Season 3
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3-10 “Cousin Geri Returns” AKA “Geri’s Romance”
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you already know that I pretty much worship this show for its quiet progressiveness. It is certainly sometimes a product of its time, and I…
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See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
For years I’ve been wanting to put this out there. In the season three episode “Kids Can Be Cruel,” Natalie, Tootie, and Jo watch as Blair is surprised by the unpopular boy bidding…
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3-7 “Sweet Sorrow”
In the middle of season two, we met the man that could melt Jo’s steel heart. By the end of that two-part episode, Jo had decided that it was a bad idea to…
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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…
