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S1 E20 The Fifth Wheel

Comedy

TV-G

24 minutes

Apr 10, 1983

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.Featuring: Justine Bateman, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Tina Yothers

Season 1, 22 Episodes

Family Ties - Pilot

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

Family Ties - Not With My Sister You Don't

Not With My Sister You Don't,

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

Family Ties - I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend

I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend,

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

Family Ties - Summer Of '82

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

Family Ties - I Never Killed for My Father

I Never Killed for My Father,

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

Family Ties - Give Your Uncle A Kiss

Give Your Uncle A Kiss,

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

Family Ties - Big Brother Is Watching

Big Brother Is Watching,

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.

Family Ties - No Nukes Is Good Nukes

No Nukes Is Good Nukes,

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.

Family Ties - Death Of A Grocer

Death Of A Grocer,

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.

Family Ties - Have Gun, Will Unravel

Have Gun, Will Unravel,

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

Family Ties - A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story,

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 births of their three children.

Family Ties - Oops

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

Family Ties - Sherry Baby

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.

Family Ties - The Fugitive, Part 1

The Fugitive, Part 1,

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.

Family Ties - The Fugitive, Part 2

The Fugitive, Part 2,

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.

Family Ties - Margin Of Error

Margin Of Error,

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.

Family Ties - French Lessons

French Lessons,

Mallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve to ask her out and then courts disaster by enlisting Alex's advice on how to behave on the date.

Family Ties - I Gotta Be Ming

I Gotta Be Ming,

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.

Family Ties - Suzanne Takes You Down

Suzanne Takes You Down,

Soon after freelance architect Elyse Keaton hires her friend Suzanne Davis to handle clerical chores, she wants to fire the under-qualified, overly aggressive secretary.

Family Ties - The Fifth Wheel

The Fifth Wheel,

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.

Family Ties - Stage Fright

While gearing up to face the television cameras as captain of his high school's team on "Quiz-Em", Alex panics at first when a teammate drops out and then launches a tutoring program a la Eliza Doolittle for his sister Mallory.

Family Ties - Elyse D'Arc

Elyse gets so wrapped up in work that she neglects her family.

Details

Family Ties

Comedy

TV-G

7 Seasons

23 minutes

Chronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.

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