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Normal Episodes: 26
TV Specials: 1
TV Movies: 0

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Season 7 Guide (1985-1989)

	7x01 It Happened One Night Steven and Elyse want to take the kids camping, but they believe that they have outgrown such frivolity. As they leave with Andy, Steven and Elyse plant ...	Oct. 30, 1988
	7x02 Designing Woman Mallory loves her new job in the fashion world but soon learns that it's a dog-eat-dog world when her boss steals her ideas for a new fashion line for ...	Nov. 06, 1988
	7x03 Truckers Nick's nephew and Andy have become good friends which leaves Alex feeling left out.	Nov. 13, 1988
	7x04 Beyond Therapy Alex and Lauren's relationship has suddenly hit a snag, which prompts her to convince Alex to attend a couples counseling session.	Nov. 27, 1988
	7x05 Heartstrings (1) Steven suffers a heart attack after jogging with Elyse. He is rushed to the hospital but no one can find out what his condition is.	Dec. 04, 1988
	7x06 Heartstrings (2) Steven is undergoing a major heart operation. During the five hour procedure, the kids gather around the waiting room in support for their mom as they ...	Dec. 11, 1988
	7x07 Heartstrings (3) Steven has finally arrived home after his grueling heart surgery and has trouble adjusting to his new restrictions and feels like the family is treating ...	Dec. 18, 1988
	7x08 Basic Training Low test scored at Grant College has Skippy considering dropping out of school and joining the Army.	Jan. 01, 1989
	7x09 Deja Vu Mallory is worried that Jennifer's new boyfriend will break her heart as his older brother once did to her years earlier.	Jan. 08, 1989
	7x10 Nick's Best Friend Nick is reunited with his best friend from his childhood, his mangy mutt named Spunkers. While at a birthday party for Andy, Spunkers is hit by a car. ...	Jan. 15, 1989
	7x11 Get Me to the Living Room on Time Andy befriends an elderly couple who Steven has decided will be the main focus of his next PBS documentary. The family lends its home for the site of the ...	Jan. 29, 1989
	7x12 The Job Not Taken Alex is chosen to work for a brokerage firm, but will he give up his dream job when he discovers the man he is replacing is the man who recommended hi ...	Feb. 05, 1989
	7x13 The Wrecker's Ball Elyse is heartbroken when she learns the first building she ever designed is scheduled for demolition, and the family backs he in the attempt to get it ...	Feb. 12, 1989
	7x14 My Best Friend's Girl Lauren offers to help Skippy after he confesses that he has trouble with women. He takes the sessions a bit to seriously when he falls in love with he ...	Feb. 19, 1989
	7x15 'Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away Steven backs out as a cosigner for a car loan for Mallory, after overhearing that she plans on taking a cross country trip with Nick in it. But Mallory ...	Feb. 26, 1989
	7x16 Simon Says Jennifer and her friend Simon begin working at a fast food diner. When an infatuated Simon proves to be inept, it's Jennifer who comes to the rescue and ...	Mar. 05, 1989
	7x17 All in the Neighborhood (1) Steven and Elyse discover they live in a racist neighborhood when Steve's black co-worker, Gus, moves into the house across the street from them.	Mar. 12, 1989
	7x18 All in the Neighborhood (2) Steven and Elyse learn of Gus and Maya's work they did in the civil rights demonstrations back in the '60's after returning home to find their living room ...	Mar. 19, 1989
	7x19 They Can't Take That Away From Me (1) Alex begins his first economics lecture at Leland college when he is interrupted by a scatter brained female music student. Soon, he finds himself attracted ...	Apr. 02, 1989
	7x20 They Can't Take That Away From Me (2) Alex's situation between Lauren and Marty heightens when they all meet in the school cafeteria. Although Alex needs to work on his valedictory address ...	Apr. 09, 1989
	7x21 Rain Forests Keep Falling on My Head Jennifer invites her whole family to participate in making the world ecologically sound after hearing about its condition in her science class.	Apr. 16, 1989
	7x22 Wrap Around the Clock (1) Andy needs help in planning a Keaton family time capsule which includes a history of them all.	Apr. 23, 1989
	7x23 Wrap Around the Clock (2) The Keaton's share their fondest memories as they help Andy with his time capsule about his family history.	Apr. 23, 1989
	7x24 Mr. Keaton Takes a Vacation Mallory asks if Nick can stay at the Keaton home while his apartment gets painted. Steven is not too enthusiastic about the situation and even bunkers ...	May. 07, 1989
	7x25 Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1) Elyse is stunned when Alex announces he has landed a dream job on Wall Street in NY, and will be required to move their immediately.	May. 14, 1989
	7x26 Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore (2) Alex and Elyse need to have a talk after a blow up over his accepting a new job in NY, and his shunning of his family, calling him arrogant and inconsiderate. ...	May. 14, 1989

Special Family Ties Vacation
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Sep. 23, 1985

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Season 7 Characters

Elyse Keaton	played by Meredith Baxter
Steven Keaton	played by Michael Gross
Alex P. Keaton	played by Michael J. Fox
Mallory Keaton	played by Justine Bateman
Jennifer Keaton	played by Tina Yothers
Andrew 'Andy' Keaton	played by Brian Bonsall
Nick Moore	played by Scott Valentine
Lauren Miller	played by Courteney Cox
Irwin 'Skippy' Handelman	played by Marc Price
Dr. Harrison	played by Philip Baker Hall
Woman	played by Baillie Gerstein
Marty Brodie	played by Jane Adams (II)
Mrs. Clark	played by Denise D'Amico
Michael Thompson	played by Keith Amos
Maya Thompson	played by Rosalind Cash
Gus Thompson	played by John Hancock
Peggy Vincent	played by Caroline Mignini
Phil	played by Mark L. Taylor
Mr. Meyers	played by Richard Kuss
Ruth Hobart	played by Christina Pickles
Waiter	played by Billy Morrissette
Young Steven	played by Michael David Wright
Sam	played by Joshua Shelley

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Season 7 Trivia

Episode 24 - The title comes from the James Stewart (I) movie Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962).
Episode 23 - The title is based on the song "Rock Around the Clock" from 1952, written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers and is considered one of the Greatest Rock and Roll Songs of All Time.
Episode 12 - The title is derived from the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, published in 1916.
Episode 15 - The title is a line from The Beach Boys song "Fun, Fun, Fun".
Episode 19 - The title is based on a song of the same name by George and Ira Gershwin.

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