| Episode Number |
Title |
Airdate |
Episode Notes |
| 01 |
"Pilot" |
September 22, 1982 |
Father and son clash when Steven demands that Alex not accompany his new girlfriend to an elitist, restricted country club. |
| 02 |
"Not With My Sister You Don't" |
September 29, 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. |
| 03 |
"I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend" |
October 6, 1982 |
Jennifer finds herself at the mercy of peer pressure when she is teased for being friends with a boy. |
| 04 |
"Summer of '82" |
October 27, 1982 |
At 17 years old, Alex looses his virginity to a college girl, Amy Steel, but is heartbroken when he finds her the next day when another guy. He wants to give up girls all together, but Stephen explains that the night might have "been beautiful" it was just a night. |
| 05 |
"I Never Killed for My Father" |
November 3, 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. |
| 06 |
"Give Uncle Arthur a Kiss" |
November 10, 1982 |
When a close family friend and business associate of Steven touches 15 year old Mallory inappropriately, she goes to Alex for advice. He convinces her she misunderstood. "Uncle Arthur" comes over to the house and Mallory ends up alone with him. He apologizes about touching her, but then kisses her on the mouth. This time Alex believes her, but makes Elyse talk to her. When Mallory weeps, Elyse admits something similar happened to her. Elyse confronts Arthur accidentally on live tv. Arthur apologizes to Elyse and Steven and claims it is the fault of his divorce. When he finds himself alone with Mallory again, he apologizes and says he'll get help. |
| 07 |
"Big Brother is Watching" |
November 17, 1982 |
As the new editor of the school paper, Alex learns of an Algebra test cheating scandal that Mallory is involved in. He confronts Mallory, but when encouraged by his parents to "print truth," he writes an article. The teacher in charge praises his reporting, but tells him not to print it. Alex prints it anyway, his classmates think he's a "fink," and he loses the position of editor. Mallory blames cheating on trying to be as good as Alex in classes. Stephen and Elyse tell Alex he should have printed the story without names. He apologizes to Mallory for hurting her. |
| 08 |
"No Nukes Is Good Nukes" |
November 24, 1982 |
Steven and Elyse are arrested on Thanksgiving when protesting nuclear arms. Alex is pro-nuclear weapons, though Jennifer's questions shake his reasoning. Mallory just wishes someone else could do the protesting and leave their family peace. Steven and Elyse are given a chance to leave prison if they sign a document promising never to protest and swearing they support the arms race. They refuse it. |
| 09 |
"Death of a Grocer" |
December 1, 1982 |
Alex gets a new job at a big supermarket where he has advancement potential, but no one knows his name. He finds he misses all his responsibilities at Adler's and goes back to him. |
| 10 |
'Have Gun, Will Unravel" |
December 8, 1982 |
A break-in prompts Steven and Elyse to invest in a gun to protect their home. |
| 11 |
"A Christmas Story" |
December 15, 1982 |
Snowed in for Christmas, Elyse and Stephen remember the kids' births in flashbacks. Alex was born in Africa, Mallory was delivered by a crazy doctor, and Jennifer was born during the election. |
| 12 |
"Oops" |
December 22, 1982 |
One of Mallory's friends is unmarried and pregnant. |
| 13 |
"Sherry Baby" |
January 12, 1983 |
Mallory convinces Alex to go out with a Sorority girl in the hopes she'll invite her to join. Mallory discovers the girl never intended to ask her, but was only using her for Alex's attention. |
| 14 |
"The Fugitive, Part I" |
January 19, 1983 |
Elyse's brother Ned, played by Tom Hanks surprises the Keatons, asking to stay for a vacation. After seeing Ned act suspiciously, they discover he is on the run. He tells them he has ruined a major deal with his company and been fired. The FBI arrives and says he stole $4 million. |
| 15 |
"The Fugitive, Part II" |
January 26, 1983 |
In the continuation, Ned reveals he has hidden the money so his company could not ruin the lives of several hundred workers. The family initially hide him from the FBI but Steven doesn't want to. Ned compares his actions to their protesting in the 60s and Alex sneaks him to the airport. But Ned returns to face the music. His former boss arrives at the house demanding to know the code to the money, but Ned refuses. |
