I've began wondering how The Facts Of Life would have handled a subject like one about one of them getting raped (shades of All In The Family), or if they faced abuse in the hands of a boyfriend. If one of them ever encountered one of these subjects, who would you think would have better played it out?

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They covered the rape attempt story line.

Natalie got raped in 'Fear Strikes Back' in season 3 or 4..I don't know..but she did get raped.

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Oops, sorry...I thought it was just a rape attempt.

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No. She was never raped. She was attacked but never got raped though.

Okay, now I'm REALLY embarrassed. When I said "rape attempt" I meant just trying to rape Nat, not actually doing it. Somebody shoot me.

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What other topics did they not cover?

PS -- I've been going back to topics last posted a year ago and bringing them "back to life." There are some really interesting things out there!

did they cover aids or sexually transmitted diseases? i didn't see the last couple of seasons cuz of people that shall remain nameless *cough* *ahem*NICK AT NITE!!! did they ever cover hmm....teenage marriage? i know they did teen pregnancy. what about depression. or being robbed, or mugged. hmm..i can see it now...

a guy comes in to edna's edibles.

gy:give me all your money.
edna:how bout some quiche?

lol...hmm..oh that would be a good fanfic. should i write it. ?

Originally posted by InspectorExstead
did they cover aids or sexually transmitted diseases? i didn't see the last couple of seasons cuz of people that shall remain nameless *cough* *ahem*NICK AT NITE!!! did they ever cover hmm....teenage marriage? i know they did teen pregnancy. what about depression. or being robbed, or mugged. hmm..i can see it now...

a guy comes in to edna's edibles.

gy:give me all your money.
edna:how bout some quiche?

lol...hmm..oh that would be a good fanfic. should i write it. ?

In what episode did they cover teen pregnancy?I dont remember that one for some reason.


I know another topic they never covered Eatting disorders.
And dont tell me that they did in the episode "Dieting"that never came close to that subject.

They covered Teen Pregnancy in an episode where a former Eastland girl returned with her baby. She had gotten pregnant and then married. She left the baby with the girls, but later came back to be a "good mom" and be responsible.

Someone else will know more about this episode than I. I remember seeing it, but I don't know all the details about it. I would say it's a season 3 or 4 episode, so you might check the episode guide on the left side.

What else did they do??? Or, not do, I dunno....

Originally posted by InspectorExstead
did they cover aids or sexually transmitted diseases? i didn't see the last couple of seasons cuz of people that shall remain nameless *cough* *ahem*NICK AT NITE!!! did they ever cover hmm....teenage marriage? i know they did teen pregnancy. what about depression. or being robbed, or mugged. hmm..i can see it now...

a guy comes in to edna's edibles.

gy:give me all your money.
edna:how bout some quiche?

lol...hmm..oh that would be a good fanfic. should i write it. ?

they did cover teenage marriage it was 2 eps. Teenage Marriage parts 1 and 2 where Eddie asks Jo to marry him.:D

Yes, like jayman said, they did cover teen pregnancy and I believe the episode was called "Baby About the House" or something to that effect... It was a very good episode, and got the point across.




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Wow, there were tooo many issues that i wish made the scene onto FOL... i would say an ep where the girls actually did try drugs.. Dope just didn't cover it for me.. niehter did that one With a Little Help From My Friends becuase it was somebody else with teh drug problem... I think that teen alcoholism (a fanfic i am working on right now) needed to be touched... i'm talking abotu ALCOHOLIC.. not, "let's have a drink" and i was SOOOO surprised that they never touched on the subject of Smoking Cigarretts! Thta was a HUGE issue and still is! True that HIV/AIDS and STDs was never topicized (although in The Source Blair makes a comment about VD... an STD, but it was just a crack) also, gays/lesbiens. If you notice... my fanfics usually DEAL with "contraversial" issues that FOL either sucked at doing, I saw what FOL tried to do in a diff way, or they never did it at all. My latest fanfic was a topic of teen pregnancy. and do you REALIZE that there was never an episode from seasons 2-7 that dealt with shoudl i have sex or not? and the 3 that did were either stupid (i.e. The Facts of Love from season 1... which in an abstract silly way was funny during the sex ed class) or when Mrs. G wasn't even their!! (i.e Ready or Not and The First Time) and by then i would think that they were old enough.. hell they were all graduated form high school by then! I always thought that Eddie and Jo shoulda hit that subject since they were so series and long termed PLUS they almost got married AND they were eachother's first love... that's too many pros on that side.. i'm surprised they didnt' sleep together!!! okay... i'll stop!

