: Jerry Jacobius, Steven Gore
Director: Selig Frank

The girls find that living so cramped together can cause problems when Blair breaches Natalie's privacy by reading her diary.



51 :03x22 - The Academy

First aired: Mar/31/1982
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: John P. Navin, Jr. (Alfred Webster), David Raynr (Chip), Peter Frechette (George Knight), Jimmy Baio (Buzz Ryan), David Ackroyd (Major Dorsey), Ben Marley (Hank)

Jo sets her friend Buzz up with Blair when his military academy holds a big dance.



52 :03x23 - Jo's Cousin

First aired: Apr/14/1982
Writer: Margie Peters, Linda Marsh
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: D. W. Brown (Bud), Grant Cramer (Tony), Megan Follows (Terry Largo), John Mengatti (Paul Velentti), Donnelly Rhodes (Sal)

Jo is caught in some family drama when a trip to visit her uncle finds him upset that his tomboy daughter is suddenly interested in boys.



53 :03x24 - Read No Evil

First aired: May/05/1982
Writer: Deidre Fay, Stuart Wolpert
Director: Dolores Ferraro
Guest star: Beverly Dixon (Woman #1), Perren Page (Man #2), Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Susan Davis (Betty), Edward Penn (Man #1), Roger Perry (Mr. Parker)

Natalie loses her job as the school's newspaper editor after she writes and prints and article about book banning at Eastland.



58 :04x01 - Ain't Miss Beholden

First aired: Sep/29/1982
Writer: Stephen Neigher
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Cheryl Epps (Terry), Jill Tandy (Girl #1)

Jo would rather leave Eastland than accept a scholarship from the Warner Industries, a company owned by Blair's father.



59 :04x02 - The Source

First aired: Oct/06/1982
Writer: Peter Noah
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Lisa Lucas (Annie), Roger Perry (Mr. Parker), Cheryl Epps (Terry), Dawn Schroder (Jenny)

When Jo feels pressured to find a topic for the school newspaper, she invents a story about teen pregnancy which makes the school board insist she reveals her source. Although the story was fake, a student at Eastland apparently fits in with the facts.



60 :04x03 - The Sound of Silence

First aired: Oct/27/1982
Writer: Kimberly Hill
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Loren Lester (Roy)

Tootie makes Natalie swear to keep her secret when she discovers that she is having trouble with her hearing.



61 :04x04 - The Oldest Living Graduate

First aired: Nov/03/1982
Writer: John Markus
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Roger Perry (Mr. Parker), Amzie Strickland (Marie Thornwell)

An interview by Jo, with the school's oldest alumnus causes her to suddenly rescind her donation to Eastland.



62 :04x05 - Different Drummer

First aired: Nov/10/1982
Writer: Lou Messina, Dianne Messina
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Thomas Byrd (Leo), Loren Lester (Roy)

Blair in unsure how to act when she befriends a young man named Leo, who is revealed to be mildly retarded.



63 :04x06 - Dearest Mommie

First aired: Nov/17/1982
Writer: Deidre Fay, Stuart Wolpert
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Mitzi Hoag (Evie Green), Kimberly Craig (Girl #1), Susan Blackstone (Brenda)

An argument with her mother leads Natalie to search for her birth parents after the name is blurted out in the heat of the battle.



64 :04x07 - A Woman's Place

First aired: Nov/24/1982
Writer: David Chambers
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Dean Simone (Doug), Pierrino Mascarino (Garo)

Jo's hard work as a part time mechanic gets her promoted to the weekend service manager, but frustrates her boyfriend Doug, now that she is his superior.



65 :04x08 - Daddy's Girl

First aired: Dec/01/1982
Writer: Howard Meyers, Paul Haggis
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Nicolas Coster (David Warner), Kenneth Tigar (Mr. Garfield)

Blair is heartbroken when she learns that she has been used as a tax shelter by her father, after the IRS questions her tax form.



66 :04x09 - The Big Fight

First aired: Dec/08/1982
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Eddie Deezen (Grusky), David Raynr (Chip), Peter Frechette (Knight), Ben Marley (Hank), Crispin Glover (Cadet #1), Jimmy Baio (Buzz Ryan), David Ackroyd (Major Dorsey), John P. Navin, Jr. (Alfred), Bill Galligan ("Mongo" Morahn), Barbara Stock (Nurse Barton)

Alfred, a boy from the Bates Military Academy, joins the boxing team as a way to impress his father. But when he learns that his father won't be attending, he now wants to back out.



67 :04x10 - For the Asking

First aired: Dec/15/1982
Writer: Nick Gore, Jerry Jacobius
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Brian Robbins (Ben), Marc Jefferson (Boy #1)

The girls decide to skip a Sadie Hawkins Dance which delights Natalie, who planned on going until the boy she wanted to dance with begins ignoring her. But one by one the girls each get a date, leaving Natalie alone.



68 :04x11 - September Song

First aired: Dec/22/1982
Writer: Bob Peete
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Murray Matheson (Henry)

The girls become nursemaids when the man that Mrs. Garrett is engaged to suddenly hurts his back, and shows a side of himself that turns Mrs. Garrett off.



69 :04x12 - A Royal Pain

First aired: Jan/05/1983
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Patrick Horgan (Alphonso), Heather McAdam (Alexandra), Jimmy Baron (Greg)

Tootie becomes suspicious when a new girl arrives at Eastland claiming to be a princess, yet breaks the rules by having an uninvited boy over to the school.



70 :04x13 - Magnificent Obsession

First aired: Jan/12/1983
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Gary Hudson (Chad Broxton)

Blair's obsession with a new boyfriend named Chad, becomes unhealthy when she is in denial after he is seen with another woman.



71 :04x14 - Under Pressure

First aired: Jan/19/1983
Writer: Sandra Kay Siegel
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Johnny Haymer (Officer Franklin), Roger Perry (Mr. Parker)

The girls attempt at easing Mrs. Garrett's worries backfires when she finds out that Mr. Parker no longer needs her services for planning a party and her car is missing.



72 :04x15 - Teacher's Pet

First aired: Jan/26/1983
Writer: Deidre Fay, Stuart Wolpert
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Susan Blackstone (Brenda), Deborah Harmon (Gail), Edna Dix (Miss Barnett)

Jo has become close to a teacher at Eastland, Gail, and has inspired her to become a teacher herself. But things change when Gail informs Jo she is leaving Eastland, which she believes is for a higher paying job, unaware of the true reason.



73 :04x16 - Let's Party!

First aired: Feb/09/1983
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Kyle T. Heffner (George), Kevin Rodney Sullivan (Marshall Ramsey), Michael Harrington (Paul)

The girls are involved in an accident when Tootie's brother Marshall, invites them to a college party where he gets drunk.



74 :04x17 - Best Sister (1)

First aired: Feb/16/1983
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Eve Plumb (Meg Warner)

Blair's sister Meg arrives for an unexpected visit to Eastman and surprise her by announcing she wants to become a nun. When Jo comes back to school early from a weekend alone with her new boyfriend at Yale, she has a religious experience herself after hearing of the life for a nun and believes she too would like to follow that path.



