"Beyond Therapy" is the fourth episode in the seventh season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on November 27, 1988, and is the hundred-and-fifty-fourth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Lauren brings a very reluctant Alex on a trip to a relationship maintenance weekend to work on their connection.
Plot[]
Mallory takes up Tarot card reading. After Lauren doesn't enjoy Alex's economics picnic and feels she can't relate to Alex anymore, she persuades him to join a group for therapy. They meet some interesting characters there, but Alex has difficulty opening up and leaves the group. Then at the next session, Lauren has trouble confronting her issues.
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[]
- Scott Valentine as Nick Moore
- Courteney Cox as Lauren Miller
- Diana Bellamy as Dr. Davidson
- Don Amendolia as Tom
- Helen Page Camp as Vera
- Stephen Baldwin as Bobby
- Kathleen Dennehy as Janie
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- Mallory sees Kitty Dukakis in her Tarot cards as a distraught woman (her husband recently lost the 1988 election)
- A young Stephen Baldwin plays one of the men in therapy.
- After Steven reveals his cards in the poker match, Andy is seen leaning on Nick's knee, at least until he pushes Andy off.
- In every scene she appears in, Jennifer is asked to leave the room because the conversation is personal.
- As an example of complex relationships, Nick and Mallory sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".
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