The clip show continues with A Word to the Wise: Part 2. It was written by Marc Lawrence and Susan Borowitz and debuted on 13 February, 1986.

The family and Skippy (Marc Price) continue to share stories with Ellen (Tracy Pollan) about Alex (Micheal J. Fox) before she came along. Sure some fun moments get revisited, but to take a clip show and spread it over two episodes seems a little much.

It definitely showcases Fox’s comedic talent and he’s damn fun to watch, and maybe that was what the episode was all about, that and to be a cost-saving measure.

The idea of sharing stories with one’s significant other and family is a great one, it happens countless times a day in the real world, but it just doesn’t feel as fun when it makes up part of a clip show. Each clip is given a voiceover to set the scene, but then any of the individual flavour of character storytelling is gone because it just runs the clip.

It’s cute, but I honestly didn’t need this clip show to remind me of how great the storytelling and actors are in the show. Let’s move along to something more fun now, please, and maybe save the clip show for the last season, as we look back at the whole series.

Art Lover was written by Brice Helford, and it debuted on 20 February, 1986.

Steven (Micheal Gross) is hosting the WKS auction, and is compiling art to auction off, from one of Alex’s kindergarten pictures to actual art, including a sculpture from Nick (Scott Valentine). The entire auction is overseen by an art lover, the ridiculously rich Victoria Hurstenberg (Christine Belford).

Victoria is taken by Nick’s work and becomes his patron, which puts a time constraint on his relationship with Mallory (Justine Bateman), and when she sees Nick and Victoria share a friendly hug, she gets jealous and dumps him. Mallory is right to be a bit jealous, as Victoria has designs on him, but Nick is committed to Mallory.

When the two finally get a chance to talk, Mallory comes around, and realizes she has something special with Nick, and that no matter what happens, he’s with her for the long haul, no matter where his art takes him.

It’s a fun episode, and it sees Steven trying to keep a copy of Dogs Playing Poker somewhere in the house, but no one wants it. Not even Skippy.

Teacher’s Pet was penned by Marc Lawrence and first aired on 2 March, 1986.

Steven is worried about baby Andy’s progress when the 11-month-old baby can’t be bothered with a 9-month-old toy. He wants to get Andy enrolled in pre-school as soon as possible. Elyse (Meredith Baxter) doesn’t agree, and their relationship and disagreement is reflected in the main story.

Meanwhile, Alex is gearing up to be a teaching assistant, and is excited to hear that Ellen is going to be in his class, but she doesn’t think it’s a good idea for her to be in it. He persuades her to take his course.

But when he grades her poorly, their romantic relationship, that of a teacher-student, is in jeopardy. She resents the grade she gives him and consequently acts out in his class to prove her point that he didn’t treat her fairly in class. They risk several things, but find their way back to one another after they admit they both made mistakes.

And the Keatons have joined the 80s, they have an answering machine that Mallory and Jennifer (Tina Yothers) are having a lot of fun with after they get rid of the message Alex initially recorded.

Cute and fun.