1. The Real Thing (1)
Aired: Sep 26, 1985Alex implements a fail-proof, and extremely unromantic, method of meeting the...
2. The Real Thing (2)
Aired: Oct 3, 1985Alex realizes he must make Ellen aware of his feelings, but she is on a train...
3. Mr. Wrong
Aired: Oct 17, 1985Mallory introduces her new boyfriend, Nick, to the family. He isn't well rece...
4. Designated Hitter
Aired: Oct 24, 1985Jennifer takes on the class bully to defend her boyfriend and unwittingly hum...
5. Don't Go Changing
Aired: Oct 31, 1985Alex is feeling insecure about not being a part of Ellen's world of art and d...
6. The Old College Try
Aired: Nov 7, 1985When Mallory informs her parents that she has no intention of going to colleg...
7. My Tutor
Aired: Nov 14, 1985Alex hires a tutor to help him with math, but his ""teacher"" turns out to be...
8. Mr. Right
Aired: Nov 21, 1985Mallory's boyfriend, environmental artist Nick Moore, swaps his T-shirt, camo...
9. Just One Look
Aired: Dec 5, 1985Steven's old college buddy Richard Schofield is in town for and Steven looks ...
10. How Do You Sleep?
Aired: Dec 12, 1985Alex, who prides himself on being in control of his life, is embarrassed to a...
11. You've Got a Friend
Aired: Dec 19, 1985Mallory begins to feel severe guilt after reporting a young girl to the polic...
12. Nothing But a Man
Aired: Jan 2, 1986Steven gets the promotion he has been waiting years for, but as the new regio...
13. The Disciple
Aired: Jan 9, 1986Alex offers to help Jennifer with a speech project and winds up creating a mo...
14. Where's Poppa?
Aired: Jan 16, 1986Alex secretly invites Ellen's dad to Parent's Day Weekend at Leland College, ...
15. Fool for Love
Aired: Jan 23, 1986Skippy's lifetime obsession with Mallory builds to a climax when he refuses t...
16. Checkmate
Aired: Jan 30, 1986A chess tournament between Leland College students and a visiting Soviet team...
17. Engine Trouble
Aired: Feb 6, 1986Elyse enrolls in an auto mechanics class to prove Alex and Steven that women ...
18. A Word to the Wise (1)
Aired: Feb 13, 1986The Keaton family fills in his girlfriend, Ellen, on some of the more humorou...
19. A Word to the Wise: Part 2
Aired: Feb 13, 1986Skippy joins the Keatons in sharing stories about Alex with Ellen, recalling ...
20. Art Lover
Aired: Feb 20, 1986Mallory suspects there's more involved than ""art appreciation"" when a wealt...
21. Teacher's Pet
Aired: Mar 2, 1986Alex lands a teaching-assistant position and runs into big trouble when he ha...
22. My Buddy
Aired: Mar 6, 1986Steven has a very difficult time accepting that his youngest daughter, Jennif...
23. Once in Love with Elyse (a.k.a. Loan Arranger)
Aired: May 1, 1986Elyse must deal with Paul, a young architect associate who falls in love with...
24. Paper Chase (a.k.a. Mallory's Graduation)
Aired: May 8, 1986Mallory discovers that her high school graduation is in jeopardy unless she c...