Family Ties: Season 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Family Ties Season 6.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
It Happened One Night
Oct 30, 1988 · 24 min
A family camping trip turns into a comedy of errors. While the Keaton kids and Lauren argue about politics, Steven and Elyse decide it's time to get away from such serious concern
Designing Woman
Nov 6, 1988 · 25 min
Mallory's enthusiasm for her job at a prestigious fashion firm quickly fades when she discovers that her design ideas are being stolen by another employee. Mallory is thrilled wh
Truckers
Nov 13, 1988 · 25 min
Alex feels left out when Andy begins spending less time with him and more time with Nick's streetwise nephew Rocco. While Steven rages about the household bills, Alex worries abou
Beyond Therapy
Nov 27, 1988 · 25 min
In an attempt to get Alex to open up emotionally, Lauren persuades him to join a therapy group. Returning from a date, Alex and Lauren arrive at the Keaton home and finish a fight
Heartstrings (1)
Dec 4, 1988 · 25 min
The Keaton family unites in crisis when Steven suffers a serious heart attack. While Alex and Andy discuss the upcoming Presidential race, Mallory and Jennifer prepare for another
Heartstrings (2)
Dec 11, 1988 · 25 min
While Steven fights for his life in surgery, the family fights to remain optimistic about his condition. When Steven's surgery extends beyond the expected five hours, tension in t
Heartstrings (3)
Dec 18, 1988 · 24 min
Steven battles the physical and psychological aftershocks of his heart surgery. As the hours drag on during Steven's quadruple bypass operation, the Keaton crew grows exhausted in
Basic Training
Jan 1, 1989 · 25 min
Skippy's decision to join the Army soon becomes a losing battle. As the Keaton clan continues to nag Steven about taking it easy in the wake of his heart attack, a very morose Ski
Deja Vu
Jan 8, 1989 · 25 min
Sisterly sparks fly when Jennifer decides to date the younger brother of Mallory's former high school heartthrob. As the Keatons try to persuade Steven that he needs a relaxing ho
Nick's Best Friend
Jan 15, 1989 · 25 min
Nick gets back together with his best childhood friend: his dog Scrapper. When Nick's mother moves into a new apartment complex that doesn't allow animals, he is given custody of
Get Me to the Living Room on Time
Jan 29, 1989 · 25 min
When Andy befriends two senior citizens, Steven decides to make them the focus of his new documentary. After Andy announces that he's invited a couple of friends over, the Keatons
The Job Not Taken
Feb 5, 1989 · 25 min
Alex must choose between friendship and his career after a friend recommends him for a job at a big investment firm. As Steven returns from a shopping spree, Alex eagerly prepares
The Wrecker's Ball
Feb 12, 1989 · 25 min
When the first building Elyse designed faces the wrecking ball, the entire family rallies behind her attempts to block the demolition. Elyse is heartbroken when she learns that he
My Best Friend's Girl
Feb 19, 1989 · 25 min
Lauren gets more than she bargained for when she begins counseling Skippy and he falls in love with her. When Jennifer arrives home with her learner's permit in hand and announces
'Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away
Feb 26, 1989 · 25 min
Mallory's plans to buy a car are stalled when Steven refuses to co-sign her loan. As Jennifer labors over a play she's writing on the final days of the Nixon presidency, Steven an
Simon Says
Mar 5, 1989 · 24 min
Jennifer is caught in the middle when she begins working with her friend Simon. As Alex recoils at declarations of love from Marla, an 11-year-old newspaper delivery girl who has
All in the Neighborhood (1)
Mar 12, 1989 · 25 min
The Keatons are shocked to realize that racism is alive and well when their black friends move into a house across the street. During dinner with Steven's colleague Gus Thompson a
All in the Neighborhood (2)
Mar 19, 1989 · 25 min
The Keatons rally behind their black friends when the issue of racial discrimination hits home. Surprised and disgusted with their neighbors' racist attitudes, Elyse and Steven ap
They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)
Apr 2, 1989 · 25 min
Alex's relationship with Lauren is tested when he becomes infatuated with a young music student. While Lauren's out of town attending a psychology conference. Alex begins teaching
They Can't Take That Away From Me (2)
Apr 9, 1989 · 25 min
Alex finds himself on an emotional rollercoaster when he's forced to choose between Lauren and Marty. When Lauren returns from her psychology conference, she notices that Alex is
Rain Forests Keep Falling on My Head
Apr 16, 1989 · 25 min
Jennifer becomes obsessed with the environment after she begins studying the earth's ecological evils. As Alex presents Andrew with a pet parakeet, Jennifer arrives home with news
Wrap Around the Clock
Apr 23, 1989 · 49 min
When Andy asks the family to contribute to his time capsule, the Keaton clan recalls some of their best-loved stories. As a homework assignment, Andy has been given the task of cr
Mr. Keaton Takes a Vacation
May 7, 1989 · 25 min
Steven must confront his true feelings about Mallory's boyfriend when Nick moves in with the family for a week. While Elyse struggles to do the family taxes and Steven buries hims
Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore
May 14, 1989 · 62 min
When Alex lands his dream job in New York, everyone's delighted for him, except Elyse. As Steven helps Andy rehearse for his school play on dental hygiene, Alex bursts into the Ke