Family Ties
Margin of Error
Season 1, Episode 16 · Aired 1983-02-09
Synopsis
Alex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics class, and courts disaster by secretly investing his father's money.
In the series
This episode is part of Family Ties (1982–1989) on NBC.
Hippie parents, Reagan-kid son — the decade's political generational gag in living color.
Key cast
- Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton
- Meredith Baxter as Elyse Keaton
- Michael Gross as Steven Keaton
- Justine Bateman as Mallory Keaton
- Tina Yothers as Jennifer Keaton