"Just One Look" is the ninth episode in the fourth season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on December 5, 1985, and is the seventy-seventh episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Steven and Elyse are nostalgically excited by a visitor he arranged: Richie Schofield, an old housemate from their Berkeley hippie days - which the kids find just silly, even embarrassingly. However, Elyse and Richie share memories of their time without Steven, who is not amused to find out 22 years later that they had a brief romance while he was working in Alaska during a break from their relationship. Sleeping in the hall makes the jealous husband even crankier. The trio has a restaurant dinner, during which he loses control. As Steven contemplates his outburst and emotions, Alex reminds him of his own life lessons.
Plot[]
An old college friend of Steven's, Richie Schofield (played by Robert Desiderio) comes to dinner. Back at Berkeley in 1963, he and Elyse apparently were closer than Steven (who was away in Alaska) remembers. Steven is quite upset that Elyse had never told him about this relationship (though he'd been the one that suggested that while he was away that they should see other people). Steven and Elyse have an intense and nostalgic discussion as they figure out all that's happened.
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
Guest Starring[]
- Robert Desiderio as Richard Schofield
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- Parts of this episode are used as a flashback in "The American Family".
- Some of the things Steven and Richie did together: saw Willie Mays playing with the San Francisco Giants, went to Bob Dylan concerts, and saw Lenny Bruce's nightclub act.
- Though Alex did drink directly from the "famous" orange juice pitcher, later he instead drinks a glass of milk.
- Daffy Duck gets three mentions in this episode.
- "Man of Constant Sorrow" - a song that drives the Keaton kids out of the room.
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