Overview
Steve and Elyse Keaton, once 1960s radicals, now find themselves in Reagan-Era American trying to raise a traditional suburban family. Son Alex P. Keaton is an ambitious Young Republican and his sister Mallory is a shallow victim of the corporate culture, obsessed with music, clothes and boys. Their only normal kid is young Jennifer a bit of a tomboy.
| Original Air Dates: | — |
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| Country: | US |
| Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Family |
| Network: | NBC |
| Watched by: | 244 1 037 510 |
| Total running time: | 2 days 18 hours 32 minutes |
| Episode duration: | |
| Episodes: | 176 |
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Some episodes can be viewed as family therapy to solve family problems, starting with banal emotional expression skills and ending with serious topics like teenage pregnancy. Moreover, most of the topics raised are still relevant, despite the fact that the series was released already 30 years ago, because they are mainly about pressing family situations.
But sometimes, of course, there are strong changes in society during this time, and it can be funny or sad to see jokes that have become reality after 30 years.
Some references to the domestic politics of the United States at that time will not be very clear to Russian-speaking viewers, but they do not spoil the overall impression much.
I would like to mention the game of M. J. Fox separately.
We mostly know him from Back to the Future, but he gained popularity even before these films in this series, where he showed himself as a very versatile actor and deservedly received several Emmys and a Golden Globe.
It was also a pleasure to meet the young Courteney Cox and Tom Hanks in cameo roles.
Another tip for those who are watching for the first time is that some episodes were shown on the air much later than they were filmed, and this is especially noticeable because the children have changed during this period or just a character appears in the series, which chronologically should no longer be there.
s06e16, Anniversary Waltz – was filmed during season 2, it doesn't affect the events, but there is a strong contrast with the age of the characters, just take a look in the second season.
s06e27, Return of the Native – watch in season 3.
s05e28, Matchmaker – watch at the end of season 3.
s05e29 — It's My Party (1) and s05e30 — It's My Party (2) - watch towards the end of season 4. Although you don't have to watch it, it seems to me that these two episodes weren't originally shown in season 4 because they were very weak.
I'm so impressed with her - it's so atypical for the sitcom genre.
Michael J. Fox - You're beautiful, you Bastard)
- Oh, that's easy. Be happy, try not to hurt other people and hope that you fall in love.