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Family Ties (1982) is a comedy, drama, family web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Family Ties online in HD.

Family Ties — Storyline

Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Gary David Goldberg
• Starring: Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman, Tina Yothers, Brian Bonsall

Family Ties — Series Details

Family Ties — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Pilot (1982-09-22) — Alex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.
• E2: Not With My Sister You Don't (1982-09-29) — Alex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.
• E3: I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend (1982-10-06) — Jennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.
• E4: Summer of '82 (1982-10-27) — Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.
• E5: I Never Killed for My Father (1982-11-03) — A visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.
• E6: Give Your Uncle A Kiss (1982-11-10) — Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.
• E7: Big Brother Is Watching (1982-11-17) — 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.
• E8: No Nukes Is Good Nukes (1982-11-24) — 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 t
• E9: Death Of A Grocer (1982-12-01) — 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.
• E10: Have Gun, Will Unravel (1982-12-08) — The Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.
• E11: A Christmas Story (1982-12-15) — 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 ch
• E12: Oops (1982-12-22) — Mallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.
• E13: Sherry Baby (1983-01-12) — 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.
• E14: The Fugitive (1) (1983-01-19) — 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.
• E15: The Fugitive (2) (1983-01-26) — 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.
• E16: Margin Of Error (1983-02-09) — 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.
• E17: French Lessons (1983-02-15) — 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.
• E18: I Gotta Be Ming (1983-02-22) — 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.
• E19: Suzanne Takes You Down (1983-03-15) — 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 Suzan
• E20: The Fifth Wheel (1983-03-27) — 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.
• E21: Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters) (1983-04-03) — 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 progra
• E22: Elyse D'Arc (1983-04-10) — 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 docu

Season 2

• E1: Tender is the Knight (1983-09-28) — When pretty Carrie Newman and her mother Julia come to visit the Keaton's, Carrie's forward behavior sends Alex into a panic.
• E2: The Homecoming (1983-10-12) — When Mallory's boyfriend Jeff arrives home from college and wants to go steady, she's elated, but it's soon apparent that he's a little awed by school and merely grasping at the fa
• E3: The Harder They Fall (1983-10-19) — Alex anxiously awaits a crucial college recommendation from his English teacher and urges Steven and Elyse to butter Mr. Tedesco up on parents' nite at school – but the obnoxious T
• E4: This Year's Model (1983-10-26) — After Mallory secretly submits a picture of Elyse and herself to an ad agency for a mother-daughter modeling contest, she's ecstatic to have won but dismayed and jealous when the r
• E5: Not An Affair to Remember (1983-11-02) — Steven's assistant at the station is bright, talented, funny, witty…and in love with him. And it looks like Steven may be returning her affections.

  It becomes obvious that Steve

• E6: Speed Trap (1983-11-09) — When Alex takes diet pills for a lift during mid-terms, his dependency level increases daily.

  Alex is studying for several tests and convinces Mallory to obtain diet pills to help

• E7: Sweet Lorraine (1983-11-16) — While working as a DJ at the school radio station, Alex strikes up a telephone friendship with caller Lorraine Ferrar, who shares his love of swing music, and he and the attractive
• E8: Batter Up (1983-11-30) — Steven and Elyse worry that Alex, who is the new coach of Jennifer's softball team, is pushing the girls too hard when Jennifer fails to jog all the way home he orders her to do 20
• E9: A Keaton Christmas Carol (1983-12-14) — A cynical Alex finds the spirit of Christmas in a dream, when he's shown shocking visions of the past and future by ghosts of Mallory and Jennifer.

  While the family enjoys trimmin

• E10: To Snatch a Keith (1983-12-21) — Steven and Elyse realize how lucky they are when their friends come over for a visit, but are unaware that it will be for the last time.

