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| Season 1, Episode 1: PilotOriginal Air Date—22 September 1982
Father and son clash when Steven demands that Alex not accompany his new girlfriend to an elitist, restricted country club. |
| Original Air Date—29 September 1982
With Stephen and Elyse away for the weekend, Alex hosts a wild party and worries over Mallory going off with one of his womanizing friends. |
| Original Air Date—6 October 1982
Jennifer finds herself at the mercy of peer pressure when she is teased for being friends with a boy. |
| Original Air Date—27 October 1982
Alex loses his heart--and a lot more--to a fast college girl who he met while making grocery deliveries. |
| Original Air Date—3 November 1982
Steven's father arrives for a visit, causing the two to clash as always. When his father reveals an important piece of news, Steven begins to question their whole relationship. |
| Original Air Date—10 November 1982
Mallory is scared and confused when "Uncle Arthur", a close friend of the family and her father's co-worker at the television station, makes a pass at her. Meanwhile, Steven prepares a farewell tribute to Arthur to air during the station's telethon. |
| Original Air Date—17 November 1982
Alex faces a dilemma when as editor of the school paper he must decide whether or not to publish a story exposing cheaters. |
| Original Air Date—24 November 1982
It's Thanksgiving at the Keatons but the turkey dinner might have to wait when Steven and Elyse head to an anti-nuclear weapons rally and get arrested. |
| Original Air Date—1 December 1982
Alex comes to regret his decision to leave his job at a small-time grocer for a better paying job at a larger store. |
| Original Air Date—8 December 1982
A break-in prompts Steven and Elyse to invest in a gun to protect their home. |
| Original Air Date—15 December 1982
Christmas Day finds the Keaton's reminiscing about the circumstances in which each of the kids was born. |
| Season 1, Episode 12: OopsOriginal Air Date—22 December 1982
One of Mallory's friends is unmarried and pregnant. |
| Original Air Date—12 January 1983
Mallory convinces Alex to go out with a Sorority girl in the hopes she'll invite her to join. |
| Original Air Date—19 January 1983
Elyse's brother Ned shows up suddenly with the FBI hot on his tail. |
| Original Air Date—26 January 1983
Ned considers his options with the FBI when the family becomes involved. |
| Original Air Date—9 February 1983
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| Original Air Date—16 February 1983
Mallory has a crush on Jeff, her French tutor, but his shyness prompts him to go to Alex for advice on taking her out with the usual results. |
| Original Air Date—23 February 1983
Alex volunteers as a big brother but then lets his brother down when his schedule becomes too demanding. |
| Original Air Date—16 March 1983
Elyse tries to help her friend Suzanne through a rough patch by hiring her on as her assistant but comes to regret it when Suzanne forgets her place and takes over Elyse's business. |
| Original Air Date—28 March 1983
With their parents out for the night, Alex and Mallory argue over who has to stay to watch Jennifer, leading Alex to take her to a poker game with his friends. |
| Original Air Date—4 April 1983
Alex preps Mallory for a high school television quiz show when he can't find anyone else to fill an empty spot on his team. |
| Original Air Date—11 April 1983
Steven and Elyse clash when Elyse's busy schedule keeps them from spending any time together. |
| Original Air Date—28 September 1983
Alex must contend with a childhood sweetheart staying at the house who is unlike any girl he's met--or liked--before. |
| Original Air Date—12 October 1983
Mallory's boyfriend Jeff returns to Columbus and confesses to Alex he hates Princeton and is willing to do anything to get out of it--even ask Mallory to go steady with him. |
| Original Air Date—19 October 1983
Teacher/parent interviews at Alex and Mallory's school become interesting when both Steven and Elyse contend with a rude, insufferable teacher. |
| Original Air Date—26 October 1983
Mallory enters herself and Elyse in a Mother/Daughter Modeling contest but ends up regretting it when they win and Elyse steals her thunder. |
| Original Air Date—2 November 1983
Steven faces temptation at work when his new production assistant takes a liking to him. |
| Season 2, Episode 6: Speed TrapOriginal Air Date—9 November 1983
Alex turns to amphetamines to get through a particularly stressful period of exams and scholarship applications. |
| Original Air Date—16 November 1983
Working at the school radio station Alex sets himself up a blind date with a fellow music enthusiast. This date ends up being the 39-year-old Lorraine. The two enjoy themselves as their relationship blossoms, but Alex's parents have problems with the age difference between the two. |
| Season 2, Episode 8: Batter UpOriginal Air Date—30 November 1983
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| Original Air Date—14 December 1983
With Christmas just around the corner. Alex finds himself lacking holiday spirit as the rest of the Keaton clan prepares for the celebration. On Christmas Eve Alex is visited in a dream by ghostly messengers who give him a view of his past and future Christmases along with a different perception of the holiday. |
| Original Air Date—21 December 1983
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| Original Air Date—5 January 1984
