Season Guide
Season 4
Episodes
1
Aired 1985-09-26.Alex picks out his dream girl from the school directory and falls for her roommate.
2
Aired 1985-10-03.Alex takes drastic measures to stop Ellen from getting married.
3
Aired 1985-10-17.Mallory brings home her new boyfriend, Nick, a Rambo-type environmental artist, to meet her family.
4
Aired 1985-10-24.Jennifer takes on a class bully to defend her boyfriend.
5
Aired 1985-10-31.Alex does some fancy footwork on the dance floor to impress Ellen when he thinks he is losing her because of their divergent interests.
6
Aired 1985-11-07.When Mallory informs her parents that she has no intention of going to college after graduation, they are sure her boyfriend, Nick, a high school dropout, is influencing her.
7
Aired 1985-11-14.Alex hires a tutor to help him with math, but his "teacher" turns out to be a 13-year-old genius who suddenly becomes more interested in Jennifer that in helping…
8
Aired 1985-11-21.Nick seeks Alex's help and advice on how to fit in more comfortably with the Keaton family, and ends up taking a "normal" job and going to extremes to…
9
Aired 1985-12-05.Steven looks forward to reminiscing about the good old times when an old college buddy, Richard Schofield, comes to visit.
10
Aired 1985-12-12.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…
11
Aired 1985-12-19.Mallory begins to feel severe guilt after reporting a young girl to the police for shoplifting, especially when she learns that the girl is from a home for abused…
12
Aired 1986-01-02.Steven gets the promotion he has been waiting years for, but as the new regional manager of the station, he is required to put in long hours at the…
13
Aired 1986-01-09.Jennifer seeks Alex's help on a speech for her class.
14
Aired 1986-01-16.Alex creates conflict by inviting Ellen's father to Parent's Day Weekend.
15
Aired 1986-01-23.Skippy refuses to accept that Mallory is in love with Nick.
16
Aired 1986-01-30.A chess tournament between Leland College students and a visiting Soviet team turns into a wrestling match when Alex and his opponent, Ivan Rozmirovich, match wits and "fight" for…
17
Aired 1986-02-06.Elyse enrolls in an auto mechanics class to prove to Alex and Steven that women can be just as competent with cars as men, but to protect his own…
18
Aired 1986-02-13.The Keaton family fills Alex's girlfriend, Ellen, in on some of the more humorous events in Alex's life before they met.
19
Aired 1986-02-13.The Keaton family fills Alex's girlfriend, Ellen, in on some of the more humorous events in Alex's life before they met.
20
Aired 1986-02-20.Mallory suspects there's more involved than "art appreciation" when a wealthy and beautiful older woman takes a special interest in Nick's creations.
21
Aired 1986-03-02.Alex lands an assistant teaching position and runs into big trouble when he has to grade a student who also happens to be his girlfriend, Ellen.
22
Aired 1986-03-06.Steven has a very difficult time accepting that his youngest daughter, Jennifer, is growing up and no longer wants to "pal around" with him.
23
Aired 1986-05-01.Elyse must deal with Paul, a young architect associate who falls in love with her.
24
Aired 1986-05-08.Mallory's poor grades jeopardize her high school graduation.