Season 1

Episodes • 1982

Meredith Baxter
Michael Gross
Michael J. Fox
Justine Bateman
Tina Yothers
Pilot

1. Pilot

24 min

Alex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.

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Not With My Sister You Don't

2. Not With My Sister You Don't

25 min

Alex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.

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I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend

3. I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend

24 min

Jennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.

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Summer of '82

4. Summer of '82

25 min

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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I Never Killed for My Father

5. I Never Killed for My Father

25 min

A visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.

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Give Your Uncle A Kiss

6. Give Your Uncle A Kiss

25 min

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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Big Brother Is Watching

7. Big Brother Is Watching

25 min

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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No Nukes Is Good Nukes

8. No Nukes Is Good Nukes

24 min

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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Death Of A Grocer

9. Death Of A Grocer

25 min

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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Have Gun, Will Unravel

10. Have Gun, Will Unravel

25 min

The Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.

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A Christmas Story

11. A Christmas Story

25 min

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 birth of their three children.

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Oops

12. Oops

25 min

Mallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.

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Sherry Baby

13. Sherry Baby

25 min

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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The Fugitive  (1)

14. The Fugitive (1)

25 min

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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The Fugitive  (2)

15. The Fugitive (2)

24 min

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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Margin Of Error

16. Margin Of Error

25 min

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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French Lessons

17. French Lessons

25 min

Mallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve to ask her out and then courts disaster by enlistening Alex's advice on how to behave on the date.

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I Gotta Be Ming

18. I Gotta Be Ming

25 min

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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Suzanne Takes You Down

19. Suzanne Takes You Down

25 min

Soon after free lance architect Elyse Keaton hires her friend Suzanne Davis to handle clerical chores, she wants to fire the under-qualified, overly aggressive secretary, but Suzanne's marriage breaks up, making the new job her only salvation. After 20 years as a housewife, Suzanne feels she lacks an identity outside the home. Swamped with paperwork, Elyse decides to solve that problem while easing her friend's mid-life crisis. Unfortunately Suzanne's take-charge approach to business throws a wrench into Elyse's client dealings and threatens to ruin the women's friendship. On the brink of firing Suzanne, the frustrated Elyse faces a terrible dilemma when Ron Davis decides he ""needs space"" and leaves his wife.

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The Fifth Wheel

20. The Fifth Wheel

25 min

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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Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)

21. Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)

25 min

While gearing up to face the TV cameras as captain of his high school's team on "Quiz Off," Alex panics at first when a teammate drops out. He then launches a major tutoring program for his sister Mallory.

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Elyse D'Arc

22. Elyse D'Arc

25 min

In her zeal for good causes Elyse devotes so much energy to committee work that a neglected Steven feels shortchanged. Ecstatic to have won an award for his public television documentary, Steven arrives home eager to celebrate, but every effort is foiled by Elyse's obligations to her various projects. Finally, the over-extended wife-mother-architect-committee volunteer begins to realize she's neglecting her most important committee.

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