75 :04x18 - Best Sister (2)

First aired: Feb/23/1983
Writer: Margie Peters, Linda Marsh
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Jon Caliri (Jason), Eve Plumb (Meg Warner)

Having been shocked by Jo's announcement to become a nun, Blair accuses her sister Meg of recruiting her friend. But the reason Blair is really upset is revealed when Jo shows off a violent streak while in an argument with her.



76 :04x19 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

First aired: Mar/09/1983
Writer: Deidre Fay, Stuart Wolpert
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Maurice Marsac (Louie), Cynthia Latham (Mme. Gerarde), Lilyan Chauvin (Marie), Roger Til (Chef Antoine)

Mrs. Garrett and the girls are left to cook a dinner for a group of French relatives of a chef who Mrs. Garrett had once studied under.



77 :04x20 - Who's on First?

First aired: Mar/30/1983
Writer: Kimberly Hill
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Jeff Rogers (Gil), Cheryl Epps (Terry), Dawn Schroder (Jenny)

Tootie feels left out and neglected when Natalie starts dating her first real boyfriend.



78 :04x21 - Help from Home

First aired: Apr/06/1983
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Ralph Manza (Mr. Balducci), Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek), Laura Summer (Emily), Heather McAdam (Alexandra), Rhoda Gemignani (Evelyn), Fritzi Burr (Mrs. Waldman)

Blair and Jo have been accepted to Langley College, but Jo fears she will never be able to afford the tuition. A visit back home unveils a surprise for Jo when they hear of her achievement.



79 :04x22 - Take My Finals, Please

First aired: Apr/27/1983
Writer: Stuart Wolpert, Deidre Fay
Director: Asaad Kelada

Finals week at Eastland causes many emotions as the girls are each distracted while undertaking an all-night study session.



80 :04x23 - Graduation (1)

First aired: May/04/1983
Writer: Kimberly Hill
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Pamela Cohn (Lisa), Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Laura Summer (Emily), Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek), Loren Lester (Roy), Heather McAdam (Alexandra), Alan Bardsley (Delivery Boy), Marj Dusay (Monica Warner)

Blair and Jo find themselves at each others throat while preparing for their graduation from Eastman. Meanwhile, Tootie and Natalie fear that their busy schedules won't leave them time to say farewell.



81 :04x24 - Graduation (2)

First aired: May/04/1983
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Laura Summer (Emily), Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Marj Dusay (Monica Warner), Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek), Loren Lester (Roy), Pamela Cohn (Lisa), Jill Mallorie (Bonnie)

Graduation day has finally arrived and it proves to be a hectic and nerve racking afternoon. Blair's mom is frantic when she discovers that her father will not attend the ceremonies, while Jo's mother is upset that Charlie is spending too much money.



82 :05x01 - Brave New World (1)

First aired: Sep/21/1983
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Joel Brooks (Raymond Garrett), David Tiefen (Guy), Harriet Ikenson (Female Card Player), Roger Perry (Mr. Parker), Richard Kantor (Male Card Player)

The new adjustments seem harder than expected when Jo and Blair begin college life and Mrs. Garrett receives Mr. Parker's new demands.



83 :05x02 - Brave New World (2)

First aired: Sep/21/1983
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Kres Mersky (Miss Aames), David Tiefen (Guy), Roger Perry (Mr. Parker)

Mrs. Garrett decides to leave Eastman when the opportunity arises where she could buy an Armenian deli and create her own business.



84 :05x03 - Gamma Gamma or Bust

First aired: Sep/28/1983
Writer: Andy Borowitz, Neil Rosen, George Tricker
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Jennifer Barlow (Alicia), Jami Gertz (Boots St. Clair)

Blair is so eager to join an exclusive sorority that she fires Mrs. Garrett for making a Mexican meal for a party she is hosting before learning that Blair must have Chinese food.



85 :05x04 - Just My Bill

First aired: Oct/12/1983
Writer: Lou Messina, Dianne Messina
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Rene Assa (Jacques), Peter Nelson (William Ogden Smith IV), Frank Aletter (Mr. Smith), Joan Freeman (Mrs. Smith)

Jo becomes angry when she learns an average guy she is dating is really the son of a wealthy family.



86 :05x05 - What Price Glory?

First aired: Oct/19/1983
Writer: Alan Spencer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Todd Hollowell (Jeff), Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler)

Tootie discovers her new boyfriend, Jeff, a star on the football team, is really an illiterate who has been getting some other students to write his papers for him.



87 :05x06 - The Halloween Show

First aired: Oct/26/1983
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Ian Wolfe (Mr. Bigley), Sean de Veritch (Hansel), Stefanie Ridel (Gretal), Loren Lester (Roy)

The girls are convinced that Mrs. Garrett has been possessed by the spirit of a man who was rumored to be killed in her store many years ago when they see her walking around at night, carrying a large knife.



88 :05x07 - Advance Placement

First aired: Nov/02/1983
Writer: Bob Myer, Bob Young
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Lee Arnone (Customer #1), Jennifer Barlow (Alicia), Kerry Michaels (Customer #2), David Tiefen (Guy), Roger Perry (Mr. Parker), Jami Gertz (Boots St. Clair)

Natalie lets a chance to enroll at Langley for a college course come between herself and friends when she gets a bloated ego.



89 :05x08 - I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

First aired: Nov/09/1983
Writer: Jim Geoghan
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Larry Poindexter (Ken), Philip Charles MacKenzie (Emcee), Reid Scott (Cowboy), Roger Menache (Fireman Freddie), Woody Brown (Cliff), Dan Peterson (Maitre d'), Hodari Sababu (Officer Bob)

Blair is shocked when she sees a character from her past while at a club of male exotic dancers for Mrs. Garrett's birthday.



90 :05x09 - Small but Dangerous

First aired: Nov/16/1983
Writer: Andy Borowitz
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Larry Wilmore (Officer Ziaukus), Bob Tzudiker (Customer)

Jo gets involved when a streetwise kid believes that the damage at Edna's Edibles shop was caused by a gang.



91 :05x10 - Store Games

First aired: Nov/30/1983
Writer: Andy Borowitz
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Nancy Lenehan (Customer), Larry Wilmore (Officer Ziaukes), William Windom (Pete Dawson)

Natalie hacks into a rivals computer and changes their recipes around in hopes of stopping Edna's Edibles recent trend of losing business.



92 :05x11 - The Second Time Around

First aired: Dec/14/1983
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek), Claire Malis (Rose Polniaczek)

A recent spark between Jo's parents gives her hope that they may soon reconcile. But that dream is dashed when he reveals his engagement to another woman.



93 :05x12 - The Christmas Show

First aired: Dec/21/1983
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Ian Wolfe (Mr. Lazzeroni), Bob Tzudiker (Customer)

Blair and Tootie run a phony raffle to get Jo a plane ticket to Miami to spend Christmas with her mother.



