Over Our Heads with The Facts of Life
In starting back up with my new media blog, I thought that it was only fitting that I review over the season seven premiere episodes of The Facts of Life : "Out of the Fire...," "Into the Frying Pan," and "Grand Opening" (1985). While I have seen these episodes several times throughout the years, I thought it may be fitting to review these over again as I start this new beginning. "Out of the Fire..." Starting off the episode, we see Tootie (Kim Fields) entering a plane to head back to her home of Peekskill, New York, waiting for her friends and co-stars Blair (Lisa Whelchel), Natalie (Mindy Cohn), and Jo (Nancy McKeon) to board. It is at this point that we introduce the episode's addition of thought narration, one of the more humorous parts of the episode. When we arrive back to Edna's Edibles to start off the season, we see a fire has occurred not long beforehand, charring much of the set and allowing for an easy retooling of the series...