I think the only time they touched on the subject of STDs was when Natalie was looking for a big story and Blair came up with
"V.D.??" Everyone oohs and ahhs, then she smiles and says,
"Valentine's Day!!" :lol:
Another episode that poked briefly about gay/lesbian issues was
when Blair insinuated that Cindy (the tomboy? I get her and Sue Ann confused) was "one of THOSE girls" when she was seen hugging another girl. And another, when Blair's sister Meg was accused of being a lesbian by her parents when she wanted to become a nun.

Originally posted by Tad Warner
And another, when Blair's sister Meg was accused of being a lesbian by her parents when she wanted to become a nun.

Yeah. And the Cindy thing.

Any other gay/lesibian things? I can't think of any off the top of my head. I'll hafta consult my tapes

the teen pregnancy was where that former student came and left her baby. oh yeah...i forgot all about eddie asking jo to marry her. but did they ever show like a married teen couple?

Originally posted by Silver Daze


Kelly robbed Ednas Edibles remember? She told Blair to give her money or her gang would trash the place. They didn't cover gay/lesbian issues.

didn't see that epsiode...:(

Well given the time period, you can't really expect FOL to have covered AIDS. AIDS didn't even really emerge as a problem until the mid-80s, and they were still trying to figure out what it was. They still thought it was a "gay disease," and since there were no gay people on FOL it wouldn't have made sense to have covered it.

As for other VDs, well, ya kinda have to be having sex first. I totally think they should have covered sex before they did.

I also would have liked to have seen them cover alcohol better than they did, but it may have been hard because it's not like anyone could have big house parties or anything since it was a boarding school.

Also, because of the time period, they couldn't really cover drugs in a realistic and satisfying way. The Reagan administration ordered TV shows in the '80s to have at least one episode illustrating the dangers of drugs (otherwise, A Little Help From My Friends probably never would have been made). Any show that would have attempted a realistic approach to drugs that wasn't neatly resolved in 23 minutes would've drawn heat.

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
They still thought it was a "gay disease," and since there were no gay people on FOL it wouldn't have made sense to have covered it.

lotta people still think of it as that...sad...

Originally posted by InspectorExstead
or being robbed, or mugged. hmm..i can see it now...


In Down and Out In Malibu 1&2 Jo was robbed....and also put in a jail cell.....lol

Here are some very important issues that Facts Of Life never touched on:

1. Dyslexic serial killers who want to adopt;

2. Cat-juggling.

More later.

In the ep where Kelly steals, wasn't it bread that she stuffed in her coat or something? I remember seeing this episode on USA, but... I can't remember what it was

Originally posted by Wild Child

In Down and Out In Malibu 1&2 Jo was robbed....and also put in a jail cell.....lol

WHAT ?!?!?!?!? :eek: OMG...WHAT HAPPENED! SEE IF NICK AT NITE HADN'T STOPPED AIRING FOL I WOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE!...BUT NOO...

Actually, Jo caught her stealing a jar of marinated baby-corns.

Originally posted by Tad Warner
Actually, Jo caught her stealing a jar of marinated baby-corns.

she did?!?!

Yeah, she caught Kelly with things under her jacket and pulled out a jar and said, "Marinated baby-corns??!!" And she replied,
"Hey, can I help it you don't have REAL food around here?"

Originally posted by Tad Warner
Yeah, she caught Kelly with things under her jacket and pulled out a jar and said, "Marinated baby-corns??!!" And she replied,
"Hey, can I help it you don't have REAL food around here?"

ohhh...lol... I thought it was bread.

my bad

Hmm, maybe it was... I think there was a long loaf of bread, but I
do remember the jar of baby-corns. Maybe it was two different episodes, because she was always trying to steal or cause trouble.

Originally posted by Tad Warner
Yeah, she caught Kelly with things under her jacket and pulled out a jar and said, "Marinated baby-corns??!!" And she replied,
"Hey, can I help it you don't have REAL food around here?"

HMM...I LOVE BABY CORN. I NEED SOME..NOW! WAIT A MINUTE. I THINK I'VE SEEN THAT EPPIE. DID THEY SHOW IT DURING THE FANDEMONIUM MARATHON? I START CRYING EVERYTIME I PUT THE TAPE ON...CUZ OF SOME STUPID PEOPLE THAT SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS *AHEM, COUGH, NICK AT NICK, COUGH, AHEM*....