Family Ties
In FAMILY TIES, Steven and Elyse Keaton are products of the 1960's and have become open-minded parents, trying to raise a traditional suburban family. To their surprise, their three children have become conservative and capitalistic growing up in the 1980's. Son Alex is an ambitious Young Republican and his sister Mallory is a shallow victim of the corporate culture, obsessed with music, clothes and boys. Their youngest is daughter Jennifer, a bit of a tomboy. Join the Keaton’s as you live through their views on politics and life to give us humorous family moments.
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Family Ties - Summer Of '82
Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.
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Family Ties - Give Your Uncle A Kiss
Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father’s makes a pass at her.
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Family Ties - Big Brother Is Watching
As the new editor of his school paper, Alex uncovers a cheating scandal and to everyone's chagrin, prints a list of students who were caught including Mallory.
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Family Ties - No Nukes Is Good Nukes
To the dismay of the Keaton children and their equally conservative grandparents, Steven and Elyse take time out Thanksgiving Day to attend an anti-nuke rally—and end up spending the holiday in jail.
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Family Ties - Death Of A Grocer
Though Alex loves working at Mr. Adler's "Mom and Pop" grocery store, to the old man's dismay, he quits to "climb the corporate ladder" at an ultramodern supermarket.
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Family Ties - A Christmas Story
When a blizzard forces the Keatons to spend Christmas at home, Elyse's gift to Steven an album filled with fascinating old photos sparks flashbacks to the births of their three children.
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Family Ties - Sherry Baby
When popular sorority girl Sherry Marshall befriends Mallory to get close to Alex, Mallory brings them together in hopes of joining Pi Nu but her plan backfires
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Family Ties - The Fugitive, Part 1
Elyse's younger brother and Alex’s idol, Ned, makes a surprise visit. However, everyone is puzzled by the go-getter corporate executive’s suspicious behavior.
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Family Ties - The Fugitive, Part 2
With the FBI hot on Ned's heels for embezzling 4.5 million dollars in corporate funds, Elyse's ethical brother and Alex's idol tells the family why and where he hid the money.
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Family Ties - Margin Of Error
Alex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics class, and courts disaster by secretly investing his father's money.
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Family Ties - French Lessons
Mallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve to ask her out and then courts disaster by enlisting Alex's advice on how to behave on the date.
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Family Ties - I Gotta Be Ming
As Big Brother to a 10-year-old Vietnamese boy, Alex tries to mold Ming into his own image, and he learns an unforgettable lesson when he breaks a promise to the adoring child.
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Family Ties - Suzanne Takes You Down
Soon after freelance architect Elyse Keaton hires her friend Suzanne Davis to handle clerical chores, she wants to fire the under-qualified, overly aggressive secretary.
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Family Ties - The Fifth Wheel
Alex gets stuck babysitting for his little sister Jennifer, who is fed up with feeling in the way at his poker game and decides to disappear.
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Family Ties - Stage Fright
While gearing up to face the television cameras as captain of his high school's team on "Quiz-Em", Alex panics at first when a teammate drops out and then launches a tutoring program a la Eliza Doolittle for his sister Mallory
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Family Ties - The Homecoming
When Mallory's boyfriend Jeff arrives home from college and wants to go steady, she's elated, but it's soon apparent that he's a little awed by school and merely grasping at the familiar
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Family Ties - The Harder They Fall
Alex anxiously awaits a crucial college recommendation from his English teacher
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Family Ties - This Year's Model
Mallory secretly submits a picture of Elyse and herself to an ad agency for a mother-daughter-modeling contest
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Family Ties - Not An Affair to Remember
Steven's assistant at the station is bright, talented, funny, and witty...and in love with him
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Family Ties - Speed Trap
When Alex takes diet pills for a lift during midterms, his dependency level increases daily
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Family Ties - Batter Up
Steven and Elyse worry that the Jennifer's softball team coach is pushing the girls too hard
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Family Ties - A Keaton Christmas Carol
A cynical Alex finds the spirit of Christmas in a dream
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Family Ties - Birthday Boy
On his 18th birthday, Alex defies his mother and goes off with some of his buddies to celebrate at an out-of-town nightclub
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Family Ties - 'M' Is For the Many Things
Elyse is shocked by her soon-to-be-divorced mother's quick and free-spirited plunge into the singles world
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Family Ties - Say Uncle
Alex discovers that his idol, young Uncle Ned, has a serious drinking problem
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Family Ties - Ladies Man
Alex pretends to support the Equal Rights Amendment to impress a pretty feminist
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Family Ties - Ready Or Not
Mallory turns to Alex for some advice when she begins to fear she'll lose her new boyfriend unless she agrees to his pleas for a more "adult" romance
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Family Ties - Baby Boy Doe
When Alex's pal Skippy discovers he's adopted, Alex helps him cope with the shocking news
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Family Ties - The Graduate
Alex is so sure that he will be named valedictorian of his class that he can't cope with the thought of being defeated by a girl—especially his girl
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Family Ties - Diary of a Young Girl
In the hospital awaiting a tonsillectomy, Jennifer fears she may never see her family again
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Family Ties - Love Thy Neighbor
Little Jennifer is thrilled about getting a visit from her former neighborhood pal, Scott, whom she hasn't seen in five years
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Family Ties - Keaton 'N Son
Alex reluctantly accepts a part-time job with his father at the non-profit station, and his dad is bursting with pride to have him following in his footsteps
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Family Ties - Fabric Smarts
Mallory's enthusiasm for her part-time job at a boutique causes her schoolgrades to slip even lower than usual
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Family Ties - 4 RMS OCN VU
While Steven and Elyse are away on vacation, Mallory accidentally crashes her parents' car into a telephone pole. The kids need to raise money for auto repairs and decides to turn the Keaton house into a hotel.