| 16 |
"Margin of Error" |
February 9, 1983 |
Alex turns a school project into real life when he pretends to be his father to trade stocks. At first he makes a killing, then looses it all when a typhoon strikes the Philippines. |
| 17 |
"French Lessons" |
February 16, 1983 |
Mallory goes out on a date with her French tutor, Jeff. Jeff asks Alex for help with predictable results. Meanwhile Steven tries to beat Alex in chess. |
| 18 |
"I Gotta Be Ming" |
February 23, 1983 |
Elyse raises money for immigrants' program and Alex helps by becoming a Big Brother to Ming. Alex makes him over in his image, but learns a lesson when he breaks a promise to him. |
| 19 |
"Suzanne Takes You Down" |
March 16, 1983 |
Elyse offers a friend, Suzanne, a job as her assistant after Suzanne says she's under appreciated. Suzanne leaves her husband and won't take him back. Elyse is forced to fire her, but she appreciates Elyse treating her like normal. |
| 20 |
"The Fifth Wheel" |
March 28, 1983 |
Alex and Mallory argue about who should have to babysit Jennifer. Jennifer leaves Alex at a poker game and runs away. Alex and Mal can't find her before their parents discover she's lost. When she returns home, she tells everyone she's only in the way. They promise not to take her for granted any more. |
| 21 |
"Stage Fright" |
April 4, 1983 |
Alex's school quiz team is forced to find a replacement for a sick teammate. When he can't find someone qualified, he decides to train Mal like Eliza Doolittle. In the competition, Alex gets stage fright and can't answer. Mal saves the day with correct answers and with the judges approval, but their team still looses with the last question. |
| 22 |
"Elyse D'Arc" |
April 11, 1983 |
Steven and Elyse clash when Elyse's busy schedule keeps them from spending any time together. |
| Episode Number |
Title |
Airdate |
Episode Notes |
| 23 |
"Tender is the Knight" |
September 28, 1983 |
Alex must contend with a childhood sweetheart staying at the house who is unlike any girl he's met--or liked--before. |
| 24 |
"The Homecoming" |
October 12, 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. |
| 25 |
"The Harder They Fall" |
October 19, 1983 |
Teacher/parent interviews at Alex and Mallory's school become interesting when both Steven and Elyse contend with a rude, insufferable teacher. |
| 26 |
"This Year's Model" |
October 26, 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. |
| 27 |
"Not An Affair to Remember" |
November 2, 1983 |
Judith Light plays Stacy, a worker at Steven's station with a crush on him. She comes on to him and he kisses her back. She arranges for them to be alone at night and Elyse senses something is wrong. Stacy propositions him, but can't convince him to have sex with her. When he gets home, Elyse admits she knew what was going on but that he had to decide for himself.
Next year Judith Light went on to star in competing sitcom Who's the Boss.
|
| 28 |
"Speed Trap" |
November 9, 1983 |
Alex takes diet pills to help him study. Each day he takes more to get the same high. The episode was mimicked in the cult classic Saved By the Bell episode. |
| 29 |
"Sweet Lorraine" |
November 16, 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. |
| 30 |
"Batter Up" |
November 30, 1983 |
| 31 |
"A Keaton Christmas Carol" |
December 14, 1983 |
| 32 |
"The Snatch a Keith" |
December 21, 1983 |
Friends of the Keatons are getting a divorce and fight over the custody of their child Keith. When a fight escalates, the husband Richard runs off with the son. Steven convinces him to come home. Steven and Elyse learn how lucky they are. |
| 33 |
"Birthday Boy" |
January 5, 1984 |
Crispin Glover guests as a friend of Alex's who takes Alex to West Virginia where the drinking age is 18 for his birthday. Elyse is sad when Alex won't share with her anymore and forbids him to go. He goes anyway and she follows him and brings him home. They fight, mostly because Alex doesn't treat Elyse like a person, not because he broke the rules to go drinking. Elyse recognizes she needs to treat him more like an adult and he realizes he needs to respect her.
