The results are in for the Lost Girls' "best episodes" polls, and here they are:

"Molly's Holiday (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=373994)" was voted Molly's best episode. No surprise there, I think, as that was her biggest FOL episode, by far.

"Rough Housing (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=374096)" was voted as Julie Anne's best episode.

There was a tie (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=373927) for Felice's best episode. Both "The Girls' School" (DS) and "IQ" were voted as Felice's best episode.

There was also a tie (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=374057) for Julie Pie's best episode. Both "The Little Chill" and "Dope" received the same number of votes.

So, now the showdown! The poll of polls! Ooh, the suspense! :lol:

Only the top six made it to this round. Of the six "best of" episodes, which one was the best? "Molly's Holiday", "Rough Housing", "The Girls' School" (DS), "IQ", "The Little Chill", or "Dope"? Explain your choices in the comments below.

Julie Anne just shone like a blond little diamond in RH. :)

And Felice did such a range of emotions so well in TGS.

Im surprised Dieting and Running weren't higher

Im surprised Dieting and Running weren't higher

I was surprised "Running" wasn't, either. But I think the fact that more people prefer RH as their favorite "Cindy episode", and "Dope" as their favorite "Sue Ann" episode, it just got canceled out.

It took a while, but I finally decided on my vote: "Rough Housing" and "The Little Chill". Both of The Julies were so good in their respective episodes. When Sue Ann says she'll be a VP the next time she comes to Peekskill, I believe her. And Cindy is just sooo adorable in her Harvest Festival gown, burying the hatchet with Blair.

These episodes are like bookends of the series: the very first episode, and an episode that aired just a few weeks after Edna Garrett left the show, heralding an end to the "real" series. Between these episodes, we see the characters grow from teens or even pre-teens into grown women.

Im surprised Dieting and Running weren't higher

I was, too, but that didn't happen.

Weirdly enough, a few people didn't vote for episodes they said in the comments that they liked. Or they even voted for different episodes than what they had said they liked. Oh well! C'est la vie! :lol:

It took a while, but I finally decided on my vote: "Rough Housing" and "The Little Chill".

These episodes are like bookends of the series: the very first episode, and an episode that aired just a few weeks after Edna Garrett left the show, heralding an end to the "real" series. Between these episodes, we see the characters grow from teens or even pre-teens into grown women.


That's why I personally don't count "The Little Chill" in these polls; the girls are young ladies in that, not the teenage girls they were in season 1. It's too different to me.

That's why I personally don't count "The Little Chill" in these polls; the girls are young ladies in that, not the teenage girls they were in season 1. It's too different to me.

I definitely see what you mean, '80s, but I disagree: the span of time between "The Girls' School" and "Green-Eyed Monster" (2 years, 8 months, and 9 days) wasn't that much shorter than the span of time between "Green-Eyed Monster" and "The Little Chill" (4 years, 9 months, and 25 days). If it's allowed to compare a mid-Season 3 episode with a backdoor pilot in "Season 0", it should be okay to compare an early Season 8 episode with a mid-Season 3 episode. It's not as if we are comparing the 2001 movie, from 12 years later.

I definitely see what you mean, '80s, but I disagree: the span of time between "The Girls' School" and "Green-Eyed Monster" (2 years, 8 months, and 9 days) wasn't that much shorter than the span of time between "Green-Eyed Monster" and "The Little Chill" (4 years, 9 months, and 25 days).

"wasn't that much shorter"? It's a period twice as long. And the girls were no longer girls in TLC, they were young adult women, whereas they're still "girls" in the cafeteria years. And I actually forgot you included the cafeteria era episodes, lol. I was remembering them as just season 1 and TLC.


If it's allowed to compare a mid-Season 3 episode with a backdoor pilot in "Season 0", it should be okay to compare an early Season 8 episode with a mid-Season 3 episode. It's not as if we are comparing the 2001 movie, from 12 years later.

