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The Facts of Life

Season 2

16 listed hours · 1979–1988 · NBC

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How this season is filed

Filed by Max Sterling · Streaming Confidential

Teen/young-adult multi-cam that actually let girls lead for years — chemistry over cool. Mrs. Garrett's Eastland wing, Blair Warner privilege, Jo, Natalie, Tootie, and very special episodes as a feature not a bug. A Diff'rent Strokes spin-off that became young-womanhood appointment TV. You take the good, you take the bad — still accurate.

TV Flash files Season 2 of The Facts of Life (1979–1988) on NBC as a mid listed season (2; 2 of 9) — 16 listed hours, 1980-11-19–1981-03-25 from “The New Girl (Part 1)” (S02E01) to “Brian and Sylvia” (S02E16). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S02E01 The New Girl (Part 1)

    The New Girl (Part 1) is the Blair-Jo-Natalie-Tootie reset: the hour the young-womanhood sitcom actually finds its enrollment.

  1. S02E01

    The New Girl (Part 1)

    Mrs. Garrett assigns a streetwise student to be Blair's roommate.

  2. S02E02

    The New Girl (Part 2)

    Mrs. Garrett's plan gets the girls expelled.

  3. S02E03

    Double Standard

    Jo attends a country club cotillion with Blair's suave childhood friend.

  4. S02E04

    Who Am I?

    Tootie's new boyfriend questions the real motives of her white friends.

  5. S02E05

    Cousin Geri

    A visit by Blair's handicapped cousin brings back a lifelong conflict.

  6. S02E06

    Shoplifting

    Jo "picks up" an expensive gift for Mrs. Garrett's birthday.

  7. S02E07

    Teenage Marriage (Part 1)

    Jo's old boyfriend proposes marriage.

  8. S02E08

    Teenage Marriage (Part 2)

    Mrs. Garrett and the girls try to delay Jo's marriage.

  9. S02E09

    Gossip

    Tootie's gossiping jeopardizes Mrs. Garrett's job.

  10. S02E10

    Breaking Point

    Blair learns her opponent in the student council race is suffering through a crisis.

  11. S02E11

    Sex Symbol

    Natalie's first date has unexpected consequences.

  12. S02E12

    The Secret

    Jo fears her classmates will find out about her father's disreputable past.

  13. S02E13

    Pretty Babies

    A top fashion photographer arrives on campus to search for the new face of the '80s.

  14. S02E14

    Bought and Sold

    Cosmetics saleswoman Blair gives Tootie a new look.

  15. S02E15

    Free Spirit

    Mrs. Garrett's son pays a visit to Eastland and captures Natalie's attention.

  16. S02E16

    Brian and Sylvia

    Tootie and Natalie visit Tootie's aunt in Buffalo, N.Y., and end up in the middle of a marital flare-up. (A failed backdoor pilot for a spinoff series centered on Tootie's aunt and uncle.)

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