Growing Pains (1985)
Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spending 15 years as a housewife.
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Episode 1 - Aloha (1)
Release Date: 1987-09-18The family is stranded in Maui.
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Episode 2 - Aloha (2)
Release Date: 1987-09-18Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.
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Episode 3 - Taking Care of Business
Release Date: 1987-09-22Mike uses double talk to sell stereos.
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Episode 4 - Not Necessarily the News
Release Date: 1987-09-29The family scrambles to help find an out-of-work Maggie a job after she turns into Super Mom, preparing oversize meals and assigning new chores.
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Episode 5 - Michaelgate
Release Date: 1987-10-06Mike is unaware that he's been nominated for student-body president because he's "a sure loser."
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Episode 6 - Big Brother is Not Watching
Release Date: 1987-10-13Ben asks Carol's advice on getting a new bike from their parents.
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Episode 7 - A Star is Born
Release Date: 1987-10-27A star is born when Mike lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica.
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Episode 8 - Gone But Not Forgotten
Release Date: 1987-11-03Burglars hit the Seaver home.
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Episode 9 - Who's Zoomin' Who?
Release Date: 1987-11-10Bobby's annoying habits make Carol look elsewhere for the man of her dreams -- just in time for her to notice a new student.
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Episode 10 - This is Your Life
Release Date: 1987-11-17During a tonsillectomy, Ben has an out-of-body experience, dreaming that he escapes with a friendly cabbie, only to find a new Ben has replaced him at home.
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Episode 11 - Broadway Bound
Release Date: 1987-11-24After their success in the school play, Mike and Monica set their sights on a Broadway audition for ""Our Town.""
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Episode 12 - The Scarlet Letter
Release Date: 1987-12-01An unearned "A" makes Carol doubt her academic record.
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Episode 13 - A Reason to Live
Release Date: 1987-12-08A troubled student named Jill (Kellie Overbey) volunteers to work on a school project with Mike (Kirk Cameron) and Boner (Josh Andrew Koenig). This, however, is a subterfuge: Jill has been contemplating suicide due to some very serious problems at home, and she hopes to get some free counseling from Mike's psychiatrist dad Jason (Alan Thicke). But as it turns out, Jason is presently weighed down with a few self-pity issues of his own.
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Episode 14 - Nasty Habits
Release Date: 1987-12-15Maggie and Jason try to keep Mike in his room to complete an English paper, but Mike's mind is of course elsewhere.
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Episode 15 - The Marrying Kind
Release Date: 1988-01-05Reason flies out the window when Bobby and his parents arrive at the Seavers' for dinner and a special announcement -- that Bobby and Carol are engaged.
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Episode 16 - State of the Union
Release Date: 1988-01-12Maggie fumes over the many irritants that seem to be driving her and Jason apart -- until unexpected news sheds light on the situation.
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Episode 17 - The Mom Who Knew Too Much
Release Date: 1988-01-26Maggie and Carol share confidences at the beauty salon, but later Carol learns to her chagrin that a secret isn't safe with Maggie.
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Episode 18 - Great Expectations
Release Date: 1988-02-09A letter from the girl he met in Hawaii has Mike scheming to fly to Los Angeles to see her without his parents' knowing.
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Episode 19 - Dance Fever (1)
Release Date: 1988-03-01At the school dance, Mike gets a girl and Carol gets raked over the coals. Meanwhile, Ben's adventure goes awry.
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Episode 20 - Dance Fever (2)
Release Date: 1988-03-02Great expectations turn sour at the Dewey High dance after Mike hears Lydia's voice; and Ben and Stinky find themselves in a seedy diner eyeing a pinball machine that pays real money.
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Episode 21 - Bringing Up Baby
Release Date: 1988-03-09The Seavers begin to make room for baby, relegating Ben to the guest quarters and making the others lament the changes bound to come. Meanwhile, Maggie grasps for a way to tell her boss she is pregnant.
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Episode 22 - The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (1)
Release Date: 1988-03-30Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family's household objects, and each has a story to tell (via flashbacks from past episodes).
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Episode 23 - The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (2)
Release Date: 1988-03-30Household objects continue to recall occasions in the Seaver home.
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Episode 24 - How the West Was Won (1)
Release Date: 1988-04-20Mike and Boner learn that Coach Lubbock has been fired, prompting them to organize a protest.
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Episode 25 - How the West Was Won (2)
Release Date: 1988-04-26Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.
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Episode 26 - Graduation Day
Release Date: 1988-05-04At Mike's high-school graduation, family members recall moments when it seemed like his graduation would never take place.