Family Ties
Family Ties follows the adventures of Steven and Elyse Keaton, former flower children of the 1960s, and their four children, Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, and Andrew, all growing up in the conservative 1980s. The sitcom was a unique mix of family comedy and politics, and covered a number of controversial topics ranging from suicide to racism to drug dependency. Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter star as Steven and Elyse, with Michael J. Fox, Justine Batemen, Tina Yothers and Brian Bonsall as their children.
Genre: Comedy, Family
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Episode 22
The Fifth Wheel
aired: Tue, Mar 29, 1983
Alex gets stuck babysitting for his little sister Jennifer, who is fed up with feeling in the way at his poker game and decides to disappear.
Episode 21
Stage Fright
aired: Tue, Apr 5, 1983
While gearing up to face the television cameras as captain of his high school's team on "Quiz-Em", Alex panics at first when a teammate drops out and then launches a tutoring program a la Eliza Doolittle for his sister Mallory
Episode 20
I Gotta Be Ming
aired: Thu, Feb 24, 1983
As Big Brother to a 10-year-old Vietnamese boy, Alex tries to mold Ming into his own image, and he learns an unforgettable lesson when he breaks a promise to the adoring child.
Episode 19
French Lessons
aired: Thu, Feb 17, 1983
Mallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve to ask her out and then courts disaster by enlisting Alex's advice on how to behave on the date.
Episode 18
Margin Of Error
aired: Thu, Feb 10, 1983
Alex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics class, and courts disaster by secretly investing his father's money.
Episode 17
The Fugitive, Part 2
aired: Wed, Jan 26, 1983
With the FBI hot on Ned's heels for embezzling 4.5 million dollars in corporate funds, Elyse's ethical brother and Alex's idol tells the family why and where he hid the money.
Episode 16
The Fugitive, Part 1
aired: Thu, Jan 20, 1983
Elyse's younger brother and Alex's idol, Ned, makes a surprise visit. However, everyone is puzzled by the go-getter corporate executive's suspicious behavior.
Episode 15
Sherry Baby
aired: Thu, Jan 13, 1983
When popular sorority girl Sherry Marshall befriends Mallory to get close to Alex, Mallory brings them together in hopes of joining Pi Nu but her plan backfires
Episode 14
A Christmas Story
aired: Thu, Dec 16, 1982
When a blizzard forces the Keatons to spend Christmas at home, Elyse's gift to Steven an album filled with fascinating old photos sparks flashbacks to the births of their three children.
Episode 13
Big Brother Is Watching
aired: Thu, Nov 18, 1982
As the new editor of his school paper, Alex uncovers a cheating scandal and to everyone's chagrin, prints a list of students who were caught including Mallory.
Episode 12
Give Your Uncle A Kiss
aired: Thu, Nov 11, 1982
Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.
Episode 11
Death Of A Grocer
aired: Thu, Dec 2, 1982
Though Alex loves working at Mr. Adler's "Mom and Pop" grocery store, to the old man's dismay, he quits to "climb the corporate ladder" at an ultramodern supermarket.
Episode 10
Suzanne Takes You Down
aired: Thu, Mar 17, 1983
Soon after freelance architect Elyse Keaton hires her friend Suzanne Davis to handle clerical chores, she wants to fire the under-qualified, overly aggressive secretary.
Episode 9
No Nukes Is Good Nukes
aired: Thu, Nov 25, 1982
To the dismay of the Keaton children and their equally conservative grandparents, Steven and Elyse take time out Thanksgiving Day to attend an anti-nuke rallyu2014and end up spending the holiday in jail.
Episode 8
No Nukes is Good Nukes
aired: Wed, Nov 24, 1982
It's Thanksgiving, and Elyse and Steven end up spending time in jail after going to a rally against nukes.
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Episode 7
Summer Of '82
aired: Thu, Oct 28, 1982
Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.
Episode 4
Summer of '82
aired: Wed, Oct 27, 1982
Alex delivers groceries to 21 year old Stephanie Brooks and an immediate intellectual and physical attraction appears between them. Later, Stephanie phones and invites Alex to an economics lecture. However, the events following the lecture prove more instructive to Alex.
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