Well as I said, I forgot you included those. Still, the time between TGS and GEM was much shorter than the time between GEM and TLC, by half. And The Facts of Life wasn't the same classic Facts of Life in season 8 as it was in seasons 1-4 (as you also lament), so it's just not the same.

"wasn't that much shorter"? It's a period twice as long. And the girls were no longer girls in TLC, they were young adult women, whereas they're still "girls" in the cafeteria years. And I actually forgot you included the cafeteria era episodes, lol. I was remembering them as just season 1 and TLC.

Oh, no: one of Nancy's most memorable episodes was "Gossip"; how could I not include that? And it's not really twice as long, but a difference of a couple of years shouldn't make that much difference anyway.


And The Facts of Life wasn't the same classic Facts of Life in season 8 as it was in seasons 1-4 (as you also lament), so it's just not the same.

The first few episodes of Season 8 were different, though: we still had Mrs. G, AND we got 3/4ths of the Lost Girls back (and Molly even in flashbacks). If we had more episodes like 8-01, 8-02, and 8-06 in the rest of the season, it would have been a completely different season: more Eastlandy, more full of the classic characters. You yourself imagined what it would have been like to have the Lost Girls at Mrs. Garrett's wedding, and if TLC had been four episodes earlier, they would have. :happyface

But to each his own...

Oh, no: one of Nancy's most memorable episodes was "Gossip"; how could I not include that? And it's not really twice as long, but a difference of a couple of years shouldn't make that much difference anyway.

It does when we're talking about adolescents. They change grow and change so fast.

Of course "Gossip" has to be included (and it was one of my votes), I had just momentarily forgotten.


You yourself imagined what it would have been like to have the Lost Girls at Mrs. Garrett's wedding, and if TLC had been four episodes earlier, they would have. But to each his own...

Right, it would have been nice if the show had stayed more Eastlandy; then you yourself might be interested in watching the later seasons more, lol.

Right, it would have been nice if the show had stayed more Eastlandy; then you yourself might be interested in watching the later seasons more, lol.

Well, we both agree that the show changed when the girls left Eastland.

But here is an episode where the Eastland girls are reunited once more, with seven of them all in one room, and even talking about Mrs. Garrett and Molly... perhaps the biggest cast reunion in the history of TV... and it's not enough? Too different because the girls are all now officially graduated, even though Tootie had just graduated eight episodes earlier?

Well, we both agree that the show changed when the girls left Eastland.

But here is an episode where the Eastland girls are reunited once more, with seven of them all in one room, and even talking about Mrs. Garrett and Molly... perhaps the biggest cast reunion in the history of TV... and it's not enough? Too different because the girls are all now officially graduated, even though Tootie had just graduated eight episodes earlier?

It's a good attempt, but it just can't be perfection without Molly and Mrs. Garrett there. And they really did a disservice to my Cindy by making her "the Nancy" of the episode. :(

It's a good attempt, but it just can't be perfection without Molly and Mrs. Garrett there. And they really did a disservice to my Cindy by making her "the Nancy" of the episode. :(

They really did need a two-parter there; then they really could have explored the characters more. We could have learned a bit more about the Lost Girls' lives; why they boycotted their own graduations; why they kept forgetting to go to Edna's Edibles, even though it was only a 15-minute drive; why they never called; why Cindy changed her last name; etc. ;)

But there was no way the producers were going to get Molly to come back, what with her film career so huge. And Charlotte was determined to leave, no matter how much they had offered her. Ultimately, that was Charlotte and Molly's choice.

They really did need a two-parter there; then they really could have explored the characters more. We could have learned a bit more about the Lost Girls' lives; why they boycotted their own graduations; why they kept forgetting to go to Edna's Edibles, even though it was only a 15-minute drive; why they never called; why Cindy changed her last name; etc. ;)

Yes! A 2-parter would have been wonderful! They could have even had a phone call with Molly where we only see the other girls' end of the conversation! :lol:

As for Cindy's surname, perhaps they wanted to avoid confusion with Emmanuel Lewis, lol.


But there was no way the producers were going to get Molly to come back, what with her film career so huge. And Charlotte was determined to leave, no matter how much they had offered her. Ultimately, that was Charlotte and Molly's choice.

