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The Facts of Life Episode Guide Season 3
Editor's note: This season began in November due to the AFTRA writers strike which delayed production of scripted shows.
EP 30: GROWING PAINS
Blair brings home a bottle of a fine European wine, and Tootie drinks it to show how "adult" she is.
Aired: 10/28/1981
EP 31: FEAR STRIKES BACK
Natalie withdraws from her life after an attempted sexual assault.
Aired: 11/4/1981
EP 32: A BABY IN THE HOUSE
Blair's friend Allison disappears after visiting, leaving her baby in the girls' care.
Aired: 11/11/1981
EP 33: A FRIEND IN DEED
Blair's mother visits with devastating news.
Aired: 11/18/1981
EP 34: FRONT PAGE
Burned by her journalism teacher's criticism, Jo turns out a front-page story linking him to a drug bust.
Aired: 11/25/1981
EP 35: GIVE AND TAKE
When Mrs. Garrett's pension goes away, she is faced with the decision of leaving Eastland.
Aired: 12/2/1981
EP 36: SWEET SORROW
Jo is torn between her old boyfriend and her "husband" in a marriage study group.
Aired: 12/9/1981
EP 37: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Natalie's weekend romance with her boyfriend is cut short when her grandma drops in.
Aired: 12/16/1981
EP 38: DEAR ME
Tootie fakes a love letter to impress the older girls.
Aired: 12/23/1981
EP 39: COUSIN GERI RETURNS
Blair suspects the French teacher of ulterior motives when he asks out her cousin.
Aired: 12/30/1981
EP 40: LEGACY
Blair learns that her late grandfather, whom she idealized, was a supporter and benefactor of the Ku Klux Klan.
Aired: 1/6/1982
EP 41: GREEN-EYED MONSTER
When Tootie beats Natalie for the lead role in the school play, a rift grows between the two of them.
Aired: 1/13/1982
EP 42: THE AMERICANIZATION OF MIKO
A Japanese student's father objects to her daughter's adoption of Western cultural values.
Aired: 1/20/1982
EP 43: THE MARRIAGE BROKERS
Blair goes on a double date with Mrs. Garrett and her longtime friend Ernest Melbourne, worrying that the two of them might get married.
Aired: 1/27/1982
EP 44: STARSTRUCK
Tootie tries to go to a Jermaine Jackson concert on her own when the others back out at the last moment.
Aired: 2/3/1982
EP 45: THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
Constant squabbling causes the girls to reevaluate their friendship.
Aired: 2/10/1982
EP 46: THE AFFAIR
Natalie discovers her father may be having an affair.
Aired: 2/17/1982
EP 47: RUNAWAY
Against her parents' direction, Tootie runs away to New York to meet up with the girls.
Aired: 2/24/1982
EP 48: NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Blair and Jo go to visit old friends in New York, where they find that things have changed considerably.
Aired: 3/3/1982
EP 49: KIDS CAN BE CRUEL
The girls discover the boys' "slam book" full of negative comments about them.
Aired: 3/17/1982
EP 50: MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Natalie institutes nine rules of privacy after she learns that Blair looked in her diary.
Aired: 3/24/1982
EP 51: THE ACADEMY
The girls go to a school dance with boys from nearby Stone Military Academy.
Aired: 3/31/1982
EP 52: JO'S COUSIN
Jo's tomboy cousin asks for help when she falls in love.
Aired: 4/14/1982
EP 53: READ NO EVIL
When the school library institutes a censorship policy, Natalie is bounced from the school paper for speaking out against it.
Aired: 5/5/1982
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