Because dad Steven has to be in Washington for PBS on the day of Alex's 18th birthday, ma throws him a surprise party a few days early. On his big day, Alex fails to 'pass on putting out the trash to the younger generation' and declines a restaurant dinner because he planned with his mates Neil and Doug to attend Camelot Inn in West Virginia, where 18 is legal majority. Elyse blatantly forbids it, and when Alex's mates' taunting lures him along anyway -pretending to be pilots, about to invade Canada- she goes get him back right there, publicly. Alex is beyond furious for days, yet they end up talking it trough... |
| Season 2, Episode 12: Go TigersOriginal Air Date—12 January 1984
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| Original Air Date—19 January 1984
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| Season 2, Episode 14: Say UncleOriginal Air Date—26 January 1984
Uncle Ned pays the Keatons a visit. However, it becomes quickly evident to Alex that Ned has developed a drinking problem. Alex tries to convince his reluctant family of Ned's addiction before it's too late. |
| Original Air Date—2 February 1984
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| Original Air Date—9 February 1984
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| Original Air Date—16 February 1984
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| Original Air Date—23 February 1984
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| Original Air Date—8 March 1984
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| Original Air Date—15 March 1984
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| Original Air Date—3 May 1984
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| Original Air Date—10 May 1984
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| Original Air Date—20 September 1984
When ma Elyse has a convention speech in 'fascinating east coast resort' Atlantic City, she didn't plan to waste any time and money gambling, but brainiac Alex is dying to get his mathematical system tested and dad Steven makes sure they stay in a casino and play a few hands of blackjack. His luck runs out very soon, but Elyse has enough to win big with Alex's system. Of course casino lucks never lasts, yet when losing she's already hooked. When ma returns from her solo last run, she surprises the family with both results and conclusions... |
| Original Air Date—27 September 1984
Dad Steven was looking forward to a weekend camping with the kids, although only Jennifer volunteers to forgo urban comforts, Alex can't be bothered and Mallory can't live without, well, her whole room-content. Ma Elyse stays home, she's behind with work and feels miserable but just got a clean bill of health after a medical. Skippy turns up, having been invited for dinner by wicked Mallory and manages to stay for breakfast. Then her doctor rings with vital news she had presumed impossible: Elyse is as thrilled as surprised, but isn't looking forward to telling Steven he's going to be a dad again; to make it even harder, the camping trip fell trough in heavy rain as Mallory chucked out the tent for her make up-table, so his mood is thundery, yet he soon warms to the idea. Now the parents-to-be-again must tell the children, who have a dauntingly realistic view of the practical price they'll all pay and various objections, while neither gender wants another sibling of the other... |
| Original Air Date—4 October 1984
It's a new academic year for the three Keaton kids. The girls are flippant about it, as every year. High school star Alex makes his entry at prestigious Leland University, overconfident so he puts his foot in his mouth answering professor Ephraim Bronski's rhetorical question whether free speech is an absolute constitutional right. Alex trusts his elaborate paper will more then make up, only to find his plain mate Doug gets the A he expected, he his first-ever, ineffable F: traumatic enough to consider dropping out of college, or at least out of constitutional law. However Bronski had a more inspiring view on Alex's failure... |
| Original Air Date—11 October 1984
Jennifer is delighted at the return of Scotty, a neighborhood boy and her garden ball sports friend from a few years ago, who has meanwhile turned into a handsome 17 year-old, according to Mallory 'grown into his ears', but unfortunately Scott now seems irresistibly drawn to the dumb sister his horny age; this leaves Scotty's true friend Jen practically ignored and literally forgotten, but she won't take Alex's word for that just being cruel nature, so she intrudes on the couple's restaurant date... Meanwhile mother is eating like a bear and dad determined to pick and put together a crib, although the blueprints daunt even Alex, hopefully not architect Elyse. |
| Original Air Date—18 October 1984
Alex wouldn't even considering working with dad Steven, a respected producer; at the local TV station, as it is non-profit, but when the last of Alex's applications with banks, his biotope, falls trough, he accepts to become a production assistant for lack of better. Dad is proud as a peacock and happy as a clam to show off his prodigy, he had annoyed the staff about him as very proud dads do for years. Yet when a bank can offer him a job after a medical emergency, Alex writes a letter of notice, which dad doesn't get round to read until after a documentary production crisis, when only Alex decided to stay and help Steven all night, a great opportunity for father and son to learn to respect each-other while collaborating professionally... |
| Original Air Date—25 October 1984
