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Season 1
September 22, 1982

Season 1

01. Pilot

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

24min
September 22, 1982

02. Not With My Sister You Don't

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

25min
September 29, 1982

03. I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend

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

24min
October 6, 1982

04. 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.

25min
October 27, 1982

05. I Never Killed for My Father

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

25min
November 3, 1982

06. Give Your Uncle A Kiss

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

25min
November 10, 1982

07. 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.

25min
November 17, 1982

08. 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.

24min
November 24, 1982

09. 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.

25min
December 1, 1982

10. Have Gun, Will Unravel

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

25min
December 8, 1982

11. 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 birth of their three children.

25min
December 15, 1982

12. Oops

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

25min
December 22, 1982

13. 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.

25min
January 12, 1983

14. The Fugitive (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.

25min
January 19, 1983

15. The Fugitive (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.

24min
January 26, 1983

16. 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.

25min
February 9, 1983

17. French Lessons

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.

25min
February 15, 1983

18. 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.

25min
February 22, 1983

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 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.

25min
March 15, 1983

20. 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.

25min
March 27, 1983

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

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.

25min
April 3, 1983

22. Elyse D'Arc

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.

25min
April 10, 1983