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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S05E01 Brave New World (1)
September 21 find the promo
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Jo and Blair have a hard time adjusting to college.
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S05E02 Brave New World (2)
September 21 find the promo
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Ms Garret decides to re-open an abandoned department store and turn it into her own.
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S05E03 Gamma Gamma or Bust
September 28 find the promo
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Blair is dying to join the sorority that's she pledging and she volunteers Mrs. Garrett to be the caterer for a rush party. However, when Mrs. Garrett begins making Mexican before consulting Blair, who wanted Chinese, Blair fires her without a second thought.
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S05E04 Just My Bill
October 12 · 30min find the promo
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Jo's been dating, Bill, a plain guy who attends the same college as she does, but when she learns that he's a rich kid, Jo becomes resentful and angry that he didn't tell her the whole truth about himself.
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S05E05 What Price Glory?
October 19 find the promo
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Tootie's new boyfriend, Jeff, is the star football player on the football team at Eastland. However, she learns a startling secret that he's been keeping, he's illiterate. She now must decide whether or not to encourage his behavior of having other kids do his work for him.
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S05E06 The Halloween Show
October 26 find the promo
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A strange man tells the girls that years ago a murder occurred in the shop. Later, when the girls see Mrs. Garret with a knife they assume that she's possessed by the murderer's spirit and is out to get them.
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S05E07 Advance Placement
November 2 find the promo
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Natalie is allowed to enroll in a college course at Langley College and she quickly gets an overblown ego which quickly threatens her friendships with Blair, Jo and Tootie. Things get even worse when she learns that if she can keep her grade point average up she will be allowed to graduate early and enroll at Langley in the fall.
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S05E08 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
November 9 find the promo
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For a birthday surprise, the girls take Mrs. Garrett to a club featuring male exotic dancers, but the one who's in for the real surprise is Blair.
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S05E09 Small but Dangerous
November 16 find the promo
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Streetwise Kelly alleges that the vandalism of Edna's Edibles was the work of a local gang, but Jo decides to investigate.
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S05E10 Store Games
November 30 find the promo
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Mrs. Garrett is slowly losing business to a competitor, Pete Dawson. However, Natalie, with the help of her computer, breaks into his computer and alters his recipes.
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S05E11 The Second Time Around
December 14 · 30min find the promo
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Jo begins seeing sparks between her divorced parents and immediately hopes they get back together. However, her hopes quickly become dashed when she learns that her father is planning to marry another woman.
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S05E12 The Christmas Show
December 21 find the promo
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The holidays bring joy to the girls when they all plan on going home for Christmas but when Jo's mother temporarily moves to Miami, Jo is stuck in Peekskill.
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S05E13 The Chain Letter
December 28 find the promo
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While Mrs. Garrett frets over an inspection by the Board of Health, the girls get involved with a chain letter and ignore their responsibilities.
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S05E14 Next Door
January 4 find the promo
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A young boy enters Edna's Edibles and Tootie befriends him and learns that he lives next door. She also learns that his mother works all day and leaves him home alone and tells him never to leave their apartment and when a gas leak is detected on the block the young boy won't budge.
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S05E15 Crossing the Line
January 11 · 30min find the promo
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Natalie starts dating a black guy, and Tootie thinks that Natalie hates him because of his color.
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S05E16 All or Nothing
January 18 find the promo
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Newly elected board member Jo tackles the regents of Langley when they vote to cut academic scholarships in favor of a scoreboard nobody wants.
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S05E17 A Death in the Family
February 1 · 30min find the promo
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The girls are shaken by the sudden death of Natalie's father and wonder how to ease her pain.
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S05E18 Big Fish/Little Fish
February 8 · 30min find the promo
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Blair is distraught when she discovers that Jo has taken her place in popularity on campus. This leads to an argument between the two that ends with Jo refusing Blair's help for planning a party.
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S05E19 Star at Langley
February 15 · 30min find the promo
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Blair and her boyfriend, Cliff, are serious at least Cliff thinks so but Blair pushes him away. Meanwhile, a movie star, Heather Hunt, is visiting Peekskill and quickly Blair finds herself competing with her for Cliff's attentions.
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S05E20 Dream Marriage
February 22 find the promo
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A marriage proposal from Blair's boyfriend prompts her to begin dreaming about the future for herself and her friends.
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S05E21 Mother and Daughter
February 29 · 30min find the promo
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Tootie's mother comes to Eastland for a visit, and the fact that Tootie doesn't communicate with her mother becomes apparent. Her mother quickly realizes there are many things she doesn't know about her daughter and wants to have an open relationship with Tootie but will Tootie allow that?
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S05E22 All by Herself
March 14 find the promo
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Geri is in charge of organizing a charity auction but makes her first mistake by making Blair her assistant. Blair quickly takes over and begins doing things without consulting Geri. Geri in turn fires her and makes her second mistake, not accepting any help from from anyone.
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S05E23 Seems Like Old Times
March 21 · 30min find the promo
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Jo is surprised when her ex-boyfriend, Eddie, who just got out of the Navy, makes a surprise visit. However, Jo isn't the only one who's in for a surprise when Tootie discovers a shocking secret that Eddie's been keeping.
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S05E24 Joint Custody
May 2 find the promo
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Mrs. Garrett's son, Raymond stops by Edna's Edibles for a visit and brings along his wife, Doris, whom he has been having marital problems with. This gets Mrs. Garrett and the girls worried about the future of the shop especially since Raymond and Doris have been talking about a divorce.
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S05E25 The Way We Were (1)
May 9 find the promo
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Another school year has come to an end and all the girls are preparing or their summer vacation. They each reminisce about the last six years they have spent together (via flashbacks). However, leaving one another on good terms is something that may not happen when an accident causes yet another rift between Jo and Blair.
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S05E26 The Way We Were (2)
May 9 find the promo
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Flashbacks and memories of the past continue as the girls finish getting ready for their summer vacations. However, saying goodbye to one another appears to be easy for all them especially since fights are brewing between Blair and Jo and Natalie and Tootie.