The Facts of Life: The Complete Fifth Season

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have this 1979-88 "Diff'rent Strokes" spin-off that followed housekeeper Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae) to a job at an all-girls boarding school, where she became a surrogate mom to her charges, guiding them through adolescence and beyond. Among the girls were the spoiled Blair (Lisa Whelchel), nosy gossip Tootie (Kim Fields), aspiring writer Natalie (Mindy Cohn), and tomboy Jo (Nancy McKeon).

26 episodes on 4 discs. 9 3/4 hrs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.