Elyse (Meredith Baxter) and Steven (Michael Gross) are getting ready for their high school reunion, in The Boys Next Door. Written by Trish Vrandenburg, it first debuted on 6 March, 1988. Alex (Michael J. Fox) is wowed to find out that Elyse went to school with Roger Erdman (Robert Klein). He’s a multi-millionaire whose company…
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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 (1984) – Don’t Kiss Me, I’m Only the Messenger, Help Wanted, and Karen II, Alex 0
While Elyse (Meredith Baxter) goes to an architects’ convention, Skippy (Marc Price) falls for Mallory’s (Justine Bateman) friend Jane (Michelle Meyrink) in Don’t Kiss Me, I’m Only the Messenger. Written by Ruth Bennett, this episode first aired on 29 November, 1984. And while Mallory deals with the sudden realization that Skippy isn’t interested in her…
Family Ties (1984) – Keaton and Son, Fabric Smarts, and Hotline Fever
Alex (Michael J. Fox) is looking for a job, hopefully at a bank to be close to the money, but he may have to take whatever comes along, which may mean working with his dad, Steven (Michael Gross) down at the station. Keaton and Son was written by Lissa Levin and was first broadcast on…
Family Ties (1984) – Diary of a Young Girl, Working at It, and The Gambler
Jennifer (Tina Yothers) is in the hospital to have her tonsils removed, and she’s a little stressed and worried about what will happen in Diary of a Young Girl. The penultimate episode of season two of Family Ties was written by Ruth Bennett and it aired on 3 May, 1984. Jennifer hasn’t been super lucky…
Family Ties (1984) – Lady Sings the Blues, Baby Boy Doe, and The Graduate
While Alex (Micheal J. Fox) and Steven (Micheal Gross) attempt to teach Mallory (Justine Bateman) how to drive, a prospect that scares and terrifies them, Elyse (Meredith Baxter) revisits her past by pulling out her guitar and playing some folk classics. Lady Sings the Blues was written by Alan Uger and Micheal J. Weithorn. This…
Family Ties (1982) – Summer of ’82, I Never Killed for My Father, and Give Your Uncle Arthur a Kiss
Michael J. Weithorn wrote Summer of ’82 which first debuted on 27 October, 1982. Alex (Micheal J. Fox) is working his job at the local grocery store, Adler’s Grocery, and doing deliveries with Jennifer (Tina Yothers) when he meets Stephanie (Amy Steel) and loses his heart. But it’s not only his heart he loses when…
Family Ties (1982) – Pilot, Not with My Sister You Don’t, and I Know Jennifer’s Boyfriend
Family Ties premiered on 22 September, 1982. The pilot was written by series creator Gary David Goldberg and introduced us to the Keaton family. There’s patriarch, a former hippie, who manages a public television station Steven (Michael Gross), fellow hippie, and architect, Elyse (Meredith Baxter), son, and young Republican, Alex (Micheal J. Fox), popular but…
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