Family Ties - Season 2 - Eps 2: The Homecoming
When Mallory's boyfriend Jeff arrives home from college and wants to go steady, she's elated, but it's soon apparent that he's a little awed by school and merely grasping at the familiar and she must decide whether to ""let go"" and accept the change in their relationship. Mallory is nervous that Jeff may have met someone new, outgrown her or forgotten her. When the opposite appears true, and he announces plans to quit school, she refuses at first to see the obvious; that he's just a little overwhelmed by college. What's thrilling to her is self-destructive on Jeff's part.
About Family Ties

Title: Family Ties
First Air Date: 1982-09-22
Last Air Date: 1989-05-14
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 235 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 8
Total Episodes: 168
Network: NBC
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Production Companies: Ubu Productions, Paramount Television, NBC Studios
Synopsis
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
Cast

Meredith Baxter
Elyse Keaton

Michael Gross
Steven Keaton

Michael J. Fox
Alex P. Keaton

Justine Bateman
Mallory Keaton

Tina Yothers
Jennifer Keaton

Brian Bonsall
Andy Keaton