The Facts of Life

Season 9

TV-PG

A group of girls attending a boarding school experience the joys and the trials of adolescence under the guiding hand of housemother Edna Garrett, the Drummonds' maid on Diff'rent Strokes. Later in the series, she is promoted to school dietitian, and four of the girls move into new quarters above the cafeteria. She eventually leaves the school and opens her own business, with help from the girls.

Where to Watch Season 9

24 Episodes

Down and Out in Malibu (1)
E1
Down and Out in Malibu (1)Jo is jobless and apartmentless in Malibu, where Richard Moll just happens to need a house sitter.
Down and Out in Malibu (2)
E2
Down and Out in Malibu (2)Richard 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.
Rumor Has It
E3
Rumor Has ItBlair starts law school. She spends a lot of time with her law professor. While the two of them are in his office talking, his wife comes in and assumes that they're "together". So word gets around about Blair and her professor. She considers dropping out.
Before the Fall
E4
Before the FallNatalie's been given an assignment to do an article on the ROTC. Natalie gets close to a cadet. Later when they get a new drill sergeant, they learn that they're going sky diving which makes Natalie nervous. She has to decide if she wants to stick with it or drop out when the cadet she got close to will.
Sweet Charity
E5
Sweet CharityJo takes a job in social work at a community center that, she learns, has no funds to pay her salary.
Up from Down Under
E6
Up from Down UnderA new girl arrives at Eastland in the wee hours, claiming to be an Australian exchange student.
The More the Marrier
E7
The More the MarrierWith Tootie's boyfriend, Jeff, away she gets asked by another guy to go out on a date. At first, she doesn't want to because it might seem she's stepping out on Jeff. But Blair convinces her to. And on the night they're suppose to go out, Jeff shows up. And Natalie's boyfriend, Snake finally shows up.
A Rose by Any Other Age
E8
A Rose by Any Other AgeBlair is dumbfounded when an honor student she invited over ostensibly to study takes a shine to Beverly Ann instead of her.
Adventures in Baileysitting
E9
Adventures in BaileysittingBabysitter Blair leaves her sister with the others while she attends a tea, and returns to find they somehow misplaced her.
It's a Wonderful Christmas
E10
It's a Wonderful ChristmasEverybody has their own plans for Christmas and Beverly Ann feels unappreciated. During a visit with Santa, she tells him she wishes she'd never come to Peekskill. He shows her what it would have been like without her.
Golden Oldies
E11
Golden OldiesImagine the whole gang the same people the same place, 40 years from now.
A Thousand Frowns
E12
A Thousand FrownsJo takes Andy to the center to find a male role model. He meets Rick, but they worry that he is too irresponsible and a bad influence because he believes he'll die soon since no men in his family have made it to age 30.
Something in Common
E13
Something in CommonIt's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.
Peekskill Law
E14
Peekskill LawBlair interns at a law firm and learns that her law professor who resigned because it was assumed that they were having an affair, works there. He asks her to help her with the case, he's working on, which is defending a man who's accused of murder. She brings him and everybody acts nervous around him. Later Blair comes up with a strategy for the trial.
A House Divided
E15
A House DividedTootie and Natalie are excited about a dinner with Jeff and Snake, but the guys clash immediately and the evening ends early. While those two clash, Blair decides to help Jo go to court with a mechanic who didn't fix her bike properly.
The First Time
E16
The First TimeNatalie deals firsthand with facts of life as she overnights with her boyfriend Snake, and faces the reactions of her friends and Snake.
Let's Face the Music
E17
Let's Face the MusicA 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.
Less Than Perfect
E18
Less Than PerfectOne evening, a tired Blair falls asleep at the wheel and has a car accident landing her in the hospital with a gash in her for-head. This leads her to begin worrying about how her once ""perfect"" self will recover from this tragedy.
Till Marriage Do Us Part
E19
Till Marriage Do Us PartRick proposes to Jo in his own crazy way, and everyone anticipates a wedding everyone, that is, except Jo, who still hasn't accepted.
Present Imperfect
E20
Present ImperfectTootie 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.
On the Edge
E21
On the EdgeJo's job at the social services center gets a bit hairy when her supervisor, a suicide prevention counselor, threatens to leap off a building.
Big Apple Blues
E22
Big Apple BluesNatalie'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.""
The Beginning of the End
E23
The Beginning of the EndBlair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.
The Beginning of the Beginning
E24
The Beginning of the BeginningWhen Blair decides to make some changes to Eastland to save it, things don't get off to a good start. She also has to deal with a student who seems intent on getting kicked out so Blair tries to find out why.