  Divorced ""Sunday father"" Richard Bailey

• E11: Birthday Boy (1984-01-05) — On his 18th birthday, Alex defies his mother and goes off with some of his buddies to celebrate at an out-of-town niteclub, and to his dismay, the irate Elyse shows up and confront
• E12: Go Tigers (1984-01-12) — Alex is both amazed and furious when a critical admissions interview at Princeton University is shattered by his hysterical sister Mallory, who feels her anger over discovering her
• E13: "M" is for the Many Things (1984-01-19) — Elyse is chocked by her soon-to-be-divorced mother's quick and free-spirited plunge into the singles world, and sparks fly between the two women when Elyse can't help but interfere
• E14: Say Uncle (1984-01-26) — Alex discovers that his idol, young Uncle Ned, has a serious drinking problem when the bright, but ill-fated corporate whiz kid returns for a visit after losing another job.
• E15: Ladies' Man (1984-02-02) — Alex pretends to support the Equal Rights Amendment to impress a pretty feminist and winds up behind bars after championing the cause at a debate that turns into a riot.

  To get a

• E16: Ready or Not (1984-02-09) — Mallory turns to Alex for some advice when she begins to fear she'll lose her new boyfriend unless she agrees to his pleas for a more ""adult"" romance.

  Sixteen-year-old Mallory a

• E17: Double Date (1984-02-16) — Alex courts disaster when he invites two dates to the senior prom and devises an elaborate scheme for escorting each of the unknowing girls on a night to remember.

  Prom chairman A

• E18: Lady Sings the Blues (1984-02-23) — Excited at the prospect of reviving her folk-singing career at a local niteclub, Elyse faces the skepticism of Alex and Mallory and an audience unattuned to the songs of the sixtie
• E19: Baby Boy Doe (1984-03-08) — When Alex's pal Skippy discovers he's adopted, Alex helps him cope with the shocking news and accompanies the nervous teenager on a memorable meeting with his real mother.
• E20: The Graduate (1984-03-15) — Alex is so sure that he will be named valedictorian of his class that he can't cope with the thought of being defeated by a girl especially his girl so his budding romance with Rac
• E21: Diary of a Young Girl (1984-05-03) — In the hospital awaiting a tonsillectomy, Jennifer fears she may never see her family again and, while writing in her diary, she flashes back to regrettable incidents with each fam
• E22: Working At It (1984-05-10) — When Elyse lands a job with a top architectural firm, the load begins to get to her at work and at home.

  Elyse feels the need to expand her horizons. She lands a job at one of the

Season 3

• E1: The Gambler (1984-09-20) — Elyse is stricken with gambling fever on a business trip to Atlantic City, and while on a roll with Alex's "foolproof" blackjack system, she's oblivious to her family and job. Exci
• E2: Here We Go Again (1984-09-27) — The news that their mother is pregnant sends the three Keaton kids into an angry outburst resulting in a family battle. The children react with panic and outrage at the though of h
• E3: Little Man on Campus (1984-10-04) — Alex is thrilled to be taking a college course taught by one of his personal heroes, Professor Ephraim Bronski, but in his eagerness to impress the teacher he gets off to a bad sta
• E4: Love Thy Neighbor (1984-10-11) — Little Jennifer is thrilled about a visit from Scott, a former neighborhood pal she hasn't seen in five years, but her happiness at the reunion is shattered when he ignores her in
• E5: Keaton and Son (1984-10-18) — Alex reluctantly accepts a part-time job with his father at the non-profit station, and his dad is bursting with pride to have him following in his footsteps, but Alex feels his ta
• E6: Fabric Smarts (1984-10-25) — Mallory's enthusiasm for her part-time job at a boutique causes her school grades to slip even lower than usual and Steven and Elyse agree that she must quit work, but Alex comes u
• E7: Hotline Fever (1984-11-01) — Alex is teamed with long-time rival James Jarrett and assigned to work at a ""hotline"" crisis center to fulfill a course requirement, and the two end up in a crisis of their own w
• E8: 4 Rms Ocn Vu (1984-11-08) — While Steven and Elyse are away on vacation, the Keaton house becomes a hotel for the weekend after Mallory accidentally crashes her parents' car into a telephone pole and the kids
• E9: Best Man (1984-11-15) — When his best friend, Doug, meets and falls in love with Eleanor, and decides to marry her, Alex resents the fact that someone has come between their friendship and refuses to be i
• E10: Lost Weekend (1984-11-22) — Steven and Elyse plan a nostalgic weekend with the kids before the baby arrives, and are crushed to discover that the children are not at all interested in reminiscing about old ti
• E11: Don't Kiss Me, I'm Only the Messenger (1984-11-29) — Alex plays Cupid to help his shy pal Skippy get together with Jane, the girl of his dreams, but his good intentions goes awry when the girl falls for him instead.

