Recaps
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3-18: “Runaway”
In which Tootie runs off to New York City on her own and a pimp attempts to recruit her. We open with Jo, Blair, and Natalie getting ready to head out the door…
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3-2: “Fear Strikes Back”
There was a phenomenon in the ’80s: The Very Special Episode (VSE). Every show, and particularly sitcoms, would occasionally have a dramatic episode dealing with a serious issue. Examples include the Diff’rent Strokes episode where…
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2-5: “Cousin Geri”
Cousin Geri is Blair’s cousin. She’s a comedian, and she has cerebral palsy. She was introduced in season 2, in 1980, at a time when people with disabilities were not particularly visible on…
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6-5: “Cruisin'”
A few weeks ago, one of my readers suggested three episodes to recap. Two of them were Halloween episodes, which I haven’t definitively decided to save for the season, but I am still…
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8-22: “This is Only a Test”
Since my complete series DVDs arrived about a month ago, I’ve been savoring the opportunity to watch seasons six through nine, to which I haven’t had reliable access in over a decade. I…
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2-2: “The New Girl – Part 2”
Back in September, I treated you all to a recap of the episode where we are finally introduced to our tough-talking, motorcycle-riding, fist-clenching, gender-nonconforming heroine, Jo. Then the sky fell and I dropped…
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1-11 “Running”
It turns out that third year of law school is not the picnic everyone promised. That’s at least in part because I made bad choices, but that’s neither here nor there, since the…
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2-1: “The New Girl – Part 1”
I haven’t put up a new post in a couple of weeks due to vacation followed by the opposite of vacation. But now that I have given my presentation to complete my summer…
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1-13: “Dope” (part 2 of 2)
Previously, on Cousin Geri: A Facts of Life Appreciation Blog… Blair got Sue Ann into “The Group,” a secretive, exclusive group of seniors who really are just a bunch of stoners. Tootie crashed…
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1-13: “Dope” (part 1 of 2)
In which the character played by Helen Hunt smokes a bong. I bet you didn’t know that Helen Hunt was in a Facts of Life episode! Although I did mention it in my very…
