The WORST episodes of The Facts of Life
Every episode of The Facts of Life ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Facts of Life!
Charlotte Rae stars as a dietician and house mother at a private girls' boarding school, watching over students Blair, Tootie, Natalie and Jo.
#1 - Brian and Sylvia
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/25/1981
Tootie and Natalie visit Tootie's aunt Sylvia. However, they show up in the middle of a fight between Sylvia and her husband Brian, who are an interracial couple: Sylvia has a job offer in New York and Brian is not too happy about moving.
#2 - A Rose by Any Other Age
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1987
Blair is dumbfounded when an honor student she invited over ostensibly to study takes a shine to Beverly Ann instead of her.
#3 - Present Imperfect
Season 9 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/1988
Tootie 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.
#4 - Let's Face the Music
Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/13/1988
A 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.
#5 - Peekskill Law
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/1988
Blair interns at a law firm that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.
#6 - The Big Fight
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/1982
Yet another episode that revolves around the boys at a military academy. One of the young cadets, Alfred, invites Natalie to see him box in a tournament. However the only reason he gets into this situation is do the fact that his father suggested it. Later, Alfred learns that his father isn't even going to attend and is now faced with the possiblity of backing out on a fight against an opponent who intimidates him.
#7 - The Beginning of the Beginning
Season 9 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/7/1988
As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.
#8 - Molly's Holiday
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/4/1980
Molly is sad over her parents' divorce, so the girls help her scheme to reunite them. But her father arrives with a new girlfriend instead.
#9 - The New Girl (1)
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/19/1980
The new school year brings a new student, Jo, a tough girl who hotwires the school van and takes off to a bar with Blair, Natalie and Tootie to meet guys. However, one of the guys they meet happens to be an undercover police officer who hauls them off to jail.
#10 - Till Marriage Do Us Part
Season 9 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/27/1988
Rick proposes to Jo in his own crazy way, and everyone anticipates a wedding everyone, that is, except Jo, who still hasn't accepted.
#11 - Flash Flood
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/11/1980
A flood prompts Blair and Tootie to race out to the stables to save some animals. However, the dam breaks and Blair and Tootie are in danger of being washed away. Mr. Bradley comes to the rescue, causing Blair to develop a crush on him.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Tootie Drives
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/21/1985
Tootie's learning to drive and she's driving everyone bananas.
#14 - Sex Symbol
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/4/1981
Natalie hits it off with Neil, a boy she meets at a dance, and they later begin studying together. However, rumors spread that Natalie and Neil did more than just study, which brings on calls from a number of boys who want to "study" with Natalie. Natalie encourages these rumors when she goes out with the boys after teasing from Blair, Jo and Tootie.
#15 - Adventures in Baileysitting
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1987
Babysitter Blair leaves her sister with the others while she attends a tea, and returns to find they somehow misplaced her.
#16 - Before the Fall
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1987
Natalie jumps at the chance to do an inside story on ROTC and then learns she'll also have to jump from a plane.
#17 - Rumor Has It
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1987
Blair's after-hours visit with a professor reputed to be a womanizer stirs up a storm of vicious rumors on campus.
#18 - Ex Marks the Spot
Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1987
Beverly Ann's ex shows up unexpectedly, hoping for a reconciliation.
#19 - A House Divided
Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/1988
The fat hits the fire when Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends meet, and Jo blows a gasket over the repair job on her bike.
#20 - Overachieving
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/12/1980
Tootie's father visits but doesn't like Tootie's activities, blaming Mrs. Garrett as a bad influence. Mr. Ramsey moves to have Tootie pulled out of Eastland but then has a change of heart.
#21 - Something in Common
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/1988
It's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.
#22 - Golden Oldies
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/1988
Imagine the whole gang the same people the same place, 40 years from now.
#23 - Less Than Perfect
Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/20/1988
One 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.
#24 - A Thousand Frowns
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/1988
Andy latches on to a "big brother," who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.
#25 - On the Edge
Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1988
Jo's job at the social services center gets a bit hairy when her supervisor, a suicide prevention counselor, threatens to leap off a building.