  When Skippy and

• E12: Help Wanted (1984-12-06) — Because of Elyse's pregnancy, the family decides to get a housekeeper, so Alex hires the lovely Karen Nicholson, a totally incompetent young lady whom the family immediately adores
• E13: Karen II, Alex 0 (1984-12-13) — Alex's chances or acceptance into a smug college fraternity are dependent upon his having a knockout date for the pledge dance and when the girl cancels he pleads with Karen, the h
• E14: Oh Donna (1985-01-03) — Alex becomes involved with Donna, a young, unwed expectant mother from Elyse's natural-childbirth class but his interest in her becomes an obsession when he starts planning for her
• E15: Auntie Up (1985-01-10) — Mallory is crushed when her favorite aunt dies suddenly, but her feelings of sadness turns to anger when family and friends at the funeral seem to be taking Aunt Trudy's death too
• E16: Philadelphia Story (1985-01-17) — The Keaton family is transported back in time when Alex dreams he is at the Constitutional Convention at 1776, but history is off track. Steven Keaton is Thomas Jefferson and has j
• E17: Birth of a Keaton (1) (1985-01-24) — To help Steven during pledge week at his TV station, the Keatons reluctantly agree to be a part of the entertainment, but the audience gets an unexpected show when Elyse goes into
• E18: Birth of a Keaton (2) (1985-01-31) — Still trapped at the television station, Elyse realizes she cannot make it thru the snowstorm to the hospital and prepares to gibe birth in Steven's office. Meanwhile, stuck at hom
• E19: Cry Baby (1985-02-07) — The Keaton family adjusts to life with the new baby but while everyone caters to the new arrival, Jennifer struggles with jealous feelings about not being the baby of the family an
• E20: Don't Know Much About History… (1985-02-14) — Alex and his good friend James go into business together as tutors for their fellow students at Leland. However, their competitiveness threatens to undermine their business let alo
• E21: Bringing Up Baby (1985-02-21) — With two careers, three bickering children and one demanding baby, Steven and Elyse can't seem to find any time for each other. But when they do finally take the time for a quiet e
• E22: Cold Storage (1985-03-07) — With the rest of the family away for the weekend, Mallory is excited about having the house to herself until she is accidentally locked in the basement with the person she'd least
• E23: Remembrances of Things Past (1985-03-28) — Steven takes a nostalgic trip to his hometown following the death of his father and, with the support of Elyse and the children, tries to prepare his mother for her new life in a s

