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5-2 “Brave New World” (part 2 of 2)
When we last spent time with Mrs. Garrett and the girls, Mrs. G had just decided to open up Edna’s Edibles in the Peekskill building that her son bought for her. Jo was…
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3-5 “Front Page”
Folks, this is among my favorite episodes of Facts. It’s one that I remembered but didn’t catch on TV in syndication for a long time. Either I kept missing it or the stations that…
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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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2-6: “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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Jo’s Clothes – A descent into madness
Newsflash: Jo dresses like shit. There are times when, good Lord, I just want to punch whoever dressed her. It ccurred to me to feel guilty about judging her, because we know she’s…
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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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Short Engagements: What do I have in common with Mrs. Garrett and Jo?
According to wedding website The Knot, the average engagement is fourteen months. Tootie was likely engaged for something like that. She got engaged in episode 9-7 and was still engaged, planning her wedding,…
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5-23 “Seems Like Old Times”
Sorry about the delay, dear readers, but I assure you that I’ve been working on something awesome if it comes to fruition. It’s not related to the delay; the delay is only because…
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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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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 …
