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The Facts of Life : Season 6
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Air date: 26 Sep '84 - 26 episodesThe Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest running sitcom of the 1980s. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focuses on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York.
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List of Episodes (26)
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1. The Summer of '84
26 Sep '84Mrs. Garrett and the girls share their summer vacations: Natalie and Tootie at a Cape Cod resort, Mrs. Garrett and Jo on a musical fling in Atlantic City and Blair down on a farm in Iowa.
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2. Slices of Life
03 Oct '84Jo begins a pizza business with her mom's secret pizza recipe that has everyone's mouths watering, including a fraternity house that buys pizzas in bulk. However, the business begins running Jo and her workers, Natalie and Tootie ragged which leads Jo to make a business decision on how to make pizzas faster and cheaper.
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3. Love at First Byte
17 Oct '84With computer dating as the subject of her term paper, Natalie uses a computer dating service to find Blair and Jo ""perfect dates"" without their permission. Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrett targets Tootie as a bridge partner when her old one moves away.
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4. My Boyfriend's Back
24 Oct '84Tootie's first date with Jeff since he started college leaves her feeling she must sleep with him to keep him.
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5. Cruisin'
31 Oct '84On a dateless Saturday night, the girls cruise downtown Peekskill in hopes of finding Mr. Right. However, a string of bizarre events leads the girls to hideout in their car at a closed gas station.
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6. Taking a Chance on Love (1)
07 Nov '84Rumors spead about Jo's involvement with her professor and indeed, they just may be true when a romance develops between the two.
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7. Taking a Chance on Love (2)
07 Nov '84Jo and Sam's relationship grows more serious despite the fact that he has a young son from a previous marriage.
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8. E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett on Campus)
14 Nov '84Mrs. Garrett enrolls in a Shakespeare class, but worries that she might neglect her business and have trouble fitting in with the college crowd.
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9. Dear Apple
21 Nov '84
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10. Talk, Talk, Talk
28 Nov '84While working at the campus radio station, Jo finds herself needing to fill 5 hours of air time. Things start off on a bad note, when she can't find a key to the record cabinet, which leads, Natalie, Tootie, Blair and Mrs. Garrett to come to her rescue.
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11. Smile
05 Dec '84Natalie is nervous after an interview for a job she applied for with the town newspaper. However, after she learns she didn't get the job, her strange behavior threatens her relationship with her boyfriend.
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12. The Rich Aren't Different
12 Dec '84Jo borrows one of Blair's watches and later breaks it. Jo's lack of remorse is what sends Blair to some serious action, she hauls Jo into small claims court. Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrett is having a hard time studying for her algebra class.
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13. Christmas in the Big House
19 Dec '84For the Christmas season, Blair and some of her snobby friends plan on putting on a Christmas show at a home for boys. Her Christmas spirit quickly changes when she discovers that the home for boys is really a home for convicts.
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14. Me and Eleanor
02 Jan '85A no-win situation: Tootie asks Natalie for an honest opinion of her dreadful one-woman play about Eleanor Roosevelt.
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15. Working it Out
09 Jan '85Mrs. Garrett and the girls all become concerned about Blair's bizarre behavior, she's skipping class, dating nonstop and is out all night every night, all this just after a breakup with her first serious relationship, Cliff.
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16. Jazzbeau
16 Jan '85The death of a famous jazz singer brings back fond memories to Tootie and Natalie, who got to know him at a resort hotel where he worked as a waiter.
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17. Two Guys From Appleton
23 Jan '85Mrs. Garrett receives a visit from the high-school sweetheart she ran out on, and she's swept off her feet all over again.
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18. With a Little Help From My Friends
30 Jan '85
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19. Gone With the Wind (1)
13 Feb '85The girls have no plans for spring break until Natalie learns that her grandmother's condominium is available in Fort Lauderdale, where the boys are.
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20. Gone With the Wind (2)
20 Feb '85On spring break in Fort Lauderdale and to the surprise of everyone, especially herself, Blair falls in love with a mere building manager.
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21. Man in the Attic
27 Feb '85Kevin, forced to leave his apartment, moves into the attic of Edna's Edibles and makes a move on Jo.
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22. The Last Drive-In
13 Mar '85The local drive-in theatre is closing and the girls decide to pay it one last visit on the final night it's open. However, chaos reigns when people begin to loot the theatre and Blair gets into a cat fight.
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23. Sisters
20 Mar '85During an alumni weekend at Langley, Blair's mother and Jo's father bond which leads to Blair and Jo's fears of becoming sisters.
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24. It's Lonely at the Top
27 Mar '85With Mrs. Garrett out of town, Blair wants to be in charge of the shop so a reluctant Jo, Natalie and Tootie step aside and let her. Quickly Blair's handling of a competitor food shop goes awry.
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25. Bus Stop
08 May '85Mrs. Garrett and the girls are all excited about Natalie's graduation and buy her a bookcase with a brand new set of encyclopedias on the assumption she's going to college. To her friends surprise, Natalie has a very different plan for life after high school.
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