Family Ties

Season 4 (24 Episodes)

7 Seasons 1985 TV-G 30m 7.3

Chronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.

Steven and Elyse Keaton, once 1960s radicals, now find themselves in Reagan-era America trying to raise a traditional suburban family. Their three first kids are Alex (a very ambitious Young Republican), Mallory (a ditzy and boy-crazy fashionista), and Jennifer (whom we first get to know as a precocious nine-year-old tomboy). Later on, a fourth child (Andrew) was added to the family. Most of the comedy arose from the conflict between the ex-hippie parents vs. the conservative Alex and the brainless beauty Mallory.

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Season 4 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Real Thing  (1)

1. The Real Thing (1)

Aired: Sep 26, 1985

Alex implements a fail-proof, and extremely unromantic, method of meeting the...

Episode 2 The Real Thing  (2)

2. The Real Thing (2)

Aired: Oct 3, 1985

Alex realizes he must make Ellen aware of his feelings, but she is on a train...

Episode 3 Mr. Wrong

3. Mr. Wrong

Aired: Oct 17, 1985

Mallory introduces her new boyfriend, Nick, to the family. He isn't well rece...

Episode 4 Designated Hitter

4. Designated Hitter

Aired: Oct 24, 1985

Jennifer takes on the class bully to defend her boyfriend and unwittingly hum...

Episode 5 Don't Go Changing

5. Don't Go Changing

Aired: Oct 31, 1985

Alex is feeling insecure about not being a part of Ellen's world of art and d...

Episode 6 The Old College Try

6. The Old College Try

Aired: Nov 7, 1985

When Mallory informs her parents that she has no intention of going to colleg...

Episode 7 My Tutor

7. My Tutor

Aired: Nov 14, 1985

Alex hires a tutor to help him with math, but his ""teacher"" turns out to be...

Episode 8 Mr. Right

8. Mr. Right

Aired: Nov 21, 1985

Mallory's boyfriend, environmental artist Nick Moore, swaps his T-shirt, camo...

Episode 9 Just One Look

9. Just One Look

Aired: Dec 5, 1985

Steven's old college buddy Richard Schofield is in town for and Steven looks ...

Episode 10 How Do You Sleep?

10. How Do You Sleep?

Aired: Dec 12, 1985

Alex, who prides himself on being in control of his life, is embarrassed to a...

Episode 11 You've Got a Friend

11. You've Got a Friend

Aired: Dec 19, 1985

Mallory begins to feel severe guilt after reporting a young girl to the polic...

Episode 12 Nothing But a Man

12. Nothing But a Man

Aired: Jan 2, 1986

Steven gets the promotion he has been waiting years for, but as the new regio...

Episode 13 The Disciple

13. The Disciple

Aired: Jan 9, 1986

Alex offers to help Jennifer with a speech project and winds up creating a mo...

Episode 14 Where's Poppa?

14. Where's Poppa?

Aired: Jan 16, 1986

Alex secretly invites Ellen's dad to Parent's Day Weekend at Leland College, ...

Episode 15 Fool for Love

15. Fool for Love

Aired: Jan 23, 1986

Skippy's lifetime obsession with Mallory builds to a climax when he refuses t...

Episode 16 Checkmate

16. Checkmate

Aired: Jan 30, 1986

A chess tournament between Leland College students and a visiting Soviet team...

Episode 17 Engine Trouble

17. Engine Trouble

Aired: Feb 6, 1986

Elyse enrolls in an auto mechanics class to prove Alex and Steven that women ...

Episode 20 Art Lover

20. Art Lover

Aired: Feb 20, 1986

Mallory suspects there's more involved than ""art appreciation"" when a wealt...

Episode 21 Teacher's Pet

21. Teacher's Pet

Aired: Mar 2, 1986

Alex lands a teaching-assistant position and runs into big trouble when he ha...

Episode 22 My Buddy

22. My Buddy

Aired: Mar 6, 1986

Steven has a very difficult time accepting that his youngest daughter, Jennif...

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Info about Family Ties

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

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