I saw that it was a reunion with the other girls who were cut after season 1 which surprising. I would think they would have declined to make a guest appearance years later knowing that they were not part of a sitcom that lasted almost a decade.

I would think they would have declined to make a guest appearance years later knowing that they were not part of a sitcom that lasted almost a decade.

Only Molly Ringwald made it big with the movies so it's not like the other three were famous. They probably needed the cash and the producers were wondering what they could do to draw interest in the show since Charlotte left. Their reunion didn't do much for the show since they weren't asked back and NBC was fine continuing the show as long as the core four were there. If Mindy and Nancy hadn't said no, there would have been a season 10.

I saw that it was a reunion with the other girls who were cut after season 1 which surprising. I would think they would have declined to make a guest appearance years later knowing that they were not part of a sitcom that lasted almost a decade.

Yeah, it's one of my later-season favorites: a return to the show's roots, and a tribute to the original characters. We get to see Sue Ann, Cindy, and Nancy, and we also get flashbacks with Molly. It feels like a classic return to the beginnings of the show!

Their reunion didn't do much for the show since they weren't asked back and NBC was fine continuing the show as long as the core four were there.

They actually said in the Reelz documentary there was a spike in the ratings that week from the reunion episode. But there wasn't a question of asking them back to the show. This was simply a one-episode deal as a treat for viewers who remembered the girls and a curiosity for viewers who saw them in regular syndication reruns.

If Mindy and Nancy hadn't said no, there would have been a season 10.


Well, if Roseanne can have her season 10 in 2018 then FOL can surely have theirs in 2020 if they want. I think the reboot phase has passed anyway after Murphy Brown killed it, so it's probably too late now. They really should've struck while the iron was hot a couple of years ago for their season 10. It could've been a lot of fun.

Well, if Roseanne can have her season 10 in 2018 then FOL can surely have theirs in 2020 if they want. I think the reboot phase has passed anyway after Murphy Brown killed it, so it's probably too late now. They really should've struck while the iron was hot a couple of years ago for their season 10. It could've been a lot of fun.

It wouldn't have been the same with them being in their 50s right now. They would have husbands, children, and perhaps grandchildren.

They actually said in the Reelz documentary there was a spike in the ratings that week from the reunion episode. But there wasn't a question of asking them back to the show. This was simply a one-episode deal as a treat for viewers who remembered the girls and a curiosity for viewers who saw them in regular syndication reruns.

:yeahthat

Yeah, it's one of my later-season favorites: a return to the show's roots, and a tribute to the original characters. We get to see Sue Ann, Cindy, and Nancy, and we also get flashbacks with Molly. It feels like a classic return to the beginnings of the show!

I was working from home and from what it looked like, was JO left out since she wasnt around and was feeling some type of way?

I was working from home and from what it looked like, was JO left out since she wasnt around and was feeling some type of way?

Yeah, she clashed with Sue Ann, who said, several times, "Nevermind, Jo. You had to be there." Which wasn't a very welcoming thing on Sue Ann's part. But you know Jo: always the rebel. Instead of saying "No, tell me," she instead got angry and stormed out.

I'm glad Sue Ann and Jo had a "moment", in the end. I felt like they started to form a bit of a bond. Sure, a bond based on a WEB OF LIES, but a bond nonetheless. :lol:

I rewatched it and yeah, this episode made me dislike Sue Ann for being kind of a jerk to Jo and then not fully coming clean with the rest of the girls. It seemed like she had a lot of growing up to do yet.

You didn’t really hear much from Cindy at all except that she can’t eat pizza, because she’s a model now. I never really thought this was where I’d see her, I see her competing in the Olympics or being a professional athlete. It’s interesting that the writers chose this path for her. But hey, these writers were new and inexperienced.

It was another episode that Blair shouldn’t theoretically and ironically shouldn’t have been in given her staunch disapproval for premarital sex in the next season. Because we find out that Nancy was three months pregnant and wasn’t married. Then Blair makes a joke that “the butler did it.” Oh, ok. So it didn’t make sense.

I loved the irony at the end though with Nancy getting the white floral for purity and the revival beat when Jo tells Blair that “you had to be there.”

Fun episode but wish it lasted longer.

I would have been better if this episode had aired in season 7, when Edna was still on.

The version I’ve seen in syndication edits out the mention of how Molly couldn’t make it.

I would have been better if this episode had aired in season 7, when Edna was still on.

The version I’ve seen in syndication edits out the mention of how Molly couldn’t make it.

Molly didn't make it because she was very busy. They only talked to her mother and her mother refused to say at what Molly was busy at. Interpret that how you see it.

I would have been better if this episode had aired in season 7, when Edna was still on.

The version I’ve seen in syndication edits out the mention of how Molly couldn’t make it.

I agree since Mrs. Garrett was with them from day 1


Beverly Ann was a weirdo

Molly didn't make it because she was very busy. They only talked to her mother and her mother refused to say at what Molly was busy at. Interpret that how you see it.

This is what they actually say:

After the black eye flashback in the OOH store, Nancy says "It's too bad Molly couldn't make it", and the girls say "Yeah", "I know", etc., and Cindy says, "What's she doing now anyway?"

And Tootie says, "I don't know. I called her, but her mom said she was really busy." And Cindy wonders with what, and Tootie says, "She didn't say."

Some fans think that's kind of a "nudge nudge, wink wink" to Molly Ringwald being a smash A-list Hollywood movie star at that point.

And then one of the girls (I think it's Nancy or Blair) brings says "Do you think she's forgiven us for that time we short-sheeted her bed?" and they all "" and then move on to another subject (the short-sheeting was never shown in any season 1 episode, so it was an "off-camera incident").