Season 4

• E1: The Real Thing (1) (1985-09-26) — Alex implements a fail-proof, and extremely unromantic, method of meeting the girl of his dreams: He picks her from pictures in the freshman directory. His selection, Tricia, seems
• E2: The Real Thing (2) (1985-10-03) — Alex realizes he must make Ellen aware of his feelings, but she is on a train on her way to marry another man, so he takes drastic measures to stop the wedding. The usually cool Al
• E3: Mr. Wrong (1985-10-17) — Mallory brings home her new boyfriend, Nick, a Rambo-type environmental artist, to meet her family, but Steven and Elyse are shocked by his crude appearance and gruff manner.
• E4: Designated Hitter (1985-10-24) — Jennifer takes on the class bully to defend her boyfriend and unwittingly humiliates him by undermining his masculinity and Alex is devastated when Mallory scores higher than him o
• E5: Don't Go Changin' (1985-10-31) — Alex does some fancy footwork on the dance floor to impress Ellen when he thinks he is losing her because of their divergent interests. Alex feels he has to compete with Ellen's ar
• E6: The Old College Try (1985-11-07) — When Mallory informs her parents that she has no intention of going to college after graduation, they are sure she is being influenced by her boyfriend, Nick, a high school dropout
• E7: My Tutor (1985-11-14) — Alex hires a tutor to help him with math, but his ""teacher"" turns out to be a 13-year-old genius who suddenly becomes more interested in Jennifer than in helping Alex. When Eugen
• E8: Mr. Right (1985-11-21) — Mallory's boyfriend, environmental artist Nick Moore, swaps his T-shirt, camouflage pants, combat boots and earrings for a three-piece suit and a haircut to impress Mallory's paren
• E9: Just One Look (1985-12-05) — Steven's old college buddy Richard Schofield is in town for and Steven looks forward to reminiscing about old times until he learns that Richard and Elyse share some memories he wa
• E10: How Do You Sleep? (1985-12-12) — Alex, who prides himself on being in control of his life, is embarrassed to admit that he is having a problem with insomnia, which is creating stress in his personal life as well a
• E11: You've Got a Friend (1985-12-19) — Mallory begins to feel severe guilt after reporting a young girl to the police for shoplifting, especially when he learns that the girl is from a home for abused children. Mallory
• E12: Nothing But a Man (1986-01-02) — Steven gets the promotion he has been waiting years for, but as the new regional manager of the station, he is required to put in long hours at the office, and soon realizes he has
• E13: The Disciple (1986-01-09) — Alex offers to help Jennifer with a speech project and winds up creating a monster, the speech is such a success that she is asked to repeat the performance for an awards panel. Je
• E14: Where's Poppa? (1986-01-16) — Alex secretly invites Ellen's dad to Parent's Day Weekend at Leland College, thinking that she will be pleasantly surprised to see him, but what he doesn't know is that Ellen has n
• E15: Fool for Love (1986-01-23) — Skippy's lifetime obsession with Mallory builds to a climax when he refuses to accept that she is in love with Nick, and creates an embarrassing scene at the Homecoming dance. Alex
• E16: Checkmate (1986-01-30) — A chess tournament between Leland College students and a visiting Soviet team turns into a wrestling match when Alex and his opponent, Ivan Rozmirovich, match wits and "fight" for
• E17: Engine Trouble (1986-02-06) — Elyse enrolls in an auto mechanics class to prove Alex and Steven that women can be just as competent with cars as men, but to protect his own masculinity, Alex joins the class to
• E18: A Word to the Wise (1986-02-13) — The Keaton family fills in his girlfriend, Ellen, on some of the more humorous events in Alex's life before they met in this special one-hour episode. Flashbacks to previous episod
• E19: Art Lover (1986-02-20) — Mallory suspects there's more involved than ""art appreciation"" when a wealthy and beautiful older woman takes a special interest in Nick's creations. Promising to help launch his
• E20: Teacher's Pet (1986-03-03) — Alex lands a teaching-assistant position and runs into big trouble when he has to grade a student who also happens to be his girlfriend, Ellen. When Ellen is assigned to Alex's eco
• E21: My Buddy (1986-03-06) — Steven has a very difficult time accepting that his youngest daughter, Jennifer,is growing up and no longer wants to ""pal around"" with him.

  As Jennifer grows and finds new inter

• E22: Once in Love with Elyse (a.k.a. Loan Arranger) (1986-05-01) — Elyse must deal with Paul, a young architect associate who falls in love with her.