For once airhead Mallory impresses even Alex by being a really good salesperson in a clothes shop. When the Keaton parents decide her bad grades must mean she spends too much time on her job, she's ordered to quit it, but Jen challenges Alex to convince the oldies to give her another chance. Even though dad realizes they're being scammed by a master well above their class, they agree to a deal: she can keep working if she scores at least Bs on her next three tests. Alex decides to prevent his honorable victory becoming hollow by tutoring her, and succeeds with two tests. However the last, history, coincides with a clothes sale, and even his tutoring isn't foolproof in such a crowd: she scores only C-, while everyone feels she worked too hard to loose out anyhow... |
| Original Air Date—1 November 1984
Alex certainly doesn't want to take a humanity course at college, even if it's required at Leland University, so he volunteers for an alternative in credit terms: the helpline for students. Alex basically just intended to study for his 'real courses' besides the phone, but gets teamed up with James, an old spelling-bee rival, and when both their experienced supervisors are absent the same evening, Alex has to talk a boy student out of committing suicide, who hates speeches by and from the book... |
| Original Air Date—8 November 1984
The parents are away for a few days, Alex is in charge but cares only for his date Monica, so he wants the girls out; Mallory 'drives' straight into a telephone pole, now they must come up with some $300 to pay for repairs. Alex decides to earn enough by renting out rooms with ocean views to traveling Leland sports game attendants, who certainly bid enough to make a profit on top. Skippy, who can't go home, is happy to stay as unpaid bellhop and sleeps on the floor like the girls, 'hotel manager' Alex gets the couch and can't resist to keep the sweet money flowing in. Then dad calls: he'll be home in a few hours. The guests even brought fellow Leland fans to celebrate their victory frat-style... |
| Season 3, Episode 8: Best ManOriginal Air Date—15 November 1984
Alex always was extremely tight with goofy Doug, now a fellow student, but when Doug falls instantly in true love with Eleanor, he soon starts spending all his time with her and even lets her decide his choices. Alex tries in vain to tighten his family ties instead, to no avail, then to cement his poker boys gang, but that literally drives them away. When Doug announces they're getting married, Alex refuses to come instead of accepting to be Doug's best man. Everyone hopes Alex will reconsider, or is that to be the end of his best friendship? |
| Original Air Date—22 November 1984
The Keaton parents have high hopes for the weekend, one of their last chances to spend some quality time, each alone with the same-gender kids, before the baby is born, and prepare trips trough memory lane. Alex politely pretends some interest in dad's souvenir ball but eagerly throws a chess game in a minute as an excuse to run off to a potential girlfriend; even Skippy, now welcome, just wants a lift, absolutely no other help. The girls blatantly ignore ma Elyse's huge photo-book and run off no matter where from the log cabin she drove them to. Yet both oldies pretend to each-other to have a swell time... |
| Original Air Date—29 November 1984
While mother flies to a convention in Michigan, dad is in charge, even of the mouse-hunt, which scares Mallory and Alex while Jennifer is willing to help but understandably doubts success. Skippy drops by and is completely ignored as always by Mallory, whom the equally stupid, but sweet scorned kid has been following like a puppy for years, but considers his life suddenly found meaning when Jane, Mallory's latest friend, walks in. Seeing it's literal when Skippy asks him to talk to her as he can't find words with girls, Alex accepts to help him... |
| Original Air Date—6 December 1984
Steven gets depressed from interviewing frightfully inept candidates as housekeeper-nanny for the baby, such as a child-hater ad an ex-con. Alex is impressed with Karen Nicholson, regardless of lack of any vaguely domestic experience, even hires her on his own. Even with help from Alex and his sisters, who quickly take to her too, she's a household failure bordering on disaster, yet nobody wants to fire her for 'just' wrecking the house till it just gets too much for dad... |
| Original Air Date—13 December 1984
Alex is dead-set to be selected for the Alpha Phi Epsilon fraternity, snobs who fixate on prestige, power and money. He lies his way trough an initial interview with chapter officials Don Caruthers and Craig Duvall, but his trump card, a gorgeous though Mallory-dumb date for the party for preselected candidates, has to cancel. Clumsy housekeeper Karen, Alex's only alternative, says she can't tell him why, would like to help him but just can't. Seeing how badly disappointed he is, she turns up, but clearly knows dean Ian McCall, an alumnus, too well, leaves and explains everything to Steven; her next move... |
| Season 3, Episode 13: Oh, DonnaOriginal Air Date—3 January 1985
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| Season 3, Episode 14: Auntie UpOriginal Air Date—10 January 1985
Alex likes Mallory's favorite aunt Gertrude 'Trudy' Harris for one reason: the pair of airheads regularly go somewhere together, out of his way. After such trip, Trudy gets a heart attack, Skippy helps rush her to hospital but she doesn't survive. The Keatons hold her wake, but it gets a mixed crowd: Alex never canceled the garage sale. At the funeral, truly mournful Mallory makes a scene because the reverend's speech is fake, every detail wrong as he never met her... |
| Original Air Date—17 January 1985
