Growing Pains Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Growing Pains: Season 7 (1991 - 1992)

• Season 7 Episode 24: The Last Picture Show

  Maggie's out-of-town job offer prompts reminiscences.

• Season 7 Episode 23: The Last Picture Show

  Maggie's out-of-town job offer poses a dilemma and prompts the family to relive its history in flashbacks.

• Season 7 Episode 22: The Wrath of Con Ed

  A power failure causes dissension.

• Season 7 Episode 21: Maggie's Brilliant Career

  Maggie wants to fulfill a dream by climbing a mountain.

• Season 7 Episode 20: The Truck Stops Here

  A visit by his ailing father creates a dilemma for Luke.

• Season 7 Episode 19: Don't Go Changin'

  Mike thinks his friend is a bad influence on Luke.

• Season 7 Episode 18: The Five Fingers of Ben

  Tired of being bullied, Ben takes karate.

• Season 7 Episode 17: Menage a Luke

  A love triangle involves Ben, Luke and a classmate.

• Season 7 Episode 16: Vicious Cycle

  Maggie and Jason put Mike on the spot for Luke's curfew problems.

• Season 7 Episode 15: Honest Abe

  Luke's homeless friend steals a Seaver memento.

• Season 7 Episode 14: The Call of the Wild

  Penniless Mike schemes to give Kate a skiing trip.

• Season 7 Episode 13: It's Not Easy Being Green

  Christmas brings anger and angst to the Seavers.

• Season 7 Episode 12: B Equals MC2

  Ben prepares for a college entrance exam, but gets no support from Jason.

• Season 7 Episode 11: Bad Dad Cafe

  Luke's father comes to get Luke.

• Season 7 Episode 10: Home Malone

  The ghost of Maggie's father (Gordon Jump) oversees the Seavers' visit to her childhood home.

• Season 7 Episode 9: The Big Fix

  Consumer reporter Maggie raps a vacuum cleaner that Ben broke.

• Season 7 Episode 8: There Must Be a Pony

  Jason's plan to let Chrissy stay up late backfires.

• Season 7 Episode 7: The Kid's Still Got It

  Men hit on Maggie at a spa; Chrissy has lice.

• Season 7 Episode 6: Jason Sings the Blues

  Surgery patient Jason behaves strangely at a psychiatric banquet.

• Season 7 Episode 5: The Young and the Homeless

  Luke's decision to leave makes Mike jeopardize his soap-opera role.

• Season 7 Episode 4: Paper Tigers

  Jason and Maggie compete to write a newspaper column; Ben hates his glasses.

• Season 7 Episode 3: In Vino Veritas

  Maggie and Jason suspect Luke is stealing from their wine collection.

• Season 7 Episode 2: Stop, Luke, and Listen

  Mike gets involved when he learns his prize pupil is homeless.

• Season 7 Episode 1: Back to School

  Mike teaches at an urban high school.

Growing Pains: Season 6 (1990 - 1991)

• Season 6 Episode 24: Viva Las Vegas

  Mike and Kate stand up for Eddie at a sudden Las Vegas wedding.

• Season 6 Episode 23: Home Schooling

  Maggie tutors Ben during his suspension.

• Season 6 Episode 22: Carol's Carnival

  A carnival provides excitement during Carol's disastrous blind date.

• Season 6 Episode 21: Meet the Seavers

  Ben imagines the Seavers as a TV family.

• Season 6 Episode 20: Not With My Carol You Don't

  Carol meets an ex-convict while working at Jason's clinic.

• Season 6 Episode 19: All the World Is a Stage

  Mike competes with an established actor for a role.

• Season 6 Episode 18: Maggie Seaver's 'The Meaning of Life'

  Mike and Carol care for Chrissy during their parents' vacation.

• Season 6 Episode 17: Eddie, We Hardly Knew Ye

  Maggie's father (Gordon Jump) drives her crazy.

• Season 6 Episode 16: Ben's Rap Group

  Ben and Jason manage a rap group.

• Season 6 Episode 15: Like Father, Like Son

  Mike and Jason try to settle their differences at a seminar.

• Season 6 Episode 14: How Could I Leave Her Behind?

  Eddie dates Mike's ex-girlfriend.

• Season 6 Episode 13: The World According to Chrissy

  Chrissy talks to an imaginary 6-foot-tall mouse.

