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Family Ties S06E01 - The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists

Family Ties
Family Ties
Family Ties (1982)

S06E01 The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists

Sep 13, 1987 Season 6 Episode 1
Family Ties S06E01

Episode Overview

As the Keaton family prepares for the start of the new school year, Alex boasts to Jennifer about his high school triumphs just as she is about to begin, while also coaching Andrew on clever strategies for dominating kindergarten. He then heads off to the Leland campus for a psychology study focused on overachievers. Responding to an ad for participants, Alex arrives for his first interview with Lauren Miller, an attractive senior Psychology major who runs the study. Tensions flare between them as Alex insists on his financial expectations, while Lauren passionately critiques the hollow, materialistic mindset of overachievers like him.