Episode
The Facts of Life: A Death in the Family
Overview
The girls are shaken by the sudden death of Natalie's father and wonder how to ease her pain.
Details
- Series
- The Facts of Life
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1984-02-01
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
A Death in the Family is Episode 17 in Season 5 of The Facts of Life. It aired on 1984-02-01. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 16: All or Nothing
Newly elected board member Jo tackles the regents of Langley when they vote to cut academic scholarships in favor of a scoreboard nobody wants.
Episode 18: Big Fish/Little Fish
Blair is distraught when she discovers that Jo has taken her place in popularity on campus. This leads to an argument between the two that ends with Jo refusing Blair's help for planning a party.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: Crossing the Line
Natalie starts dating a black guy, and Tootie thinks that Natalie hates him because of his color.
Episode 19: Star at Langley
Blair and her boyfriend, Cliff, are serious at least Cliff thinks so but Blair pushes him away. Meanwhile, a movie star, Heather Hunt, is visiting Peekskill and quickly Blair finds herself competing with her for Cliff's attentions.
Episode 14: Next Door
A young boy enters Edna's Edibles and Tootie befriends him and learns that he lives next door. She also learns that his mother works all day and leaves him home alone and tells him never to leave their apartment and when a gas leak is detected on the block the young boy won't budge.
Episode 20: Dream Marriage
A marriage proposal from Blair's boyfriend prompts her to begin dreaming about the future for herself and her friends.
Episode 13: The Chain Letter
While Mrs. Garrett frets over an inspection by the Board of Health, the girls get involved with a chain letter and ignore their responsibilities.
Episode 21: Mother and Daughter
Tootie's mother comes to Eastland for a visit, and the fact that Tootie doesn't communicate with her mother becomes apparent. Her mother quickly realizes there are many things she doesn't know about her daughter and wants to have an open relationship with Tootie but will Tootie allow that?
Episode 12: The Christmas Show
The holidays bring joy to the girls when they all plan on going home for Christmas but when Jo's mother temporarily moves to Miami, Jo is stuck in Peekskill.
Episode 22: All by Herself
Geri is in charge of organizing a charity auction but makes her first mistake by making Blair her assistant. Blair quickly takes over and begins doing things without consulting Geri. Geri in turn fires her and makes her second mistake, not accepting any help from from anyone.
Episode 11: The Second Time Around
Jo begins seeing sparks between her divorced parents and immediately hopes they get back together. However, her hopes quickly become dashed when she learns that her father is planning to marry another woman.
Episode 23: Seems Like Old Times
Jo is surprised when her ex-boyfriend, Eddie, who just got out of the Navy, makes a surprise visit. However, Jo isn't the only one who's in for a surprise when Tootie discovers a shocking secret that Eddie's been keeping.