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7-22 “Big Time Charlie”
I have a very warm spot in my heart for this episode. It sits toward the end of a weak season. Charlotte Rae was checked out; she’s not even in this episode and…
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8-21: “Younger than Springtime”
I have a new method for deciding which episode to recap. It’s deeply involved and goes to the depths of my soul. In order to prepare for it, I almost had to cut…
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3-19 “New York, New York”
At the beginning of the year, I followed the lead of a friend who engages in an annual ritual to choose three words that will define his year. The first one I chose…
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Jo should’ve made more little mistakes like I did
This morning, as is my usual routine, I woke up, pulled on a pair of tights and a weather-appropriate, comfy t-shirt, and took my dog for her morning walk. This is the t-shirt…
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5-16 “All Or Nothing”
“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” The advice is generally sound, but it’s also important not to settle for “good” out of a fear that “perfect” is unattainable. Negotiation,…
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5-4 “Just My Bill”
There are so many wonderful things about this episode. It addresses impostor syndrome and self-confidence, without letting anyone off the hook for shitty behavior. It contains a general message to enjoy people for…
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5-9 “Small but Dangerous”
Pamela Adlon is kind of a big deal these days. This extremely talented woman carries her own show, which is a cult hit. Way back when she was wee, she played juvenile delinquent(?)…
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4-21 “Help From Home”
I started this blog when I was about to go to law school, and really made it a thing in part because of a need to interrupt the demands of law school with…
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4-7 “A Woman’s Place”
This is an amazing, terrible, hilarious, painful, totally underappreciated episode of The Facts of Life. Charlotte Rae and Mindy Cohn are on comedy fire, which is something that is hard to convey in the…
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7-12 “Ballroom Dance”
In case you missed it, Jo Freaking Polniaczek Nancy McKeon is on Season 27(!) of Dancing With the Stars. It premiered last week. She did a quickstep, and she was pretty good. I…
