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.
Season 1 Episodes
E1
Alex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.
E2
Alex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.
E3
Jennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.
E4
Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of the…
E5
A visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.
E6
Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass a…
E7
As the new editor of his school paper, Alex uncovers a cheating scandal and to everyone's chagrin, prints a list of stud…
E8
To the dismay of the Keaton children and their equally conservative grandparents, Steven and Elyse take time out Thanksg…
E9
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…
E10
The Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.
E11
When a blizzard forces the Keatons to spend Christmas at home, Elyse's gift to Steven, an album filled with fascinating …
E12
Mallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.
E13
When popular sorority girl Sherry Marshall befriends Mallory to get close to Alex, Mallory brings them together in hopes…
E14
Elyse's younger brother and Alex's idol, Ned, makes a surprise visit. However, everyone is puzzled by the go-getter corp…
E15
With the FBI hot on Ned's heels for embezzling 4.5 million dollars in corporate funds, Elyse's ethical brother and Alex'…
E16
Alex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics class, and courts disaster by secretly inve…
E17
Mallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve to ask her out and then courts disaster by e…
E18
As ""Big Brother"" to a 10-year-old Vietnamese boy, Alex tries to mold Ming into his own image, and he learns an unforge…
E19
Soon after free lance architect Elyse Keaton hires her friend Suzanne Davis to handle clerical chores, she wants to fire…
E20
Alex gets stuck babysitting for his little sister Jennifer, who is fed up with feeling in the way at his poker game and …
E21
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 …
E22
In her zeal for good causes Elyse devotes so much energy to committee work that a neglected Steven feels shortchanged. …
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