  After working for a year in the same office as Elyse, Paul, a very promising architect, can no l

• E23: Paper Chase (a.k.a. Mallory's Graduation) (1986-05-08) — Mallory discovers that her high school graduation is in jeopardy unless she can pass a very tough history exam. Never an avid student, Mallory faces the possibility of failing her

Season 5

• E1: Be True to Your Preschool (1986-09-25) — Alex shocks his parents when he visits his 3-year-old brother Andrew's very special preschool class, decides the wrong values are being stressed and withdraws him from the school.
• E2: Starting Over (1986-10-02) — Distraught that his girlfriend Ellen has gone to Paris on a dance scholarship, Alex desperately tries to find someone to take her place, but finally realizes that falling in love a
• E3: The Freshman and the Senior (1986-10-09) — Mallory is teamed with 66-year-old Margaret Hollings on a college sociology project and fins that she has a lot to learn about honesty, sensitivity and older people when she almost
• E4: My Back Pages (1986-10-16) — When Steven is asked by an old college friend to help him re-establish a left-wing political magazine they had worked on 20 years before, Steven realizes he is no longer in tune wi
• E5: Beauty and the Bank (1986-10-30) — Alex is emotionally torn when he goes to work in a bank and finds that the vice president to whom he reports is Ms. Ryan, a beautiful, smart and self-confident woman and that he's
• E6: Mrs. Wrong (1) (1986-11-06) — Nick and Mallory make sudden plans to elope when Steven and Elyse vehemently oppose their marriage plans and threaten to ground their teenaged daughter.

  During a quiet evening tog

• E7: Mrs. Wrong (2) (1986-11-13) — Alex sees Mallory and Nick leaving the Keaton residence in the predawn hours to elope, and unable to stop them, follows them to New Jersey where he finds the young couple taking a
• E8: The Big Fix (1986-11-17) — When Terry Bridgeman, a colleague of Elyse's, confides that he has broken up with his girlfriend, Elyse decides to fix him up with a family friend, the beautiful Liz Obeck.

  What E

• E9: My Brother's Keeper (1986-11-20) — Alex must choose between his friendship with Skippy and allegiance to his college fraternity when Theta Pi Sigma pledges Skippy with the idea of making him the object of a cruel pr
• E10: High School Confidential (1986-12-04) — Nick faces a serious dilemma when he learns that to teach an art class he must have a high school diploma. Mallory volunteers to tutor him, but it takes the skills of another Keato
• E11: Paper Lion (1986-12-11) — While assisting his economics professor in the final stages of an important research paper, Alex faces a serious moral dilemma when he finds that his mentor's conclusions are not s
• E12: My Mother, My Friend (1986-12-18) — When Mallory brings her new friend, Allison King, home with her to study, little does she expect that Allison will find a kindred spirit in Elyse.

  Bound together by their love of

• E13: O'Brother (1) (1987-01-08) — It's bad news for the Keatons when Uncle Rob arrives for a visit and announces that he and his wife, Maureen, have split up.

  News of Robert and Maureen's separation throws the who

• E14: O'Brother (2) (1987-01-15) — The emotional roller-coaster continues at the Keaton household with the arrival of Aunt Maureen, Uncle Rob's estranged wife.

