Where were Sue Ann, Cindy, Molly, and Nancy living during the TLC era?

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by 80s Dude

Womyn Studies (yes, my college had such a major and womyn was spelled that way)

Hard to blame womyn when you look at the history of men.

Remember the "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories" books in the mid-'90s? Womyn, (no "men"), persun, (no "son"), etc.

[RetroGuy2000]

I suppose it's debatable if Molly even graduated from Eastland, with her final Eastland episode being about five years before she would graduate. Then again, they mention Molly couldn't attend since she was so busy with other things. But would someone who didn't graduate from a school attend a class reunion?

[80s Dude]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I suppose it's debatable if Molly even graduated from Eastland, with her final Eastland episode being about five years before she would graduate. Then again, they mention Molly couldn't attend since she was so busy with other things. But would someone who didn't graduate from a school attend a class reunion?

I think we can say for sure that Molly left Eastland to go to another school. We didn't see her again after she was 12 and 6 years later, no one has heard from her and her mother refused to give them any specific information. If Molly had graduated from Eastland,it would be with Tootie or perhaps a year ahead of Tootie.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by 80s Dude

I think we can say for sure that Molly left Eastland to go to another school. We didn't see her again after she was 12 and 6 years later, no one has heard from her and her mother refused to give them any specific information. If Molly had graduated from Eastland,it would be with Tootie or perhaps a year ahead of Tootie.

If she had been a year ahead of Tootie, it's too bad we didn't see her instead of Annie in "Bus Stop".

We don't actually know that no one has heard from her; all we know is that she clearly wasn't a regular friend to the girls sometime after episode 2-02: it's possible they still saw her in class, but we never saw it on camera.

Of course, it's much easier to explain away not seeing a character for a year (like Sue Ann and Nancy) than it is to explain away what must have been five, six years.

Maybe her father and Angela heard her talking about what a dump Eastland was, and Dr. Parker moved her to another school... and because Mrs. Garrett, Blair, Natalie, and Tootie were in a different building, Cindy, Sue Ann, and Nancy's pleas to Dr. Parker fell on deaf ears: there just weren't enough girls to convince him to relent, and keep Molly at Eastland.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

We don't actually know that no one has heard from her; all we know is that she clearly wasn't a regular friend to the girls sometime after episode 2-02: it's possible they still saw her in class, but we never saw it on camera.

Exactly. Just because a character's off screen doesn't mean they're "off show." In my faniverse, Molly stayed at Eastland and graduated.

We didn't see Cindy, Sue Ann, or the other Lost Girls for five years. But we still assume they graduated from Eastland, even though I don't think the reunion mentions them graduating (but it's been a while since I've seen it).

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

Exactly. Just because a character's off screen doesn't mean they're "off show." In my faniverse, Molly stayed at Eastland and graduated.

We didn't see Cindy, Sue Ann, or the other Lost Girls for five years. But we still assume they graduated from Eastland, even though I don't think the reunion mentions them graduating (but it's been a while since I've seen it).

I don't believe it mentions them graduating Eastland, either, but I've always believed they did: Nancy and Sue Ann would have only had a year left, anyway. Why transfer to a new school after you've been at Eastland for at least four?

Molly was at Eastland for at least three academic years: 1978-1979, 1979-1980, and 1980-1981. So maybe she stayed on, and we just never saw her on camera. It's possible.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Molly was at Eastland for at least three academic years: 1978-1979, 1979-1980, and 1980-1981. So maybe she stayed on, and we just never saw her on camera. It's possible.

In fact, as much as that show dug its claws into that cafeteria set and held one for dear life, it's quite probable.

[80s Dude]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I don't believe it mentions them graduating Eastland, either, but I've always believed they did: Nancy and Sue Ann would have only had a year left, anyway. Why transfer to a new school after you've been at Eastland for at least four?

Molly was at Eastland for at least three academic years: 1978-1979, 1979-1980, and 1980-1981. So maybe she stayed on, and we just never saw her on camera. It's possible.

Just the fact that the other girls had no idea where she was in "The Little Chill" indicates Molly was long gone. She would have graduated from Eastland just a few months ago had she stayed and at least one of the girls would have known where she was. I wonder if in real life if any of the girls tried to contact Molly and Adelle Ringwald (the mother, not the daughter who obviously was not around then) told them that she "was busy" and they wrote that part into the script.

['80sSitcoms]

Ostensibly Molly is 1 year older than Tootie, if we theorize that Molly was 13 when her hormones were triggered in spring 1980. But even if she were 12, Tootie was 12 from 1979 to 1981 (!!), so Molly was still apparently a year older than her?

And it's not that her mom refused to say what Molly was busy with when Tootie called her. Tootie didn't say "She wouldn't say," she said "She didn't say." It just sounds like Mrs. Parker politely made the conversation brief. Or maybe Mrs. Parker could have had her hands full on her end of the line and needed to get off the phone. Who knows?

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

They graduated offscreen, it's simple

They were probably living in New York

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by '80sSitcoms

it's not that her mom refused to say what Molly was busy with when Tootie called her. Tootie didn't say "She wouldn't say," she said "She didn't say." It just sounds like Mrs. Parker politely made the conversation brief.

"It's that Tootie girl again. Wonder if that girl is still on rollerskates?"

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by FOL-FAN-ITA

They graduated offscreen, it's simple

They were probably living in New York

New York seems like the easiest option: no mention of flights, for example, and the honking of a car horn.

['80sSitcoms]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

"It's that Tootie girl again. Wonder if that girl is still on rollerskates?"

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by 80s Dude

Just the fact that the other girls had no idea where she was in "The Little Chill" indicates Molly was long gone. She would have graduated from Eastland just a few months ago had she stayed and at least one of the girls would have known where she was. I wonder if in real life if any of the girls tried to contact Molly and Adelle Ringwald (the mother, not the daughter who obviously was not around then) told them that she "was busy" and they wrote that part into the script.

It IS odd that they script it so that Tootie was talking to Molly's mom. Why not have her mention talking directly to Molly? Because of how it's written, like you, I wonder if they could only reach her mother, so they wrote that into the script.

[FOL-FAN-ITA]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

New York seems like the easiest option: no mention of flights, for example, and the honking of a car horn.

Yeah. Cindy probably worked for a fashion house in New York, Sue Ann for an undefined company and Nancy as a psychiatrist