Season 6 (1987/88)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 1 | "The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists (1 Hour)" | Sam Weisman | Marc Lawrence | September 13, 1987 (1987-09-13) | 126/127 |
| Alex meets Lauren Miller (Courteney Cox), a psychology major at Leland College, and the two become friends ... then much more ... when Alex participates in Lauren's study of overachievers. Andy goes to his first day of Kindergarten and Jennifer goes to her first day of high school. | ||||||
| 120 | 2 | "Dear Mallory" | Sam Weisman | Alan Uger | September 20, 1987 (1987-09-20) | 125 |
| Mallory is hired as advice columnist for the Columbus Shopper's Guide. | ||||||
| 121 | 3 | "The Other Woman" | Asaad Kelada | Susan Borowitz | September 27, 1987 (1987-09-27) | 130 |
| Andrew feels ignored when Alex begins spending time with Lauren at the expense of brotherly bonding sessions. | ||||||
| 122 | 4 | "Dream Date" | Andrew McCullough | Katie Ford | October 4, 1987 (1987-10-04) | 129 |
| Jennifer uses a nerdy boy who has a crush on her as a stepping stone to win the heart of a teen heartthrob. | ||||||
| 123 | 5 | "Super Mom" | Matthew Diamond | Alan Uger | October 18, 1987 (1987-10-18) | 132 |
| Elyse must choose between working on a prestigious architectural account or spending time with her family. | ||||||
| 124 | 6 | "Walking On Air" | Andrew McCullough | Katie Ford | October 25, 1987 (1987-10-25) | 131 |
| Steven gets a reluctant Mallory a new job at WKS. Meanwhile, Alex leads the rest of the family on a cereal-sponsored search contest for $5,000. | ||||||
| 125 | 7 | "Invasion of the Psychologist Snatchers" | Matthew Diamond | Marc Lawrence | November 1, 1987 (1987-11-01) | 133 |
| Alex becomes insecure of Lauren's visiting ex-boyfriend. | ||||||
| 126 | 8 | "The Way We Were" | Will Mackenzie | Gary David Goldberg | November 8, 1987 (1987-11-08) | 128 |
| The Keatons get a first-hand lesson on Alzheimer's disease when Aunt Rosemary (Barbara Barrie) comes to visit and behaves erractically. | ||||||
| 127 | 9 | "Mister Sister" | Kent Bateman | Susan Borowitz | November 15, 1987 (1987-11-15) | 134 |
| Nick gets a job as the janitor at Mallory's sorority house, which leads to friction between them. Meanwhile, Steven and Alex try to teach Andy basketball. | ||||||
| 128 | 10 | "Citizen Keaton" | Sam Weisman | Susan Borowitz & Marc Lawrence | November 22, 1987 (1987-11-22) | 135 |
| Mallory runs for student body president of Grant College, and Alex agrees to be her campaign manager. | ||||||
| 129 | 11 | "Father Time, Part 1" | Sam Weisman | Alan Uger | November 29, 1987 (1987-11-29) | 136 |
| After Rob and Maureen finalize their divorce, Rob and his children, Marilyn and Jonathan, visit the Keatons. It soon becomes clear that Marilyn is having a very tough time dealing with the divorce, and her emotions quickly implode on the Keatons. | ||||||
| 130 | 12 | "Father Time, Part 2" | Sam Weisman | Alan Uger | December 6, 1987 (1987-12-06) | 137 |
| Steven and Rob fear the worst after Marilyn fails to come home after her date. | ||||||
| 131 | 13 | "The American Family (1 Hour)" | Sam Weisman | Katie Ford | December 13, 1987 (1987-12-13) | 138 |
| Lauren does a term paper on the typical American family, culling memories from the Keatons on their past. | ||||||
| 132 | 14 | "Anniversary Waltz" | Sam Weisman | Alan Uger | December 16, 1987 (1987-12-16) | 035 |
| Steven and Elyse argue for a week about their upcoming 20th anniversary party, leading the kids to remind them of their love for each other. | ||||||
| 133 | 15 | "Miracle in Columbus" | Lynn Hamrick | Rob Okun | December 20, 1987 (1987-12-20) | 141 |
| Alex gets a job as a mall Santa, where he finally gets the spirit of Christmas after he hears a young girl's wish for her father to come home. | ||||||
| 134 | 16 | "The Play's the Thing" | Debbie Allen | Diane Dixon | January 10, 1988 (1988-01-10) | 140 |
| Steven tries to stage a radical play he wrote in the '60's, but Elyse is reluctant to play the lead role. | ||||||
| 135 | 17 | "The Spirit of Columbus" | Sam Weisman | Charles J. Schlotter | January 17, 1988 (1988-01-17) | 143 |
| Nick sells one of his sculptures and so Alex starts to believe that Nick's art is worth something. So he makes Nick make 35 more of them to sell. | ||||||
| 136 | 18 | "The Blues Brother" | Matthew Diamond | Burt Pretlusky | January 24, 1988 (1988-01-24) | 142 |
| Alex encourages former blues musician Eddie Dupree to come out of retirement. | ||||||
| 137 | 19 | "Read It and Weep, Part 1" | Sam Weisman | Marc Lawrence & Alan Uger | February 7, 1988 (1988-02-07) | 144 |
| It's book report time in Jennifer's American Literature class, and instead of going along with her classmates and do a report on books concerning Yogi Berra, she chooses "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". The problem: The book is on the school's banned book list for its use of racial slurs. Jennifer is warned by her stern high school principal not to review the book or face serious consequences, but she stands her ground and gets suspended. | ||||||
| 138 | 20 | "Read It and Weep, Part 2" | Sam Weisman | Marc Lawrence & Alan Uger | February 14, 1988 (1988-02-14) | 145 |
| Jennifer fights her suspension as the fate of her book report—and the status of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" being on the school's banned book list—are left in the hands of the court system. | ||||||
| 139 | 21 | "Quitting Time" | Matthew Diamond | Susan Borowitz | February 21, 1988 (1988-02-21) | 147 |
| When Lauren quits work on her psychology thesis, Alex begins to find her less interesting. | ||||||
| 140 | 22 | "Spring Reminds Me" | Matthew Diamond | Katie Ford | February 28, 1988 (1988-02-28) | 146 |
| The mother of Mallory's childhood best friend has difficulty coping with her daughter's suicide. Meanwhile, Steven unearths his old kit of magic tricks, and starts driving the family crazy with them. | ||||||
| 141 | 23 | "The Boys Next Door" | Sam Weisman | Trish Vrandenberg | March 6, 1988 (1988-03-06) | 148 |
| Elyse's nerdy high school friend visits in hopes that she will be his date to the class reunion. | ||||||
| 142 | 24 | "Sign of the Times" | Asaad Kelada | Matthew Monaher | March 13, 1988 (1988-03-13) | 150 |
| Andy becomes friends with a new student who is deaf. But when the other kids start teasing him, Andy decides not to talk. | ||||||
| 143 | 25 | "Return of the Native" | John Pasquin | Lloyd Garver | March 20, 1988 (1988-03-20) | 071 |
| Cousin June returns to the United States after three years abroad in England. She has lots to tell, but the entire family has stories of their own. | ||||||
| 144 | 26 | "Father, Can You Spare a Dime" | Andrew McCullough | Ben Cardinale & Peter Schreider | May 1, 1988 (1988-05-01) | 149 |
| Nick is hurting for money after he is rejected for a bank loan, but he doesn't think his father is the right person to lend him money, either. |
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