94 :05x13 - The Chain Letter

First aired: Dec/28/1983
Writer: Bob Young, Bob Myer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Peter Hobbs (Mr. Stevens)

A bad inspection from the Board of Health has Mrs. Garrett on edge. But when the girls pass over their work to answer a chain letter, Mrs. G feels that maybe she made a mistake in giving the girls so much responsibility.



95 :05x14 - Next Door

First aired: Jan/04/1984
Writer: Milt Rosen, Glenn Padnick
Director: Linda Day
Guest star: Taliesin Jaffe (Danny Slater), Cliff Norton (Mr. Hanson), Jean Smart (Ellen Slater)

Tootie fears a young boy neighbor who stays alone during the day, might be in trouble when there is a gas leak in the area.



96 :05x15 - Crossing the Line

First aired: Jan/11/1984
Writer: Andy Borowitz
Director: Mark W. Travis
Guest star: Peter Parros (Michael), Rob Stone (Harvey), Todd Hollowell (Jeff)

When Natalie decides not to continue dating a black guy, Tootie feels that it is due to his race.



97 :05x16 - All or Nothing

First aired: Jan/18/1984
Writer: Bob Young, Bob Myer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Jami Gertz (Boots St. Clair), John Randolph (Ward Beaumont), Erica Yohn (Loube), Shannon Holt (Ashley), Bruce Penhall (Steve), Fred Holliday (Hal), Tom Wilson (Moose), Joel Davison (Roger)

Jo gets into school politics when she is elected a board member at Langley, but feels disillusioned when a vote comes up to cut scholarships for a new scoreboard which they don't need.



98 :05x17 - A Death in the Family

First aired: Feb/01/1984
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Edith Fields (Mrs. Block), Danna Hansen (Mrs. Kravitz), Mitzi Hoag (Evie Green), Patricia Wilson (Woman), Walter Mathews (Golfer), John Shearin (Dr. Perkins), Molly Picon (Grandma Mona)

The girls are unsure how to deal with Natalie when her father dies unexpectedly and they attend his funeral.



99 :05x18 - Big Fish/Little Fish

First aired: Feb/08/1984
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Ellen Wheeler (Cathy), Dan Scott (Hal), Dori Keller (Skip)

Blair brushes off Jo's offer to help with her party when she learns that Jo is now more popular in school than she is.



100 :05x19 - Star at Langley

First aired: Feb/15/1984
Writer: Andy Borowitz
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Jami Gertz (Boots St. Clair), Woody Brown (Cliff), David Tiefen (Guy), Robyn Bernard (Heather Hunt), Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler)

Having pushed Cliff away just as he felt their relationship was getting serious, Blair finds herself competing with a visiting actress for his attention.



101 :05x20 - Dream Marriage

First aired: Feb/22/1984
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Woody Brown (Cliff), Paul Tompkins (Phillip)

Blair has a dream about her future when Cliff asks her to get married to him.



102 :05x21 - Mother and Daughter

First aired: Feb/29/1984
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Norman Cohen
Guest star: Chip Hurd (Pauline Ramsey)

Tootie's mother decides she wants a closer relationship with her daughter after a visit reveals that she doesn't know very much about what is going on in her life.



103 :05x22 - All by Herself

First aired: Mar/14/1984
Writer: Bob Myer, Bob Young
Director: Judi Elterman
Guest star: Kip King (Florist), Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Ernie Sabella (Husband), Susan Davis (Winifred Morris), Mary Burkin (Customer)

Geri fires Blair when she makes her an assistant in organizing a charity auction, but then goes behind her back to set up deals. But can Geri handle this big job all by herself?



104 :05x23 - Seems Like Old Times

First aired: Mar/21/1984
Writer: Margie Peters, Linda Marsh
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Paul Keith (Delivery Man), Clark Brandon (Eddie Brennan)

Eddie, Jo's ex-fiancee, returns for a visit to Peekskill after his hitch was finished in the Navy. But all are in for an even bigger surprise when Tootie discovers his hidden secret.



105 :05x24 - Joint Custody

First aired: May/02/1984
Writer: Bob Myer, Bob Young
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Joel Brooks (Raymond Garrett), Kim Darby (Doris Garrett)

Mrs. Garrett worries about the shop's future when her son, Raymond, and his wife stop by for a visit and reveal they are having marital problems.



106 :05x25 - The Way We Were (1)

First aired: May/09/1984
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada

Another year of school has passed and Summer vacation is on its way, as the girls reminisce about their past years together. But they may not all leave as friends when Jo and Blair are involved in a car accident.



107 :05x26 - The Way We Were (2)

First aired: May/09/1984
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada

More flashbacks continue as the girls reminisce about their past together. But the friendships may be tested when Blair and Jo argue over an accident and Tootie and Natalie have a feud of their own.



108 :06x01 - The Summer of '84

First aired: Sep/26/1984
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Seth Jaffe (Manager), Jeff Cohen (Seymour Slavick), Woody Brown (Cliff), Bruce Solomon (Bill Simpson), Richard Stahl (Drunk), John Astin (Vito Miles)

The girls gather back at Edna's Edibles where the explain what they did on their Summer vacations.



109 :06x02 - Slices of Life

First aired: Oct/03/1984
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Michael Zorek (Victor), Tony Longo (Hacksaw), Steve Schubert (Ronald), Bob Berger (The Pledge), Lisa Freeman (Sally)

Jo's new business idea of creating pizzas from her mother's special recipe is all a rage when sampled at a college frat party. But when the need to make the pizzas faster runs Natalie and Tootie ragged, they decide it is time to quit.



110 :06x03 - Love at First Byte

First aired: Oct/17/1984
Writer: Bob Myer, Bob Young
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Christopher Durham (Rex Winchester), Terence McGovern (Elliott Sincerro), Leif Green (Chip), Joseph Brutsman (Doug), Charles Champion (Dale)

Natalie uses Jo and Blair as her test subjects for a dating service paper she is writing, by finding them their "ideal" dates. Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrett enlists Tootie as her new bridge partner when her usual mate moves away from Peekskill.



111 :06x04 - My Boyfriend's Back

First aired: Oct/24/1984
Writer: Bob Myer, Bob Young
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Phyllis Ehrlich (Customer #3), Adrian Ricard (Customer #1), Todd Hollowell (Jeff), Mary Burkin (Customer #2), John Terlesky (Rich Thompson), Eileen Seeley (Ellen Carter)

Tootie is feeling pressure to sleep with her boyfriend Jeff, now that they are in college.



112 :06x05 - Cruisin'

First aired: Oct/31/1984
Writer: Paul Haggis
Director: John Bowab

The girls end up hiding out in their car at a closed gas station after a string of events from a night of cruising around for Mr. Right.



113 :06x06 - Taking a Chance on Love (1)

First aired: Nov/07/1984
Writer: Gail Honigberg
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Kelly Ann Conn (Penny), Kristoffer Tabori (Sam Hall), David Tiefen (Guy), Dean Cameron (Rick)

A rumor about Jo and her professor may become a truth when a spark is lit between the two.



114 :06x07 - Taking a Chance on Love (2)

First aired: Nov/07/1984
Writer: Gail Honigberg
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Matt Shakman (Robby Hall), Kerry Michaels (Customer), Kristoffer Tabori (Sam Hall), David Tiefen (Guy)

Jo discovers that Sam has a young son from a previous relationship, yet continues on with her budding romance.