Alex has a cold but insists to work all night on his paper on the Declaration of Independence, after using it as an example to incite his dad Steven not to invoke inexperience to refuse appearing before Congress in Washington on the funding of PBS. Alex 'wakes up' in a dream as a Philadelphia stable boy, who hears with his uninterested mate 'Skipford', accidentally Thomas's neighbor-boy, Jefferson turning down John Adams' request to write the declaration, just because he would rather spend the night fluffing his wig, but Alex won't rest till he makes sure Thomas does write it, on exactly the kind of paper and in the celebrated phrasing the brilliant student knows by heart... |
| Original Air Date—24 January 1985
The Keaton kids are utterly disgusted to have to participate every year in dad Steven's lame PBS telethon as his loving, fake-enthusiastic WKS-family, without ever having been asked, and don't hide it anymore. The parents think the asking is the problem, so Steven poses the open question- all three bail out instantly, Jennifer even without any excuse. After some prodding from adult strangers, who all enjoy Steven's colleagues' families' loyalty, even Alex ends up caving in- a good luck-card doesn't cure their guilt, so after Elyse volunteered to play guitar and sing, the trio turns up unexpectedly. However a totally unexpected Keaton has chosen this day for his early, absolute and hence more memorable debut... |
| Original Air Date—31 January 1985
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| Season 3, Episode 18: Cry BabyOriginal Air Date—7 February 1985
Everybody else goes baby-crazy all the time, even Alex who can see the next Richard Nixon and Mickey Mantle rolled into one bassinet. Even losing her place in the center on family pictures makes Jen decide she hates 'rival' Andy and turns childish again, which Alex correctly calls regressive behavior. The kid has healthy longs, and a 'vocal volume' which keeps everybody awake, desperately trying to sing him to sleep. An attempt to make Jen the center of family attention again is professionally cried apart by Andy and baby-mania... |
| Original Air Date—14 February 1985
Alex and fellow Leland student James Jarrett start up a joint tutoring business. Judging by the IQ of prospective tutees like William, who even needs to be told to go home, a fabulous market, but when both have an 'unprofessional' eye on Robin Green, the rivalry wrecks their cooperation as feared, apparently irreparably... Meanwhile Mallory wines dad has chosen a practical new car with more room for the baby but ugly 'like a fridge on wheels' and he bores everyone to tears with his reading the manual aloud. |
| Original Air Date—21 February 1985
Another row between Alex and Jen over the phone and another about Mallory abusing Alex's shirt make Steven and Elyse realize they desperately need more quality time. A restaurant dinner fails, neither can stop thinking about Andy and babies in general, she even burps the waiter... |
| Original Air Date—7 March 1985
Alex wants to come along visiting grandma because she lives close to Lisa Tobin, Jennifer because she has cable TV. Elyse makes Steven first drop by for a 'reunion' with another couple which has twins, and gets more visitors with -to the others' regret- or without -to their own regret- crying babies. Mallory stayed home to work on a paper on the Louisiana Purchase (not about shopping, to her disappointment). Alex gave her permission to consult his 'archives' in the basement, but the trunk is too heavy, so Skippy comes down to help, but accidentally lets the door lock (he takes her word for that), so they're trapped (her vision) or joined (his version) together all weekend. They finally come closer together, realizing they are both (birdbrain) outsiders... |
| Original Air Date—28 March 1985
A family visit an account of baby Andy from Steven's widowed mother, May, and grumbling business-oriented brother Robert brings sweet and sad memories back about their boyhood, when pragmatical Rob was hard-working breadwinner dad Jake's favorite over Stevie, who already has a philanthropic tendency to care more about serving his paper-round customers then insisting to their due payment. |
| Original Air Date—28 March 1985
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| Original Air Date—26 September 1985
Dad Steven understands while mother Elyse frowns when Alex decides to hunt for a girlfriend among the best-looking pictures in his college's freshmen directory. Alex's first pick Tricia Armstrong isn't in, her less attractive roommate Ellen Reed majoring in art seizes him almost instantly and makes quite an impression, leaving Alex confused. Tricia proves just what he wanted and rather empty, Ellen is engaged but still has doubts. Alex dates Tricia and hates it. Ellen is charmed seeing him play cutely with kid brother Andy and getting a painting from Alex, however ill-picked. They kiss at a dorm dance, but what about Trish and her fiancé? |
| Original Air Date—3 October 1985
Alex is an emotional wreck, still with boring Tricia he doesn't care for after kissing her intriguing roommate Ellen, who turned back to accept her Dennis's proposal to marriage, yet without a single guest. Alex even worries so much that the whole time allotted for a Leland test essay he would have aced elapses without him writing a single line. Next Alex insists to drive Ellen the train-station hoping to stop her, but is once more enable to express his emotions. When Alex has gathered the courage at home and drives back, her train has left the station- yet she is there... |
| Season 4, Episode 3: Mr. WrongOriginal Air Date—17 October 1985
