"This Year's Model" is the fourth episode in the second season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on October 26, 1983, and is the twenty-sixth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Mallory enters herself and Elyse in a Mother/Daughter Modeling contest but ends up regretting it when they win and Elyse steals her thunder.
Plot[]
Mallory enters herself and Elyse in a mother-daughter modeling event. Though Mallory wishes otherwise, Elyse gets more attention. And then when Elyse ends up in a commercial for Proper Penguin Frozen Gourmet Dinners (with a tuxedoed spokesman played by John McCook), Mallory is jealous. After 34 takes, the commercial is finally finished, and Mallory and Elyse need to talk about mother-daughter relations.
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[]
- Frank Dent as Ed Hanson
- Sarah Abrell as Heather Marin
- Eve Roberts as Mrs. Marin
- Donald Reiker as Phillip
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- Parts of this episode are used as a flashback in "Battle of the Sexes".
- Some of the issues between Elyse and Mallory are similarly dealt with in "My Mother, My Friend".
- In a later episode, "Designing Woman ", Steven has his go at being a model.
- Production assistant Robert Schanche appears in this episode.
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