115 :06x08 - E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett on Campus)

First aired: Nov/14/1984
Writer: Janis Hirsch
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Rick Simone (Student #1), Ed Karvoski (Romeo), Toby Alexander (Alan Peterson), Clive Revill (Professor Ryan), Roz Witt (Registrar), Claudia Templeton (Girl #1)

When Edna enrolls in a Shakespeare class at the college, she worries that things may disintegrate back at Edna's Edibles.



116 :06x09 - Dear Apple

First aired: Nov/21/1984
Writer: Paul Haggis
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: David Datz (Teacher), Tony Pope (Computer), David Wakefield (Guy #2), Ken Daly (Guy #1)

Jo dictates her love/hate relationship with Blair to a home computer.



117 :06x10 - Talk, Talk, Talk

First aired: Nov/28/1984
Writer: Bob Myer, Bob Young
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Peter Sebastian (Brad), Michael Zorek (Victor), Joanne Giudici (Stacey), Steve Susskind (Thaddaious), Colby Chester (Professor Dugan)

Mrs. Garrett and the girls come to Jo's aid when she has to fill in five hours at the campus radio station and has lost the key to the cabinet which holds the records.



118 :06x11 - Smile

First aired: Dec/05/1984
Writer: Margie Peters, Linda Marsh
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Kelly Ann Conn (Paula), Casey Siemaszko (Brian), Rob Fitzgerald (Buddy), Kelley Dunn (Alice)

Natalie starts acting in a bizarre behavior towards her boyfriend after missing out on a job at the local newspaper she has applied to.



119 :06x12 - The Rich Aren't Different

First aired: Dec/12/1984
Writer: J. P. Duffy
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Elliott Reid (Judge), Ruth Manning (Mae), Andrew Cassese (Craig), William Pierson (John), Albert Popwell (Bailiff), Greg Winfield (Process Server)

Blair takes Jo to small claims court after she breaks one of her watches, and has little remorse for her loss. Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrett is having trouble with her algebra class.



120 :06x13 - Christmas in the Big House

First aired: Dec/19/1984
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Bruce Glover (Convict #3), Todd Susman (Assistant Warden Yeager), Starr Andreeff (Melissa), Stanley Ralph Ross (Convict #1), Michael Milhoan (Convict #2), JoAnn Willette (Didi)

Mrs Garrett and the girls put on a Christmas show for the prisoners at a halfway house after Blair mistakenly believed the Nickleby House was an orphanage.



121 :06x14 - Me and Eleanor

First aired: Jan/02/1985
Writer: Paul Haggis
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Shane McCabe (Mr. Burgess), Kres Mersky (Mrs. Jenkings), Cathleen Cordell (Mrs. Pickering)

Natalie has written a one-act play about Eleanor Roosevelt and wants Tootie's opinion about the script. When her answer is less than enthusiastic, Natalie takes it personally.



122 :06x15 - Working it Out

First aired: Jan/09/1985
Writer: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters
Director: Asaad Kelada
Guest star: Matthew Beck (Chaz), Tom Eplin (George)

After Blair's breakup with Cliff, she begins to exhibit a bizarre behavior such as endless dating and skipping her classes.



123 :06x16 - Jazzbeau

First aired: Jan/16/1985
Writer: Rich Lombardo, Patrick Cleary
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Betty Bunch (Betty), Steven M. Gagnon (Ken), John Gowans (John), Jan Burrell (Jan), Timothy Stack (Carl), John Bernabei (Bernie), Pat Benson (Pat), Bill Henderson (Art Jackson)

Natalie and Tootie reminisce when a famous jazz musician they knew as a waiter in a resort hotel passes away.



124 :06x17 - Two Guys From Appleton

First aired: Jan/23/1985
Writer: Paul Haggis
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Eve Smith (Eve), Ryan MacDonald (Reverend), Ruth Gillette (Ruth), Ryan Cassidy (Kevin Metcalf), Dick O'Neill (Ted)

Mrs. Garrett is swept off her feet again by the man she had run out on as her high school sweetheart.



125 :06x18 - With a Little Help From My Friends

First aired: Jan/30/1985
Writer: Deidre Fay, Stuart Wolpert
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Thomas Byrd (Nick), John Ingle (Father Donovan), Ryan Cassidy (Kevin Metcalf)

Cocaine comes between Blaire and her date when she discovers he is a user.



126 :06x19 - Gone With the Wind (1)

First aired: Feb/13/1985
Writer: Kimberly Hill
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: David Wallace (Morgan Wilson), Jeff Robie (Peter), Ryan Cassidy (Kevin Metcalf), Rick Moser (Leon), Michael Damian (Flyman), Edith Diaz (Sal), Justin Williams (Mark), Dawn Schroder (Dawn), Mike Jolly (John), Robert Rusler (Neil), Mark Tymchyshyn (Ben Rutlege)

Natalie brings the girls to Fort Lauderdale for spring break when she discovers that her grandmother's condominium will be free for the week.



127 :06x20 - Gone With the Wind (2)

First aired: Feb/20/1985
Writer: Kimberly Hill
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Chip McAllister (Terry), Jeff Robie (Peter), Robert Rusler (Neil), Michael Damian (Flyman), Rick Moser (Leon), Edith Diaz (Sal), Mike Jolly (John), Mark Tymchyshyn (Ben Rutlege), Flo Di Re (Bobbie)

Blair falls in love with a lowly building manager while on spring break in Fort Lauderdale.



128 :06x21 - Man in the Attic

First aired: Feb/27/1985
Writer: Paul Haggis
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Ryan Cassidy (Kevin Metcalf), Elizabeth Hunter (Diane)

Edna's Edibles gets a guest when Kevin is forced out of his apartment and is allowed to stay in the shop's attic, and also falls in love with Jo.



129 :06x22 - The Last Drive-In

First aired: Mar/13/1985
Writer: Paul Haggis, Kimberly Hill, Stuart Wolpert
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Gary Quinn (Richard), Martin Garner (Mr. Lowell), Michael Milhoan (Police Officer), Richard Cerenzio (Tim), Lyla Oliver (Mrs. Miller), Cary Stratton (Ralph), Evan Arnold (Phillip), Moon Unit Zappa (Sondra), Patrick McCollum (Steve)

A wild night ensues when the girls attend the final night of a local drive-in theater, where Blair gets into a brawl and people start tearing up the movie house.



130 :06x23 - Sisters

First aired: Mar/20/1985
Writer: Bob Young, Bob Myer
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek), Marj Dusay (Monica Warner)

Blair and Jo are terrified when their mother and father seem to be hitting it off while visiting the girls at school.



131 :06x24 - It's Lonely at the Top

First aired: Mar/27/1985
Writer: Jerry Mayer
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Peter DeLuise (Fielding), Nicolas Coster (David Warner), Ryan Cassidy (Kevin Metcalf), Dean Hamilton (Garth), Marcie Barkin (Miss Burton), Bill Dana (Mr. Mancuso)

Blair takes on the competing neighborhood food store when she puts herself in charge while Mrs. Garrett is away.



