Alex escorts a pretty socialite to a dance at her country club.
Guest Stars:
Toni Sawyer, Cindy Fisher, John Petlock, Maurice Marsac
Alex heads the household when Elyse and Steven go away for the weekend.
Guest Stars:
Betsy Russell, Lee Montgomery, Jay Tarses, Brooke Alderson
Jennifer gets picked on when she befriends a boy at school.
Guest Stars:
Jeremy Schoenberg
Seduced by an "older woman" of twenty-one, the hitherto inexperienced Alex is devastated to learn that she thinks of their relationship as casual.
Guest Stars:
Amy Steel, John Putch
A visit from Steven's father evokes confrontation between the two.
Guest Stars:
John Randolph
Mallory is horrified and confused when a close family friend and older business associate of her father's makes a pass at her.
Guest Stars:
Sal Viscuso, David Spielberg
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.
Guest Stars:
Philip Sterling, Andrew J. Lederer
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.
Guest Stars:
Priscilla Morrill, Larry Hankin, Dick Sargent, Jack O'Leary, Nancy Lenehan
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.
Guest Stars:
Marc Price, Jack Somack, Randy Lowell, Alan Haufrect, William G. Schilling
The Keatons consider buying a gun for protection after getting burglarized.
Guest Stars:
Jack Riley, Mary Jackson, Pat McNamara, Enid Kent
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.
Guest Stars:
Chris Hebert, Peter Jurasik, Mari Gorman, Bruce French, Charles Levin
Mallory resents Elyse for the advice she gives her pregnant friend.
Guest Stars:
Julie Payne, Cristen Kauffman
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.
Guest Stars:
Marc Price, Lisa Lucas, Robin Evans
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.
Guest Stars:
Tom Hanks, Richard Venture
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.
Guest Stars:
Tom Hanks, Richard Venture, Earl Boen, Woody Eney, Eda Reiss Merin
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.
Guest Stars:
Anne Haney, Philip Charles MacKenzie
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.
Guest Stars:
John Dukakis, Zeke Zacarro
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.
Guest Stars:
Gene Akutagawa, Irene Yah-Ling Sun
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.
Guest Stars:
Terry Wills, Jay Tarses, Brooke Alderson
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.
Guest Stars:
Grant Heslov, Moosie Drier, John Dukakis, Michael Spound, Bob O'Donnell
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.
Guest Stars:
Deborah Foreman, Carlos Lacámara, Margaret Fitzgerald, Kerry Noonan, John Gallogly
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.
Guest Stars:
Belita Moreno, Enid Kent