Ep 4. Another Room

The Facts of Life season 8 episode 4 titled "Another Room" follows the lives of Mrs. Garrett and her girls - Blair, Jo, Natalie, Tootie, and Beverly Ann - who are all working together at Eastland School. In this episode, the girls find out that their favorite hangout place, a run-down pool hall, is about to be torn down and replaced with a new building.

As they mourn the loss of their beloved hangout, Mrs. Garrett suggests that they turn an abandoned storage room in the school into a new hangout place. The girls all agree that it's a great idea and start working on the room by cleaning it up and renovating it.

However, they soon discover that there's a problem with the room - it's located right next to the boys' bathroom. They try to ignore the noises and smells coming from the boys' bathroom, but it proves to be too much to handle.

The girls decide to take matters into their own hands and confront the boys about their bad bathroom habits. They come up with a plan to embarrass the boys by posting a note on the bathroom door saying that the boys will have to clean up their own messes from now on.

The plan works, and the boys start keeping their bathroom clean. However, the girls realize that they were being too harsh on the boys and decide to apologize for their actions.

The episode also touches on the theme of dealing with change as the girls struggle to adapt to their new hangout place and cope with the loss of their old one. Through their experiences, the characters learn the importance of working together, compromising, and finding creative solutions to tough situations.

Overall, "Another Room" is a heartwarming and relatable episode that showcases the strong bonds of friendship between the characters and their ability to overcome obstacles together.