132 :06x25 - Bus Stop

First aired: May/08/1985
Writer: Kimberly Hill
Director: Judi Elterman
Guest star: George Petrie (Walt), Joshua Davis (Lou), Mitzi Hoag (Evie Green), Kerry Noonan (Ann)

Natalie shocks everyone when she announces her post high school plans to her friends and family, who have gathered for her graduation.



133 :06x26 - The Interview Show

First aired: May/15/1985
Writer: Deidre Fay, Stuart Wolpert
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Mark Burke (Robert), Judith Cassmore (Beth McNeil), David Wakefield (Student #2), Ken Daly (Student #1)

The girls tell their stories of life at Eastland when a former student returns as an author, researching for her next book.



134 :07x01 - Out of the Fire...

First aired: Sep/14/1985
Writer: Paul Haggis
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Armin Shimerman (Mr. Smith), Robert DoQui (Jack Humphries)

The joy of Summer vacation is overshadowed when the girls return to find that Edna's Edibles has burned down in a fire. Mrs. Garrett and the girls discuss plans to open a new type of business.



135 :07x02 - Into the Frying Pan

First aired: Sep/21/1985
Writer: Stuart Wolpert, Deidre Fay
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Jerry Anderson (Jones), Stuart Fratkin (Delivery Boy), Richard Brestoff (Armand), Laura Esterman (Ms. Resnick), Dave Shelley (Zeke Higgins)

A handsome and cheap contractor, George Burnett, is hired to rebuild the new business, but has a habit of being sidetracked.



136 :07x03 - Grand Opening

First aired: Sep/28/1985
Writer: Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Paul Comi (Phillips), Ruth Gillette (Ruth), Thomas Hill (Clark), Patrick Cleary (Garage Sale Patron), Sarah Abrell (Customer), Lenora May (Lily), Greg Monaghan (Joe Kramer), Eve Smith (Eve), Douglas Warhit (Otto)

The new trendy shop named Over Our Heads makes its debut without the flow of business that they had expected.



137 :07x04 - Teacher, Teacher

First aired: Oct/05/1985
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Hakeem Abdul Samad (Ralph), Ian Giatti (Stanley), Penina Segall (Emily), John DeMita (Mr. Horn), Dinah Lacey (Jenny), Irene Tedrow (Grace), Joyce Bulifant (Margaret), Jason Bernard (Frank)

Jo's dream of becoming a teacher may be put on hold when she receives a great offer to work for a major corporation.



138 :07x05 - Men for All Seasons

First aired: Oct/19/1985
Writer: Fredi Towbin, Larry Strauss
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Yves Andre Martin (Denny), John D. LeMay (Bruce), Jane Kean (Mrs. Andrews), Sandra Evigan (Susie), Frances Megan (Jill)

The Langley College board of regents is upset when a 'beefcake' calender is released with revealing pictures of some campus students, including Natalie's boyfriend.



139 :07x06 - A New Life

First aired: Oct/26/1985
Writer: Linda Elstad
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Marj Dusay (Monica Warner), Peter Michael Goetz (Fred Burnett)

Blair need for advice takes a back seat when she invites her mother for a weekend visit and learns that she has problems of her own.



140 :07x07 - Doo-Wah

First aired: Nov/02/1985
Writer: Howard Bendetson, Bob Bendetson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: El DeBarge (Himself), Lee Wilson (Stacy), Ray Combs (Technician), Murphy Dunne (Barry Egan), Siedah Garrett (Rhonda)

The girls need to record a demo tape after they are entered in a contest to sing back up for El DeBarge.



141 :07x08 - Come Back to the Truck Stop, Natalie Green, Natalie Green

First aired: Nov/09/1985
Writer: Michael Maurer
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Randal Patrick (Bill), Gary Lee Davis (Homer), Connie Danese (Waitress), Charo (Herself)

Natalie writes a wild story involving the girls while sitting in a diner, waiting for the next bus.



142 :07x09 - Born Too Late

First aired: Nov/16/1985
Writer: Bob Brush
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Jerome Courshon (Customer), Elizabeth Kerr (Edna Fisher)

Andy develops a crush on Tootie when she helps him study for a part in a school version of "West Side Story."



143 :07x10 - 3, 2, 1

First aired: Nov/23/1985
Writer: Paul Haggis
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: William Collins (The Cameraman), Jeffrey Fox (The Director), Kerry Remsen (Stage Manager), Suzanne Snyder (Penny Caminiti), Phil Bedrow (Professor Jordan), Bo Anthony (Cam)

When the shop is schedules to be highlighted on a news report, Blair and Jo argue over how it should be presented.



144 :07x11 - We Get Letters

First aired: Nov/30/1985
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Casey King (Jim), Jane Anderson (Karen), Anne Jackson (Gwen)

Mrs. Garrett has an old friend, Gwen, visiting, but her real concern is to ask about a possible affair she is rumored to have had with Gwen's husband.



145 :07x12 - Ballroom Dance

First aired: Dec/07/1985
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Nat Bernstein (Mr. Nathan), Barbara Arms (Edie Hilkirk), Jean Sincere (Mrs. Solomon), Diane Racine (Mrs. Flynn), Alan Campbell (Chuck), Andre Tayir (Jack Hilkirk)

Jo is determined to learn how to do ballroom dancing. But she has a handicap when she is assigned a partner with "two-left feet."



146 :07x13 - Christmas Baby

First aired: Dec/14/1985
Writer: Bruce Ferber, David Lerner
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Francesca P. Roberts (Vera), Marj Dusay (Monica Warner), Patrik Baldauff (Doc), Bill Applebaum (Mitch), Noelle North (Bailey Warner)

Blair fears she will fail when she becomes a birthing coach for her mother when she goes into labor six weeks early, on Christmas Eve.



147 :07x14 - Tootie Drives

First aired: Dec/21/1985
Writer: Paul Haggis, Stuart Wolpert
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Jake Jundef (Derek), Richard McKenzie (Inspector), Laura Waterbury (Mrs. Crawley), Paul Nesbitt (Mr. Crawley)

Tootie's driving lessons may drive each of the girls crazy.



148 :07x15 - Stake-Out Blues

First aired: Jan/11/1986
Writer: Jake Weinberger, Mike Weinberger
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Arthur Malet (Max), Demetre Phillips (Detective Scott), Ann Nelson (Sarah), John C. Becher (Everett)

The girls allow a pair of cops to use the shop for a stakeout as long as they do not let Mrs. Garrett know what is going on.



149 :07x16 - The Agent

First aired: Jan/18/1986
Writer: Jack Elinson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Jeffrey Joseph (Eddie Davis), Tyler Linkin (Juggler), Jim McCawley (Himself)

An aspiring comic gets a career boost when Tootie and Blair set him up for a performance in front of a talent agent from ''The Tonight Show."



