Season 1
22 episodes · Sep 22, 1982
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S1E2Not With My Sister You Don't
Sep 29, 198225mAlex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.
S1E3I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend
Oct 6, 198224mJennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.
S1E4Summer of '82
Oct 27, 198225mSeduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.
S1E5I Never Killed for My Father
Nov 3, 198225mA visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.
S1E6Give Your Uncle A Kiss
Nov 10, 198225mMallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.
S1E7Big Brother Is Watching
Nov 17, 198225mAs the new editor of his school paper, Alex uncovers a cheating scandal and to everyone's chagrin, prints a list of students who were caught including Mallory.
S1E8No Nukes Is Good Nukes
Nov 24, 198224mTo the dismay of the Keaton children and their equally conservative grandparents, Steven and Elyse take time out Thanksgiving Day to attend an anti-nuke rally-and end up spending the holiday in jail.
S1E9Death Of A Grocer
Dec 1, 198225mThough Alex loves working at Mr. Adler's "Mom and Pop" grocery store, to the old man's dismay, he quits to "climb the corporate ladder" at an ultramodern supermarket.
S1E10Have Gun, Will Unravel
Dec 8, 198225mThe Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.
S1E11A Christmas Story
Dec 15, 198225mWhen a blizzard forces the Keatons to spend Christmas at home, Elyse's gift to Steven, an album filled with fascinating old photos, sparks flashbacks to the birth of their three children.
S1E13Sherry Baby
Jan 12, 198325mWhen popular sorority girl Sherry Marshall befriends Mallory to get close to Alex, Mallory brings them together in hopes of joining Pi Nu but her plan backfires.
S1E14The Fugitive (1)
Jan 19, 198325mElyse's younger brother and Alex's idol, Ned, makes a surprise visit. However, everyone is puzzled by the go-getter corporate executive's suspicious behavior.
S1E15The Fugitive (2)
Jan 26, 198324mWith the FBI hot on Ned's heels for embezzling 4.5 million dollars in corporate funds, Elyse's ethical brother and Alex's idol tells the family why and where he hid the money.
S1E16Margin Of Error
Feb 9, 198325mAlex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics class, and courts disaster by secretly investing his father's money.
S1E17French Lessons
Feb 15, 198325mMallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve to ask her out and then courts disaster by enlistening Alex's advice on how to behave on the date.
S1E18I Gotta Be Ming
Feb 22, 198325mAs ""Big Brother"" to a 10-year-old Vietnamese boy, Alex tries to mold Ming into his own image, and he learns an unforgettable lesson when he breaks a promise to the adoring child.
S1E19Suzanne Takes You Down
Mar 15, 198325mSoon after free lance architect Elyse Keaton hires her friend Suzanne Davis to handle clerical chores, she wants to fire the under-qualified, overly aggressive secretary, but Suzanne's marriage breaks up, making the new job her only salvation. After 20 years as a housewife, Suzanne feels she lacks an identity outside the home. Swamped with paperwork, Elyse decides to solve that problem while easing her friend's mid-life crisis. Unfortunately Suzanne's take-charge approach to business throws a wrench into Elyse's client dealings and threatens to ruin the women's friendship. On the brink of firing Suzanne, the frustrated Elyse faces a terrible dilemma when Ron Davis decides he ""needs space"" and leaves his wife.
S1E20The Fifth Wheel
Mar 27, 198325mAlex gets stuck babysitting for his little sister Jennifer, who is fed up with feeling in the way at his poker game and decides to disappear.
S1E21Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)
Apr 3, 198325mWhile gearing up to face the TV cameras as captain of his high school's team on "Quiz Off," Alex panics at first when a teammate drops out. He then launches a major tutoring program for his sister Mallory.
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Elyse D'Arc
Apr 10, 198325mIn her zeal for good causes Elyse devotes so much energy to committee work that a neglected Steven feels shortchanged. Ecstatic to have won an award for his public television documentary, Steven arrives home eager to celebrate, but every effort is foiled by Elyse's obligations to her various projects. Finally, the over-extended wife-mother-architect-committee volunteer begins to realize she's neglecting her most important committee.