Episode
The Facts of Life: Taking a Chance on Love (2)
Overview
Jo and Sam's relationship grows more serious despite the fact that he has a young son from a previous marriage.
Details
- Series
- The Facts of Life
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1984-11-07
Episode context
Taking a Chance on Love (2) is Episode 7 in Season 6 of The Facts of Life. It aired on 1984-11-07.
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Episode 6: Taking a Chance on Love (1)
Rumors spead about Jo's involvement with her professor and indeed, they just may be true when a romance develops between the two.
Episode 8: E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett on Campus)
Mrs. Garrett enrolls in a Shakespeare class, but worries that she might neglect her business and have trouble fitting in with the college crowd.
More episodes from this season
Episode 5: Cruisin'
On a dateless Saturday night, the girls cruise downtown Peekskill in hopes of finding Mr. Right. However, a string of bizarre events leads the girls to hideout in their car at a closed gas station.
Episode 9: Dear Apple
Jo has a heart-to-heart talk---with a computer to resolve a conflict she had with Blair (Lisa Whelchel). Natalie: Mindy Cohn. Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. Tootie: Kim Fields.
Episode 4: My Boyfriend's Back
Tootie's first date with Jeff since he started college leaves her feeling she must sleep with him to keep him.
Episode 10: Talk, Talk, Talk
While working at the campus radio station, Jo finds herself needing to fill 5 hours of air time. Things start off on a bad note, when she can't find a key to the record cabinet, which leads, Natalie, Tootie, Blair and Mrs. Garrett to come to her rescue.
Episode 3: Love at First Byte
With computer dating as the subject of her term paper, Natalie uses a computer dating service to find Blair and Jo ""perfect dates"" without their permission. Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrett targets Tootie as a bridge partner when her old one moves away.
Episode 11: Smile
Natalie is nervous after an interview for a job she applied for with the town newspaper. However, after she learns she didn't get the job, her strange behavior threatens her relationship with her boyfriend.
Episode 2: Slices of Life
Jo begins a pizza business with her mom's secret pizza recipe that has everyone's mouths watering, including a fraternity house that buys pizzas in bulk. However, the business begins running Jo and her workers, Natalie and Tootie ragged which leads Jo to make a business decision on how to make pizzas faster and cheaper.
Episode 12: The Rich Aren't Different
Jo borrows one of Blair's watches and later breaks it. Jo's lack of remorse is what sends Blair to some serious action, she hauls Jo into small claims court. Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrett is having a hard time studying for her algebra class.
Episode 1: The Summer of '84
Mrs. Garrett and the girls share their summer vacations: Natalie and Tootie at a Cape Cod resort, Mrs. Garrett and Jo on a musical fling in Atlantic City and Blair down on a farm in Iowa.
Episode 13: Christmas in the Big House
For the Christmas season, Blair and some of her snobby friends plan on putting on a Christmas show at a home for boys. Her Christmas spirit quickly changes when she discovers that the home for boys is really a home for convicts.