"Dear Mallory" is the third episode in the sixth season of the NBC family sitcom Family Ties. It originally aired on September 20, 1987, and is the hundred-and-twenty-fifth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Mallory turns the Keaton household upside down with her new job writing an advice column. She begins receiving constant calls and visits from people who want her help, but later discover her advice wasn't helpful.
Plot[]
Mallory is hired as advice columnist for the Columbus Shopper's Guide. Alex meets a girl (who loves money) through the column. And after publishing the address and phone number, they get some interesting visitors and calls. Mallory begins to question her abilities when she is confronted by the author of one of her letters.
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Trivia[]
- The title is a reference to the advice column "Dear Abby".
- Mallory Keaton (Justine Bateman) wears white pants in this episode.
- Parts of this episode are used as flashbacks in "Wrap Around the Clocks".