The BEST episodes directed by John Bowab
#1 - Out of the Fire...
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 1
After returning from their summer vacation, the girls discover that Edna's Edibles has burned down. This leads the girls to discuss rebuilding and opening up a new business.
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#2 - The Ratings Game
The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 7
Blair's computerized date-rating system is the focus when she makes a bet with Jo dealing with whether or not the system really works. However, when Beverly Ann accidentally erases a disk, Jo tampers with some of the ratings.
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#3 - Christmas in the Big House
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 13
For 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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Living Single - Season 2 - Episode 22
Kyle is thrilled when he is asked to serve as escort to a beautiful princess who is doing business with his company, but finds that security precautions cramp his style. Overton enlists the help of Khadijah and ""secret weapon"" Synclaire to gain revenge on a pair of pool hustlers. Regine exposes Max's jealousy concerning Kyle and the princess by claiming that the two are pictured in the society pages. She cackles when Max tears through the paper. Max announces that she will ease Regine's boredom by taking her along to watch Max get a tattoo, but her bravado fades considerably when she sees the needles. Tag: Kyle says good night to Hellura's bodyguard after date.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Dating Buddies
Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 5
Russell and Grace think everyone's life is more exciting than theirs, so they decide to go on a date together. The refinery gets rid of everyone as employees, but hires them back as 'independent contractors', meaning a slight raise but no benefits. Grace makes plans to go out with the smarmy guy she met while out with Russell, but that's only his bar personality. He's actually well-read, nice, interested in kids, etc.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Matthew's Old Lady
Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 13
Matthew, Grace's first born that she gave up for adoption, is engaged to an older woman.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 7
Grace and Nadine get an invitation to their twentieth reunion and they recall a trip to see Earth, Wind and Fire and decide to repeat the event. They borrow the pharmacy's delivery van (which is full of drugs), as Grace goes speeding down the highway.
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#8 - With a Little Help From My Friends
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 18
Blair is concerned when she discovers her date is doing cocaine.
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#9 - Me and Eleanor
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 14
A no-win situation: Tootie asks Natalie for an honest opinion of her dreadful one-woman play about Eleanor Roosevelt.
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#11 - The Last Drive-In
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 22
The 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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Grace Under Fire - Season 3 - Episode 18
The new Afro-American neighbors are coming for dinner.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 8
Jimmy wants to turn his life around, so Grace gets him a job at the refinery.
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#14 - 3, 2, 1
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 10
Blair and Jo argue over stories and editorials that are to be presented as a news report which is also going to include a behind the scenes look at the girls' shop, Over Our Heads.
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#15 - It's Lonely at the Top
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 24
With 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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#16 - Talk, Talk, Talk
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 10
While 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.
#17 - Boy About the House
The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 19
Beverly is sick of seeing Andy shuttled from one foster home to another, so she offers to adopt him.
#18 - The Interview Show
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 26
A former Eastland girl, now an author, interviews the girls for her latest book she's writing. In the interviews the girls each open up about their friendships and school life.
#19 - E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett on Campus)
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 8
Mrs. Garrett enrolls in a Shakespeare class, but worries that she might neglect her business and have trouble fitting in with the college crowd.
#20 - Head Games
Grace Under Fire - Season 3 - Episode 21
Quentin creates the impression at school that he is seriously ill and Grandma Jean has a new beau with an amazing past.
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The Jamie Foxx Show - Season 3 - Episode 14
Jamie falls for a hotel guest in town searching for her biological father.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 12
Christmas brings surprise for Grace about Quentin.
#23 - A New Life
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 6
Needing advice on her love life, Blair asks her mother to visit, only to learn that mom needs advice even more than Blair does.
#24 - Younger Than Springtime
The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 21
Jo is unhappy that Blair is playing matchmaker for Jo's lonely father, but she's really upset with the final results.
#25 - Born Too Late
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 9
Tootie tutors seventh grader Andy for a role in "West Side Story," which turns him on to her more than to acting.
#26 - Grace Tests Out
Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 11
Grace has to choose between her job at the refinery or continuing her education.
#27 - Theo and the Kids (1)
The Cosby Show - Season 7 - Episode 25
Theo, who is majoring in pediatric psychology, begins an internship as a junior counselor at the community center; he soon suspects that one of the children there is dyslexic. First appearances of Merlin Santana as Stanley and Eugene Byrd as Eugene.
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#28 - Theo and the Kids (2)
The Cosby Show - Season 7 - Episode 26
Theo continues his attempts to help Stanley and the other children at the community center.
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#29 - Into the Frying Pan
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 2
The girls try to hire a contractor to rebuild Edna's Edibles into their new business. After interviewing a string, they hire George Burnett, who's inexpensive, but he soon proves to be easily sidetracked from his work.
#30 - Teacher, Teacher
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 4
Jo is offered a job at a major company which is tempting but this causes her to reevaluate her dream of becoming a teacher.
