Episode
The Facts of Life: Brave New World (2)
Overview
Ms Garret decides to re-open an abandoned department store and turn it into her own.
Details
- Series
- The Facts of Life
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1983-09-21
Episode context
Brave New World (2) is Episode 2 in Season 5 of The Facts of Life. It aired on 1983-09-21.
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Episode 1: Brave New World (1)
Jo and Blair have a hard time adjusting to college.
Episode 3: Gamma Gamma or Bust
Blair is dying to join the sorority that's she pledging and she volunteers Mrs. Garrett to be the caterer for a rush party. However, when Mrs. Garrett begins making Mexican before consulting Blair, who wanted Chinese, Blair fires her without a second thought.
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Episode 4: Just My Bill
Jo's been dating, Bill, a plain guy who attends the same college as she does, but when she learns that he's a rich kid, Jo becomes resentful and angry that he didn't tell her the whole truth about himself.
Episode 5: What Price Glory?
Tootie's new boyfriend, Jeff, is the star football player on the football team at Eastland. However, she learns a startling secret that he's been keeping, he's illiterate. She now must decide whether or not to encourage his behavior of having other kids do his work for him.
Episode 6: The Halloween Show
A strange man tells the girls that years ago a murder occurred in the shop. Later, when the girls see Mrs. Garret with a knife they assume that she's possessed by the murderer's spirit and is out to get them.
Episode 7: Advance Placement
Natalie is allowed to enroll in a college course at Langley College and she quickly gets an overblown ego which quickly threatens her friendships with Blair, Jo and Tootie. Things get even worse when she learns that if she can keep her grade point average up she will be allowed to graduate early and enroll at Langley in the fall.
Episode 8: I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
For a birthday surprise, the girls take Mrs. Garrett to a club featuring male exotic dancers, but the one who's in for the real surprise is Blair.
Episode 9: Small but Dangerous
Streetwise Kelly alleges that the vandalism of Edna's Edibles was the work of a local gang, but Jo decides to investigate.
Episode 10: Store Games
Mrs. Garrett is slowly losing business to a competitor, Pete Dawson. However, Natalie, with the help of her computer, breaks into his computer and alters his recipes.
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 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 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.