Family Ties The Disciple (Season 4, Episode 13)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Family Ties

The Disciple (Season 4, Episode 13)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Jennifer is tired of being outclassed by classmates, so she asks the academically brilliant Alex (who won the Thomas Dewey best student achievement award three years in a row) to help her prepare a social studies presentation on how a bill...See moreJennifer is tired of being outclassed by classmates, so she asks the academically brilliant Alex (who won the Thomas Dewey best student achievement award three years in a row) to help her prepare a social studies presentation on how a bill becomes a law. Alex accepts, provided she do it his way, all the way. After assigning her reading at an Ivy League level, then attends her presentation (pretending to be a quarry worker too dumb to understand) - cueing her in a brilliant show with lights, music, patriotic panache and the flawless story, complete with the printing on parchment. Afterwards, both parents claim credit for the talent running in the family, and her teacher Mrs. Pedroza enters Jennifer for the Dewey Award. Alas, Jen is uncomfortable about how much of the project has actually been done by Alex, with her simply parroting his words, and once onstage she feels unable to go trough with the 'deceit'. After getting an impossible question from lawyer Ralph Boswell - who bickers with Steven about whether his Timmy is brighter then their toddler Andy - Alex takes the floor to try and salvage the occasion. Jen blames Alex for the embarrassment, but the smart siblings talk it through and reconcile their views on academic achievement. Written by KGF Vissers See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Meredith Baxter Elyse Keaton (as Meredith Baxter Birney) Elyse Keaton (as Meredith Baxter Birney) See fewer	All the President's Men (1976)
Michael Gross Steven Keaton Steven Keaton See fewer	Family Ties (1982)
Michael J. Fox Alex P. Keaton Alex P. Keaton See fewer	Back to the Future (1985)
Justine Bateman Mallory Keaton Mallory Keaton See fewer	Violet (II) (2021)
Tina Yothers Jennifer Keaton Jennifer Keaton See fewer	Family Ties (1982)
Marc Price Irwin 'Skippy' Handelman Irwin 'Skippy' Handelman See fewer	Family Ties (1982)
Belita Moreno Mrs. Pedroza Mrs. Pedroza See fewer	Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Amy O'Neill Brenda Brenda See fewer	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Corey Feldman Walter - Dewey Award Student Finalist Walter - Dewey Award Student Finalist See fewer	Stand by Me (1986)
David Wohl Ralph Boswell Ralph Boswell See fewer	Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Cynthia Carle Betty Boswell Betty Boswell See fewer	The Sixth Man (1997)