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Family Ties

Season 1 Episode 19: Suzanne Takes You Down

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 sh...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 22, 1982

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

Episode 4 Summer of '82

4. Summer of '82

Aired: Oct 27, 1982

Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is...

Episode 9 Death of a Grocer

9. Death of a Grocer

Aired: Dec 1, 1982

Alex becomes frustrated by his job as a clerk at a struggling neighborhood gr...

Episode 11 A Christmas Story

11. A Christmas Story

Aired: Dec 15, 1982

When a snowstorm ruins their Christmas skiing plans, the Keatons are stuck at...

Episode 12 Oops

12. Oops

Aired: Dec 22, 1982

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

Episode 13 Sherry Baby

13. Sherry Baby

Aired: Jan 12, 1983

When popular sorority girl Sherry Marshall befriends Mallory to get close to ...

Episode 14 The Fugitive (1)

14. The Fugitive (1)

Aired: Jan 19, 1983

Elyse's younger brother and Alex's idol, Ned, makes a surprise visit. However...

Episode 15 The Fugitive (2)

15. The Fugitive (2)

Aired: Jan 26, 1983

With the FBI hot on Ned's heels for embezzling 4.5 million dollars in corpora...

Episode 16 Margin Of Error

16. Margin Of Error

Aired: Feb 9, 1983

Alex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics ...

Episode 17 French Lessons

17. French Lessons

Aired: Feb 15, 1983

Mallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve t...

Episode 18 I Gotta Be Ming

18. I Gotta Be Ming

Aired: Feb 22, 1983

As ""Big Brother"" to a 10-year-old Vietnamese boy, Alex tries to mold Ming i...

Episode 20 The Fifth Wheel

20. The Fifth Wheel

Aired: Mar 27, 1983

Alex gets stuck babysitting for his little sister Jennifer, who is fed up wit...

Episode 22 Elyse D'Arc

22. Elyse D'Arc

Aired: Apr 10, 1983

In her zeal for good causes Elyse devotes so much energy to committee work th...

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Info about Family Ties

Seasons: 7

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Drama, Family