Family Ties - Season 5

Alex objects to the teaching style at Andrew's elite pre-school.

Alex is on the rebound when Ellen leaves for Paris.

Mallory gets paired with a senior citizen for a class project.

Steven revives the left-wing political magazine he established in college.

Alex jeopardizes his career at a bank when he falls for his boss.

Nick and Mallory plan to elope when the Keaton's oppose their marriage.

The Keatons try to stop Mallory and Nick from eloping.

Elyse tries to fix up her co-worker with one of her friends.

Skippy is the victim of a cruel fraternity prank when Alex intervenes.

Alex tutors Nick to help him earn his high school diploma.

Alex faces a moral dilemma while assisting his professor on a research project.

Mallory gets jealous when her friend forms a bond with Elyse.

The Keatons are devastated when Uncle Rob announces he's getting a divorce.

The Keatons hear the other side of the story about Uncle Rob's separation.

Mallory joins a poetry club and falls for the leader of the group.

Nick competes in a local art competition at Steven's station.

Alex accompanies his boss on a business trip to Chicago.

Alex's boss makes a pass at him while on a business trip in Chicago.

The Keatons have their own own battle of the sexes.

The Keatons reminisce about their relationships gone awry.

Alex is unsuccessful at managing Jennifer's all-girl band.

Mallory goes head-to-head with Alex in a scholarship competition.

Alex questions the meaning of life when his friend dies in a car accident.

Alex questions the meaning of life when his friend dies in a car accident.

Jennifer plays dumb to impress a star athlete at school.

Skippy makes a fool of himself over Mallory's new college friend.

Elyse's sister and her obnoxious family visit the Keatons.

When Mallory goes through a string of bad dates, Alex attempts to find her someone who seems perfect "on paper".
 

On Jen's birthday, she is unusually un-eager for the usual party ingredients, clearly only pretends to appreciate the hand-puppet show dad revels in, and actually gets completely obsessed with imitating the fashion-obsessed herd of 'cool kids' at school, even if that means abandoning all her rather tomcat habits. Stacie's gang and chasing boys seem to overtake her whole personality, she even takes lessons in 'cool' signals and talk from airhead Mallory.

Jennifer feels out of place at her own thirteenth birthday party.