Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
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- Seasons
- 9
- Episodes aired
- 201
- Latest aired
- S09E24
- Total runtime
- 1d 14h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 August 1979 – June 1980 13 episodes
- Season 2 November 1980 – March 1981 16 episodes
- Season 3 October 1981 – May 1982 24 episodes
- Season 4 September 1982 – May 1983 24 episodes
- Season 5 September 1983 – May 1984 26 episodes
- Season 6 September 1984 – May 1985 26 episodes
- Season 7 September 1985 – May 1986 24 episodes
- Season 8 September 1986 – May 1987 24 episodes
- Season 9 September 1987 – May 1988 24 episodes
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S01E01 Rough Housing
August 24 · 30min find the promo
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The series opens with the Drummonds (from Diff'rent Strokes) visiting Eastland to see Mrs. Garrett (their ex-housekeeper). They arrive right in the middle of the Harvest Queen competition and Blair is sure she's going to win. So when Cindy considers running, Blair makes some snide comments about Cindy's femininity.
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S01E02 Like Mother, Like Daughter
August 31 · 30min find the promo
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It's Parent's Night at Eastland and Blair's sophisticated mother arrives bringing with her, her flirtatious tendancies which prompt rumors when she becomes ""friendly"" with a married man.
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S01E03 The Return of Mr. Garrett
September 7 find the promo
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Mrs. Garrett is surprised by a visit from her ex-husband, Roger, who wants the two of them to remarry. However, his gambling ways rub off on the girls who begin gambling on poker games and loosing what little money they have..
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S01E04 I.Q.
September 14 find the promo
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Tootie accidentally comes across a paper which lists the I.Q. scores of each one of the girls. Nancy received the highest score and Sue Ann scored the lowest, this puts extra pressure on each one of them just prior to midterm exams.
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S01E05 Overachieving
March 12 · 30min find the promo
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Tootie's father comes for a visit and doesn't like the activities that Tootie is being exposed to. Believing that Mrs. Garrett is a bad influence, Mr. Ramsey decides to have Tootie transfer out of Eastland.
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S01E06 Emily Dickinson
March 14 · 30min find the promo
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Blair is so caught up with her latest boyfriend that she forgets about an English assignment in which she has to write a poem. So, at the last minute she plagiarizes a poem by Emily Dickinson and turns it in as her own. Things get worse when she's the only one who gets an A and Mr. Bradley enters her poem in a contest.
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S01E07 Dieting
March 21 · 25min find the promo
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Blair and Sue Ann kid each other about their weight and Sue Ann takes Blair's comments a little too seriously. However, when Blair sets Sue Ann up on a blind date which will involve going swimming, Sue Ann goes on a starvation diet leading to a collapse. Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrett also jumps on the dieting wagon, trying to fit in a size 12 dress.
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S01E08 The Facts of Love
April 4 · 24min find the promo
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Mrs. Garrett begins teaching a sex-education class at Eastland and her tactics are against the more prudish suggestions of Mr. Bradley. Meanwhile, Blair takes the ideas from class and expirements with her latest boyfriend, Steve.
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S01E09 Flash Flood
April 11 · 25min find the promo
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A flood hits Peekskill which prompts Blair and Tootie to race out to the stables to save some animals from being washed away. However the damn breaks and Blair and Tootie become in danger of being washed away.
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S01E10 Adoption
April 25 find the promo
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Mr. Bradley gives the girls an assignment having to do with their family trees. However, Natalie is reluctant to show hers in class do to the fact that the family that raised her is her adopted family. This prompts Blair to help Natalie find the name of her real mother by using her mother's clout to cut through some red tape and sealed records.
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S01E11 Running
May 2 find the promo
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Mr. Bradley's need to have Eastland win prompts him to manipulate Sue Ann into competing in a running competition. Sue Ann had previously ran but this year decided not to, however, Mr. Bradley uses Cindy's better racing times to goad Sue Ann into competing.
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S01E12 Molly's Holiday
June 4 find the promo
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Molly is down in the dumps due to her parents getting a divorce. So she gets some help from the girls who plan to reunite her parents. Things hit the fan, when her father arrives with a new girlfriend.
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S01E13 Dope
June 11 find the promo
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Blair and Sue Ann befriend two new girls. All seems to go okay with them until they learn that their friends use drugs.