I know, it's just that in a perfect world they would be there.

Yes! A 2-parter would have been wonderful! They could have even had a phone call with Molly where we only see the other girls' end of the conversation! :lol:

Ugh, I hate when they do that. The Cosby Show did that for the final season, when Lisa Bonet had been fired from the show, and it was just so obvious that no one was on the other end of the phone. I prefer no phoning it in.


As for Cindy's surname, perhaps they wanted to avoid confusion with Emmanuel Lewis, lol.

Haha, maybe.

So I guess the three who stayed on the longest tied with 2 votes each.

So I guess the three who stayed on the longest tied with 2 votes each.

It does seem that way: two votes for Julie Anne in "Rough Housing", two votes for Julie Pie in "The Little Chill", and two votes for Felice in "The Girls' School". It is a delicate balance: a single new vote could have changed everything, catapulting one Lost Girl above the others in victory, leaving the other girls in the dust. But now we know: the three of them were equally great!

Poor Molly didn't get a single vote

Poor Molly didn't get a single vote
Yes, very sad!

However, Molly went on to do other amazing things, so it's not like she didn't get her chance to shine, acting-wise. Certainly, every American still knows the name Molly Ringwald, even if they don't remember Molly Parker.

Great point!

It does seem that way: two votes for Julie Anne in "Rough Housing", two votes for Julie Pie in "The Little Chill", and two votes for Felice in "The Girls' School". It is a delicate balance: a single new vote could have changed everything, catapulting one Lost Girl above the others in victory, leaving the other girls in the dust. But now we know: the three of them were equally great!

But then you have fans like me, who don't really count TLC in the same camp as season 1. I've always looked at it as more of a "Jo vs The Reunion" episode. So if you look at it that way, Cindy and Nancy are the runaway winners, though it would be interesting to see if Sue Ann "upset" anything had her season 1 episodes gotten votes (as far as the results of this poll, I mean. I know her episodes got votes in her own poll, lol).

But then you have fans like me, who don't really count TLC in the same camp as season 1. I've always looked at it as more of a "Jo vs The Reunion" episode. So if you look at it that way, Cindy and Nancy are the runaway winners, though it would be interesting to see if Sue Ann "upset" anything had her season 1 episodes gotten votes (as far as the results of this poll, I mean. I know her episodes got votes in her own poll, lol).

But you count something from a different show? Nah Sue Ann is the main lost girl

The thing is that Molly, Nancy, and Cindy all have 1 or 2 plot lines while Sue Ann has multiple.

I might point out that Nancy was the "first girl in". That's got to give her leverage over the other Lost Girls.

I might point out that Nancy was the "first girl in". That's got to give her leverage over the other Lost Girls.

How could you? Trying to diminish Sue Ann?! I might've expected it from Eights! But you???? :argue:

How could you? Trying to diminish Sue Ann?! I might've expected it from Eights! But you???? :argue:
:lol:

Don't try to make me choose between Sue Ann and Cindy. That's impossible.

:lol:

Don't try to make me choose between Sue Ann and Cindy. That's impossible.

;)

But you count something from a different show?

:confused:


I might point out that Nancy was the "first girl in". That's got to give her leverage over the other Lost Girls.

Well, it sure didn't when it came to paring down the cast. ;)


How could you? Trying to diminish Sue Ann?! I might've expected it from Eights! But you???? :argue:

Ahhhh,hahaha! No, I would not diminish the character of Sue Ann Weaver! I greatly respect her place in the pantheon of characters.


:lol:

Don't try to make me choose between Sue Ann and Cindy. That's impossible.

It is? I knew you liked Cindy a lot, but it's seemed for a while Sue Ann was your "leading lady", so to speak ("go-to girl"? lol). Perhaps just because of a lot of your posts for a while seem to have been more Sue Ann-centric.

Alas!

