The New Girl (Part 1)
November 19, 1980
It's a new school year and the girls return from their summer vacation. The new year brings a new girl, Jo, a tough girl who hot wires the school van and takes off to the Chug-a-Lug bar with Blair, Natalie and Tootie to meet guys. However, one of the guys they meet happens to be an undercover police officer who hauls them all off to jail.

The New Girl (Part 2)
November 26, 1980
Mrs. Garrett bails the girls out of jail and announces that they all have been expelled from Eastland. However, they can stay if they move in with Mrs. Garrett and work in the cafeteria. This prompts Jo's want to leave to become even stronger.

Double Standard
December 10, 1980
Blair is sure that an old friend of hers, Harrison Andrews is going to invite her to a cotillion, however she is thrown for a loop when he invites Jo.

Who Am I?
December 17, 1980
Tootie begins to think long and hard about her race and how she's being treated at Eastland, thanks to a new boy whom Tootie took an interest in. Tootie soon begins to shun Natalie, Jo and Blair and even backs out of a dance contest because her dance partner is white.

Cousin Geri
December 24, 1980
When Blair's cousin, Geri, arrives for a visit, Mrs. Garrett, based on Blair's behavior, thinks she's embarrassed of Geri since she has cerebral palsy. However later Mrs. Garrett realizes she's really jealous of her since Geri is also a successful comedienne.

Shoplifting
December 31, 1980
It's Edna's birthday and the girls want to buy her a gift. Blair told them that she would buy the gift but Jo, Natalie, and Tootie decide to buy their own gift. They decide to buy a cool Hawaiian shirt for Mrs. Garrett because it's on sale. When they go to the store they find the sale has ended. Jo decided to steal the shirt. Later, Mrs. Garrett decides to return the shirt and discovers it was stolen.

Teenage Marriage (Part 1)
January 7, 1981
Jo's boyfriend, Eddie, surprises her by making a sudden visit to Peekskill, but she gets even more of a surprise when he proposes marriage.

Teenage Marriage (Part 2)
January 14, 1981
Jo is unsure of whether or not to accept Eddie's proposal but finally decides to go ahead with the wedding, despite the feelings of Mrs. Garrett, Blair, Natalie and Tootie.

Gossip
January 21, 1981
When Tootie overhears a secret that Blair tells Jo about Nancy's beau, she lets the secret slip and Nancy and Blair get into a fight which leads Blair to give Jo the silent treatment. Things get worse, when Tootie mistakes Mrs. Garrett for being drunk, when really her eyes had been dilated by her eye doctor prompting her to be a little topsy turvy. The rumor of Mrs. Garrett's drunken sprawl could cost her her job.

Breaking Point
January 28, 1981
Blair is running for class president, but things get out of hand when one of the candidates commits suicide.

Sex Symbol
February 4, 1981
Natalie hits it off with Neil, a boy she meets at a dance and they later begin studying together. However, rumors are spread that Natalie and Neil did more than just study which brings on calls from a number of boys who want to study with Natalie. Natalie encourages these rumors when she goes out with the boys due to the fact that Blair, Jo and Tootie laughed at the notion that Natalie could be a sex symbol.

The Secret
February 25, 1981
Shortly after winning an award, Jo learns that her jailbird father is getting paroled and would like to attend the awards ceremony. However, an ashamed Jo tries to keep her father from attending and tries to keep secret the fact that her dad was in prison.

Bought and Sold
March 4, 1981
Blair is selling cosmetics for Countess Calvet's cosmetic company. In order to boost sales, Blair enlists Natalie's help and turns her into a walking billboard, modeling the makeup. Everyone is in for a surprise when Countess Calvet makes a surprise appearance at Eastland to meet her saleswoman, Blair.

Pretty Babies
March 11, 1981
A top fashion photographer is coming to Eastland to find the Face of the 80's. Blair is sure she will be picked however to everyone's surprise, he picks Tootie. Tootie is ecstatic and goes to New York for the photo shoot. However, Mrs. Garrett and the girls, including Tootie, discover that being the Face of the 80's would have a not-so-fun downside.

Free Spirit
March 18, 1981
Mrs. Garrett's musician son, Alex stops by Eastland for a visit, with tales about how he rubs elbows with other musicians like Neil Diamond and Carly Simon. However, Blair smells a rat when she contradicts one of his stories and when she learns that Mrs. Garrett is still supporting him.

Brian and Sylvia
March 25, 1981
Tootie and Natalie go to visit Tootie's Aunt Sylvia. However, they are unaware they are showing up right in the middle of a fight. Sylvia and her husband are an interracial couple and Sylvia has just gotten a job offer in New York and Brian is not to happy about moving.