So I'm watching Family Ties on my netflix & its season 6, the episode is "Anniversary Waltz" 1. Andrew is no-where 2. Jennifer/Tina Yothers is significantly younger!

It looks as if the editing was mistaken. It looks like maybe season 2, 3 or 4 is when this should have aired.

Maybe it was just a mix up on Netflix's part? :confused:

Either way this one episode is out of place.

Edit: Please watch the langauge. Don't try and get around the sensor when giving a thread a title.

Yeah, this was a season 2 leftover. This show had quite a bit of "leftover" episodes.

Yeah, this was a season 2 leftover. This show had quite a bit of "leftover" episodes.


Ohhhh okay thanks for answering. :wave: :happyface :crazy:

How did this episode get into season six? Does anyone know? The kids look 3 - 4 years younger! WTH?!! No andy, no nick -- it's very bizarre.

How did this episode get into season six? Does anyone know? The kids look 3 - 4 years younger! WTH?!! No andy, no nick -- it's very bizarre.


A number of episodes of Family Ties were run out of order during the original network run of the series. The network order for the 1983-84 season was 24 half-hour programs, and 24 programs were produced. However, the network refused to accept ANNIVERSARY WALTZ (035), making a total of 23 programs aired. REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, PART 2 (069), produced during the 1984-85 season, was later substituted for ANNIVERSARY WALTZ to complete the order; however, REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, PART 2 did not air until 3/28/85 (1984-85 season), and was broadcast initially as a one-hour program with REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, PART 1 (068). REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, PART 1 and 2 were originally produced as a one-hour program, but were treated as a half-hour program by the network insofar as the license fee was concerned.



Six episodes were originally produced over and above the network order in the seasons indicated, and not originally aired (subsequently referred to as "the unaired episodes"), namely:



070 - DESIGNATED HITTER (1984-85)

071 - RETURN OF THE NATIVE (1984-85)

072 - MATCHMAKER (1984-85)

077 - IT'S MY PARTY, PART 1 (1985-86)

078 - IT'S MY PARTY, PART 2 (1985-86)

084 - THE BIG FIX (1985-86)



By letter dated 8/11/86, NBC agreed to run each of the unaired episodes during the 1985-86 and/or 1986-87 broadcast season. DESIGNATED HITTER (070), produced during the 1984-85 season, was subsequently aired by the network on 10/24/85 (1985-86 season) and, in its place, ANNIVERSARY WALTZ (035), produced during the 1983-84 season, was substituted as an unaired episode. THE BIG FIX (084), produced during the 1985-86 season, was aired 11/17/86 (1986-87 season). By subsequent agreement dated 5/5/87, it was agreed that the remaining five unaired episodes (i.e., 035, 071, 072, 077 and 078) would be aired one or more times in the 1986-87 season or the 1987-88 season, but no episode could be aired in both seasons.



The initial network airdates for each of the unaired episodes are:



035 - ANNIVERSARY WALTZ (12/16/87)

071 - RETURN OF THE NATIVE (03/20/88)

072 - MATCHMAKER (07/23/87)

077 - IT'S MY PARTY, PART 1 (08/06/87)

078 - IT'S MY PARTY, PART 2 (08/13/87)

084 - THE BIG FIX (11/17/86)


http://syndicationbible.cbstvd.com/series/family_ties/family_ties_holiday_episodes.htm

wow.......as a HUGE fan of classic TV I have never heard of this happening --- a continuity NIGHTMARE to say the least......

The one other episode that seems to be out of sequence is "My Tutor". no Andy, no Nick and there are a few other things that seem to be missing in the episode. Does anybody know anything about this one?

The one other episode that seems to be out of sequence is "My Tutor". no Andy, no Nick and there are a few other things that seem to be missing in the episode. Does anybody know anything about this one?

The Tutor aired in season 4.

Summary imdb:
S4, Ep7 Nov. 14, 1985 My Tutor
As the 'dirty abstract' concept of non-Euclidian mathematics made Alex's advanced geometry grade slip to 89%, he hires the best tutor professor Walter Jenkins can recommend: genius Eugene Forbes, even though the kid turns out to be 13 and miserable, missing out on every boyish element in his youth. Worse, Jennifer is 'the mother of my children' at first sight, but won't consider dating the nerd in cardigan and bow-tie- till Alex pays her $15 to join him and Ellen at a Leland tenure party with the professor. When Jan doesn't meet his adult socialite standards, Eugene throws a childish fit and runs off... Meanwhile Steven makes heroic but desperate efforts to stop the drain in the family finances, only to be ignored by big spenders Elyse and Mallory.

The Tutor aired in season 4.

Summary imdb:
S4, Ep7 Nov. 14, 1985 My Tutor
As the 'dirty abstract' concept of non-Euclidian mathematics made Alex's advanced geometry grade slip to 89%, he hires the best tutor professor Walter Jenkins can recommend: genius Eugene Forbes, even though the kid turns out to be 13 and miserable, missing out on every boyish element in his youth. Worse, Jennifer is 'the mother of my children' at first sight, but won't consider dating the nerd in cardigan and bow-tie- till Alex pays her $15 to join him and Ellen at a Leland tenure party with the professor. When Jan doesn't meet his adult socialite standards, Eugene throws a childish fit and runs off... Meanwhile Steven makes heroic but desperate efforts to stop the drain in the family finances, only to be ignored by big spenders Elyse and Mallory.

I was trying to find out if this also got lost out of place in sequence. Apparently not, however, why isn't Andy mentioned? Also, why no Nick?

I was trying to find out if this also got lost out of place in sequence. Apparently not, however, why isn't Andy mentioned? Also, why no Nick?

Andy was a baby [played by twins] in that season and wasn't in every episode. Nick wasn't in every episode. Both Nick and Skippy had reoccuring roles. Skippy was in more episodes than Nick.