When Mallory presents to the family her new motor-biker-type boy-friend, 'environmental' (garbage) artist Nick Moore, who hopes to become a garbage man one day, the men are instantly disgusted, dad who hates his daughter dating anyway even tries openly longing back for nice Walter she dumped. Still mother insists to invite Nick to dinner anyhow, which only proves how weird and uneducated he is, even dumber then Mallory, who is still 'embarrassed by them' when Nick walks out refusing to be further tested. After Nick returns and even apologizes, everyone agrees to take a new, more trusting start... |
| Original Air Date—24 October 1985
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| Original Air Date—31 October 1985
After witnessing how dad gives in to Elyse's emotional blackmail and comes along to her book club, jealous Alex is worried by Ellen's cultural interest, especially seeing her hunky ballet friend David, and decides to become a part of it himself. After extensive reading up on the arts, Alex springs to action, participating improvisu in their dance audition for a real ballet company. Without any training or experience (even in the audience), his rendition (actually instant creation)of 'the Stock market crash, goes with any music' isn't exactly a classic... |
| Original Air Date—7 November 1985
The parents worry that Mallory, however dumb, should not miss out on college, even if it's only not to wonder later what could have been. Of course the bad pupil doesn't feel like studying any longer, and is feared to find a natural ally in academically even less gifted lover-boy Nick, but he actually makes her reconsider, she may put off her sales plans... |
| Season 4, Episode 7: My TutorOriginal Air Date—14 November 1985
As the 'dirty abstract' concept of non-Euclidian mathematics made Alex's advanced geometry grade slip to 89%, he hires the best tutor professor Walter Jenkins can recommend: genius Eugene Forbes, even though the kid turns out to be 13 and miserable, missing out on every boyish element in his youth. Worse, Jennifer is 'the mother of my children' at first sight, but won't consider dating the nerd in cardigan and bow-tie- till Alex pays her $15 to join him and Ellen at a Leland tenure party with the professor. When Jan doesn't meet his adult socialite standards, Eugene throws a childish fit and runs off... Meanwhile dad makes heroic but desperate efforts to stop the drain in the family finances, only to be ignored by big spenders Elyse and Mallory. |
| Season 4, Episode 8: Mr. RightOriginal Air Date—21 November 1985
Realizing how the other Keatons look down on his uncivilized attire, lack of manners and social ineptness -lately forcing Steven to buy a restaurant's entire tank of lobsters, Nick begs Alex to show him how to mend his ways and become more like his 'teacher'. The operation is surprisingly successful, even for Alex, and Nick even takes his advice to get a regular job, as a shoe-salesman, quite to the female customers' liking. Alas others are less happy: the shoe-shop-owner who wants him to push another model and, worst of all, Mallory who doesn't recognize her boyfriend and wants the weirdo back she fell in love with... |
| Original Air Date—5 December 1985
Steven and Elyse are nostalgically excited by a visitor he arranged: Richard 'Richie' Schofield, from their Berkeley hippie days, which the kids find just silly, even embarrassingly. However Elyse and Richie share memories without Steven, who is not amused to find out about their fling 22 years later. Sleeping on the hall makes the jealous husband even crankier. The trio has a restaurant dinner, he looses control. Alex reminds him of his own life lessons... |
| Original Air Date—12 December 1985
Alex hasn't had any decent sleep in months. When it gets really bad after countless lonely nights, and setting off the alarm which is somehow triggered by opening the fridge begins to keep everyone awake while he starts behaving weird, even crawling into the parental bed, Alex is desperate enough to try anything, even welcoming Skippy's conversation or taking Jennifer's cuddly toy to bed. Nothing seems to work, ma can only assure him it will probably go away with his worries -especially loosing Ellen- just as it did for her, they try the good old bed-time story... |
| Original Air Date—19 December 1985
While Alex is in the shop where Mallory works, they catch Jessie Blake shoplifting. Dad Steven points out Milford home where Jessie lives is not an orphanage but specialized in problem children, often abused; Nick knows that is true for one of his cousins who lives there, but cant't remember his name nor the abusive Uncle's. Mallory decides to make the criminal her friend, despite Nick's warning one can't understand such kid, and indeed is repaid by more shoplifting... Meanwhile little Andy's greater interest for a toy's box then for its content reminds everybody of Alex's attachment to an identical box, and even at 19 there is a weak spot left in his heart. |
| Original Air Date—2 January 1986
Dad Steven postulates for the job of regional PBS manager, interested in programming clout rather then the pay raise - despite his poor performance, he got the job, in fact in advance. The family is disappointed he's home much less, except Alex, who even acts as dad's though appointment book keeper. Alex is terribly worried for his beloved baby-brother Andy's manhood when the kid takes a ferocious fancy to a doll Ellen gave him. Steven starts feeling guilty never to be available for the children's activities, enough to... |
| Original Air Date—9 January 1986
