Family Ties

  • Premiered: Sep 1982
  • Episodes: 177
  • Followers: 72
  • Ended
  • NBC
  • Sunday at 20
  • Comedy Drama Family

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Season 4
4x25 Season finale
Family Ties Vacation
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 23, 1985
The Keaton family visit historic London for a vacation to be remembered.
4x1
The Real Thing (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 26, 1985
Alex implements a fail-proof, and extremely unromantic, method of meeting the girl of his dreams: He picks her from pictures in the freshman directory. His selection, Tricia, seems to .. show full overview
4x2
The Real Thing (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 1985
Alex realizes he must make Ellen aware of his feelings, but she is on a train on her way to marry another man, so he takes drastic measures to stop the wedding. The usually cool Alex decides he must let down his defenses or lose the girl he loves.
4x3
Mr. Wrong
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 17, 1985
Mallory brings home her new boyfriend, Nick, a Rambo-type environmental artist, to meet her family, but Steven and Elyse are shocked by his crude appearance and gruff manner.
4x4
Designated Hitter
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 24, 1985
Jennifer takes on the class bully to defend her boyfriend and unwittingly humiliates him by undermining his masculinity and Alex is devastated when Mallory scores higher than him on an .. show full overview
4x5
Don't Go Changin'
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 1985
Alex does some fancy footwork on the dance floor to impress Ellen when he thinks he is losing her because of their divergent interests. Alex feels he has to compete with Ellen's artsy .. show full overview
4x6
The Old College Try
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Air date
Nov 07, 1985
When Mallory informs her parents that she has no intention of going to college after graduation, they are sure she is being influenced by her boyfriend, Nick, a high school .. show full overview
4x7
My Tutor
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 14, 1985
Alex hires a tutor to help him with math, but his "teacher" turns out to be a 13-year-old genius who suddenly becomes more interested in Jennifer than in helping Alex. When Eugene, .. show full overview
4x8
Mr. Right
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 21, 1985
Mallory's boyfriend, environmental artist Nick Moore, swaps his T-shirt, camouflage pants, combat boots and earrings for a three-piece suit and a haircut to impress Mallory's parents, .. show full overview
4x9
Just One Look
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 05, 1985
Steven's old college buddy Richard Schofield is in town for and Steven looks forward to reminiscing about old times until he learns that Richard and Elyse share some memories he wasn't .. show full overview
4x10
How Do You Sleep?
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 12, 1985
Alex, who prides himself on being in control of his life, is embarrassed to admit that he is having a problem with insomnia, which is creating stress in his personal life as well as in .. show full overview
4x11
You've Got a Friend
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Air date
Dec 19, 1985
Mallory begins to feel severe guilt after reporting a young girl to the police for shoplifting, especially when he learns that the girl is from a home for abused children. Mallory visits .. show full overview
4x12
Nothing but a Man
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 02, 1986
Steven gets the promotion he has been waiting years for, but as the new regional manager of the station, he is required to put in long hours at the office, and soon realizes he has no .. show full overview
4x13
The Disciple
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 09, 1986
Alex offers to help Jennifer with a speech project and winds up creating a monster, the speech is such a success that she is asked to repeat the performance for an awards .. show full overview
4x14
Where's Poppa?
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 16, 1986
Alex secretly invites Ellen's dad to Parent's Day Weekend at Leland College, thinking that she will be pleasantly surprised to see him, but what he doesn't know is that Ellen has no .. show full overview
4x15
Fool for Love
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 23, 1986
Skippy's lifetime obsession with Mallory builds to a climax when he refuses to accept that she is in love with Nick, and creates an embarrassing scene at the Homecoming dance. Alex .. show full overview
4x16
Checkmate
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 30, 1986
A chess tournament between Leland College students and a visiting Soviet team turns into a wrestling match when Alex and his opponent, Ivan Rozmirovich, match wits and "fight" for their .. show full overview
4x17
Engine Trouble
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 06, 1986
Elyse enrolls in an auto mechanics class to prove Alex and Steven that women can be just as competent with cars as men, but to protect his own masculinity, Alex joins the class to prove her wrong.
4x18
A Word to the Wise (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 13, 1986
The Keaton family fills in his girlfriend, Ellen, on some of the more humorous events in Alex's life before they met in this special one-hour episode. Flashbacks to previous episodes .. show full overview
4x19
A Word to the Wise (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 13, 1986
The Keaton family fills in his girlfriend, Ellen, on some of the more humorous events in Alex's life before they met in this special one-hour episode. Flashbacks to previous episodes .. show full overview
4x20
Art Lover
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 20, 1986
Mallory suspects there's more involved than "art appreciation" when a wealthy and beautiful older woman takes a special interest in Nick's creations. Promising to help launch his .. show full overview
4x21
Teacher's Pet
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 02, 1986
Alex lands a teaching-assistant position and runs into big trouble when he has to grade a student who also happens to be his girlfriend, Ellen. When Ellen is assigned to Alex's .. show full overview
4x22
My Buddy
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 06, 1986
Steven has a very difficult time accepting that his youngest daughter, Jennifer,is growing up and no longer wants to "pal around" with him. As Jennifer grows and finds new interests, .. show full overview
4x23
Once in Love with Elyse (a.k.a.) Loan Arranger
Episode overview
Air date
May 01, 1986
Elyse must deal with Paul, a young architect associate who falls in love with her. After working for a year in the same office as Elyse, Paul, a very promising architect, can no longer .. show full overview
4x24
Paper Chase (a.k.a.) Mallory's Graduation
Episode overview
Air date
May 08, 1986
Mallory discovers that her high school graduation is in jeopardy unless she can pass a very tough history exam. Never an avid student, Mallory faces the possibility of failing her .. show full overview

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