The Facts of Life

Tootie is tired of being treated like a little girl.

Natalie is attacked while returning from a party.

A former Eastland student, now a teenage wife and mother, stops by for a visit.

Blair inadvertently discovers her mother has a serious illness.

Jo's chance to write a hot news story leads her on a trail of revenge.

Mrs. Garrett faces serious financial troubles.

Jo's relationship with her boyfriend is in jeopardy when she falls for another guy.

Natalie's plans for a private weekend fall through when her grandmother arrives.

Tootie is apprehensive about going on a camping trip with boys from Bates Academy.

Blair is afraid her cousin is being set up for a disappointing romance.

Blair's decision to donate part of her inheritance to Eastland brings unexpected family news.

Natalie will do anything for the school-play lead.

Jo is caught in an international conflict when she meets a new Japanese student.

Blair is curious about Mrs. Garrett's new beau.

Tootie is obsessed with singer Jermaine Jackson.

The girls must decide if they want to continue living together.

Natalie is devastated when she sees her father with a strange woman.

Tootie decides to go to New York unchaperoned.

Trips home seem to make the Blair/Jo feud worse.

Natalie's revenge harms an innocent bystander.

Blair begins a war over the right to privacy.

Blair's cadet date is really a delinquent. The first of two failed attempts at a backdoor pilot for a series set at a boys academy.

Jo's 14-year-old cousin wants her overprotective father and brothers to recognize her femininity.

The issue of book banning arises at Eastland.