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's after-hours visit with a professor reputed to be a womanizer stirs up a storm of vicious rumors on campus.
  • Before the Fall
    E4
    Before the FallNatalie jumps at the chance to do an inside story on ROTC and then learns she'll also have to jump from a plane.
  • 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 MarrierTootie's boyfriend says he can't make it to town for the Winter Carnival so Tootie decides to go with someone else.
  • 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 FrownsAndy latches on to a ""big brother,"" who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.
  • 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 that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.
  • A House Divided
    E15
    A House DividedThe fat hits the fire when Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends meet, and Jo blows a gasket over the repair job on her bike.
  • 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 BeginningAs the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.

Cast of Season 9

  • Cloris LeachmanBeverly Ann Stickle
  • Lisa WhelchelBlair Warner
  • Kim FieldsTootie Ramsey
  • Mindy CohnNatalie Green
  • Nancy McKeonJoanne Jo Polniaczek
  • Mackenzie AstinAndy Moffett
  • Sherrié AustinPippa McKenna

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