  It seems like Rob has been less than candid when he to

• E15: Higher Love (1987-01-22) — Mallory's relationship with Nick is put to the test when she joins a poetry reading group and becomes infatuated with its handsome and sophisticated leader, English grad student Co
• E16: Architect's Apprentice (1987-01-29) — Steven and Elyse are forced to take a new closer look at Nick and his considerable artistic talents when they invite him to compete with other local artists to create a sculpture f
• E17: A Tale of Two Cities (1) (1987-02-05) — The Keaton's are a house divided over a ""major"" domestic issue whether to redecorate their old-fashioned, but cozy kitchen. Elyse, Mallory and Jennifer think the time has come to
• E18: A Tale of Two Cities (2) (1987-02-12) — While Steven tackles the job of re-wallpapering the Keaton kitchen singlehandedly, Alex is in Chicago with his boss, Rebecca Ryan, attending an important banking conference. Forced
• E19: Battle of the Sexes (1987-02-19) — When Alex plays "gentleman" to his mother and two sisters and orders for them at a restaurant without even asking them what they want, the battle begins with Elyse, Mallory and Jen
• E20: Band on the Run (1987-02-26) — As chairman of the entertainment committee for the Leland College 10th reunion, Alex has big plans, which include hiring some great bands to impress attending alumni in the music b
• E21: Keaton vs. Keaton (1987-03-05) — Brother and sister go head-to-head when Steven announces a scholarship competition sponsored by his station, WKS. A confident Alex scoffs as the family encourages a reluctant Mallo
• E22: A, My Name is Alex (1987-03-12) — When Alex's friend Greg dies in a car accident, Alex is thrown into a state of shock and begins to seriously question the meaning and purpose of his own life. Having been asked to
• E23: "D" is for Date (1987-03-20) — Jennifer develops her first major crush on science lab partner Tim Higgins, the handsome star pitcher of the school baseball team. When Tim comes over to work on their science proj
• E24: Love Me Do (1987-04-30) — When Skippy falls head-over-heels in love with Mallory's new college friend, Amy Sussman, he's both startled and overjoyed to find himself in his first real romantic relationship.
• E25: The Visit (1987-05-07) — When Elyse's sister Michele and her family arrives for their annual visit, Elyse is overjoyed, while the rest of the Keaton clan brace themselves for a long hard week of togetherne
• E26: Matchmaker (1987-07-23) — When Mallory comes home from her sixth disastrous date in a row, Alex tries to comfort and then help. He will find her a new and perfect boyfriend using a computer that the Keaton'
• E27: It's My Party (1) (1987-08-06) — In her quest to become one of the popular kids, Jennifer invites her trendy classmates to her thirteenth birthday party. When they become bored and begin grumbling at her ""lame""
• E28: It's My Party (2) (1987-08-13) — In her quest to become one of the popular kids, Jennifer invites her trendy classmates to her thirteenth birthday party. When they become bored and begin grumbling at her ""lame""

Season 6

• E1: The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists (1987-09-13) — As the Keaton household gets ready for the first day of the new school year, Alex reminds Jennifer of how incredibly successful he was at the high school she's about to enter, and
• E2: Dear Mallory (1987-09-20) — Mallory is thrilled to follow in ""Dear Abby's"" footsteps when she's tapped to write the personal advice column in the Columbus Shopper's Guide. She manages to involve the entire
• E3: The Other Woman (1987-09-27) — While Nick entertains the Keatons with a demonstration of the ""salesmanship"" he's using in his new job selling lightbulbs over the phone, an impatient Andrew waits for Alex to co
• E4: Dream Date (1987-10-04) — Jennifer is appalled when nerdy sophomore Simon Wickerson falls head over heels in love with her. Although Jennifer rejects his advances, Simon is undaunted. He follows her home an
• E5: Super Mom (1987-10-18) — As Elyse wraps up a major project for her firm, she realizes that her busy architectural career is causing her to neglect her family, especially Andy. Although Elyse feels terribl
• E6: Walking On Air (1987-10-25) — When Steven arrives home with news of a job opening at his station, an internship position he feels would be perfect for Mallory, he finds his family deeply engrossed in a contest
• E7: Invasion of the Psychologist Snatchers (1987-11-01) — Alex and Lauren face the first real test of their budding romance when one of Lauren's former loves comes for a visit and Alex finds himself feeling uncharacteristically insecure.
• E8: The Way We Were (1987-11-08) — The Keatons are surprised, but delighted, when Elyse's Aunt Rosemary shows up for a visit. Although Rosemary claims to have sent a letter and spoken with Mallory about her arrival,
• E9: Mister Sister (1987-11-15) — Fearing the long-term effects of Andy's liberal upbringing with Its lack of strong gender identification, Alex tries to push his little brother into learning to play basketball, on
• E10: Citizen Keaton (1987-11-22) — When Mallory decides to run for student body president of Grant College, her family is surprised at her uncharacteristic interest in politics. She explains that ""it just sounded l
• E11: Father Time (1) (1987-11-29) — When Steven's recently divorced brother Rob arrives with his son and daughter for a visit, the Keaton's become a sounding board for their relatives' family problems. In the wake of
• E12: Father Time (2) (1987-12-06) — When Uncle Rob's daughter Marilyn stays out all nite with a Marine she meets while visiting the Keaton's, the family becomes painfully aware of her deep-seated anger with her fathe
• E13: The American Family (1987-12-13) — When Lauren is required to write a paper on the typical American family, she chooses the Keatons. Focusing first on Steven and Elyse, she asks about their history together and the
• E14: Anniversary Waltz (1987-12-16) — While plans are in full swing for the Keaton's 20th anniversary party, Steven and Elyse are fighting and it looks like they may not make it that far.

