Family Ties/A Word to the Wise

A Word to the Wise
Season 4, Episodes 18 & 19
Airdate	February 13, 1986
Written by	Marc Lawrence & Susan Borowitz contributing writers Ruth Bennett, Marc Lawrence, Michael Russnow, Alan Unger, Michael J. Weithorn
Directed by	Will Mackenzie contributing directors Will Mackenzie, Tony Mordente, Lee Shallat, Sam Weisman
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Family Ties — Season Four

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A Word to the Wise is the eighteenth and nineteenth episodes of the fourth season of Family Ties, and the eighty-sixth and eighty-seventh episodes overall.

Starring: Meredith Baxter Birney (Elyse Keaton), Michael Gross (Steven Keaton), Michael J. Fox (Alex P. Keaton), Justine Bateman (Mallory Keaton), Tina Yothers (Jennifer Keaton)

Guest Starring: Marc Price (Skippy), Tracy Pollan (Ellen)

Beverly Archer (Sue Barker (archive footage)), Earl Boen (Ed Barker (archive footage)), Jeff B. Cohen (Dougie Barker (archive footage)), Geena Davis (Karen Nicholson (archive footage)), Charlie Douglass (Alternate Head Judge (archive footage)), John Dukakis (Jeff Wakefield (archive footage)), Margaret Fitzgerald (Mary Beth McCallister (archive footage)), Deborah Foreman (Mary Catherine Robbins (archive footage)), John Gallogly (Head Judge (archive footage)), Debbie Gilbert (Buffy (archive footage)), Crispin Glover (Doug (archive footage)), Christopher Joyce (Young Man #2 (archive footage)), Philip Charles MacKenzie (Dan Matthews (archive footage)), Michael B. Moynahan (Grover Garver (archive footage)), Kerry Noonan (Mary Margaret Dunne (archive footage)), John Putch (Neil (archive footage)), Duncan Ross (Dean Memminger (archive footage)), Robert Schanche (Young Man #1 (archive footage)), Shawn Schepps (Darlene Driscoll (archive footage)), Eileen Seeley (Roxanne (archive footage)), Jeff Shelby (Co-Head Judge (archive footage)), Kate Vernon (Christy (archive footage)), Marcianne Warman (Ellen Barker (archive footage)), Sam Whipple (Jack Driscoll (archive footage))