Episode
The Facts of Life: On the Edge
Overview
Jo's job at the social services center gets a bit hairy when her supervisor, a suicide prevention counselor, threatens to leap off a building.
Details
- Series
- The Facts of Life
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1988-03-12
Episode context
On the Edge is Episode 21 in Season 9 of The Facts of Life. It aired on 1988-03-12.
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Episode 20: Present Imperfect
Tootie recieves a hideous pendant as an engagement present from Jeff's formidable grandmother, and it's pulverized at Andy and Pippa's wild party just before the woman arrives.
Episode 22: Big Apple Blues
Natalie's first bite of the Big Apple is hard to digest: she overnights in a Soho loft with "the four weirdest people I've ever met."
More episodes from this season
Episode 19: Till Marriage Do Us Part
Rick proposes to Jo in his own crazy way, and everyone anticipates a wedding. Everyone, that is, except Jo – who still hasn't accepted.
Episode 23: The Beginning of the End
Blair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.
Episode 18: Less Than Perfect
One evening, a tired Blair falls asleep at the wheel and has a car accident landing her in the hospital with a gash on her forehead. This leads her to begin worrying about how her once "perfect" self will recover from this tragedy.
Episode 24: The Beginning of the Beginning
As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.
Episode 17: Let's Face the Music
A sponsor of a musical benefit invites Jo and Blair to visit his beauty spa, where they are transformed but not in the way they expected.
Episode 16: The First Time
Natalie deals firsthand with facts of life as she overnights with her boyfriend Snake, and faces the reactions of her friends and Snake.
Episode 15: A House Divided
The fat hits the fire when Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends meet, and Jo blows a gasket over the repair job on her bike.
Episode 14: Peekskill Law
Blair interns at a law firm that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.
Episode 13: Something in Common
It's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.
Episode 12: A Thousand Frowns
Andy latches on to a "big brother," who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.