I agree since Mrs. Garrett was with them from day 1


Beverly Ann was a weirdo


The problem with BEVERLY ANN is that she was trying to hard with the girls and she was no MRS G!!!:p:p:p

For instance: TOOTIE didn't particularly like her, JO seem to tolerate her and BLAIR had little respect for her (that's the impression i got from watching the episodes).
The only one who seem to bond with her was NAT for some unknown reasons....:confused::confused::confused:

:beeutiful:beeutiful:beeutiful

The girls come around, it just takes some time. For instance, Tootie was touched by Beverly Ann's being impressed she (Tootie) didn't have sexual relations in the episode after Mrs. Garrett's wedding. So she started softening up toward her.

The problem with BEVERLY ANN is that she was trying to hard with the girls and she was no MRS G!!!:p:p:p

For instance: TOOTIE didn't particularly like her, JO seem to tolerate her and BLAIR had little respect for her (that's the impression i got from watching the episodes).
The only one who seem to bond with her was NAT for some unknown reasons....:confused::confused::confused:

:beeutiful:beeutiful:beeutiful

The fact that they were all grown made Beverly Ann the most pointless addition to a sitcom in TV history

The fact that they were all grown made Beverly Ann the most pointless addition to a sitcom in TV history

More pointless than Cousin Oliver?! :eek::eek:

The fact that they were all grown made Beverly Ann the most pointless addition to a sitcom in TV history

Highly disagree, she brought a new dynamic to a show that was tiring out the season before

More pointless than Cousin Oliver?! :eek::eek:

Yes because cousin oliver was 5 lol. Beverly ann was 57:lol:

Highly disagree, she brought a new dynamic to a show that was tiring out the season before


If you're talking about season 7 i TOTALLY agree: MRS G had already turned into a STEPFORD WIFE POD, and i reckon that if BEVERLY ANN hadn't brought up so much dynamic to the show (after MRS G was gone) it wouldn't have lasted two more seasons.

On the other hand, i REALLY enjoyed the show while MRS G was all HEART and WARMTH during pilot until season 6!!!:happyface:happyface:happyface

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Yes because cousin oliver was 5 lol. Beverly ann was 57:lol:

Molly: "You're being ageist! :singer:"

;)

Molly: "You're being ageist! :singer:"

;)

Molly: And anti woman!!! :crazy:

Tootie couldn’t even get in touch with Molly herself? She could only talk to her mother.

It’s very clear that Molly hated the other girls, since they dropped her like a hot potato after they moved above the cafeteria, leaving her to be friends with someone like Margo. So she wasn’t going to waste time on any kind of reunion.

Tootie couldn’t even get in touch with Molly herself? She could only talk to her mother.

She couldn't get in touch with Molly because Molly wasn't available, being so busy.


It’s very clear that Molly hated the other girls, since they dropped her like a hot potato after they moved above the cafeteria, leaving her to be friends with someone like Margo. So she wasn’t going to waste time on any kind of reunion.

But she still had Nancy, Sue Ann, and Cindy as friends. She probably ditched Margo or at least overpowered her after that whole "pie bit". I believe she wanted to come to the reunion, but she couldn't because of how busy she was (and maybe not available locally at the time).

Tootie couldn’t even get in touch with Molly herself? She could only talk to her mother.

It’s very clear that Molly hated the other girls, since they dropped her like a hot potato after they moved above the cafeteria, leaving her to be friends with someone like Margo. So she wasn’t going to waste time on any kind of reunion.

Or it was their way of telling the viewers that Molly Ringwald had no contact with anyone from the show over those years. If they were still friends, Molly Parker would have at least wrote letters, phoned, or hammed radioed her former classmates. Molly Parker's mother not saying what she was busy with is a way of saying "Leave us alone".

From what I heard that of all the people on the FOL powers that be that contacted Molly's reps (who may have still been her parents) was the person who told Molly that she didn't have a promising future in show business and to pursue other interests.

To date Molly has never appeared in any FOL documentary or in any inperson reunions nor does it appear she follows any of her former cast mates on social media. Her only public contact would have been with Mindy on "The Secret Life of an American Teenager". Meanwhile she has done several reunions with her movie costars.

From what I heard that of all the people on the FOL powers that be that contacted Molly's reps (who may have still been her parents) was the person who told Molly that she didn't have a promising future in show business and to pursue other interests.

To date Molly has never appeared in any FOL documentary or in any inperson reunions nor does it appear she follows any of her former cast mates on social media. Her only public contact would have been with Mindy on "The Secret Life of an American Teenager". Meanwhile she has done several reunions with her movie costars.

what was that 80's movie she played in?

what was that 80's movie she played in?

Molly Ringwald??? The Breakfast Club, Sixteen candles, Pretty in pink to name a few

A few years ago Hallmark Home & Family did a Facts Of Life Reunion show when Charlotte was still alive with Lisa, Kim, Geri Jewell, and Todd Bridges. Molly Ringwald did a video reunion live on air, so did George Clooney.

Molly Ringwald??? The Breakfast Club, Sixteen candles, Pretty in pink to name a few

16 candles is the one I remember

A few years ago Hallmark Home & Family did a Facts Of Life Reunion show when Charlotte was still alive with Lisa, Kim, Geri Jewell, and Todd Bridges. Molly Ringwald did a video reunion live on air, so did George Clooney.

I think George's and Molly's videos were prerecorded.

Yeah, they were pre-recorded, not live.

Yep but Atleast they made the effort