Family Ties

Season 7 (26 Episodes)

7 Seasons 1988 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 7 Episodes:

Episode 1 It Happened One Night

1. It Happened One Night

Aired: Oct 30, 1988

A family camping trip turns into a comedy of errors. While the Keaton kids a...

Episode 2 Designing Woman

2. Designing Woman

Aired: Nov 6, 1988

Mallory's enthusiasm for her job at a prestigious fashion firm quickly fades ...

Episode 3 Truckers

3. Truckers

Aired: Nov 13, 1988

Alex feels left out when Andy begins spending less time with him and more tim...

Episode 4 Beyond Therapy

4. Beyond Therapy

Aired: Nov 27, 1988

In an attempt to get Alex to open up emotionally, Lauren persuades him to joi...

Episode 5 Heartstrings  (1)

5. Heartstrings (1)

Aired: Dec 4, 1988

The Keaton family unites in crisis when Steven suffers a serious heart attack...

Episode 6 Heartstrings  (2)

6. Heartstrings (2)

Aired: Dec 11, 1988

While Steven fights for his life in surgery, the family fights to remain opti...

Episode 7 Heartstrings  (3)

7. Heartstrings (3)

Aired: Dec 18, 1988

Steven battles the physical and psychological aftershocks of his heart surger...

Episode 8 Basic Training

8. Basic Training

Aired: Jan 1, 1989

Skippy's decision to join the Army soon becomes a losing battle. As the Keat...

Episode 9 Deja Vu

9. Deja Vu

Aired: Jan 8, 1989

Sisterly sparks fly when Jennifer decides to date the younger brother of Mall...

Episode 10 Nick's Best Friend

10. Nick's Best Friend

Aired: Jan 15, 1989

Nick gets back together with his best childhood friend: his dog Scrapper. Wh...

Episode 12 The Job Not Taken

12. The Job Not Taken

Aired: Feb 5, 1989

Alex must choose between friendship and his career after a friend recommends ...

Episode 13 The Wrecker's Ball

13. The Wrecker's Ball

Aired: Feb 12, 1989

When the first building Elyse designed faces the wrecking ball, the entire fa...

Episode 16 Simon Says

16. Simon Says

Aired: Mar 5, 1989

Jennifer is caught in the middle when she begins working with her friend Simo...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

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