Family Ties > Episode Guide > Series 4

1. The Real Thing (Pt 1)

Alex selects a steady girl friend from the freshman directory -- but it's her roommate, Ellen, who lights Alex's fire.

2. The Real Thing (Pt 2)

Alex is in love -- problem is, she's all set to marry someone else.

3. Mr. Wrong

The Keatons are at war over Mallory's new boy friend, a Rambo-type character whose talents only Mallory appreciates.

4. Don't Go Changing

Alex tries ballet to prove he and Ellen share the same interests.

5. The Old College Try

Mallory announces that she's not going to college after Elyse arranges an interview with an admissions counselor.

6. My Tutor

Alex requires the aid of a tutor for a college class, and gets a college student the same age as Jennifer.

7. The Big Fix

Elyse pairs a colleague with a friend.

8. Mr. Right

Mallory´s boyfriend, environmental artist Nick Moore, swaps his T-shirt, camouflage pants, combat boots and earrings for a three-piece suit and a haircut to impress Mallory´s parents, but while Steven and Elyse love the new Nick, Mallory is ready to lea...

9. Just One Look

Steven´s old college buddy Richard Schofield is in town for and Steven looks forward to reminiscing about old times - until he learns that Richard and Elyse share some memories he wasn´t aware of.

10. How Do You Sleep

Alex, who prides himself on being in control of his life, is embarrassed to admit that he is having a problem with insomnia, which is creating stress in his personal life as well as in school.

11. You've Got A Friend

Mallory tries to reform a teen-age shoplifter.

12. Nothing But A Man

Steven's promotion leaves little time for family.

13. The Disciple

Alex offers to help Jennifer with a speech project and winds up creating a monster - the speech is such a success that she is asked to repeat the performance for an awards panel.

14. Where's Poppa

Alex secretly invites Ellen´s dad to Parent´s Day Weekend at Leland College, thinking that she will be pleasantly surprised to see him, but what he doesn´t know is that Ellen has no desire to see her father.

15. Fool For Love

Skippy´s lifetime obsession with Mallory builds to a climax when he refuses to accept that she is in love with Nick, and creates an embarrassing scene at the Homecoming dance.

16. Checkmate

Pitted against a top Soviet chess player, Alex prepares to win at all costs -- until he figures out his opponent's strategy.

17. Engine Trouble

Alex refuses to admit that Elyse is a far better student than he is in an auto-mechanics class.

18. A Word To The Wise (Pt 1)

Jennifer enters High School.

19. A Word To The Wise (Pt 2)

During a birthday party, Jennifer rebels.

20. Art Lover

An older woman has her eyes set on Nick

21. Teachers Pet

Teaching-assistant Alex must grade student Ellen.

22. My Buddy

Steven must cope with the fact that Jennifer is growing up.

23. Once In Love With Elyse

A co-worker falls for Elyse.

24. Paper Chase

Mallory discovers that her high school graduation is in jeopardy unless she can pass a very tough history exam.

25. It's My Party (Pt 1)

In her quest to become one of the popular kids, Jennifer invites her trendy classmates to her thirteenth birthday party.

26. It's My Party (Pt 2)