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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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Season 1

  • Pilot
    7.1/10329 votes

    Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1982

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

    Director: Asaad Kelada

    Writer: N/A

  • Not With My Sister You Don't
    7.2/10249 votes

    Not With My Sister You Don't

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1982

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

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: Lloyd Garver

  • I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend
    6.7/10218 votes

    I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1982

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

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: N/A

  • Summer of '82
    7.6/10240 votes

    Summer of '82

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1982

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

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: Michael J. Weithorn

  • I Never Killed for My Father
    7.3/10214 votes

    I Never Killed for My Father

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1982

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

    Director: Dick Martin

    Writer: N/A

  • Give Your Uncle A Kiss
    7.6/10230 votes

    Give Your Uncle A Kiss

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1982

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

    Director: Will Mackenzie

    Writer: Lloyd Garver

  • Big Brother Is Watching
    7.2/10195 votes

    Big Brother Is Watching

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1982

    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.

    Director: Alan Bergmann

    Writer: Ruth Bennett

  • No Nukes Is Good Nukes
    7.0/10205 votes

    No Nukes Is Good Nukes

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1982

    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.

    Director: Frank Bonner

    Writer: Ruth Bennett

  • Death Of A Grocer
    7.4/10208 votes

    Death Of A Grocer

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1982

    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.

    Director: Will Mackenzie

    Writer: Michael J. Weithorn

  • Have Gun, Will Unravel
    6.8/10191 votes

    Have Gun, Will Unravel

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1982

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

    Director: Alan Bergmann

    Writer: N/A

  • A Christmas Story
    6.8/10206 votes

    A Christmas Story

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1982

    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.

    Director: Will Mackenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Oops
    7.0/10181 votes

    Oops

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1982

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

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: N/A

  • Sherry Baby
    7.2/10185 votes

    Sherry Baby

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1983

    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.

    Director: Dick Martin

    Writer: Barbara Hall

  • The Fugitive (1)
    7.7/10248 votes

    The Fugitive (1)

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1983

    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.

    Director: Will Mackenzie

    Writer: Michael J. Weithorn

  • The Fugitive (2)
    7.7/10237 votes

    The Fugitive (2)

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/1983

    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.

    Director: Will Mackenzie

    Writer: Michael J. Weithorn

  • Margin Of Error
    7.3/10182 votes

    Margin Of Error

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1983

    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.

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: Michael Russnow

  • French Lessons
    7.0/10180 votes

    French Lessons

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1983

    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.

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: N/A

  • I Gotta Be Ming
    6.7/10182 votes

    I Gotta Be Ming

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1983

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Suzanne Takes You Down
    6.3/10169 votes

    Suzanne Takes You Down

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/15/1983

    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.

    Director: Will Mackenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fifth Wheel
    7.1/10177 votes

    The Fifth Wheel

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/27/1983

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael J. Weithorn

  • Stage Fright (a.k.a. Video Jitters)
    7.5/10197 votes

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

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/3/1983

    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.

    Director: Sam Weisman

    Writer: Michael J. Weithorn

  • Elyse D'Arc
    6.5/10155 votes

    Elyse D'Arc

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/10/1983

    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.

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: Michael J. Weithorn