"D is for Date" is the twenty-fifth episode in the fifth season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on March 20, 1987, and is the hundred-and-seventeenth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Jennifer's grades suffer when she sets out to win a boy's admiration.
Plot[]
Alex agrees to prepare Nick's past tax returns in order to keep him out of jail. Jennifer plays dumb in order to attract a baseball player named Tim Higgins (played by Wil Wheaton), but their relationship affects their science grades (and Tim's place on the team). Jennifer eventually comes clean about her intelligence, and the two work together to get Tim back on the baseball team.
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
- Wil Wheaton as Tim Higgins
- Ken Lerner as Mr. Ryder
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
- Andy: "Are the boy my sister loves?
- Andy: "Allowance made ... for a loss ... in value of property."
Trivia[]
- Mallory thinks it's so romantic when Jennifer and Tim flunk their science project together. (In Mrs. Wrong, Jennifer thinks it's romantic that Mallory and Nick elope).