• Season 6 Episode 12: Divorce Story

  Jason's mother asks for professional help for her failing second marriage.

• Season 6 Episode 11: Let's Go Europe

  Maggie, Jason and Mike go to Paris.

• Season 6 Episode 10: Let's Go Europe

  Mike is stuck with a dissatisfied customer in Europe.

• Season 6 Episode 9: Let's Go Europe

  Mike and Amy continue to argue as they approach Paris.

• Season 6 Episode 8: Happy Halloween

  With Halloween plans rained out, the Seavers tell scary stories.

• Season 6 Episode 7: Happy Halloween

  With Halloween plans rained out, the Seavers tell scary stories.

• Season 6 Episode 6: Jason Flirts, Maggie Hurts

  Maggie gets even for Jason's flirting.

• Season 6 Episode 5: Ben's Sure Thing

  Ben lies to justify dating a girl scorned by his peers.

• Season 6 Episode 4: Daddy Mike

  Eddie and Mike join a single parents group to meet women.

• Season 6 Episode 3: Roommates

  Carol and Mike share a small New York apartment.

• Season 6 Episode 2: Midnight Cowboy

  Jason's ultimatum places Mike on Skid Row.

• Season 6 Episode 1: Mike's Choice

  Mike quits school to be a full-time actor.

Growing Pains: Season 5 (1989 - 1990)

• Season 5 Episode 26: Where There's a Will

  A hippie uncle bequeaths Jason his mountain cabin.

• Season 5 Episode 25: Ben's Movie

  Ben casts a girl he likes as the lead in his home movie.

• Season 5 Episode 24: Weekend at Mike's

  Termite extermination moves the clan in with Mike.

• Season 5 Episode 23: Mike, the Director

  Mike doubts himself directing a play at school.

• Season 5 Episode 22: Cheating

  Ben suffers because he wouldn't cheat on a test.

• Season 5 Episode 21: Future Shock

  Maggie dreams of old age with a teenage Chrissy.

• Season 5 Episode 20: Carol in Jail

  Carol lands in jail after a minor traffic violation.

• Season 5 Episode 19: Mike the Teacher

  Mike goes to work as a substitute teacher.

• Season 5 Episode 18: Mike, Kate and Julie

  Mike and Kate run into Julie at a restaurant.

• Season 5 Episode 17: Jason vs. Maggie

  Ben wants to wear an earring.

• Season 5 Episode 16: The Home Show

  Jason puts the wrong date on party invitations.

• Season 5 Episode 15: The Return of the Triangle

  David turns to Mike for help with Kate.

• Season 5 Episode 14: The Triangle

  Mike falls for his leading lady.

• Season 5 Episode 13: Ben and Mike's Excellent Adventure

  Mike takes Ben girl-chasing.

• Season 5 Episode 12: Carol's Promotion

  Promoted at work, Carol decides against college.

• Season 5 Episode 11: Five Grand

  Grandparents give Mike, Carol and Ben $5,000 each.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Paper Route

  Ben assumes Mike's paper route for half the money.

• Season 5 Episode 9: The New Deal

  Jason can't tell Maggie about the job offer.

• Season 5 Episode 8: The New Deal

  Jason gets a promising job offer.

• Season 5 Episode 7: Coughing Boy

  Mike imagines a bit part leading to bigger things.

• Season 5 Episode 6: Carol's Papers

  An 18-year-old girl asks Ben out.

• Season 5 Episode 5: Teach Me

  Carol brings a bogus boyfriend to a family party.

• Season 5 Episode 4: Fish Bait

  His drama teacher and classmates intimidate Mike.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Carol Meets the Real World

  Jason tells Carol to get a job.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Mike and Julie's Wedding

  Julie and Mike suffer prenuptial jitters.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Anger With Love

  Maggie opposes Mike and Julie's wedding plans.

Growing Pains: Season 4 (1988 - 1989)

• Season 4 Episode 22: The Loooove Boat

  Jason tries to mend his mother's broken wedding plans.

• Season 4 Episode 21: The Loooove Boat

  Jason's mother (Jane Powell) plans to wed aboard a cruise ship.

• Season 4 Episode 20: Second Chance

  Carol's boyfriend is injured drinking and driving.

