Season Four of Family Ties gets to a shakey start with a pretty terrible made-for-TV movie that sees the Keaton family jetting across the ocean to England. Taking the family out of their sit-com environment where they can deliver messages, and important themes, and delve into ethical situations and putting them in a slapstick version…
Tag: 1985
Witness (1985) – Peter Weir
It’s been some time since I had settled in for the Harrison Ford drama Witness directed by the amazing Peter Weir. I remember loving it as a teen when I first came across it simply because it was a Harrison Ford film. I loved movies at the time but I didn’t realize the film had…
Family Ties (1985) – Remembrances of Things Past
Season three of Family Ties ended with an hour-long episode that was broadcast on 28 March, 1985 and was written by series creator Gary David Goldberg and Alan Uger. Steven (Michael Gross) gathers the family up to head to his family home to help his mother, May (Anne Seymour) sell the house. It also forces…
Family Ties (1985) – Don’t Know Much About History, Bringing Up Baby, and Cold Storage
James (Jeff Joseph) is back and he and Alex (Micheal J. Fox) are engaging in a tutoring business together in Don’t Know Much About History. Written by Micheal J. Weithorn and Marc Lawrence, this episode first aired on 14 February, 1985. Everything seems to be going well to begin with, but when they take on…
Family Ties (1985) – Birth of a Keaton: Part 1, Part 2, and Cry Baby
Alex (Micheal J. Fox), Mallory (Justine Bateman) and Jennifer (Tina Yothers) really don’t want to take part in the WKS Pledge Week Marathon this year, but no one can seem to tell Steven (Micheal Gross), who is looking forward to it, and Elyse (Meredith Baxter) wants to sing in the telethon. But things are going…
Family Ties (1985) – Oh, Donna, Auntie Up, and Philadelphia Story
Alex (Micheal J. Fox) comes down with Daddy Fever when he helps his parents out with their Lamaze class, and becomes enchanted with the idea of becoming the father to the child of a single mother in Oh, Donna. Written by Alan Uger, this episode was first broadcast on 3 January, 1985. Initially dismissive of…
The Lives of Lee Miller (1985) – Anthony Penrose
As I mentioned in my review of the film, Lee, I was gobsmacked to learn the story of Lee Miller, specifically her work as a war correspondent during World War II. How had I never heard of her? As I came out of the screening I put The Lives of Lee Miller on hold at…
Hill Street Blues (1985) – What Are Friends For?, and The Virgin and the Turkey
Norman Buntz (Dennis Franz) has a tough day on the hill, one that will shake him to his core, whether he admits it or not in What Are Friends For? With an original airdate of 5 December, 1985, this episode was written by Dick Wolf. Buntz and Rodriguez (Del Zamora) are running down a lead…
Hill Street Blues (1985) – An Oy for an Oy, and Fathers and Huns
Belker (Bruce Weitz) is worrying about Robin’s (Lisa Sutton) pregnancy, and where their relationship is going. He’s thinking about marriage. But he’s also having a problem with a pair of brothers (Michael Lerner and Alex Henteloff) who seem to be screwing one another over for some diamonds, and Belker is caught in the middle. An…
Hill Street Blues (1985) – Somewhere Over the Rambo, and Oh, You Kid
Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti) conducts his corruption investigation and presents his findings to the committee, though Chief Daniels (Jon Cypher) is less than thrilled about the suggestion that he may be responsible for not curtailing some of the corruption that has permeated the force. Somewhere Over the Rambo was written by Jacob Epstein, Walon Green…
The Mind Reels 