"Oh Donna" is the fourteenth episode in the third season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on January 3, 1985, and is the fifty-eighth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Elyse and Steven host a Lamaze class at their home. One woman who attends is not married and Alex becomes involved in helping her at the classes.
Plot[]
Alex meets an unwed mother, Donna Barrows (played by Isabelle Walker) at a Lamaze class held at the Keaton's. He becomes emotionally attached to Donna and her situation. Elyse is very supportive, but Steven doesn't think it's a good idea. Donna finally slows Alex's forward progress on this matter.
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[]
- Isabelle Walker as Donna Barrows
- Mary Farrell as Carol Mannings
- David Paymer as Larry Harris
- Julie Fulton as Suzie Harris
- Jack Blessing as Leonard
- Karlene Crockett as Marge
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- The title is a play on the song "Donna" (popularized by Ritchie Valens).
- The (minus Alex) goes to see the movie La Guerre Est Finie, and Mallory protests saying, "Subtitles? I hate reading a movie!"
- Alex, eager to take on fatherly roles, says to Donna: "I was thinking about nursery schools. Now, I don't think we should send him to one that pushes academics." Strange, but he feels differently when his brother Andrew goes to preschool in "Be True to Your Preschool".
- Mallory confesses to being in love with Boy George (very popular at the time).