"All in the Neighborhood, Pt. 2" is the eighteenth episode in the seventh season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on March 19, 1989, and is the hundred-and-sixty-eighth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
The entire neighbourhood is catapulted into action when the Thompsons' home is vandalized.
Plot[]
The Thompsons have to decide whether or not to leave the neighborhood. Gus wants to stay, but his wife and son think it best to move. Before they leave, their house is vandalized, and the police are called in.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Meredith Baxter as Elyse Keaton
- Michael Gross as Steven Keaton
- Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton
- Justine Bateman as Mallory Keaton
- Tina Yothers as Jennifer Keaton
- Brian Bonsall as Andrew Keaton
Guest Starring[]
- John Hanock as Gus Thompson
- Rosalind Cash as Maya Thompson
- Keith Amos as Michael Thompson
- Mark L. Taylor as Phil
- Betsy Randle as Nancy
- Dan Gilvezan as Officer Steele
- Charles Bouvier as Officer Larson
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- Tragically, the three actors portraying the Thompson family all passed away less than ten years after this two-part episode aired: burly John Hancock died of a heart attack at 51 in October 1992, feisty Rosalind Cash succumbed to cancer at 56 in October 1995, and promising young actor Keith Amos was felled by a severe asthma attack at only 36 in November 1998.
- Production assistant Robert Schanche appears in this episode.
- John Hancock reprises his role as Gus Thompson. Rosalind Cash plays his wife Maya.
- The plot seems unbelievable (even in 1989), but it was (and still is) probably more common than we might believe.
- Alex thinks it might be best for Steven to live in Mr. Roger's Neighborhood .(and Steven sings the theme song). Later they add the song "Blowin' in the Wind".