"The Freshman and the Senior" is the third episode in the fifth season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on October 9, 1986, and is the ninety-fifth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Mallory learns a lesson about honesty and sensitivity when she almost causes a 66-year-old woman to quit her college sociology class.
Plot[]
Steven's lawyer has suggested that he and Elyse write their wills. Elyse is away at a convention, and Alex wants to get involved in the financial planning for the future. Mallory and Margaret Hobbs (played by Julie Harris) work on a sociology project together. Mallory is uncomfortable because Margaret is older, and she'd rather be partnered with a younger, snobbier girl. Mallory gets Skippy to switch partners with her (and Margaret quits the class because of this).
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Meredith Baxter as Elyse Keaton (credit only)
- 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[]
- Marc Price as Skippy Handelman
- Julie Harris as Margaret Hobbs
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- It aired third, but on the DVDs it was the twenty-fifth episode of the season.
- Meredith Baxter Birney does not appear in this episode.
- To help Steven with the will, Alex gets him the book Burying Your Parents for Profit.
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