Season 1 (1982/83)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Asaad Kelada | Gary David Goldberg | September 22, 1982 (1982-09-22) | 001 |
| Father and son clash when Steven demands that Alex not accompany his new girlfriend to an elitist, restricted country club. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Not With My Sister You Don't" | Tony Mordente | Lloyd Garver | September 29, 1982 (1982-09-29) | 004 |
| With Steven and Elyse away for the weekend, Alex hosts a wild party and worries over Mallory going off with one of his womanizing friends. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "I Know Jennifer's Boyfriend" | Michael Zinberg | Gary David Goldberg | October 6, 1982 (1982-10-06) | 003 |
| Because she is friends with a nerdy boy, Jennifer is teased at school. To stop the teasing, she decides not to be friends with him anymore. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Summer of '82" | Tony Mordente | Michael J. Weithorn | October 27, 1982 (1982-10-27) | 007 |
| At 17 years old, Alex loses his virginity to a college girl (Amy Steel), but is heartbroken when he finds her the next day with another guy. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "I Never Killed for My Father" | Dick Martin | Kimberly Hill | November 3, 1982 (1982-11-03) | 008 |
| Steven's father (John Randolph) arrives for a visit, and announces that he is going to die. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Give Your Uncle Arthur a Kiss" | Will Mackenzie | Lloyd Garver & Gary David Goldberg | November 10, 1982 (1982-11-10) | 012 |
| When a family friend, "Uncle Arthur" visits the Keatons, he makes a pass at Mallory. One, by hugging and patting her on the behind and two, kissing her against her will. Shocked, she goes to Alex for advice. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Big Brother is Watching" | Alan Bergmann | Ruth Bennett | November 17, 1982 (1982-11-17) | 013 |
| As the new editor of the school paper, Alex learns of an algebra test cheating scandal that Mallory is involved in. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "No Nukes Is Good Nukes" | Frank Bonner | Ruth Bennett | November 24, 1982 (1982-11-24) | 009 |
| Steven and Elyse are arrested on Thanksgiving when protesting nuclear arms, leaving the kids in the hands of Elyse's parents. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Death of a Grocer" | Will Mackenzie | Michael J. Weithorn | December 1, 1982 (1982-12-01) | 011 |
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Alex quits his job as a grocer at a local store to work at a bigger better grocery store to earn more money. But he doesn't enjoy it. Note: This episode marks the debut of Marc Price in the recurring role of Skippy Handleman. |
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| 10 | 10 | "Have Gun, Will Unravel" | Alan Bergmann | Ruth Bennett | December 8, 1982 (1982-12-08) | 006 |
| After their house is broken into, Steven and Elyse debate whether or not they should buy a gun to protect their home. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "A Christmas Story" | Will Mackenzie | Joanne Pagliaro | December 15, 1982 (1982-12-15) | 014 |
| Snowed in for Christmas, Elyse and Steven remember the kids' births in flashbacks. Alex was born in Africa, Mallory was delivered by a crazy doctor, and Jennifer was born during the 1972 Presidential election. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Oops" | Tony Mordente | Joanne Pagliaro | December 22, 1982 (1982-12-22) | 005 |
| One of Mallory's friends reveals that she is pregnant, and asks Elyse for advice about what to do. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Sherry Baby" | Tony Mordente | Barbara Hall | January 12, 1983 (1983-01-12) | 015 |
| Mallory convinces Alex to go out with a Sorority girl in the hopes she'll invite her to join, but soon learns the girl was only using her to get to Alex. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Fugitive, Part 1" | Will Mackenzie | Michael J. Weithorn | January 19, 1983 (1983-01-19) | 016 |
| When Elyse's brother Ned (Tom Hanks) arrives at the Keaton's for a surprise visit, his suspicious behavior prompts the family to investigate, and they find out he is on the run from the FBI for embezzling millions of dollars from his employers. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Fugitive, Part 2" | Will Mackenzie | Michael J. Weithorn | January 26, 1983 (1983-01-26) | 017 |
| After Ned reveals that he embezzled the money to keep his employers from putting 1,800 workers out of a job, the Keatons initially sympathize with him and attempt to help him elude the FBI, but later try to convince him to turn himself in. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Margin of Error" | Tony Mordente | Michael Russnow | February 9, 1983 (1983-02-09) | 018 |
| Alex impersonates his father and uses the family's blue-chip stocks to play the market, and ends up losing a large sum of money. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "French Lessons" | Tony Mordente | Ruth Bennett | February 16, 1983 (1983-02-16) | 019 |
| Mallory goes out on a date with her French tutor, Jeff, who seeks out romantic advice from Alex. Meanwhile, Steven tries to beat Alex in chess. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "I Gotta Be Ming" | Sam Weisman | Douglas Wyman | February 23, 1983 (1983-02-23) | 020 |
| While Elyse raises money for an immigrants' education program, Alex tries to help by mentoring a Vietnamese boy named Ming. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Suzanne Takes You Down" | Will Mackenzie | Ruth Bennett | March 16, 1983 (1983-03-16) | 010 |
| Elyse offers her friend Suzanne a job as her assistant after Suzanne says she's unappreciated. However, Suzanne's new position causes friction in her home life. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Fifth Wheel" | Andrew McCullough | Ruth Bennett & Michael J. Weithorn | March 28, 1983 (1983-03-28) | 022 |
| When Alex and Mallory argue about who should have to babysit Jennifer, Jennifer decides she's tired of being treated as a burden by her family and runs away. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Stage Fright" | Sam Weisman | Ruth Bennett & Michael J. Weithorn | April 4, 1983 (1983-04-04) | 021 |
| Alex's school quiz team is forced to find a replacement for a sick teammate, and in an act of desperation, Alex decides to try and train Mallory to fill the spot. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Elyse D'Arc" | Michael Zinberg | Michael J. Weithorn | April 11, 1983 (1983-04-11) | 002 |
| Steven and Elyse clash when Elyse's busy schedule keeps them from spending time together. |
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