  Elyse wants to have a big par

• E15: Miracle in Columbus (1987-12-20) — The Christmas spirit has come to the Keaton house, where the family is busy baking Christmas cookies when Skippy stops by to ask a favor. He wants Alex to pinch-hit for him as Sant
• E16: The Play's the Thing (1988-01-10) — The Keaton kids are dismayed when the local playhouse agree to stage Steven's radical 60's college play, ""A Draft Card for the Burning"". Embarrassed by the script's laughably dat
• E17: The Spirit of Columbus (1988-01-17) — Alex is more than a little sceptical when Nick enters his sculpture "Spirit of Columbus", priced at $200, in an art show at the mall. but when Nick returns with the money and the n
• E18: The Blues Brother (1988-01-24) — Alex becomes a deejay of his own college radio show with a program he calls "Syncopated Money", designed to "combine classic American music with an indepth analysis of the business
• E19: Read It and Weep (1) (1988-02-07) — Jennifer comes home from school feeling blue because after choosing the American classic "Huckleberry Finn" as the subject of her book report, she learns that the novel has been pu
• E20: Read It and Weep (2) (1988-02-14) — While Jennifer steels herself for a showdown with school authorities, Steven and Elyse prepare to back her up in her fight against the school board's book banning policy. Even Mall
• E21: Quittin' Time (1988-02-21) — While Andy is inspired by his parents' old love letters to try his hand at writing one to a kindergarten sweetheart, Lauren finds herself less and less able to spend time with Alex
• E22: Spring Reminds Me (a.k.a. Rosalie's Legacy) (1988-02-28) — As Steven goes thru another one of his dreaded "magician phases" and tries to rope the whole family into participating in his magic tricks, the Keatons get a visit from Evelyn Mitc
• E23: The Boys Next Door (1988-03-06) — As Elyse prepares for her high school reunion, she is contacted by her old buddy, Roger "Eggy" Erdman, a klutzy class nerd turned millionaire. Never a romantic couple, Elyse and "E
• E24: Sign of the Times (1988-03-13) — While Alex prepares little Andrew's resume for future kindergarten elections, Elyse proudly tells the family that Andy has been chosen as "Buddy for the Day" at school, which means
• E25: Return of the Native (1988-03-20) — Cousin June returns to the Keaton household for a visit after a three year stay in London. All of the Keatons are eager to hear her tales of England, but they just can't seem to le
• E26: Father, Can You Spare a Dime? (1988-05-01) — Nick again demonstrates his flair for teaching art by conducting a class at the "Y" for children, including Andrew. So popular is the class, in fact, that when the "Y" needs the cl

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Family Ties have? 7 season(s) with 168 episodes.

Who created Family Ties? Gary David Goldberg.

Where can I watch Family Ties? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.