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Nancys plot was on DS, not FOL. So its a different show. ;)

Oh, I forgot that TGS was Felice's "win"! Well, it has to be, because it's her only solo episode! (and yes, not even on her own show! lol)

Oh, I forgot that TGS was Felice's "win"! Well, it has to be, because it's her only solo episode! (and yes, not even on her own show! lol)

Well its really Mrs Garretts and Kimberlys.... but I guess. Id say Gossip is just as much a Nancy ep.

Well its really Mrs Garretts and Kimberlys....

Well, it'd be more Mrs. Garrett's than Kimberly's, and yeah you can say that, but student-wise, it's Nancy's.


Id say Gossip is just as much a Nancy ep.

Hmm, possibly. I'd be curious of a line count of her in TGS. But, in TGS, she's throughout the episode (once Eastland is on scene), whereas in G, she's off screen for more of the show.

Well, it'd be more Mrs. Garrett's than Kimberly's, and yeah you can say that, but student-wise, it's Nancy's.




Hmm, possibly. I'd be curious of a line count of her in TGS. But, in TGS, she's throughout the episode (once Eastland is on scene), whereas in G, she's off screen for more of the show.

Maybe but its still not FOL either way :lol:. I would be interested in seeing a line count though. I wouldn't be surprised if Blair and The Crock had as many lines as Nancy, though.

Maybe but its still not FOL either way :lol:. I would be interested in seeing a line count though. I wouldn't be surprised if Blair and The Crock had as many lines as Nancy, though.

I say "the Crock" has more, but Blair has less. ;)

I say "the Crock" has more, but Blair has less. ;)
Could be

Too-tie :)

(it rhymes!)

It is? I knew you liked Cindy a lot, but it's seemed for a while Sue Ann was your "leading lady", so to speak ("go-to girl"? lol). Perhaps just because of a lot of your posts for a while seem to have been more Sue Ann-centric.

I cannot choose between Sue Ann and Cindy. They were both awesome in their own ways. Sue Ann, the blond Eastland runner, rooming with her best friend, a bit gossipy, but kind to her friends, seen in 17 FOL and one DS episodes. Boy-crazy, sometimes made fun of. Played by a girl named Julie. And Cindy... also all of those things. :lol:

Haha!

For me, as a little boy, there was no contest: CINDY WEBSTER was the run-away winner by a long shot! And now as an adult, she's still my # 1 girl, and Molly ranks in as a strong # 2.

By the way, did you see the image at the bottom of page 2? I thought you'd definitely appreciate seeing a grouping like that :) (sad though the captioning is, lol).

Haha!

For me, as a little boy, there was no contest: CINDY WEBSTER was the run-away winner by a long shot! And now as an adult, she's still my # 1 girl, and Molly ranks in as a strong # 2.

By the way, did you see the image at the bottom of page 2? I thought you'd definitely appreciate seeing a grouping like that :) (sad though the captioning is, lol).

I actually had planned to tell you what GREAT screen captures you got, making a perfect montage of Mrs. Garrett's hug-able moments with each of the Lost Girls. But then your possible discovery of the extras in the background derailed that plan. I'll need to investigate that more this weekend, on Daily Motion, because if true, I think it really could verify some of the dorm theories we've shared.

But I do love that montage!

Haha!

For me, as a little boy, there was no contest: CINDY WEBSTER was the run-away winner by a long shot! And now as an adult, she's still my # 1 girl, and Molly ranks in as a strong # 2.

By the way, did you see the image at the bottom of page 2? I thought you'd definitely appreciate seeing a grouping like that :) (sad though the captioning is, lol).

Sue Ann was always my number 1 and Nancy stuck out the most to me as a boy after her.

I actually had planned to tell you what GREAT screen captures you got, making a perfect montage of Mrs. Garrett's hug-able moments with each of the Lost Girls. But then your possible discovery of the extras in the background derailed that plan. I'll need to investigate that more this weekend, on Daily Motion, because if true, I think it really could verify some of the dorm theories we've shared.

But I do love that montage!

Warm fuzzy Lost Girl goodness! :bighug:

Sue Ann was always my number 1 and Nancy stuck out the most to me as a boy after her.

