+L C.C i was thinking the same thing

Yes, well with Back to the Future becoming a big hit, you'd think he'd want to just do movies, but no, he stayed with the show till the end. That was great of him.

He actually stayed on because he was grateful to the show because that was where he got his big break. No way was he going to kill a mockingbird.

Did he renew his contract after Back to the Future or was he under contract for 7 years?

And he never asked for more money or anything. Such a great person i always loved him.

I was thinking the same thing.

Yes

My favorite part....oh my goodness.....you could tell he was about to lose it when he came out.....

Well they worked with each other for like 6 years or something like that. So it makes sense 😀

You can, sort of...Pluto TV has a 24/7 Family Ties channel. It's free.

Life didn't seem to be simpler, It WAS simpler. I was a teen when this show started and I was a young adult when it ended. I agree with your comment.

​@@geoffreylogsdon162lot more information on TV show on doing live concert in person picture of them siong

@@geoffreylogsdon162wow cool.

Same . Life was happier in the 80’s , simpler , no internet yet ppl were always happy , I cant explain it

Well but the other thing was that the disabled were discriminated against by society. As a disabled person,I didn’t understand why people were being prejudiced against me. So the last I went to a convenience store. After 1990, I wasn’t discriminated against. Now it’s the 21 century Im discovering that I got a mental disorder. Which is untreatable, it was handed down to me by my pop. But to minimize the damage. My mom divorced my pop. Then started a guy when I was 9-10 yrs old. Then they married when I was 16 yrs old. My stepdad practically raised me since I was 10.

Well for most it was a better time, atleast in the US

@@SM-zm5hz the internet was around. But it was harder to have it. Because the router had to know the number/ someone else had to have a router too. So it cost $100 installation fee&another $100 dollars per month. It the phone company would charge for cross country connections. So not at of ppl didn’t get it. So it made things easier.

Well said. I just started a rewatch and it really was an innocent time- and it was a genuine sitcom and did an excellent job of chronicling the ups and downs of life/family, without being heavy-handed.

cisio64123 I know right this was my first time watching this clip and as soon as he started tearing up I lost it ;-; He is such a great actor.

I remember watching it when it aired also. So special.

I got misty-eyed, too --- this show ended 3 weeks before I graduated high school and it felt like it was a ceremonial final chapter to my childhood --- I watched the show every week while doing homework!

I was 15 and remember this. I haven't seen it since until tonight, 32 years later.

I remember watching this when It originally aired. and they show the ep minus the curtain call just now on rewind. I had such a crush on Michael J Fox. The only movie of his I wasn't allowed to see was Causalities of War bc it involved rape. Finally saw it. Yeah I realize why my parents did not take me to see it.

almost

alex kanyima Almost? What do you mean?

ashli674 they will never see each other again after that curtain call

alex kanyima If you mean as Alex and Elyse you are right. But if you mean as Mike and Meredith, she played his mom on Spin City.

ashli674 yeah both, in this situation

+Darcy Brummett Does he still have Parknison's Disease?

Uh, yes.

+Darcy Brummett too bad.

You do not get cured of that, unfortunately. But at least he is still hanging in there and fighting to find a cure.

Ironically enough, the role was originally written for Matthew Broderick, who didn't want to do it. Plus, Gary didn't want Michael originally.

True

Thank God.

Peter Reyes ... you didn’t like family ties????

@@dr4g0nb0y4 Sure... when I was seven. Now, not so much.

Snapefan1971 It was one of the best shows of all-time on NBC.

Yes! Thursday nights were great for 2 reasons. The NBC lineup as you mentioned and that tomorrow would be Friday.

It takes time that could instead be sold for a few more commercials. The bean counters wouldn’t like it.

They used to be like this but not anymore

His attitude is amazing. He is sincere, you can see it when he's being interviewed. I am enjoying his latest book

in a New era going to the 90's had started

Well, it had been on seven seasons already. Maybe it was time to stop. Better to go out with a little dignity than just be cancelled.

I'm glad they got out while they were ahead. So many sitcoms ruin their era when they stay on too long

I know that while the cast was ready for the show to end and move on, it was still really hard for them to say goodbye. You could tell that they really all loved each other and enjoyed working together. While everyone was sad to see Family Ties end, also everybody realized that all good things do have to come to an end.

I think the cast made the right decision to end the show on THEIR terms and have a proper curtain call where they could be applauded --- plus, this show helped define the 80's and it woulda been weird to see it dragged limping into the 90's trying to figure itself out

It wasn't exactly live It was taped before a live audience. There is a difference.

I know there is a difference. I meant I watched it as it was airing.

Do you know who the folks are saying "bye" as the credits roll? Fans, crew, a mix of both?

Barry Goldsbury omg me too. I was 11 and in 5th grade. I still remember this curtain call and Michael J Fox fighting back his tears will always stand out and I well up. I just binged watch all the season on Prime and I wanted to see the final curtain call. I’m so glad it’s on here. Fondest memories of my childhood with this timeless classic. One of the best.

I remember that too. it was so 'historic' . I think the only other finale I remember that crispy was 'happy days'. Also significant.

You ain't got a girl bro

Secret of My Success was a 1987 movie. BTTF 2 was underway when Family Ties ended

@@jenpeterson3712 We know that Family Ties ended in 1989 but we like to pretend it that way just for fun. Plus, Alex was moving to NYC which is where "Secret of My Success" takes place.

