Family Ties Season 1

September. 22,1982      TV-PG
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Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.

Episode 22 : Elyse D'Arc
April. 10,1983
In her zeal for good causes Elyse devotes so much energy to committee work that a neglected Steven feels shortchanged. Ecstatic to have won an award for his public television documentary, Steven arrives home eager to celebrate, but every effort is foiled by Elyse's obligations to her various projects. Finally, the over-extended wife-mother-architect-committee volunteer begins to realize she's neglecting her most important committee.
Episode 21 : Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)
April. 03,1983
While gearing up to face the TV cameras as captain of his high school's team on "Quiz Off," Alex panics at first when a teammate drops out. He then launches a major tutoring program for his sister Mallory.
Episode 20 : The Fifth Wheel
March. 27,1983
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 19 : Suzanne Takes You Down
March. 15,1983
Soon after free lance architect Elyse Keaton hires her friend Suzanne Davis to handle clerical chores, she wants to fire the under-qualified, overly aggressive secretary, but Suzanne's marriage breaks up, making the new job her only salvation. After 20 years as a housewife, Suzanne feels she lacks an identity outside the home. Swamped with paperwork, Elyse decides to solve that problem while easing her friend's mid-life crisis. Unfortunately Suzanne's take-charge approach to business throws a wrench into Elyse's client dealings and threatens to ruin the women's friendship. On the brink of firing Suzanne, the frustrated Elyse faces a terrible dilemma when Ron Davis decides he ""needs space"" and leaves his wife.
Episode 18 : I Gotta Be Ming
February. 22,1983
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 17 : French Lessons
February. 15,1983
Mallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve to ask her out and then courts disaster by enlistening Alex's advice on how to behave on the date.
Episode 16 : Margin Of Error
February. 09,1983
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 15 : The Fugitive (2)
January. 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 14 : The Fugitive (1)
January. 19,1983
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 13 : Sherry Baby
January. 12,1983
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 12 : Oops
December. 22,1982
Mallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.
Episode 11 : A Christmas Story
December. 15,1982
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 birth of their three children.
Episode 10 : Have Gun, Will Unravel
December. 08,1982
The Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.
Episode 9 : Death Of A Grocer
December. 01,1982
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 8 : No Nukes Is Good Nukes
November. 24,1982
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 rally-and end up spending the holiday in jail.
Episode 7 : Big Brother Is Watching
November. 17,1982
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 6 : Give Your Uncle A Kiss
November. 10,1982
Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.
Episode 5 : I Never Killed for My Father
November. 03,1982
A visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.
Episode 4 : Summer of '82
October. 27,1982
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 3 : I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend
October. 06,1982
Jennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.
Episode 2 : Not With My Sister You Don't
September. 29,1982
Alex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.
Episode 1 : Pilot
September. 22,1982
Alex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.

Seasons

Season 7
Season 7 1988
Season 6
Season 6 1987
Season 5
Season 5 1986
Season 4
Season 4 1985
Season 3
Season 3 1984
Season 2
Season 2 1983
Season 1
Season 1 1982

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