The BEST episodes of The Facts of Life season 8

#1 - Rites of Passage (1)

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/2/1987

After her commencement speech is rejected, Jo refuses to make a speech at all, but then learns that her grandfather has come all the way from Poland to hear it.

#2 - 62 Pick-Up

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1987

Fabian and Bobby Rydell visit the girls, and together they recall the look and sound of the 1960s.

#3 - Post-Christmas Card

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1987

As a post-Christmas gift, Natalie gets her first credit card, and promptly goes on a spending spree.

#4 - The Ratings Game

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1986

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.

#5 - Seven Little Indians

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1987

In this fantasy episode, a cross between "The Twilight Zone" and a horror film, the crew finds themselves being murdered, one by one, until only Tootie is left to confront the killer. The episode is narrated by a Rod Serling lookalike.

#6 - Boy About the House

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1987

Beverly is sick of seeing Andy shuttled from one foster home to another, so she offers to adopt him.

#7 - Cupid's Revenge

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1987

Cupid can be perverse: all the girls old boyfriends happen to show up just before the Valentine's Day dance.

#8 - Out of Peekskill (1)

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1986

Mrs. Garrett must decided between her two loves, the girls or Bruce, a man she falls for and who asks her to go to Africa with him.

#9 - A Star is Torn

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1987

Cinnamon, who bested Tootie in the audition for a Broadway rock musical, shows up claiming she's been replaced but that's not the real story.

#10 - A Winter's Tale

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1987

The girls are snowed in at a ski cabin with three guys preparing a bachelor party, but the groom is ready to call off the wedding when he gets a look at Blair.

#11 - This is Only a Test

Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/18/1987

Blair discovers that even she can't buy admission to law school if she doesn't pass a four-hour test she hasn't studied for.

#12 - Rites of Passage (2)

Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/9/1987

Summer offers a variety of options for everyone, especially Jo, who's offered a tempting job in Los Angeles.

#13 - The Wedding Day

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1986

Jo offers to marry an illegal alien in order to keep the man from being deported.

#14 - Another Room

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1986

Fed up with having no privacy, Jo considers moving out, until Beverly Ann suggests remodeling the attic into a room. However, the construction costs divided by the four girls cause Jo to make a sacrifice when she can't come up with her share.

#15 - Younger Than Springtime

Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/1987

Jo is unhappy that Blair is playing matchmaker for Jo's lonely father, but she's really upset with the final results.

#16 - The Greek Connection

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1987

Assigned by the paper to get the inside dirt on Pledge Week at Langley, Natalie crashes the rush party of the sorority Tootie wants to join.

#17 - Ex Marks the Spot

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1987

Beverly Ann's ex shows up unexpectedly, hoping for a reconciliation.

#18 - The Little Chill

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1986

Blair, Tootie and Natalie organize a reunion with the girls from Eastland. This brings Nancy, Cindy and Sue Ann back to town each with successful lives. Cindy has become a model, Nancy is engaged and Sue Ann a vice president for a company. However, each also has a distinct downside to their success. Meanwhile, Jo feels left out of the reunion.

#19 - Off-Broadway Baby

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1986

Beverly Ann and the girls head for New York, when Tootie decides to audition for her first Broadway show. However, when she arrives, she quickly learns that she has plenty of competition working against her.

#20 - Where's Poppa?

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1986

A disconsolate Blair locks herself in the bedroom after her father pleads guilty to charges of insider trading.

#21 - Ready or Not

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1986

Beverly Ann is concerned that Tootie is getting much too serious about her new boyfriend.

#22 - Out of Peekskill (2)

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1986

#23 - Write and Wrong

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1986

A furious Natalie is determined to identify and sue the plagiarist who sold her short story to a magazine.

#24 - Fast Food

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1986

Natalie gets Blair a job at a Mexican restaurant where Natalie works. However, Blair snobby attitude gets her fired when she inadvertently insults the boss.