Carl Bonroy .... terrific statement

It really is heart moving because I still tear up watching. After all these yrs I'm watching a repeat on Antenna TV as I type this. This is a show that stands the test of time!

I got misty-eyed, too --- this show ended 3 weeks before I graduated high school and it felt like it was a ceremonial final chapter to my 80's childhood --- I watched the show every week while doing homework!

The Kentons were America's family.

It comes on Pluto TV. They have a channel just for this show.

I did too. Appreciated in the end Steven admitted that he hadn't shown Nick respect after all. Nick was the 1980's counterculture. Steven had to admit that he was now the 'square parent'.

​@robinorlowski2449 well it was also because Nick had the IQ of a rock 😂

Yeah it was really a great ending. Kinda wished for more closure but it still ended on a high note.

let's go for a remake of family ties

Same happened to me, I could never watch the whole series, my parents didn't allow me to spend a lot of time in front of the TV. And so I didn't have the opportunity to watch this last episode among others. I cry like a baby 😢

I just finished watching the show yesterday and I cried so hard. The whole thing about Alex going to New York made me sad, when he said goodbye to his family got me with a tear off my eye, when the whole cast appears and Michael started crying I started crying too, and at the end when everybody (producers, the creator and the actors) says goodbye I cried like a baby, Family Ties it's my favorite show and its ending made me so sad, such good memories of that beautiful show, I learned, laughed and cried a lot with it.

2022. I wasn't even born yet, December 91'. I'm weeping at Michael crying and Meredith holding him.

As dramatic as his future has become, he said how Parkinson's disease has helped him realise issues. He says its the gift that keeps taking

That was 31 years ago.

they didn't have a cartoon of this did they? Interesting bc they had a cartoon of Teen Wolf and Back to the Future--the two movies Mike did (he did not do the voices). I just realized that. They made cartoon tie ins for everything in the 1970's and 80's. They made a cartoon tie in for Fonzie and Mork and Mindy etc after that show went off the air? Why not this one?

You mother loved you and I am sure she is proud of you no matter what. You are still you inside even transgendered

Thank you so much. You made me cry.Thank you Bless you@@love_agapi_m3976

It's the first series finale that I remember watching. It was one of the best I ever seen. Little did I know that the next year, I would be treated to THE greatest series finale of all time (Newhart).

@@trevorbarnhill3399 The first series finale I remember watching was Happy Days. This was a follow up.

@briansam2524 It was revealed that Meredith would often pick up Michael J. Fox and bring him to the set and give him a ride home during the early seasons of the show. And a secret Meredith kept hidden from the entire cast and crew is that she was being abused by her then husband so the safety net for her was also over so to speak at the time. 😢♥🙏📺

let's go for a remake of family ties

+Carly Steffen It was kinda sad, but it ended the show strong and was true to the characters. The conflict between Alex and Elyse brought some heavy and realistic drama into Alex leaving home. It wasn't that Elyse wasn't proud of him, she tells him she is. She just had some major mommy issues in seeing her baby boy leave home to move so far away. Alex leaving also signified the beginning of eventually all her children leaving home and Elyse who identified herself so strongly as a mother found it hard to deal with. She also was hurt and upset by the fact that Alex seemed too happy in leaving. They end up talking through their problems in the end. Alex comes to understand her mommy issues and she realizes that because of those issues she didn't see how hard it was for him to leave, and how afraid he is of taking that huge step and possibly failing. In the end Alex and Elyse spend all night before he leaves reminiscing and the rest of the family join them in time to send him off with a group hug.

@@cisio64123 it was the dynamic between Elyse the free spirit who had done her own thing still wanting to cling to her first born baby. And as 'money hungry' as Alex was, he is still the vulnerable little boy who doesn't want his mom to hurt. Many shows fail with their ending bc they change in the end....or just fiz out. They forget themselves and go away. Family Ties remembered who it was up to the last minute. This is why you love watching it years later. Okay there are some moments better than others (how did Andrew age?) but overall its a strong series

@@robinorlowski2449 Agree the writers knew their characters and stuck faithfully to them right to the end. The conflict between mother and son here was very true to who they were crafted to be. It was realistic of how hard this transition was on both of them because of their paticular bond that had been built up on the series. True to that bond they loved each other too much to leave their issues unresolved.

@@robinorlowski2449 So true. The writers never forgot the characters that had been created and what made them so beloved in the first place. Even this conflict was indeed in character for Alex and Elyse . Elyse as the loving mama bear would have a hard time with this transition and letting her baby go thus would be moody and unable to support it . Alex due to their bond would be hurt by his mothers inability to support him in making such a huge step in his life. It also was true to their bond and love for each other that they couldn't end things that way and hashed things out. Being so true to the characters made this series so great right up to the very end.

Not unless they’re old enough.

@@Toyotaboy497 of course they're old enough to watch. I watched this in elementary school aged.

@@robinorlowski2449 Wow. Lucky you. How old were you when you watched “Family Ties” in elementary school?

@@Toyotaboy497 oh I meant when I was elementary school aged. Sorry for the confusion,

@@robinorlowski2449 It’s all right.

+familyofsevendolls i was eight too!

I cried too

you people are lame...

nvkulk you have no feelings

Michael J. Fox was a class act. Well, he still is. He is one of a few that are very humble and exhibits class.

katrina sangineto Scott Valentine was a great asset and every girl in my high school crushed on him. Bigly! He did a damn movie with President Trump, called Lucky; & Stamos was in it too! Those were the days. IMBD.com Bee Bopper R.I.P.