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Family Ties

Season 1 1982 - 1983
TV-PG

  • 1982-09-23T00:00:00Z on NBC
  • 22m
  • 9h 6m (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama, Family
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.

22 episodes

Series Premiere

1982-09-23T00:00:00Z

1x01 Pilot

Series Premiere

1x01 Pilot

  • 1982-09-23T00:00:00Z24m

Alex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.

Alex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.

Jennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.

1982-10-28T00:00:00Z

1x04 Summer of '82

1x04 Summer of '82

  • 1982-10-28T00:00:00Z25m

Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.

A visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.

1982-11-11T01:00:00Z

1x06 Give Your Uncle A Kiss

1x06 Give Your Uncle A Kiss

  • 1982-11-11T01:00:00Z25m

Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.

1982-11-18T01:00:00Z

1x07 Big Brother Is Watching

1x07 Big Brother Is Watching

  • 1982-11-18T01:00:00Z25m

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.

1982-11-25T01:00:00Z

1x08 No Nukes Is Good Nukes

1x08 No Nukes Is Good Nukes

  • 1982-11-25T01:00:00Z24m

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.

1982-12-02T01:00:00Z

1x09 Death Of A Grocer

1x09 Death Of A Grocer

  • 1982-12-02T01:00:00Z25m

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.

1982-12-09T01:00:00Z

1x10 Have Gun, Will Unravel

1x10 Have Gun, Will Unravel

  • 1982-12-09T01:00:00Z25m

The Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.

1982-12-16T01:00:00Z

1x11 A Christmas Story

1x11 A Christmas Story

  • 1982-12-16T01:00:00Z25m

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.

1982-12-23T01:00:00Z

1x12 Oops

1x12 Oops

  • 1982-12-23T01:00:00Z25m

Mallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.

1983-01-13T01:00:00Z

1x13 Sherry Baby

1x13 Sherry Baby

  • 1983-01-13T01:00:00Z25m

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.

1983-01-20T01:00:00Z

1x14 The Fugitive (1)

1x14 The Fugitive (1)

  • 1983-01-20T01:00:00Z25m

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.

1983-01-27T01:00:00Z

1x15 The Fugitive (2)

1x15 The Fugitive (2)

  • 1983-01-27T01:00:00Z24m

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.

1983-02-10T01:00:00Z

1x16 Margin Of Error

1x16 Margin Of Error

  • 1983-02-10T01:00:00Z25m

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.

1983-02-16T01:00:00Z

1x17 French Lessons

1x17 French Lessons

  • 1983-02-16T01:00:00Z25m

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.

1983-02-23T01:00:00Z

1x18 I Gotta Be Ming

1x18 I Gotta Be Ming

  • 1983-02-23T01:00:00Z25m

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.

1983-03-16T01:00:00Z

1x19 Suzanne Takes You Down

1x19 Suzanne Takes You Down

  • 1983-03-16T01:00:00Z25m

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.

1983-03-28T01:00:00Z

1x20 The Fifth Wheel

1x20 The Fifth Wheel

  • 1983-03-28T01:00:00Z25m

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.

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.

Season Finale

1983-04-11T01:00:00Z

1x22 Elyse D'Arc

Season Finale

1x22 Elyse D'Arc

  • 1983-04-11T01:00:00Z25m

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.

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