The BEST episodes written by Stuart Wolpert
#1 - 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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#2 - 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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#3 - Take My Finals, Please
The Facts of Life - Season 4 - Episode 22
It's finals week at Eastland and the girls are planning an all night study session. They soon find out that studying is going to be hard with so many distractions, including Blair and Jo's fears of the future in college and Natalie's fear of an upcoming Chemistry exam in which she must memorize the atomic symbols.
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#4 - Dearest Mommie
The Facts of Life - Season 4 - Episode 6
Natalie is excited about a job offer to write a weekly column for a New York newspaper. The fact that the job would make her miss school as well as bring her unnecessary pressure causes her to get into an argument with her mother. During the argument, Natalie brings up the fact that she's adopted, this leads her adopted mother to give her the name of her birth mother.
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#5 - Legacy
The Facts of Life - Season 3 - Episode 11
A large sum from Blair's grandfather's estate is being donated to build a new library. But Natalie uncovers a shocking secret about the benefactor.
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#6 - Fear Strikes Back
The Facts of Life - Season 3 - Episode 2
Natalie is attacked while returning from a party and develops a fear of going outside.
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#7 - Read No Evil
The Facts of Life - Season 3 - Episode 24
The girls take a stand against the banning of books believed to have negative influences.
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#8 - 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.
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#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - The Four Musketeers
The Facts of Life - Season 3 - Episode 16
Mrs. Garrett tells the girls that their debt has been paid and that they are free to move out. But the girls come to realize they don't want to change their living arrangements.
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#12 - Teacher's Pet
The Facts of Life - Season 4 - Episode 15
Jo has become close friends with her English teacher, Gail, even inspiring Jo to think about becoming a teacher herself. However, Jo is disappointed to learn that Gail is leaving Eastland presumably for a job that pays more but the real reason she's leaving is nothing Jo ever expected.
#13 - Starstruck
The Facts of Life - Season 3 - Episode 15
Tootie wins tickets to a Jermaine Jackson concert and meets him in person backstage.
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#14 - A Baby in the House
The Facts of Life - Season 3 - Episode 3
Ex-Eastlander Alison, now married with a baby daughter, visits. But when Alison leaves without her daughter, Mrs. Garrett and the girls must take care of the baby.
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#15 - Guess What's Coming to Dinner
The Facts of Life - Season 4 - Episode 19
Mrs. Garrett is expecting a visit from a French chef whom she once was an understudy for. However, when he arrives with some of his relatives and then quickly departs leaving his family at Eastland, Mrs. Garrett and the girls are forced to entertain the visitors who speak no English.
#16 - Tootie Drives
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 14
Tootie's learning to drive and she's driving everyone bananas.
#18 - Baby Love (Part 2)
One Day at a Time - Season 9 - Episode 7
Barbara continues to consider adoption.