150 :07x17 - The Reunion

First aired: Feb/01/1986
Writer: Racelle Friedman
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Harry Basil (Howie), Elizabeth Keifer (Belinda), Grant Heslov (Jonathan Spencer), Mike Pniewski (Crusher)

Blair agrees to go as George's date for his high school reunion to make a former classmate jealous for ignoring him while they were students. But unforeseen circumstances finds Jo as a last minute replacement for Blair.



151 :07x18 - Concentration

First aired: Feb/08/1986
Writer: Martha Williamson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Nehemiah Persoff (Sam), Georgia Schmidt (Elderly Woman)

Blair learns an important lesson about life when she becomes trapped in an elevator with a concentration camp survivor on the day she is scheduled to receive an award.



152 :07x19 - Atlantic City

First aired: Feb/15/1986
Writer: Paul Haggis
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Aaron Seville (Colin), Michael Damian (Flyman), B.J. Turner (Dealer), Kim Morgan Greene (Morgan), Tom Dreesen (Mr. Julius), Cynthia Lea Clark (Lounge Singer), Gloria Rusch (Gloria), Ed Galloway (Ed)

Blair gets gambling fever when the girls take a trip to Atlantic City for the weekend, and Jo hopes to reunite with a musician she met in Fort Lauderdale.



153 :07x20 - The Lady Who Came to Dinner

First aired: Feb/22/1986
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Christopher Carroll (Stanley), Cristy Dawson (Francine), Betty Kean (Louise Le Beau)

A female singer is brought in to surprise Blair on her birthday. But it is the girls who are surprised when she sticks around after the performance as a replacement for Mrs. Garrett.



154 :07x21 - The Candidate

First aired: Mar/01/1986
Writer: Michael Maurer
Director: Valentine Mayer
Guest star: Michael Orion (Bob), Thom Sharp (Mayor Callahan), Barry Cutler (Reporter)

Natalie thinks about running for the mayoral job when she becomes disenchanted with the current candidate, who wants to waste money on an amusement park.



155 :07x22 - Big Time Charlie

First aired: Mar/29/1986
Writer: Bob Myer, Bob Young
Director: Steve Robman
Guest star: Gary Erwin (Delivery Man), Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek)

Jo's father looks to make up for lost time after winning a large sum of money in the publishers giveaway contest.



156 :07x23 - The Graduate

First aired: May/03/1986
Writer: Barry Vigon
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Brian Greene (Accordian Player), Charles Summers (President), Chip Hurd (Diane Ramsey), Noelle Harling (Leslie), Stephen Breithaupt (Waiter)

Tootie and Natalie announce their post graduation plans to the girls. Tootie plans on going on the road with a traveling acting troupe, while Natalie wants to move into her own apartment and become a serious writer.



157 :07x24 - The Apartment

First aired: May/10/1986
Writer: Jane Anderson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Lu Leonard (Estelle), Eugene Lebowitz (Lenny)

Natalie and Tootie move into their own apartment and soon find they have a lack of privacy and a bunch of cockroaches.



158 :08x01 - Out of Peekskill (1)

First aired: Sep/27/1986
Writer: Richard Gurman, Paul Haggis
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Beverly Leech (Blond Girl), Robert Mandan (Bruce), Ruth Gillette (Ruth), Eve Smith (Eve)

Mrs. Garrett falls in love with a man named Bruce, and is asked to run off to Africa with him. But doing so would mean leaving her girls behind.



159 :08x02 - Out of Peekskill (2)

First aired: Sep/27/1986
Writer: Paul Haggis, Richard Gurman
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Richard M. Newkirk (Camper), Eve Smith (Eve), Robert Mandan (Bruce), Ruth Gillette (Ruth), Marc Mantell (Paramedic #1), Charlie Dell (Minister)

Mrs. Garrett's air brained sister, Beverly Ann, has agreed to come to Peekskill and stay with the girls while she goes to Africa with Bruce.



160 :08x03 - Ready or Not

First aired: Oct/04/1986
Writer: Jane Anderson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Claude Brooks (Rudy), Lois Nettleton (Radio Voice)

Beverly Ann feels Tootie is taking it to fast with her boyfriend.



161 :08x04 - Another Room

First aired: Oct/11/1986
Writer: Michael Maurer, Martha Williamson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Kent Perkins (Virgil)

When Jo decides to move out, Beverly Ann suggests make a new apartment out of the attic. But when the cost seems too high for Jo, she makes other plans.



162 :08x05 - Off-Broadway Baby

First aired: Nov/01/1986
Writer: Martha Williamson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Tom Henschel (Stage Manager), Darrow Igus (Police Officer), Barbara Sharma (Elayne), Stacey Swain (Cinnamon)

Tootie gets a taste of reality when she decides to audition for a Broadway show when the girls head to New York City.



163 :08x06 - The Little Chill

First aired: Nov/08/1986
Writer: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran
Director: Valentine Mayer
Guest star: Julie Piekarski (Sue Ann Weaver), Julie Anne Haddock (Cindy Webster), Felice Schachter (Nancy Olson)

The girls of Eastland reunite as Blair, Tootie and Natalie create a reunion party. Among the returnees is Cindy, now a model, Nancy, who is engaged to marry and Sue Ann, who is a vice president of a company. But all is not cheery as it seems since each are keeping a secret of unhappiness. Also, Jo feels left out since she didn't know the girls as well as the others did.



164 :08x07 - The Ratings Game

First aired: Nov/15/1986
Writer: Ross Brown
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Larry Spinak (Don), Kevin Spirtas (Doug), Paul Feig (Ron), Bradley White (Bob)

Blair and Jo make a bet on whether the computerized dating program Blair runs is really successful. But an accident causes Beverly Ann to erase the computer disk as Jo takes advantage by fudging with the test results.



165 :08x08 - The Wedding Day

First aired: Nov/22/1986
Writer: Ross Brown, Michael Poryes
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Lewis Dauber (Floyd Barton), Jsu Garcia (Enrico Quinterez), Robert Phalen (Arnold Jensen)

When Jo befriends an illegal alien, she agrees to marry him in order to keep him from being deported.



166 :08x09 - Fast Food

First aired: Nov/29/1986
Writer: Michael Maurer
Director: Marion Deaton
Guest star: Meg Wyllie (Mrs. Webster), Alan Blumenfeld (Mr. Simmons), Blake Clark (Trucker), Orson Bean (Oliver Thompson)

Blair joins Natalie at working in a Mexican restaurant, but is quickly fired when she insults the owner with her snobbish attitude.



167 :08x10 - Where's Poppa?

First aired: Dec/06/1986
Writer: Micki Raton, Irma Kalish, Phil Doran, Douglas Arango
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Nicolas Coster (David Warner)

When Blair's father pleads guilty to insider trading of stocks, she locks herself inside her bedroom.



168 :08x11 - Write and Wrong

First aired: Dec/13/1986
Writer: Jane Anderson, Ross Brown
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Billie Bird (Polly), Dennis Drake (Jack)

Natalie is incensed when someone plagiarizes a short story she wrote and had it printed in a magazine.



