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5-8: “I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can
My friend Elizabeth has with me since the beginning of this blog, and she’s just had a birthday. For her birthday, I’m taking her somewhere secret. It’s Mrs. G’s birthday too, and she,…
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3-3 “A Baby in the House”
We open in the dining room, where Jo snits about everyone making such a big deal about Blair’s friend visiting. They haven’t seen Alison since she got married, and Tootie is way too…
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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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2-14, “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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8-6 “The Little Chill”
Reunion. Two weeks ago, the Boulder Rugby Football Club held its 50th anniversary reunion celebration. It was a beautiful time, and I left with my legs bruised and my heart full. In the…
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9-3 “Rumor Has It”
I’ve already recapped the bizarre episode in which Blair takes the LSAT after studying for one night and somehow doesn’t completely blow it. I keep forgetting, though, that Blair actually went to law school. Presumably she…
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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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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 …
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2-7 “Teenage Marriage, Part 1
Season Two brought us Jo, and then it brought us Jo’s first true love: Eddie Brennan. C’mon, isn’t he a heartthrob? Those eyes! That gentle, loving face! That precious overbite! In 1981, this…
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1-2 “Like Mother Like Daughter”
I’ve been working on a post tracking the decor of the girls’ bedroom at Eastland in seasons two through four. It’s fun (and remarkably consistent!), but it does take a while. Realizing that…