Jennifer is tired of being outclassed by classmates, so she asks academically always excelling Alex (who won the Thomas Dewey best student achievement award three years in a row) to help her prepare a social studies presentation on how a bill becomes a law. Alex accepts, provided they do it his way, all the way: after reading at Ivy league level, while he pretends in class to be a quarry worker too dumb to understand what he fetches, he attends -queing her- a brilliant show with lights, music, patriotic panache and the flawless story, complete with the printing on parchment. Afterwards both parents claim credit for the talent running in the family, and her teacher Pedroza enters Jennifer for the Deway award. Alas there Jen feels unable to go trough with the 'deceit', and gets an impossible question from lawyer Ralph Boswell, who bickers with Steven if his Timy is brighter then their toddler Andy, till Alex takes the floor, thus giving the game away for everyone. Alex is blamed by the whole family. Then the smart siblings talk it trough... |
| Original Air Date—16 January 1986
Alex is in charge of this year's Leland parents students day. His girl-friend Ellen is angry because Alex personally invited her father, corporate lawyer Franklin Reed, whom she rejected as 'foul materialist' years ago, he's happy to learn she has a rich family and gets her to agree. When Franklin drops by, the men prove birds of a feather, but will father and daughter make up? |
| Original Air Date—23 January 1986
Ma and Jen hardly notice the mustache Alex grows for the homecoming speech as former valedictorian in Harding High-school. Skippy hopes Mal just uses Nick to make him jealous, but of course she refuses to go with him to the homecoming dance; the sweet pup is heart-broken but convinces Alex to find him a blind date, any human female will do- it's Dr. Sylvia Wagner, a divorced psychiatrist who is researching adolescent social life and sees him as a voluntary study subject, even for him no catch but they go, hoping absurdly to make Mallory a bit jealous. Nick hates anything involving ties or school, the ball is both. Alex's speech refers repeatedly to facial hair. After vague encouragement from Sylvia, Skippy picks a fight with patient Nick for Mallory, who rejects him since 18 years; grumpy principal Bidney blames both and Alex, who only tried to separate them... |
| Season 4, Episode 16: CheckmateOriginal Air Date—30 January 1986
When Alex, as Leland chess club champion, duels reputed Soviet guest Ivan Rozmirovich, he takes it as a personal and patriotic challenge, stirred by a telegram from the White House. The match is commented by desperate dad Steven and American chess-master Eric Nordstrom whose seemingly silent-succinct style at his debut is likely to be his undoing as commenter. After endless equal quality, Ivan's last move before adjournment is an obvious attempt to throw the game, but why? The boys meet in a bar, and Alex learns the official pressure totally spoiled Ivan's love for the game, feeling imprisoned. He decides such fine player, no longer a Red robot but a human in his eyes, deserves better, so they both try to loose, even end up wrestling to stop each-other give-away moves... |
| Original Air Date—6 February 1986
Alex committed the surprising error to vent his conviction there are male and female fortes in the feminist home, so he gets stuck following the same elementary car mechanics course as ma Elyse, the architect, who proves more gifted at it. It gets embarrassing when Alex keeps bumbling like any self-respecting nerd covered in grease while she gets 'consulted' by Nick's hunky mate Clete... Meanwhile the girls must try to keep dad Steven in bed, who refuses to admit he's sick. |
| Original Air Date—13 February 1986
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| Original Air Date—13 February 1986
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| Season 4, Episode 20: Art LoverOriginal Air Date—20 February 1986
Steven accepts works of art for WKS's 1986 auction, reluctantly even Alex's 'fiscal-surrealist' bank yard eviction drawing (at age 5) and an abstract welded sculpture by Nick, which only gets a bid from filthy rich, glamorous art lover Victoria Hurstenberg, who calls him an irresistible hidden talent. Nick brings more of his works for a private show at the Keaton house, and becomes her protégé. Only Mallory and naive Nick need weeks to realize the airhead didn't get to see Nick since miss (!) Victoria offered her patronage not for his 'art' but for his company. Just when Nick sweetly told off Victoria's private attentions with a gentlemanly hug at a gallery, idiotic Mallory is there and dumps her true love... |
| Original Air Date—2 March 1986
While Andy's inability to handle a toy the box recommends from an age two month younger makes worried pa Steven determined the toddler needs to go to preschool, which ma Elyse forbids, Alex enjoys the rare honor to be picked as professor Spanos's teaching assistant for economics. An arrogant professorial air and ruthless strictness come naturally to 'Mr. Keaton, or Sir', but he talks Ellen out of changing to another course to assure impartiality. Once Alex grades her first paper C- their relationship -which is forbidden under college rules too- is in danger... |
| Season 4, Episode 22: My BuddyOriginal Air Date—6 March 1986
Just because Alex refuses to risk her life and everyone else's by letting Mallory drive, the airhead says 'don't lie, Alex' when a policeman stops them and he rightfully answers to have made a full stop. Alex skilfully defends himself in court, yet with a bitter twist... Steven feels his 'buddy' daughter Jen slips away now the budding 13 year-old only has eyes for boys and females, so he insists to join her at the sunflower girls club, but practically dies when their monthly topic is girls' first sexual moves... |