169 :08x12 - Seven Little Indians

First aired: Jan/03/1987
Writer: John Boni
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Maurice LaMarche (Rod Sperling)

In a parody of The Twilight Zone, one by one, each member of the show is murdered until only Tootie remains, along with the killer.



170 :08x13 - The Greek Connection

First aired: Jan/10/1987
Writer: Sara V. Finney, Vida Spears
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Brenda James (Debbie), Lela Rochon (Diana), Signy Coleman (Amy), Kristin Cumming (Becky), Penelope Ann Miller (Kristen Morgan)

Natalie crashes a rush party for a sorority that Tootie is trying to join, when she is sent out to write an article the school newspaper.



171 :08x14 - Post-Christmas Card

First aired: Jan/17/1987
Writer: Matt Geller
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Charles Levin (Looney Lou)

A late Christmas gift for Natalie sends her on a spending spree when she receives a credit card.



172 :08x15 - A Star is Torn

First aired: Jan/31/1987
Writer: Martha Williamson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Sam Whipple (Stan), Stacey Swain (Cinnamon)

A girl returns from Tootie's past, Cinnamon, who once beat her out for a Broadway musical. She says she has been replaced, but it seems she is not telling the whole story.



173 :08x16 - A Winter's Tale

First aired: Feb/07/1987
Writer: Bob Underwood
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Mark Savalle (Hopper), Tom Hodges (Ernie), Doug Savant (Dwayne)

The girls cause a stir when they take a ski trip up in the mountains. While there, they meet a group of guys who are preparing a bachelor party. But after seeing Blair, the groom decides to call the wedding off.



174 :08x17 - Cupid's Revenge

First aired: Feb/14/1987
Writer: John Boni
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Woody Brown (Cliff), Loren Lester (Roy), Todd Hollowell (Jeff), Orson Bean (Oliver Thompson)

It's an odd feeling when all the girl's former boyfriends show up on Valentine's Day at the dame time.



175 :08x18 - 62 Pick-Up

First aired: Feb/21/1987
Writer: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Bobby Rydell (Himself), Fabian (Himself)

It's a blast from the past when 1960's music icons Bobby Rydell and Fabian pay a visit to the girls.



176 :08x19 - Boy About the House

First aired: Feb/28/1987
Writer: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Jean Sincere (Dorothy Newell), Jay Johnson (Ray Rollins)

Beverly Ann feels concern for Andy and the way he is shipped from home to home, and asks to adopt him as her own son.



177 :08x20 - Ex Marks the Spot

First aired: Mar/07/1987
Writer: Michael Poryes, Michael Maurer
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Orson Bean (Oliver Thompson), Lois Nettleton (Noreen Stickle), Dick Van Patten (Frank Stickle), Takayo Fischer (Nurse), Randy Brenner (Orderly), Jeffrey Alan Chandler (Doctor)

Beverly Ann's ex husband shows up with the hopes of reconciling with her.



178 :08x21 - Younger Than Springtime

First aired: Mar/21/1987
Writer: Lawrence H. Levy
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Linda Henning (Margaret Parks), Susan Walters (Cynthia Parks), Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek)

Jo wants Blair to stay out of her father's love life when she tries to find him a girlfriend with her computer dating program. But Jo becomes incensed when she meets his new companion.



179 :08x22 - This is Only a Test

First aired: Apr/18/1987
Writer: Ross Brown, Martha Williamson
Director: Valentine Mayer
Guest star: John O'Leary (Elmore Rusk)

Blair's hope of attending law school is threatened when she learns she can not buy her way in, but must pass a entrance test instead.



180 :08x23 - Rites of Passage (1)

First aired: May/02/1987
Writer: Matt Geller, Racelle Friedman
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Marj Dusay (Monica Warner), Sheldon Leonard (Josef Polniaczek), Claire Malis (Rose Polniaczek), Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek), Nicolas Coster (David Warner), Ben Piazza (Dean Howard Jones)

Jo refuses to make a commencement speech after it is rejected by the school staff members. But with her grandfather planning to come from Poland to attend the proceedings, she may have no choice.



181 :08x24 - Rites of Passage (2)

First aired: May/09/1987
Writer: Michael Poryes
Director: Marion Deaton
Guest star: Jonathan Perpich (Eric Sandler), Adam Carl (Jeremy Bennett)

Summer vacation has arrived and each of the girls is offered a new option, including Jo, who has been chosen to take a job in Los Angeles.



186 :09x01 - Down and Out in Malibu (1)

First aired: Sep/26/1987
Writer: Martha Williamson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Sandy Simpson (Paul), Johnny Dark (Sergeant Canfield), Richard Moll (Himself)

Jo is given a job house sitting for actor Richard Moll in Malibu, which is fortunate since she is unemployed and homeless at the moment.



187 :09x02 - Down and Out in Malibu (2)

First aired: Oct/03/1987
Writer: Ross Brown
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Greg Norberg (Sergeant Wells), Sandy Simpson (Paul), Clyde Kusatsu (Budget Bob), Rusty Coleman (Delivery Boy), Richard Moll (Himself), Nancy Everhard (Cindy Garver)

Richard Moll returns home to find that a running bathtub has flooded his place while in Jo's responsibility.



188 :09x03 - Rumor Has It

First aired: Oct/17/1987
Writer: Michael Poryes
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Frances Megan (Jane), Bonnie Campbell Britton (Rebecca), Evonne Kezios (Amanda), Franc Luz (Professor Katt), Charles Summers (Dean Stanton), Judson Allen (Scott Travis), David Arnott (Nick Drexler)

A professor with a reputation as a playboy causes rumors to be spread around school when Blair starts spending time with him.



189 :09x04 - Before the Fall

First aired: Oct/24/1987
Writer: R.J. Colleary
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Sarina C. Grant (Sgt. McNamara), Dennis Haysbert (Sgt. Evans), Renée Props (Jody), Patrick Cronin (Chris Morgan)

Natalie is assigned to do a feature story on the school's ROTC program, but she fears the job when it is discovered that she must make a parachute jump from an airplane.



190 :09x05 - Sweet Charity

First aired: Nov/07/1987
Writer: Phil Doran, Douglas Arango
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Elmarie Wendel (Jackie), Bumper Robinson (Todd), Paul Provenza (Casey Clark)

Jo enjoys her new job at the community center doing social work, but soon finds out there is no money left in the budget to pay her salary.



191 :09x06 - Up from Down Under

First aired: Nov/14/1987
Writer: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Troy Evans (Police Officer), Ken Lerner (Max), Michael Preston (Kevin McKenna)

A girl arrives from Australia named Pippa, who claims to be an new exchange student at Eastland.



192 :09x07 - The More the Marrier

First aired: Nov/21/1987
Writer: Lawrence H. Levy
Director: Valentine Mayer
Guest star: Todd Hollowell (Jeff), Don Gibb (Wendell), Paul Provenza (Casey Clark), Robert Romanus (Snake), Clarence Gilyard, Jr. (Matt), Claude Brooks (Rudy)

Tootie goes on a date with another man when her boyfriend says he can't make it to the winter carnival.