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Family Ties - Lost Weekend
Steven and Elyse plan a nostalgic weekend with the kids before the baby arrives, and are crushed to discover that the children are not at all interested in reminiscing about old times—they'd rather be with their friends
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Family Ties - Don't Kiss Me, I'm Only The Messenger
Alex plays Cupid to help his shy pal Skippy get together with Jane, the girl of his dreams, but his good intentions go awry when the girl falls for him instead
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Family Ties - Help Wanted
Because of Elyse's pregnancy, the family decides to get a housekeeper, so Alex hires the lovely Karen Nicholson, a totally incompetent young lady whom the family immediately adores—but Steven insists must be fired
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Family Ties - Karen 11, Alex 0
Alex's chances for acceptance into a smug college fraternity are dependent upon him having a knockout date for the pledge dance
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Family Ties - Oh Donna
Alex befriends Donna, a young, unwed expectant mother from Elyse's natural-childbirth class
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Family Ties - Philadelphia Story
Alex falls asleep while working on a college term paper on Thomas Jefferson and dreams that his family and friends are living 200 years ago
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Family Ties - Birth Of A Keaton, Part One
To help Steven during pledge week at the television station, the Keatons reluctantly agree to be part of the entertainment. The audience gets an unexpected show when Elyse goes into labor right on camera while in the middle of a song.
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Family Ties - Don't Know Much About History…
Alex and his good friend James go into business together as tutors for their fellow students at Leland
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Family Ties - Bringing Up Baby
With Elyse back at work, Steven is frustrated when her schedule and the baby's schedule aren't allowing them any free time together
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Family Ties - Cold Storage
With the rest of the Keaton family away for the weekend, Mallory is excited about having the house to herself—until she is accidentally locked in the basement with the person she'd least like to be with—her adoring neighbor, Skippy
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Family Ties - Mr. Wrong
Mallory brings home her new boyfriend, Nick, a Rambo-type environmental artist, to meet her family
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Family Ties - Don't Go Changin'
Alex does some fancy footwork on the dance floor to impress Ellen when he thinks he is losing her because of their divergent interests
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Family Ties - The Old College Try
When Mallory informs her parents that she has no intention of going to college after graduation, they are sure her boyfriend, Nick, a high school dropout, is influencing her
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Family Ties - My Tutor
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 that in helping Alex
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Family Ties - Mr. Right
Nick seeks Alex's help and advice on how to fit in more comfortably with the Keaton family, and ends up taking a "normal" job and going to extremes to be accepted
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Family Ties - Just One Look
Steven looks forward to reminiscing about the good old times when an old college buddy, Richard Schofield, comes to visit
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Family Ties - How Do You Sleep?
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 school
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Family Ties - You've Got A Friend
Mallory begins to feel severe guilt after reporting a young girl to the police for shoplifting, especially when she learns that the girl is from a home for abused children
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Family Ties - Nothing But A Man
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 time for his family
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Family Ties - Checkmate
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 countries
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Family Ties - Engine Trouble
Elyse enrolls in an auto mechanics class to prove to 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
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Family Ties - A Word To the Wise, Part 1
The Keaton family fills Alex’s girlfriend, Ellen, in on some of the more humorous events in Alex's life before they met
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Family Ties - A Word To the Wise, Part 2
The Keaton family fills Alex’s girlfriend, Ellen, in on some of the more humorous events in Alex's life before they met
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Family Ties - Art Lover
Mallory suspects there's more involved than "art appreciation" when a wealthy and beautiful older woman takes a special interest in Nick's creations
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Family Ties - Teacher's Pet
Alex lands an assistant teaching position and runs into big trouble when he has to grade a student who also happens to be his girlfriend, Ellen
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Family Ties - My Buddy
Steven has a very difficult time accepting that his youngest daughter, Jennifer, is growing up and no longer wants to "pal around" with him
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Family Ties - Once In Love With Elyse
Elyse must deal with Paul, a young architect associate who falls in love with her
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