#31 - You Go, Girl
Grace Under Fire - Season 3 - Episode 25
Rick, who is under the influence, proposes to Grace who is inclined to accept until she learns of his new job site and Russell is invited to his detested ex-wife's wedding.
#32 - Doo-Wah
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 7
Andy enters the girls in a contest through a teen magazine that if they win, they could sing backup to El DeBarge. First, however, they must produce a demo tape of their singing talent.
#33 - Two Guys From Appleton
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 17
Mrs. Garrett receives a visit from the high-school sweetheart she ran out on, and she's swept off her feet all over again.
#34 - The Rich Aren't Different
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 12
Jo 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.
#35 - The Wedding Day
The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 8
Jo offers to marry an illegal alien in order to keep the man from being deported.
#36 - Raw Talent
Living Single - Season 2 - Episode 24
Synclaire is offered a role in a play about a group of strangers waiting for an ATM. The quirky director decides that the perfect ending for the play would be for Synclaire to scamper across the stage in the nude. Synclaire is unsure about showing her ""ta-ta's"" on stage, but Overton tells her that the decision is hers alone. Synclaire is prepared to back out of the play, but changes her mind when she sees a poster that refers to her as the star. Max refuses to believe that Khadijah is friends with Vinnie of the rap group Naughty By Nature, even after Regine confirms her story. (She says that Vinnie used to look up Regine's dress and made her eat flies when they were children.) Max mocks Khadijah when she can't get in touch with Vinnie, but is speechless when the group shows up on Khadijah's doorstep. Max hits on Treach, but finds that he is ""too freaky"" for her, and the group agrees to attend Synclaire's play (after learning there is nudity involved). Tag: Slow-motion replay of Synclai
#37 - Guess Who's Coming Forever?
Who's the Boss? - Season 1 - Episode 14
Mona has been evicted from her apartment and begins looking for a new home. She takes Tony's suggestion to convert the loft above Angela's garage into an apartment. Angela is not happy about the new arrangements.
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Living Single - Season 2 - Episode 6
In the hopes of spending more time with Synclaire, Overton enrolls in the art appreciation class she is taking at the night school. When the teacher marvels over one of Overton's first observations, he begins to hog the spotlight, leaving prize pupil Synclaire feeling crowded and unappreciated. She asks Overton to drop the class, but he refuses, as he feels he has uncovered a new talent. After Synclaire skips the class, Overton is overcome with guilt. Synclaire explains that she needs a place to call her own, as she is overshadowed at home and work. Overton agrees to drop the class, but decides to take an architecture course because he had enjoyed being back in school so much. Kyle places Khadijah on a strict budget to help solve her financial woes. Khadijah can't handle the prospect of buying generic foods and going without luxuries such as videos and microwave popcorn. Tag: Synclaire paints a portrait of her friends.
#39 - The Ghost and Mrs. Kelly
Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 6
Mysterious occurrences prompt Grace to suspect her new home is haunted. Also, Grace dates a minister.
#40 - Gone With the Wind (1)
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 19
The girls have no plans for spring break until Natalie learns that her grandmother's condominium is available in Fort Lauderdale, where the boys are.
#41 - Men for All Seasons
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 5
Natalie's boyfriend appears in a popular beefcake calendar of the Langley swim team, a calendar that is frowned upon by the college board of regents.
#42 - Ballroom Dance
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 12
Jo takes up ballroom dance lessons and becomes determined to do a good job at an upcoming recital despite chaotic lessons and a clutzy dance partner.
#43 - Fire Music
Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 10
On Grace's last night in New York, she meets a firefighter who moonlights as a jazz musician.
#44 - Atlantic City
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 19
The girls are in Atlantic City for a long weekend, where Blair gets gambling fever and Jo hopes to be reunited with Flyman, the rock star she met on spring break in Fort Lauderdale.
#45 - Post-Christmas Card
The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 14
As a post-Christmas gift, Natalie gets her first credit card, and promptly goes on a spending spree.
#46 - Concentration
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 18
On the day Blair is to accept an award, she encounters two burdens. First, she's stuck babysitting her baby brother and second she becomes trapped in an elevator, where she learns an important lesson from a concentration camp survivor.
#47 - Quentin Returns
Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 3
Quentin returns from spending the summer with Jimmy in Ohio. He upset that his father made him return to Grace's and believes it's because Jimmy was tired of being 'daddy'. Grace tries to get Jimmy to repair things by talking to Quentin, but Jimmy has decided to move back to be closer to the kids.
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#48 - Gone With the Wind (2)
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 20
On spring break in Fort Lauderdale and to the surprise of everyone, especially herself, Blair falls in love with a mere building manager.
#49 - The Reunion
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 17
George gets Blair to pose as his fiancee at his high school reunion in order to make an ex-classmate jealous that she never gave him the light of day. However, the unexpected prompts Jo to go in Blair's place.
#50 - Teenage Marriage (2)
The Facts of Life - Season 2 - Episode 8
Jo is unsure about Eddie's marriage proposal but finally decides to accept, despite the feelings of Mrs. Garrett, Blair, Natalie and Tootie.