• Season 4 Episode 19: Show Ninety -- Who Knew?

  Jason intervenes when Mike gets bad grades in psychology.

• Season 4 Episode 18: The Recruiter

  Carol doesn't want to attend her parents' alma mater.

• Season 4 Episode 17: Double Standard

  Jason punishes Carol and Ben dissimilarly for the same offense.

• Season 4 Episode 16: Fortunate Son

  A prejudiced boss (Dick Van Patten) favors Mike.

• Season 4 Episode 15: Anniversary From Hell

  Guests bicker at the Seavers' 20th-anniversary party.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Feet of Clay

  Maggie arranges for Ben to meet his favorite rock musician.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Semper Fidelis

  Boner flunks out of college and joins the Marines.

• Season 4 Episode 12: Mom of the Year

  Maggie prepares her 'Working Mother of the Year' acceptance speech.

• Season 4 Episode 11: In Carol We Trust

  Carol sneaks out of the house for a date.

• Season 4 Episode 10: Mandingo

  A travel snafu strands Julie with Mike.

• Season 4 Episode 9: The Nanny

  Maggie has misgivings about the new nanny.

• Season 4 Episode 8: Ben's First Kiss

  Ben throws a party to get to know a girl.

• Season 4 Episode 7: Nude Photos

  Mike's photography course includes nudes.

• Season 4 Episode 6: Homecoming Queen

  Carol is chosen for homecoming court.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

  Jason learns his widowed mother (Jane Powell) has a beau.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Family Ties

  Mike rents the room over the garage from his parents.

• Season 4 Episode 3: Family Ties

  Collegiate Mike declares his freedom from parental rule.

• Season 4 Episode 2: Birth of a Seaver

  Maggie goes into labor during Ben's birthday party.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Fool for Love

  Ben goes on his first date; pregnant Maggie's moods try Jason.

Growing Pains: Season 3 (1987 - 1988)

• Season 3 Episode 26: Graduation Day

  Mike's high-school graduation spawns reminiscences.

• Season 3 Episode 25: How the West Was Won

  Carol and Mike protest coach Lubbock's firing.

• Season 3 Episode 24: How the West Was Won

  Maggie and Mrs. Lubbock try to reconcile Mike and the coach.

• Season 3 Episode 23: The Obscure Objects of Our Desire

  Housecleaning causes reminiscing.

• Season 3 Episode 22: The Obscure Objects of Our Desire

  Housecleaning causes reminiscing.

• Season 3 Episode 21: Bringing Up Baby

  Maggie grasps for a way to tell her boss she is pregnant.

• Season 3 Episode 20: Dance Fever

  The school dance takes an unexpected turn.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Dance Fever

  Maggie and Jason reluctantly agree to chaperon the school dance.

• Season 3 Episode 18: Great Expectations

  Mike schemes to meet his Hawaiian girlfriend in Los Angeles.

• Season 3 Episode 17: The Mom Who Knew Too Much

  Maggie upsets Carol by betraying her confidence to Jason.

• Season 3 Episode 16: State of the Union

  Maggie's reporting job strains her marriage.

• Season 3 Episode 15: The Marrying Kind

  Carol and Bobby announce their engagement.

• Season 3 Episode 14: Nasty Habits

  Mike leaves an assignment until the last minute.

• Season 3 Episode 13: A Reason to Live

  Psychiatrist Jason must talk a young woman out of suicide.

• Season 3 Episode 12: Scarlet Letter

  An unearned 'A' makes Carol doubt her academic record.

• Season 3 Episode 11: Broadway Bound

  After a school-play success, Mike auditions for Broadway.

• Season 3 Episode 10: This Is Your Life

  Ben has an out-of-body experience during a tonsillectomy.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Who's Zoomin' Who?

  Carol breaks up with Bobby for a cuter guy.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Gone But Not Forgotten

  Burglars hit the Seaver home.

• Season 3 Episode 7: A Star Is Born

  Mike stars in the school play to woo the pretty lead.

• Season 3 Episode 6: Big Brother Is Not Watching

  Ben asks Carol's advice on getting a new bike from his parents.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Michaelgate

  Mike runs in a rigged election for student-body president.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Not Necessarily the News

  Unemployed Maggie becomes a compulsive housekeeper.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Taking Care of Business

  Mike uses double talk to sell stereos.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Aloha

  Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Aloha

  Dissension in the ranks threatens Jason's carefully planned vacation with the family in Hawaii.

