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Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

  • Air date:1982-09-22
  • User score:
    7.0
  • Number of episodes:22

List of Episodes

Pilot
S1E1
0.0

Air date: 1982-09-22

Runtime: 24 min

Alex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.

Not With My Sister You Don't
S1E2
0.0

Air date: 1982-09-29

Runtime: 25 min

Alex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.

I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend
S1E3
0.0

Air date: 1982-10-06

Runtime: 24 min

Jennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.

Summer of '82
S1E4
0.0

Air date: 1982-10-27

Runtime: 25 min

Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.

I Never Killed for My Father
S1E5
0.0

Air date: 1982-11-03

Runtime: 25 min

A visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.

Give Your Uncle A Kiss
S1E6
0.0

Air date: 1982-11-10

Runtime: 25 min

Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.

Big Brother Is Watching
S1E7
7.0

Air date: 1982-11-17

Runtime: 25 min

As 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.

No Nukes Is Good Nukes
S1E8
7.0

Air date: 1982-11-24

Runtime: 24 min

To 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.

Death Of A Grocer
S1E9
7.0

Air date: 1982-12-01

Runtime: 25 min

Though 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.

Have Gun, Will Unravel
S1E10
7.0

Air date: 1982-12-08

Runtime: 25 min

The Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.

A Christmas Story
S1E11
7.0

Air date: 1982-12-15

Runtime: 25 min

When 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.

Oops
S1E12
0.0

Air date: 1982-12-22

Runtime: 25 min

Mallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.

Sherry Baby
S1E13
0.0

Air date: 1983-01-12

Runtime: 25 min

When 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.

The Fugitive  (1)
S1E14
0.0

Air date: 1983-01-19

Runtime: 25 min

Elyse'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.

The Fugitive  (2)
S1E15
0.0

Air date: 1983-01-26

Runtime: 24 min

With 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.

Margin Of Error
S1E16
0.0

Air date: 1983-02-09

Runtime: 25 min

Alex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics class, and courts disaster by secretly investing his father's money.

French Lessons
S1E17
0.0

Air date: 1983-02-15

Runtime: 25 min

Mallory'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.

I Gotta Be Ming
S1E18
0.0

Air date: 1983-02-22

Runtime: 25 min

As ""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.

Suzanne Takes You Down
S1E19
0.0

Air date: 1983-03-15

Runtime: 25 min

Soon 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.

The Fifth Wheel
S1E20
0.0

Air date: 1983-03-27

Runtime: 25 min

Alex 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.

Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)
S1E21
0.0

Air date: 1983-04-03

Runtime: 25 min

While 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.

Elyse D'Arc
S1E22
0.0

Air date: 1983-04-10

Runtime: 25 min

In 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.

Top Cast

Meredith Baxter

Meredith Baxter

Elyse Keaton

Michael Gross

Michael Gross

Steven Keaton

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

Alex P. Keaton

Justine Bateman

Justine Bateman

Mallory Keaton

Tina Yothers

Tina Yothers

Jennifer Keaton

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