At only 14 years old, Kim's Fields had grown to a DD bra size, leading to breast reduction surgery at the end of season 5.
Chronologically, this episode follows the tv movie The Facts of Life Goes to Paris.
After Ms. Garrett's son, Raymond, tells her to sit down to give her some big but good news, she tells him that he never gives her news she has to sit down for, further saying "that's your brother's department". She's likely referring to her other son Alex who, in season 2's Free Spirit (1981) and played by Tom Fitzsimmons, visited her at Eastland and told everyone (including Ms. Garrett) lies that he was a guitar player for some famous recording artists.
Blair says she gets up at 5AM to get ready for the day(hair, makeup, etc.) However in "Man In the Attic" she bluntly reveals to an unwanted guest what she looks like upon getting up in the morning and isn't about to pretend anything different or get up at dawn just to get ready for the day.