Family Ties (1982)

Episode Overview

Jennifer becomes increasingly consumed by environmental issues after her science class delves into the harm humans inflict on the planet. While Alex surprises Andrew with a pet parakeet, Jennifer rushes in with troubling insights about global ecology and the damage caused by human greed, particularly the devastation of Brazil's rain forests and the depletion of the ozone layer. Determined to raise her family's ecological awareness, she insists they dispose of harmful household products in favor of safer alternatives. As she fixates on alarming topics like acid rain and radon gas, Jennifer finds herself overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the environmental crisis.