Nick (Scott Valentine) gets a new job. As a janitor. In Mallory’s (Justine Bateman) sorority where they make him an honorary member in Mister Sister. Written by Susan Borowitz this episode first debuted on 15 November, 1987. It was directed by Justine Bateman’s father, Kent.

It’s fun to see Nick enjoying his job, and the way he fits in with the sorority, and helping them with their party designs and more. But Mallory is less than happy that he’s spending all the time with the girls of the sorority and that they aren’t having any time to themselves.

He may be enjoying it a little too much, and Mallory isn’t enjoying either the sorority or Nick’s continual presence, not to mention sharing him with the rest of the girls. And that is going to cause things to blow up between the pair when Nick is crowned Snow Queen.

Meanwhile in the Keaton household, Alex (Michael J. Fox) is less than happy to see Andy (Brian Bonsall) wearing an apron, and making cookies. So he and Steven (Michael Gross) try to teach him basketball, which leads to a competition between the pair and playing in the house much to Elyse’s (Meredith Baxter) disappointment. There’s some great comedic moments here.

Of course, things will settle before the end of the episode, but there are some really delightful moments throughout this episode.

Citizen Keaton was written by Borowitz and Marc Lawrence and first debuted on 22 November, 1987.

Mallory has decided to run for class president, and who is going to be her campaign manager? Why Alex, of course. And while he’s not impressed with how she signed up for the campaign, he is going to run it the way it should be done, replacing Skippy (Marc Price) on the campaign trail.

The episode also shows how much the Keaton world has expanded, Lauren (Courtney Cox) arrives, as does Skippy’s girlfriend, Amy (Sonia Curtis) and of course, Nick will be around to do his part to get her elected.

Alex is loving every moment of it, and the entire family is helping out, and Mallory begins to wonder if she will get to do anything, and when will she be able to make any decisions about herself and her possible presidency.

It may not matter though if she doesn’t get elected, but maybe they’ll learn from the experience. And Alex admits that it was nice to have something that the two of them could do together, and that they won’t always be living in the same place with one another.

It’s a nice moment between siblings.

Father Time: Part 1 was written by Alan Uger and was first broadcast on 29 November, 1987.

Uncle Rob (Norman Parker) shows up with his kids, Marilyn (Tammy Lauren) and Jonathan (Blake Soper). His divorce is finalized, and he’s trying to make ends meet by working as a telephone repairman. Things aren’t great for the family, and Marilyn is taking out her anger and frustration on the entire family.

Rob is trying to move on with his life, and Marilyn won’t forgive him for having an affair, and ruining the family. Rob is trying to figure out who to deal with his daughter, while Mallory and Marilyn bond over boys and the mall.

When Marilyn goes out on a date (with a Marine), Rob has to put his foot down, and be a father, something that causes even more grief between the two.

There’s an interesting discussion on divorce, and its effect on the children.

And the episode closes out with Marilyn and Rob having an argument on the phone when she decides to spend the night at the Marine’s place delivering us a To Be Continued!!