Family Ties (TV Series)

Pilot (1982)

Michael J. Fox: Alex P. Keaton

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• [first lines] 

  Alex P. Keaton : [watching a slide show from a 1960s protest]  I can't believe you guys could watch this - you look ridiculous!

  Steven Keaton : Half a million people, trying to stop a senseless war! You find that ridiculous?

  Alex P. Keaton : I'm talkin' about the outfits.

  Mallory Keaton : I'm dying. I'm dying! Promise me you'll never show these when my friends are here. Promise - or I'm leaving home right now.

  Elyse Keaton : Mallory, that was history in the making. There were people from every state in the union at that protest!

  Alex P. Keaton : What were you protesting? Good grooming?

  Jennifer Keaton : ...Mommy, you look so pretty - like an Indian princess.

  Elyse Keaton : That's your father, dear... There I am!

  Jennifer Keaton : You look almost as pretty as Daddy... Daddy, how long ago was that?

  Steven Keaton : That was very long ago... in a galaxy far, far away.