Family Ties - Season 4
Run Time: mins
Air Date: Thu, 26 Sept 1985
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.231 (249 votes)
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The Real Thing (1)
Season 4 - Episode 1
Alex implements a fail-proof, and extremely unromantic, method of meeting the girl of his dreams: He picks her from pictures in the freshman...
The Real Thing (2)
Season 4 - Episode 2
Alex realizes he must make Ellen aware of his feelings, but she is on a train on her way to marry another man, so he takes drastic measures ...
Mr. Wrong
Season 4 - Episode 3
Mallory brings home her new boyfriend, Nick, a Rambo-type environmental artist, to meet her family, but Steven and Elyse are shocked by his ...
Designated Hitter
Season 4 - Episode 4
Jennifer takes on the class bully to defend her boyfriend and unwittingly humiliates him by undermining his masculinity and Alex is devastat...
Don't Go Changin'
Season 4 - Episode 5
Alex does some fancy footwork on the dance floor to impress Ellen when he thinks he is losing her because of their divergent interests. Alex...
The Old College Try
Season 4 - Episode 6
When Mallory informs her parents that she has no intention of going to college after graduation, they are sure she is being influenced by he...
My Tutor
Season 4 - Episode 7
Alex hires a tutor to help him with math, but his ""teacher"" turns out to be a 13-year-old genius who suddenly becomes more interested in J...
Mr. Right
Season 4 - Episode 8
Mallory's boyfriend, environmental artist Nick Moore, swaps his T-shirt, camouflage pants, combat boots and earrings for a three-piece suit ...
Just One Look
Season 4 - Episode 9
Steven's old college buddy Richard Schofield is in town for and Steven looks forward to reminiscing about old times until he learns that Ric...
How Do You Sleep?
Season 4 - Episode 10
Alex, who prides himself on being in control of his life, is embarrassed to admit that he is having a problem with insomnia, which is creati...
You've Got a Friend
Season 4 - Episode 11
Mallory begins to feel severe guilt after reporting a young girl to the police for shoplifting, especially when he learns that the girl is f...
Nothing But a Man
Season 4 - Episode 12
Steven gets the promotion he has been waiting years for, but as the new regional manager of the station, he is required to put in long hours...
The Disciple
Season 4 - Episode 13
Alex offers to help Jennifer with a speech project and winds up creating a monster, the speech is such a success that she is asked to repeat...
Where's Poppa?
Season 4 - Episode 14
Alex secretly invites Ellen's dad to Parent's Day Weekend at Leland College, thinking that she will be pleasantly surprised to see him, but ...
Fool for Love
Season 4 - Episode 15
Skippy's lifetime obsession with Mallory builds to a climax when he refuses to accept that she is in love with Nick, and creates an embarras...
Checkmate
Season 4 - Episode 16
A chess tournament between Leland College students and a visiting Soviet team turns into a wrestling match when Alex and his opponent, Ivan ...
Engine Trouble
Season 4 - Episode 17
Elyse enrolls in an auto mechanics class to prove Alex and Steven that women can be just as competent with cars as men, but to protect his o...
A Word to the Wise
Season 4 - Episode 18
The Keaton family fills in his girlfriend, Ellen, on some of the more humorous events in Alex's life before they met in this special one-hou...
Art Lover
Season 4 - Episode 19
Mallory suspects there's more involved than ""art appreciation"" when a wealthy and beautiful older woman takes a special interest in Nick's...
Teacher's Pet
Season 4 - Episode 20
Alex lands a teaching-assistant position and runs into big trouble when he has to grade a student who also happens to be his girlfriend, Ell...
My Buddy
Season 4 - Episode 21
Steven has a very difficult time accepting that his youngest daughter, Jennifer,is growing up and no longer wants to ""pal around"" with him...
Once in Love with Elyse (a.k.a. Loan Arranger)
Season 4 - Episode 22
Elyse must deal with Paul, a young architect associate who falls in love with her. After working for a year in the same office as Elyse, Pa...
Paper Chase (a.k.a. Mallory's Graduation)
Season 4 - Episode 23
Mallory discovers that her high school graduation is in jeopardy unless she can pass a very tough history exam. Never an avid student, Mallo...