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The Facts of Life

Season 9

1987 · 24 episodes

Episodes

  1. 1Down and Out in Malibu (1)26 Sept 1987Jo is jobless and apartmentless in Malibu, where Richard Moll just happens to need a house sitter.
  2. 2Down and Out in Malibu (2)3 Oct 1987Richard Moll returns to the home he left in Jo's care to find it's been flooded: someone left the water running in the hot tub.
  3. 3Rumor Has It17 Oct 1987Blair's after-hours visit with a professor reputed to be a womanizer stirs up a storm of vicious rumors on campus.
  4. 4Before the Fall24 Oct 1987Natalie jumps at the chance to do an inside story on ROTC and then learns she'll also have to jump from a plane.
  5. 5Sweet Charity7 Nov 1987Jo takes a job in social work at a community center that, she learns, has no funds to pay her salary.
  6. 6Up from Down Under14 Nov 1987A new girl arrives at Eastland in the wee hours, claiming to be an Australian exchange student.
  7. 7The More the Marrier21 Nov 1987Tootie's boyfriend says he can't make it to town for the Winter Carnival so Tootie decides to go with someone else.
  8. 8A Rose by Any Other Age28 Nov 1987Blair is dumbfounded when an honor student she invited over ostensibly to study takes a shine to Beverly Ann instead of her.
  9. 9Adventures in Baileysitting5 Dec 1987Babysitter Blair leaves her sister with the others while she attends a tea, and returns to find they somehow misplaced her.
  10. 10It's a Wonderful Christmas12 Dec 1987It's holiday time, and Beverly Ann feels unneeded, until a mysterious Santa shows her what Christmas in Peekskill would be like without her.
  11. 11Golden Oldies2 Jan 1988Imagine the whole gang the same people the same place, 40 years from now.
  12. 12A Thousand Frowns9 Jan 1988Andy latches on to a "big brother," who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.
  13. 13Something in Common16 Jan 1988It's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.
  14. 14Peekskill Law23 Jan 1988Blair interns at a law firm that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.
  15. 15A House Divided30 Jan 1988The fat hits the fire when Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends meet, and Jo blows a gasket over the repair job on her bike.
  16. 16The First Time6 Feb 1988Natalie deals firsthand with facts of life as she overnights with her boyfriend Snake, and faces the reactions of her friends and Snake.
  17. 17Let's Face the Music13 Feb 1988 · 30mA sponsor of a musical benefit invites Jo and Blair to visit his beauty spa, where they are transformed but not in the way they expected.
  18. 18Less Than Perfect20 Feb 1988 · 30mOne evening, a tired Blair falls asleep at the wheel and has a car accident landing her in the hospital with a gash on her forehead. This leads her to begin worrying about how her once "perfect" self will recover from this tragedy.
  19. 19Till Marriage Do Us Part27 Feb 1988Rick proposes to Jo in his own crazy way, and everyone anticipates a wedding. Everyone, that is, except Jo – who still hasn't accepted.
  20. 20Present Imperfect5 Mar 1988Tootie recieves a hideous pendant as an engagement present from Jeff's formidable grandmother, and it's pulverized at Andy and Pippa's wild party just before the woman arrives.
  21. 21On the Edge12 Mar 1988Jo's job at the social services center gets a bit hairy when her supervisor, a suicide prevention counselor, threatens to leap off a building.
  22. 22Big Apple Blues19 Mar 1988Natalie's first bite of the Big Apple is hard to digest: she overnights in a Soho loft with "the four weirdest people I've ever met."
  23. 23The Beginning of the End30 Apr 1988Blair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.
  24. 24The Beginning of the Beginning7 May 1988As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.