193 :09x08 - A Rose by Any Other Age

First aired: Nov/28/1987
Writer: Mark Tuttle, Barbara Berkowitz
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Jeff Allen (Larry Preston)

Blair is awestruck when the honor student she invites over for a study session, seems more interested in Beverly Ann.



194 :09x09 - Adventures in Baileysitting

First aired: Dec/05/1987
Writer: Jeri Barchilon De Souza
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Marj Dusay (Monica Warner), Ashleigh Sterling (Bailey), Evelyn Guerrero (Mrs. Martinzez), Sabrina Wiener (Little Girl)

Blair runs off for tea with a friend, leaving her baby sister with the gang, only to return to find out no one is sure where she is.



195 :09x10 - It's a Wonderful Christmas

First aired: Dec/12/1987
Writer: Marilyn Anderson, Renee Orin
Director: Valentine Mayer
Guest star: Chuck McCann (Santa Claus), Don Dolan (Police Officer)

Beverly Ann has a glimpse of what life would have been like if she had never come to Peekskill. Blair's finances, Tootie's engagement, Natalie's freedom , Pippa's self respect, Andy's home life and Jo's life are all affected.



196 :09x11 - Golden Oldies

First aired: Jan/02/1988
Writer: John Boni
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Bill Macy (Harold)

A look in the future, 40 years ahead to be exact, where the girls are older but still live together in the same place.



197 :09x12 - A Thousand Frowns

First aired: Jan/09/1988
Writer: Harvey Weitzman, David DiGregorio, Arnie Wess
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Scott Bryce (Rick Bonner), Paul Provenza (Casey Clark)

Andy's new big brother is hiding a secret, which maybe why his is living each day as if it was his last.



198 :09x13 - Something in Common

First aired: Jan/16/1988
Writer: Michael Poryes
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Scott Bryce (Rick Bonner), Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek)

Jo's father isn't to pleased when he hears that her new boyfriend has a job as a piano player at a restaurant.



199 :09x14 - Peekskill Law

First aired: Jan/23/1988
Writer: Mark Tuttle
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: James Staley (Barkley), Alan Autry (Clark Darrin), Tony Steedman (Judge), John Wesley (Crandall), Franc Luz (Richard Katt), Kathleen Connell (Secretary)

Blair becomes an intern at a law firm and is assigned a murder case. He appears to be guilty to everyone, except for Blair.



200 :09x15 - A House Divided

First aired: Jan/30/1988
Writer: Mark Tuttle
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: John Del Regno (Ralph), Robert Romanus (Snake), Todd Hollowell (Jeff)

Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends don't exactly see eye-to-eye when they meet for the first time. Meanwhile, Jo is furious over a repair job on her bike.



201 :09x16 - The First Time

First aired: Feb/06/1988
Writer: Ross Brown
Director: Marion Deaton
Guest star: Robert Romanus (Snake)

Natalie and Snake spend their first night together, and she fears the reaction both her friends will give and what Snake is feeling.



202 :09x17 - Let's Face the Music

First aired: Feb/13/1988
Writer: Phil Doran, Douglas Arango
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Hannah Cutrona (Meena), John Kassir (Andre), Warren Burton (Sergio Pavan), Peter Marc Jacobson (Mr. Wayne), Tuesday Knight (Amy)

A day at the spa does not turn out as expected when Jo and Blair get invited as guests of a musical sponsor.



203 :09x18 - Less Than Perfect

First aired: Feb/20/1988
Writer: Martha Williamson
Director: Valentine Mayer
Guest star: Ron Fassler (Dr. Nichols), Paul Provenza (Casey Clark), Catherine Paolone (Nurse)

Blair is worried how she will be perceived after her forehead receives a cut in an automobile accident, ruining her perfect appearance.



204 :09x19 - Till Marriage Do Us Part

First aired: Feb/27/1988
Writer: Ross Brown
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Robert Romanus (Snake), Scott Bryce (Rick Bonner), Todd Hollowell (Jeff), Twyla Littleton (Wanda), Paul Provenza (Casey Clark), John Ingle (Minister), Alex Rocco (Charlie Polniaczek)

Everyone is excited when Rick proposes to Jo, all that is except for Jo, who has yet to say yes or no.



205 :09x20 - Present Imperfect

First aired: Mar/05/1988
Writer: Kathy Lette
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Mike Finneran (Delivery Man), Nicky Katt (Mark), Gregory "Mars" Martin (Larry), Cindi Dietrich (Karen), Devon Odessa (Alexis), Beah Richards (Grandmother), Todd Hollowell (Jeff)

Jeff's grandmother gives Tootie a pendant as an engagement gift, which she feels is too ugly to wear. But when Andy and Pippa throw a wild party, the necklace is battered and causes Tootie to panic.



206 :09x21 - On the Edge

First aired: Mar/12/1988
Writer: R.J. Colleary
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Sonya Winton (Annie), John Harnagel (Police Officer), Suzanne Krull (Melissa), Alexandra Borrie (Sandy), Jane Dulo (Mrs. Beets), Sidney Chankin (Mr. White)

Jo's job at the social services center puts her into action when the supervisor for suicide prevention threatens to jump from the top of the building.



207 :09x22 - Big Apple Blues

First aired: Mar/19/1988
Writer: Martha Williamson
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Richard Grieco (Ben), David Spade (Scott), Michelle Little (Claire), Terrah Bennett Smith (Nina)

Natalie's new roommates are not as she had expected when she makes her move into a Soho apartment in New York City.



208 :09x23 - The Beginning of the End

First aired: Apr/30/1988
Writer: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: John Welsh (Mr. Morehead), Marissa Mendenhall (Sam Bellanger), Sam Behrens (Wes Mitchell), Sal Viscuso (Frank Payne), Mayim Bialik (Jennifer Cole), Jason Naylor (Beldon Glover), Seth Green (Adam Brinkerhoff), Kathleen Freeman (Noreen Grisbee), Patrick T. O'Brien (Mr. Copeland), Richard Mehana (Mr. Plimpton), Nicolas Coster (David Warner), Danny Dayton (Mr. Avery), Shirley Prestia (Miss O'Donnell), Juliette Lewis (Terry Rankin), Meredith Scott Lynn (Ashley Payne)

When Eastland threatens to close due to bankruptcy, Blair comes through and purchases the school in order to keep it open, but needs to interview for a new headmaster and round up students.



209 :09x24 - The Beginning of the Beginning

First aired: May/07/1988
Writer: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: LaRue Stanley (Waitress), Ross Jolly (The Guy), John Buchanan (Steve), Lawrence Lowe (Man in Chicken Suit), Seth Green (Adam Brinkerhoff), Meredith Scott Lynn (Ashley Payne), Scott Bryce (Rick Bonner), Juliette Lewis (Terry Rankin), Sam Behrens (Wes Mitchell), Mayim Bialik (Jennifer Cole), Marissa Mendenhall (Sara Bellanger), Jason Naylor (Beldon Glover), Kathleen Freeman (Noreen Grisbee)

Blair makes herself the new headmaster and works on her first task, convincing a young girl to stay in school.



The Facts of Life Reunion

First aired: Nov/18/2001