Family Ties

Alex falls for a pretty psychology student.

Alex falls for a pretty psychology student.

Mallory writes the advice column for a local shopper's guide.

Andy feels ignored when Alex spends time with Lauren.

Jennifer uses a nerdy admirer to make another boy jealous.

Elyse's job starts to interfere with her family life.

Steven pushes Mallory to take a job at the station.

Alex is intimidated by Lauren's old boyfriend.

Elyse's aunt faces a tragic Illness.

Nick takes a job as a janitor at Mallory's sorority house.

Mallory decides to run for student body president.

The Keatons get involved in Uncle Rob's divorce.

Uncle Rob's daughter can't cope with his divorce.

Lauren writes paper on the Keaton family for her class.

Lauren writes paper on the Keaton family for her class.

Elyse and Steven have a nasty fight on their 20th wedding anniversary.

A bearded visitor turns Alex into a believer at Christmas.

Steven gets jealous of Elyse's leading man in a local play.

Alex turns Nick into an assembly line artist.

Alex tries to help a struggling musician regain his fame.

Jennifer fights the school for banning a book.

Jennifer faces the music after reading a book that the school banned.

Mallory finds a box of old love letters between Steven & Elyse. Andy copies them to send to a school girl he likes. Lauren stresses from working on senior thesis. Alex tells her to take a break. She does, and starts watching soap operas.

A former neighbor, Evelyn, visits the Keatons. Her daughter was Mallory's friend, but recently committed suicide. Evelyn begins to think Mallory is her own daughter. Steven finds a box of magic items and tries all the tricks with the family.

Roger, a former childhood neighbor of Elyse's visits. Roger was considered a nerd as a child, but is now a millionaire. He wants Elyse to be his date for a college reunion.