Stumbled across the season 8 episode "The Little Chill" today

[TVFactFan]

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.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

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.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

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!

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by Christopher

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.

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by Christopher

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.

[80s Dude]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

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.

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

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.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

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?

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

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.

[Impressions]

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.

[TV Guy]

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.

[80s Dude]

Originally Posted by TV Guy

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.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by TV Guy

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

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by 80s Dude

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").

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

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!!!

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....