Tootie Ramsey may have been the only character to appear on all 209 episode of The Facts of Life. Lisa Whelchel refused to do one episode in Season 9, and I have discovered that Mindy Cohn was also missing from a Season 7 episode. Let me know if Kim Fields's character was absent from any episode.

"Something in Common" from season nine, and I dont think she had any speaking part in "Jo's Cousin" from season three, but she is seen.

Was Mindy Cohn absent from any episode other than that Season 7 episode? The same question goes for Lisa Whelchel and the Season 9 episode?

Nope, those were the only episodes they were absent from.

Was Jo absent from any episodes other than Season 1?

Does anyone know why Mindy missed that episode in Season 7?

Nancy did not appear in Season 6 episode My Boyfriend's Back (aired October 24th, 1984) or in Season 6 episode Smile (aired December 5th, 1984). She had a contract dispute at the beginning of Season 6 and missed the first two episodes that were filmed. They were not the first two episodes that aired as you can tell by the dates.

Does anyone know why Mindy missed that episode in Season 7?

Nancy did not appear in Season 6 episode My Boyfriend's Back (aired October 24th, 1984) or in Season 6 episode Smile (aired December 5th, 1984). She had a contract dispute at the beginning of Season 6 and missed the first two episodes that were filmed. They were not the first two episodes that aired as you can tell by the dates.
It was explained that Jo was spending time with her mom.

Nope, those were the only episodes they were absent from.

Mindy Cohn did not appear in the pilot episode.

Mindy Cohn did not appear in the pilot episode.
That was a Diff'rent Strokes episode.

That was a Diff'rent Strokes episode.


You are correct about that.

Indeed. And in the actual first broadcast episode of FOL, Mindy was indeed there.

Indeed. And in the actual first broadcast episode of FOL, Mindy was indeed there.
How can the pilot episode of show X not be an episode of show X?

Undetermined. I'm not an expert on that.

Is there any reason why Natalie (Mindy Cohn) didn't appear in the "The Lady That Came to Dinner" episode? Same thing for Tootie not appearing in "Something in Common"?

I know why Blair didn't appear in the "The First Time" episode: The episode's storyline was against Ms. Whelchel's religious beliefs.

How can the pilot episode of show X not be an episode of show X?

That's a gray area. "The Girls School" was not an episode of FOL, it was an episode of DS that was hoping to launch into a new series, FOL.

So technically it's a DS episode, and not FOL. After all, in syndication packages and DVD sets, "The Girls School" is only included with DS, as it is an episode of that series.

The episode that Kim missed was because she had entrance exams for Pepperdine. Not sure of the reason for Mindy's missed episode.

What was the episode that Kim missed?

What was the episode that Kim missed?

"Something in Common".

It was shortened from the full original title, "Something in Common for Everyone Except Tootie, Who's Not in This One".

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