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julian bozo · 09-04-2017, 11:54 AM

What do you think was the #1 worst episode of the Facts of Life and why?

RetroGuy2000 · 09-04-2017, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by julian bozo

What do you think was the #1 worst episode of the Facts of Life and why?

One of the later episodes, most of which were farcical: "Come Back to the Truck Stop, Natalie Green, Natalie Green", "Seven Little Indians", "Golden Oldies", and "Big Apple Blues" stick out in my mind.

Smiley13 · 09-04-2017, 01:01 PM

Anything in the later years. Without Edna the show just was not the same. And as the girls got older, the whole premise was not the same and the show lost its feeling.

'80sSitcoms · 09-04-2017, 01:04 PM

Ugh, "Golden Oldies" is definitely a top candidate for me; a daydream sequence might be okay, but an entire episode fantasizing about what they would be like in 50 years? No thank you.

And I really, really do not care for "Jazzbeau". I plan to pretty much skip most of that when I go through the series from now on.

I have to say though, I have fond memories of seeing "Seven Little Indians" when it first aired. It's a great one to watch during the Halloween season.

As for the classic years, "Best Sister" and "The Academy" are probably my top two picks (or bottom two picks, as it were, lol).

RetroGuy2000 · 09-04-2017, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Smiley13

Anything in the later years. Without Edna the show just was not the same. And as the girls got older, the whole premise was not the same and the show lost its feeling.

I totally agree. The show was Mrs. G and her girls. Without Edna Garrett, the show became... hollow.

Impressions · 09-04-2017, 03:02 PM

Pretty much any episode where they attempted a backdoor pilot or a dream sequence. The backdoor pilots were just dry and boring and the dream sequence episodes were just oh-so-over-the-top that I lost interest.

Interview Show was pretty terrible though. Served absolute no purpose to the plot whatsoever.

'80sSitcoms · 09-04-2017, 03:08 PM

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Interview Show was pretty terrible though. Served absolute no purpose to the plot whatsoever.

I like that one; it's like a documentary within the show's universe.

RetroGuy2000 · 09-04-2017, 04:21 PM

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I like that one; it's like a documentary within the show's universe.

I liked that one, too. And I think it was pretty original for the time.

09-04-2017, 11:54 AM	#1
julian bozo Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 30, 2001 Location: Cullman,Al,United States Posts: 1,534	Worst episode of the Facts of Life? What do you think was the #1 worst episode of the Facts of Life and why?

09-04-2017, 01:01 PM	#3
Smiley13 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 02, 2015 Posts: 80	Anything in the later years. Without Edna the show just was not the same. And as the girls got older, the whole premise was not the same and the show lost its feeling.

09-04-2017, 01:04 PM	#4
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	Ugh, "Golden Oldies" is definitely a top candidate for me; a daydream sequence might be okay, but an entire episode fantasizing about what they would be like in 50 years? No thank you. And I really, really do not care for "Jazzbeau". I plan to pretty much skip most of that when I go through the series from now on. I have to say though, I have fond memories of seeing "Seven Little Indians" when it first aired. It's a great one to watch during the Halloween season. As for the classic years, "Best Sister" and "The Academy" are probably my top two picks (or bottom two picks, as it were, lol).

09-04-2017, 03:02 PM	#6
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	Pretty much any episode where they attempted a backdoor pilot or a dream sequence. The backdoor pilots were just dry and boring and the dream sequence episodes were just oh-so-over-the-top that I lost interest. Interview Show was pretty terrible though. Served absolute no purpose to the plot whatsoever.