Family Ties: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Pilot
Sep 22, 1982 · 24 min
Alex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.
Not With My Sister You Don't
Sep 29, 1982 · 25 min
Alex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.
I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend
Oct 6, 1982 · 24 min
Jennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.
Summer of '82
Oct 27, 1982 · 25 min
Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.
I Never Killed for My Father
Nov 3, 1982 · 25 min
A visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.
Give Your Uncle A Kiss
Nov 10, 1982 · 25 min
Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.
Big Brother Is Watching
Nov 17, 1982 · 25 min
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.
No Nukes Is Good Nukes
Nov 24, 1982 · 24 min
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
Death Of A Grocer
Dec 1, 1982 · 25 min
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.
Have Gun, Will Unravel
Dec 8, 1982 · 25 min
The Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.
A Christmas Story
Dec 15, 1982 · 25 min
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
Oops
Dec 22, 1982 · 25 min
Mallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.
Sherry Baby
Jan 12, 1983 · 25 min
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.
The Fugitive (1)
Jan 19, 1983 · 25 min
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.
The Fugitive (2)
Jan 26, 1983 · 24 min
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.
Margin Of Error
Feb 9, 1983 · 25 min
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.
French Lessons
Feb 15, 1983 · 25 min
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.
I Gotta Be Ming
Feb 22, 1983 · 25 min
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.
Suzanne Takes You Down
Mar 15, 1983 · 25 min
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
The Fifth Wheel
Mar 27, 1983 · 25 min
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.
Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)
Apr 3, 1983 · 25 min
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
Elyse D'Arc
Apr 10, 1983 · 25 min
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