Season 2
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2-12 “The Secret”
In which we discover for the first time where exactly Jo’s father went when he “left home.” Recently, I got a comment suggesting that we accept Jo’s reformation and stop pigeonholing her as…
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2-11 “Sex Symbol”
“Men who are with lots of women are considered studs, while women who are with lots of men are considered sluts!” It’s such an old trope, yet we’re still mired in it today.…
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2-10 “Breaking Point”
Queen’s “Don’t Try Suicide” came out in 1980, and eight years later Heathers gave us Big Fun’s “Teenage Suicide (Don’t Do It)” It’s nearly 30 years later and teenage suicide is still a…
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2-9 “Gossip”
I don’t love this episode. It’s not the first time and not the last that Tootie’s gossip is an issue, and the biggest issue in the episode is not even all Tootie’s fault.…
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2-6: “Shoplifting”
Joanna Marie Polniaczek is the tough girl with the brain of a genius and the heart of a lion. She was an important role model to me, and, I’ve heard, to other LGBTQ…
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2-14, “Pretty Babies”
Blair is on the phone with this week’s never-seen-boyfriend, Scott. He’s obsessed with Blair’s eyes apparently, you know, those “chestnut brown eyes with green and gold flecks.” Jo is disgusted, Mrs. Garrett is…
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2-13 “Bought and Sold” (Featuring Zsa Zsa Gabor)
Zsa Zsa Gabor was a woman known for her beauty and glamour. She wore loads of makeup and diamonds and furs and all sorts of things of which I heartily disapprove. Yet there…
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2-3 “Double Standard”
One of the best things that ever happened to me at law school was when I found out that one of my classmates reads this blog. It was his birthday last week, so,…
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2-8 “Teenage Marriage, Part 2”
Previously on The Facts of Life: When we last saw Jo and Eddie They was runnin’ off to wed Blair ‘n’ Edna tried to stop ’em …
