Yup, it's so formulaic. At the end of every episode, the kids or whoever having the problems that week usually resolve things by talking it over in the kitchen. So after 30 minutes, everything's fine and dandy again and they live happily ever after.
I enjoyed watching Family Ties as a kid (my favourites were definitely when Alex met Ellen) but I've since grown to appreciate TV shows like Roseanne more. The characters in Roseanne aren't usually lovey dovey by the end of the episode (or ever) and the same problems continue to persist episode after episode. Dysfunctional characters are so much more real.
Oh yeah, while I'm typing, don't you think Scott Valentine's character was just so not credible? Even as a kid, I could tell it was bad acting.
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