| Original Air Date—1 May 1986
Elyse is quite happy to collaborate closely at the architects firm with younger Paul Kenter, but he confides to their boss Raymond to have a problem: he fell secretly but passionately in love with the happily married mother of four. Unsuspecting Elyse asks him over for a family dinner to celebrate landing a major account. Paul confesses to Steven, but still keeps quiet to Elyse. When Steven tells her, she is first flattered, then hears Paul has quit his job and intends to leave the country... |
| Original Air Date—8 May 1986
When Elyse wants to clean out 'all the junk', the boys fondly save their beloved mementos. Four weeks before the 1986 high-school graduation, even Skippy worries only about which quotation to pick for the yearbook, but airhead Mallory confesses first to Alex, then to their infuriated parents, that she barely hopes for a D in history, where Mrs. Hillman sneered she never applied herself and needs a B on her final exam. She finally tries studying, helped by Nick in the library and abundant advice, especially from academic genius brother Alex... |
| Original Air Date—25 September 1986
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| Original Air Date—6 November 1986
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| Original Air Date—13 November 1986
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| Original Air Date—17 November 1986
When ma Elyse invites Terry Bridgeman, her former architecture collaborator before her Andy-pregnancy, for dinner, she learns his girl-friend left him and succumbs to match-making. Alas Elyse picks neighbor woman Liz Obeck, who gave even Alex sleepless nights and tells pa Steven men fall for her only to be dumped by bunches too and she has a steady friend. By the time Steven passes the message, Terry is smitten with vamp Liz... Nick helps Alex to a free gift for Andy's fellow toddler friend Cindy, a doll the orphanage refused, but the boys must dress it... |
| Original Air Date—20 November 1986
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| Original Air Date—4 December 1986
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| Season 5, Episode 11: Paper LionOriginal Air Date—11 December 1986
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| Original Air Date—18 December 1986
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| Original Air Date—8 January 1987
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| Original Air Date—15 January 1987
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| Original Air Date—22 January 1987
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| Original Air Date—29 January 1987
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| Original Air Date—5 February 1987
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| Original Air Date—12 February 1987
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| Original Air Date—19 February 1987
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| Original Air Date—19 February 1987
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| Original Air Date—26 February 1987
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| Original Air Date—5 March 1987
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| Original Air Date—12 March 1987
Alex's friend dies in an accident. As the family grieves, Alex tries to mask his grief, but he can't hide his grief and other emotions forever. |
| Original Air Date—12 March 1987
Steven and Elyse get Alex some professional help to deal with his feelings over his friend's tragic death. Alex reviews his life. |
| Original Air Date—20 March 1987
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| Season 5, Episode 26: Love Me DoOriginal Air Date—30 April 1987
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| Season 5, Episode 27: The VisitOriginal Air Date—7 May 1987
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| Season 5, Episode 28: MatchmakerOriginal Air Date—23 July 1987
Seeing Mallory is a wreck after her break-up with Nick and six failed dates, Alex decides to match her with a fellow Leland student. His theoretically ideal choice is Roger Sloate, an engineering major. Alas Alex's chaperoning isn't rewarded, his dumb sister dumps Roger like the rest- but accepts a last double-date, where Roger spontaneously falls for Alex's date Tracy; something smart Alex can't understand is that love is irrational chemistry... Dad Steven is deadly against 'dehumanising' computer games, but while one is rented 'for the kids' he gets hooked worse himself, Elyse too... |
| Original Air Date—6 August 1987
On Jen's birthday, she is unusually un-eager for the usual party ingredients, clearly only pretends to appreciate the hand-puppet show dad revels in, and actually gets completely obsessed with imitating the fashion-obsessed herd of 'cool kids' at school, even if that means abandoning all her rather tomcat habits. Stacie's gang and chasing boys seem to overtake her whole personality, she even takes lessons in 'cool' signals and talk from airhead Mallory... |
| Original Air Date—13 August 1987
