Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes aired
- 168
- Latest aired
- S07E24
- Total runtime
- 3d
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1982 – April 1983 22 episodes
- Season 2 September 1983 – May 1984 22 episodes
- Season 3 September 1984 – March 1985 23 episodes
- Season 4 September 1985 – May 1986 23 episodes
- Season 5 September 1986 – August 1987 28 episodes
- Season 6 September 1987 – May 1988 26 episodes
- Season 7 October 1988 – May 1989 24 episodes
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S01E01 Pilot
September 22 · 24min find the promo
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Alex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.
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S01E02 Not With My Sister You Don't
September 29 · 25min find the promo
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Alex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.
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S01E03 I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend
October 6 · 24min find the promo
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Jennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.
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S01E04 Summer of '82
October 27 · 25min find the promo
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Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.
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S01E05 I Never Killed for My Father
November 3 · 25min find the promo
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A visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.
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S01E06 Give Your Uncle A Kiss
November 10 · 25min find the promo
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Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.
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S01E07 Big Brother Is Watching
November 17 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E08 No Nukes Is Good Nukes
November 24 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S01E09 Death Of A Grocer
December 1 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E10 Have Gun, Will Unravel
December 8 · 25min find the promo
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The Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.
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S01E11 A Christmas Story
December 15 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E12 Oops
December 22 · 25min find the promo
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Mallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.
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S01E13 Sherry Baby
January 12 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E14 The Fugitive (1)
January 19 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E15 The Fugitive (2)
January 26 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S01E16 Margin Of Error
February 9 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E17 French Lessons
February 15 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E18 I Gotta Be Ming
February 22 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E19 Suzanne Takes You Down
March 15 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E20 The Fifth Wheel
March 27 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E21 Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)
April 3 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S01E22 Elyse D'Arc
April 10 · 25min find the promo
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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.