The Facts of Life (Season 9)

Down and Out in Malibu (1) (Episode 1)

Air date: 1987-09-26

Overview: Jo is jobless and apartmentless in Malibu, where Richard Moll just happens to need a house sitter.

Down and Out in Malibu (2) (Episode 2)

Air date: 1987-10-03

Overview: 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 (Episode 3)

Writer: Michael Poryes

Air date: 1987-10-17

Overview: Blair's after-hours visit with a professor reputed to be a womanizer stirs up a storm of vicious rumors on campus.

Before the Fall (Episode 4)

Writer: Bob Colleary

Air date: 1987-10-24

Overview: Natalie 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 (Episode 5)

Air date: 1987-11-07

Overview: Jo takes a job in social work at a community center that, she learns, has no funds to pay her salary.

Up from Down Under (Episode 6)

Air date: 1987-11-14

Overview: A new girl arrives at Eastland in the wee hours, claiming to be an Australian exchange student.

The More the Marrier (Episode 7)

Writer: Lawrence H. Levy

Air date: 1987-11-21

Overview: Tootie'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 (Episode 8)

Air date: 1987-11-28

Overview: Blair is dumbfounded when an honor student she invited over ostensibly to study takes a shine to Beverly Ann instead of her.

Adventures in Baileysitting (Episode 9)

Air date: 1987-12-05

Overview: Babysitter 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 (Episode 10)

Air date: 1987-12-12

Overview: It's holiday time, and Beverly Ann feels unneeded, until a mysterious Santa shows her what Christmas in Peekskill would be like without her.

Golden Oldies (Episode 11)

Air date: 1988-01-02

Overview: Imagine the whole gang the same people the same place, 40 years from now.

A Thousand Frowns (Episode 12)

Air date: 1988-01-09

Overview: Andy latches on to a ""big brother,"" who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.

Something in Common (Episode 13)

Writer: Michael Poryes

Air date: 1988-01-16

Overview: It's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.

Peekskill Law (Episode 14)

Air date: 1988-01-23

Overview: Blair interns at a law firm that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.

A House Divided (Episode 15)

Air date: 1988-01-30

Overview: The 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 (Episode 16)

Air date: 1988-02-06

Overview: Natalie 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 (Episode 17)

Air date: 1988-02-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Less Than Perfect (Episode 18)

Air date: 1988-02-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Till Marriage Do Us Part (Episode 19)

Air date: 1988-02-27

Overview: Rick 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 (Episode 20)

Air date: 1988-03-05

Overview: 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.

On the Edge (Episode 21)

Writer: Bob Colleary

Air date: 1988-03-12

Overview: 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.

Big Apple Blues (Episode 22)

Air date: 1988-03-19

Overview: Natalie'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 (Episode 23)

Air date: 1988-04-30

Overview: Blair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.

The Beginning of the Beginning (Episode 24)

Air date: 1988-05-07

Overview: As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.