Growing Pains: Season 2 (1986 - 1987)

• Season 2 Episode 22: Confidentially Yours

  Jason knows the editor offering Maggie a dream job is a womanizer.

• Season 2 Episode 21: The Long Goodbye

  Jason has difficulty firing an incompetent handyman.

• Season 2 Episode 20: Born Free

  Airline passengers Jason and Mike must deliver a baby.

• Season 2 Episode 19: The Awful Truth

  A genealogy assignment unearths a dark family secret.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Carnival

  Maggie's busy schedule leaves Ben feeling neglected.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins

  Carol wants to use radio-contest winnings on a nose job.

• Season 2 Episode 16: My Brother, Myself

  Mike plays Cupid for smitten Ben and his baby sitter.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Thank God It's Friday

  Mike attends a party where cocaine is circulating.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Thank You, Willie Nelson

  Maggie's quarreling parents drop in on the Seavers.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Some Enchanted Evening

  The winter formal causes opposite problems for Carol and Mike.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Higher Education

  A girl raises a grade for Mike, then demands payment.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Choices

  Carol has the chance to skip a high-school grade.

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Breakfast Club

  Grounded liar Mike hears Maggie fibbing to her boss.

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Kid

  Ben invites a street girl home for the holidays.

• Season 2 Episode 8: Jason's Rib

  A proposed school dress code puts Maggie and Jason at odds.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Do You Believe in Magic?

  Mike buys a magic rock from a con man.

• Season 2 Episode 6: Dream Lover

  Carol spreads a rumor about herself and a 'hunk.'

• Season 2 Episode 5: Employee of the Month

  Fired Mike hides the truth from his parents.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Call Me

  Ben has been calling an X-rated phone service.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Long Day's Journey Into Night

  A cheerleader befriends Carol solely to meet Mike.

• Season 2 Episode 2: Fast Times at Dewey High

  A new school year brings boredom, bullies and romantic mix-ups.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Jason and the Cruisers

  Maggie plans a surprise reunion for Jason's college rock band.

Growing Pains: Season 1 (1985 - 1986)

• Season 1 Episode 22: Extra Lap

  Mike's practical-joker uncle visits from the hereafter.

• Season 1 Episode 21: Career Decision

  Reporter Maggie and psychiatrist Jason face career decisions.

• Season 1 Episode 20: Be a Man

  Custodian Mike watches a wild party explode in his home.

• Season 1 Episode 19: The Anniversary That Never Was

  Maggie's assignment interferes with anniversary plans.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Reputation

  Mike writes test answers on his shoe soles.

• Season 1 Episode 17: Charity Begins at Home

  Ben solicits money for Jason's birthday gift.

• Season 1 Episode 16: The Seavers vs. the Cleavers

  The PTA head (Annette Funicello) rejects the Seavers as dance chaperons.

• Season 1 Episode 15: Slice of Life II

  Maggie believes she may be pregnant.

• Season 1 Episode 14: First Blood

  Jason's dispute with Ben's hockey coach ends in a fist fight.

• Season 1 Episode 13: The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver

  Mike chooses between a girl and a family bowling match.

• Season 1 Episode 12: A Christmas Story

  A frustrated Santa threatens to jump down the Seavers' chimney.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Standardized Test

  Mike doodles on his aptitude test and fails.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Dirt Bike

  Mike disobeys his parents for the thrill of dirt-biking.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Carol's Crush

  Carol falls for the collegiate son of the Seavers' friends.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Slice of Life

  Jason and Maggie take a compatibility test.

• Season 1 Episode 7: The Weekend Fantasy

  Parental concern clouds Maggie and Jason's weekend away.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Mike's Madonna Story

  Mike's infatuation with a Madonna look-alike worries Maggie.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Superdad

  Maggie accuses Jason of monopolizing their children.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Carol's Article

  Maggie gives an honest criticism of Carol's writing.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Jealousy

  Jason fumes when Maggie spends long hours with a handsome co-worker.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Springsteen

  Jason embarrasses Mike at a Bruce Springsteen concert.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  Psychologist Jason decides to move his office into his home.