The Facts of Life/I.Q.

I.Q.
Season 1, Episode 4
Airdate	September 14, 1979
Production Number	104
Written by	Jane Gould & Shelly Landau
Directed by	Jim Drake
← 1x03 The Return of Mr. Garrett	1x05 → Overachieving
The Facts of Life — Season One

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I.Q. is the fourth episode of the first season of The Facts of Life.

Starring: Charlotte Rae (Edna Garrett), John Lawlor (Steven Bradley), Jenny O'Hara (Emily Mahoney), Lisa Whelchel (Blair), Felice Schachter (Nancy), Julie Piekarski (Sue Ann), Kim Fields (Tootie), Julie Anne Haddock (Cindy), Molly Ringwald (Molly), Mindy Cohn (Natalie)

Plot Overview

Tootie sneaks a peak at a list of IQ scores for the students at Eastland Academy and reveals the list to her friends, but she inadvertently causes problems for both Nancy and Sue Ann when the two girls discover they respectively have the highest and lowest IQs on the list. Sue Ann, who had taken pride in being the smartest student at Eastland, is upset by the revelation, while Nancy gets overwhelmed by other students coming to her for help on homework assignments, and both girls consider leaving Eastland because of the IQ score issue. Tootie is required to write lines on a classroom blackboard as punishment when Mrs. Garrett and Mr. Bradley find out about her gossiping about the IQ scores to the girls. Mrs. Garrett tells Nancy and Sue Ann that IQ scores are not as important as what they can achieve in academics as she convinces the girls to stay at Eastland.

Arc Advancement

Characters

• This is the final episode to feature Emily Mahoney, who was written out of the series afterward

Trivia

The Show

• Following this episode, The Facts of Life was placed on a six-month hiatus for retooling, returning on March 12, 1980 with the episode "Overachieving"