

Family Ties
“Laughter. Tears. Politics... MEET THE KEATONS.”
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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Seasons

1.Pilot
9.022-09-198224 minAlex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.

2.Not With My Sister You Don't
29-09-198225 minAlex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.

3.I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend
06-10-198224 minJennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.

4.Summer of '82
27-10-198225 minSeduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.

5.I Never Killed for My Father
03-11-198225 minA visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.

6.Give Your Uncle A Kiss
10-11-198225 minMallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.

7.Big Brother Is Watching
7.017-11-198225 minAs 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.

8.No Nukes Is Good Nukes
7.024-11-198224 minTo 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 t...

9.Death Of A Grocer
7.001-12-198225 minThough 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.

10.Have Gun, Will Unravel
7.008-12-198225 minThe Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.

11.A Christmas Story
7.015-12-198225 minWhen 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 ch...

12.Oops
22-12-198225 minMallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.

13.Sherry Baby
12-01-198325 minWhen 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.

14.The Fugitive (1)
19-01-198325 minElyse'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.

15.The Fugitive (2)
26-01-198324 minWith 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.

16.Margin Of Error
09-02-198325 minAlex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics class, and courts disaster by secretly investing his father's money.

17.French Lessons
15-02-198325 minMallory'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.

18.I Gotta Be Ming
22-02-198325 minAs ""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.

19.Suzanne Takes You Down
15-03-198325 minSoon 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 Suzan...

20.The Fifth Wheel
27-03-198325 minAlex 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.

21.Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)
03-04-198325 minWhile 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 progra...

22.Elyse D'Arc
10-04-198325 minIn 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 docu...
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