the best sitcom ever be only count on one hand reach to 5 and 1 ) sceinfeld and 2 ) family tie and 3 ) perfect stranger and 4 ) marry with child and 5 ) dream on . there be other good show like the nany and friend and taxi and accord to jim and mind your language and everybody love raymond and becker and and few others but do not stand up to category best . family tie be among the best give the credit to michael j. fox ( alex p. keaton ) and only who watch the show know why . the other character and however and be also funny but not a alex . there be skippy and malory and michael gross probably the funny next to michael j. fox . a for the rest they weren not a funny but they complete the set . the show be so smart and original compare to other family base sitcom . contrary to marry with child ( which be also an extremely funny and smart show ) and it depict the ethic that most of the family miss today ethical parent and democrat and charity loving and enjoy the bond they have and though they play it so safe during the whole show and they still get you laugh in a joyous way . alex be so funny in almost all the episode with a lovely contradictive character . though he seem to be so materialistic and a big fan of nixon and womanizer and always make fun of his naive sister ( malory ) and he have so depth and wasn not really a happy character all the way . there be this episode when his friend die in a car accident and alex be suppose to be with him but lucked out because of his selfishness . in this episode and alex reveals so much depth of a character and he exhibit regret for not go with his friend and realization of the useless meaning of be ambitious while everything be go to end one day and at the same time he get you laugh while he be visit a shrink for help and the latter turn out to be a grant college graduate and same college where malory be study and alex always make fun of it . he also tell the shrink that when he be a kid he be just as normal a any kid playing with toy and stock market . he could also identify the coin value from the sound after they use to cover his eye and toss the coin for him to guess . in other episode we also see alex so romantic in love with elen and later hurt because she leave him for dance scholarship to france and then he fall in love with lauren ( courtney cox ) . that be another funny and memorable episode because she be a psychology student and interview alex to study high achiever . definitely and an unforgettable show .