Recaps
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6-3 “Love at First Byte”
Back in the pre-internet days, instead of match.com and eHarmony and Tinder, there were personal ads in the newspaper (see Desperately Seeking Susan) as well as dating services. Those things were batshit, and…
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7-8 “Come Back to the Truck Stop, Natalie Green, Natalie Green”
I chose this episode to recap because when I sat down to start writing, I needed a big ol’ pile o’ goof. Good goof, not goof so goofy as to be terrible. Goofy…
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3-11 “Legacy”
Black Lives Matter. If that phrase makes you salty, leave my blog and don’t come back. The thing is, the ones who leave because they’ve decided that I’m one of them Libs that…
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1-7 “Dieting”
I recently realized that I never hated my body. I definitely parroted my mother and sisters (eight and ten years older than me), saying things like “I’m on a diet,” or “I need…
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3-15 “Starstruck”
Raise your hand if, when you’re looking for a Facts of Life episode to watch, you fumble around on your couch-side table and say to yourself, “I know there’s a DVD here somewhere.”…
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3-1 “Growing Pains”
Not to be confused with Alan Thicke’s masterpiece to follow later in the decade, this episode has Natalie getting attention, Tootie getting hammered, and Jo getting criminal. Again. It’s a new school year…
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4-3 “The Sounds of Silence”
Regular readers of this blog will recognize that I often pick which episodes to recap based on their relationship with what’s going on in my life. I thought of this episode today because…
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5-8: “I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can
My friend Elizabeth has with me since the beginning of this blog, and she’s just had a birthday. For her birthday, I’m taking her somewhere secret. It’s Mrs. G’s birthday too, and she,…
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1-6 “Emily Dickinson”
A classic. Wherein Blair is a big cheating cheater (academic, not relationship) and Mr. Bradley says the h-e-double-hockey-sticks word. Also plenty of gross creepage from white men. Good stuff. The episode begins with…
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