One year later Crispin Glover played Michael J. Fox's dad in Back to the Future.
|
| 34 |
"Go Tigers" |
January 12, 1984 |
| 35 |
""M" is for the Many Things" |
January 19, 1984 |
| 36 |
"Say Uncle" |
January 26, 1984 |
Tom Hanks returns as lovable Uncle Ned. No explanation about how his embezzlement problems turned out, but he's back and Steven has an interview set up for him as a job at the tv station. But since his last troubles he has become an alcoholic and drinks everything in the house. He bombs the interview. Steven, Elyse, and Alex try to convince him he has a problem, but he resists. When Alex keeps him from getting another drink, Ned hits him. Steven tells him to get out, but Ned breaks down and calls AA. |
| 37 |
"Ladies' Man" |
February 2, 1984 |
Alex's attraction to a classmate leads him to join the ERA movement, much to his parents' surprise. At a rally, Alex comes to the defense of the women and they all get arrested. The girl, Deena, is turned on by his speech for feminism, so he stays in the jail to "support his sisters." Later Alex says he is only posing as a feminist to support Deena, but his parents tell him he should respect her by telling her the truth. |
| 38 |
"Ready or Not" |
February 9, 1984 |
| 39 |
"Double Date" |
February 16, 1984 |
| 40 |
"Lady Sings the Blues" |
February 23, 1984 |
| 41 |
"Baby Boy Doe" |
March 8, 1984 |
Skippy finds out he is adopted and wants to find his birth mother. The Keatons are all much nicer to him with the news. Jennifer goes off to camp. Skippy confronts his birth mother who refuses to be a part of his life and tells him he was a mistake. Alex helps Skippy to understand his adopted parents are his "real" parents. |
| 42 |
"The Graduate" |
March 15, 1984 |
| 43 |
"Diary of a Young Girl" |
May 3, 1984 |
| 44 |
"Working At It" |
May 10, 1984 |
| Episode Number |
Title |
Airdate |
| 155 |
"It Happened One Night" |
October 30, 1988 |
| 156 |
"Designing Woman" |
November 6, 1988 |
| 157 |
"Truckers" |
November 13, 1988 |
| 158 |
"Beyond Therapy" |
November 27, 1988 |
| 159 |
"Heartstrings, Part I" |
December 4, 1988 |
| 160 |
"Heartstrings, Part II" |
December 11, 1988 |
| 161 |
"Heartstrings, Part III" |
December 18, 1988 |
| 162 |
"Basic Training" |
January 1, 1989 |
| 163 |
"Deja Vu" |
January 8, 1989 |
| 164 |
"Nick's Best Friend" |
January 15, 1989 |
| 165 |
"Get Me to the Living Room on Time" |
January 29, 1989 |
| 166 |
"The Job Not Taken" |
February 5, 1989 |
| 167 |
"The Wrecker's Ball" |
February 12, 1989 |
| 168 |
"My Best Friend's Girl" |
February 19, 1989 |
| 169 |
'"Til Here Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away" |
February 26, 1989 |
| 170 |
"Simon Says" |
March 5, 1989 |
| 171 |
"All in the Neighborhood, Part I" |
March 12, 1989 |
| 172 |
"All in the Neighborhood, Part II" |
March 19, 1989 |
| 173 |
"They Can't Take That Away From Me, Part I" |
April 2, 1989 |
| 174 |
"They Can't Take That Away From Me, Part II" |
April 9, 1989 |
| 175 |
"Rain Forests Keep Falling on My Head" |
April 16, 1989 |
| 176 |
"Wrap Around the Clock, Part I" |
April 23, 1989 |
| 177 |
"Wrap Around the Clock, Part II" |
April 23, 1989 |
| 178 |
"Mr. Keaton Takes a Vacation" |
May 7, 1989 |
| 179 |
"Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Part I" |
May 13, 1989 (Final Episode Part One) |
| 180 |
"Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Part II" |
May 13, 1989 (Final Episode Part Two) |