You must have loved wallpaper as a boy ;) :p

What could have happened on the set near the end of the first season...

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What could have happened on the set near the end of the first season...

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:lol:

What could have happened on the set near the end of the first season...
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Haha!

"Where are the producers, Mrs. Garrett?"

"Down in the basement, Cindy..."

Haha!

"Where are the producers, Mrs. Garrett?"

"Down in the basement, Cindy..."

Gulp

"over by your spikes"

She did warn cindy to stay out of the basement

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She did warn cindy to stay out of the basement

Actually, she warned Natalie, Cindy, Sue Ann, and Molly to stay out of the basement. ;)

Actually, she warned Natalie, Cindy, Sue Ann, and Molly to stay out of the basement. ;)

You mean Nancy? I’d say Nat was in danger of the basement too though so idk if that was intentional.

You mean Nancy? I’d say Nat was in danger of the basement too though so idk if that was intentional.

No, I mean when Mrs. Garrett rotated and pointed her finger at the girls saying, "No one go near that basement!", she was warning Natalie, Cindy, Sue Ann, and Molly. Nancy was out of the room at that moment (of course, lol).

No, I mean when Mrs. Garrett rotated and pointed her finger at the girls saying, "No one go near that basement!", she was warning Natalie, Cindy, Sue Ann, and Molly. Nancy was out of the room at that moment (of course, lol).

Oh right lol

Special shout-out to Retro, since he enjoyed the nostalgic affection of them so: more Lost Girl hugginess! :grouphug:

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Special shout-out to Retro, since he enjoyed the nostalgic affection of them so: more Lost Girl hugginess! :grouphug:

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Nice! And I notice that the clock and some globes got in on the action, photobombing themselves into every picture! Wouldn't be a 1st Season episode without the clock and plenty of globes! :lol:

Nice! And I notice that the clock and some globes got in on the action, photobombing themselves into every picture! Wouldn't be a 1st Season episode without the clock and plenty of globes! :lol:


Lol, well, there aren't any in the Molly photo, though. If you're referring to the blue thing above Mrs. Garrett's head as a globe, I'm pretty sure it's something hanging on that window beam below the hat.

But, OMG, you just made me realize by examining that photo closely---is that some sort of double fold-out record player on the left??? I've never heard of such a thing! :eek:

(Lorsie: "records" were what people used to listen to music on before MP3s and CDs :baby:)

((I know you know what records are, I just couldn't help myself :lol: ))

But, OMG, you just made me realize by examining that photo closely---is that some sort of double fold-out record player on the left??? I've never heard of such a thing! :eek:


Looks like it.

Looks like it.

I'm gonna have to do some Google research on those things!

Lol, well, there aren't any in the Molly photo, though. If you're referring to the blue thing above Mrs. Garrett's head as a globe, I'm pretty sure it's something hanging on that window beam below the hat.


Nope, it's a globe! Check it out! :lol:

Nope, it's a globe! Check it out! :lol:

Ahhh,hahaha! I stand corrected! :o

I thought the globe would be elsewhere in the room---I forgot how good they are at photobombing! :lol:

Haha yes I know records, I saw dope ;)

Ahhh,hahaha! I stand corrected!

I thought the globe would be elsewhere in the room---I forgot how good they are at photobombing!
Never underestimate the First Season Facts of Life Globes! They are unstoppable. They are legion.

:eek: :( :D :wink2: :crying: :eek3: :dizzy: :notworthy :mumble: :D :usuck:
:bouncers :spit: :bump :whip

Haha yes I know records, I saw dope ;)

Bwahahaha!

Lorimar also is aware of records because of Nancy's Donna Summer record collection!

:music: :music: :music: :music:

Bwahahaha!

Lorimar also is aware of records because of Nancy's Donna Summer record collection!

:music: :music: :music: :music:

Haha very true

Haha yes I know records, I saw dope ;)

:lol:

Lorimar also is aware of records because of Nancy's Donna Summer record collection!

Haha! Yup, she's got some great ones!