Since her birthday party, Jennifer is spending all her spare time with her new 'cool' airhead friends, doing atypical things such as mall-shopping -spending all her babysitting savings- and scorning her own habits and family traditions, and no longer dares to sit with true fiend Beth. She even lets Chrissy convince her to ditch a maths class for a sale. Ellen and Mallory assure Alex that's how 13-year old girls become aware of their sexuality. A call from vice-principal Ross about Jen's truancy makes the parents ground her indefinitely. She refuses to join the family at a football game dad was proud to get tickets for, but lets Stacie's 'cool' gang in and build an improvised party. When those even tell her friend Beth to leave 'this is a private party', Jen is trough not being her Keaton self at all... |
| Original Air Date—13 September 1987
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| Original Air Date—13 September 1987
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| Original Air Date—20 September 1987
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| Original Air Date—27 September 1987
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| Season 6, Episode 5: Dream DateOriginal Air Date—4 October 1987
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| Season 6, Episode 6: Super MomOriginal Air Date—18 October 1987
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| Original Air Date—25 October 1987
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| Original Air Date—1 November 1987
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| Original Air Date—8 November 1987
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| Original Air Date—15 November 1987
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| Original Air Date—22 November 1987
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| Original Air Date—29 November 1987
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| Original Air Date—6 December 1987
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| Original Air Date—13 December 1987
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| Original Air Date—13 December 1987
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| Original Air Date—16 December 1987
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| Original Air Date—20 December 1987
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| Original Air Date—10 January 1988
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| Original Air Date—17 January 1988
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| Original Air Date—24 January 1988
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| Original Air Date—7 February 1988
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| Original Air Date—14 February 1988
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| Original Air Date—21 February 1988
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| Original Air Date—28 February 1988
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| Original Air Date—6 March 1988
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| Original Air Date—13 March 1988
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| Original Air Date—20 March 1988
Cousin June visits the Keatons, on holiday from her university studies in London. Memories bubble up when she starts talking about dating boys and a trip to Florence, mostly embarrassing moments for Keatons (from previous episodes), such as weird dates and teachers or the 'home hotel' Alex ran with Skippy and the girls... |
| Original Air Date—1 May 1988
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| Original Air Date—30 October 1988
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| Original Air Date—6 November 1988
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| Season 7, Episode 3: TruckersOriginal Air Date—13 November 1988
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| Original Air Date—27 November 1988
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| Original Air Date—4 December 1988
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| Original Air Date—11 December 1988
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| Original Air Date—18 December 1988
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| Original Air Date—1 January 1989
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| Season 7, Episode 9: Deja VuOriginal Air Date—8 January 1989
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| Original Air Date—15 January 1989
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| Original Air Date—29 January 1989
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| Original Air Date—5 February 1989
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| Original Air Date—12 February 1989
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| Original Air Date—19 February 1989
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| Original Air Date—26 February 1989
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| Season 7, Episode 16: Simon SaysOriginal Air Date—5 March 1989
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| Original Air Date—12 March 1989
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| Original Air Date—19 March 1989
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| Original Air Date—2 April 1989
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| Original Air Date—9 April 1989
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| Original Air Date—16 April 1989
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| Original Air Date—23 April 1989
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| Original Air Date—23 April 1989
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| Original Air Date—7 May 1989
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| Original Air Date—14 May 1989
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| Original Air Date—14 May 1989
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