Family Ties
Comedy • Series

Family Ties

"Laughter. Tears. Politics... MEET THE KEATONS."

7.2/10 1982 7 Seasons 168 Episodes Ended

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

Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Season 1 Episodes

S1E1
E1
Pilot
24 min 1982

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

S1E2
E2
Not With My Sister You Don't
25 min 1982

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

S1E3
E3
I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend
24 min 1982

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

S1E4
E4
Summer of '82
25 min 1982

Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of the…

S1E5
E5
I Never Killed for My Father
25 min 1982

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

S1E6
E6
Give Your Uncle A Kiss
25 min 1982

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

S1E7
E7
Big Brother Is Watching
25 min 1982

As the new editor of his school paper, Alex uncovers a cheating scandal and to everyone's chagrin, prints a list of stud…

S1E8
E8
No Nukes Is Good Nukes
24 min 1982

To the dismay of the Keaton children and their equally conservative grandparents, Steven and Elyse take time out Thanksg…

S1E9
E9
Death Of A Grocer
25 min 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 co…

S1E10
E10
Have Gun, Will Unravel
25 min 1982

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

S1E11
E11
A Christmas Story
25 min 1982

When a blizzard forces the Keatons to spend Christmas at home, Elyse's gift to Steven, an album filled with fascinating …

S1E12
E12
Oops
25 min 1982

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

S1E13
E13
Sherry Baby
25 min 1983

When popular sorority girl Sherry Marshall befriends Mallory to get close to Alex, Mallory brings them together in hopes…

S1E14
E14
The Fugitive (1)
25 min 1983

Elyse's younger brother and Alex's idol, Ned, makes a surprise visit. However, everyone is puzzled by the go-getter corp…

S1E15
E15
The Fugitive (2)
24 min 1983

With the FBI hot on Ned's heels for embezzling 4.5 million dollars in corporate funds, Elyse's ethical brother and Alex'…

S1E16
E16
Margin Of Error
25 min 1983

Alex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics class, and courts disaster by secretly inve…

S1E17
E17
French Lessons
25 min 1983

Mallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve to ask her out and then courts disaster by e…

S1E18
E18
I Gotta Be Ming
25 min 1983

As ""Big Brother"" to a 10-year-old Vietnamese boy, Alex tries to mold Ming into his own image, and he learns an unforge…

S1E19
E19
Suzanne Takes You Down
25 min 1983

Soon after free lance architect Elyse Keaton hires her friend Suzanne Davis to handle clerical chores, she wants to fire…

S1E20
E20
The Fifth Wheel
25 min 1983

Alex gets stuck babysitting for his little sister Jennifer, who is fed up with feeling in the way at his poker game and …

S1E21
E21
Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)
25 min 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 …

S1E22
E22
Elyse D'Arc
25 min 1983

In her zeal for good causes Elyse devotes so much energy to committee work that a neglected Steven feels shortchanged. …

Cast

Meredith Baxter
Meredith Baxter
Elyse Keaton
Michael Gross
Michael Gross
Steven Keaton
Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox
Alex P. Keaton
Justine Bateman
Justine Bateman
Mallory Keaton
Tina Yothers
Tina Yothers
Jennifer Keaton
Brian Bonsall
Brian Bonsall
Andy Keaton

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