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Growing Pains

1985
3.0
2 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (22)

1 Jason And The Cruisers
9/30/86
When Jason (ALAN THICKE) falls into a state of depression because he's feeling old, Maggie (JOANNA KERNS) thinks she has the cure--a reunion with his old college band.
2 Fast Times At Dewey High
10/21/86
The first day back at school proves to be very educational: Ben (JEREMY MILLER) learns to face fear; Carol (TRACEY GOLD) gets a strange date for the dance; and Mike (KIRK CAMERON) becomes infatuated and learns a big lesson.
3 Long Day's Journey Into Night
10/28/86
Carol is used by her friend Annie (Guest star Katie Boyer) to win Mike's affection. Andrew Koenig appears as recurring character Richard "Boner" Stabone in this episode.
4 Call Me
11/11/86
Ben lets his fingers do the walking right into trouble when he passes out a pornographic telephone number at school and then blames it on his best friend.
5 Employee Of The Month
11/18/86
Mike (KIRK CAMERON) gets an after school job and becomes Employee of the Month. His parents are so proud that they buy him a car. Now, how will he tell them that he's just been fired?
6 Dream Lover
11/25/86
While Carol (TRACEY GOLD) does her best to alter her saintly reputation, Mike (KIRK CAMERON) gets physical to protect his sister's honor.
7 Do You Believe In Magic?
12/2/86
When Mike (KIRK CAMERON) cons his brother and sister once too often, his entire family decides to get even with a con of their own.
8 Jason's Rib
12/9/86
Jason and Maggie (ALAN THICKE and JOANNA KERNS) realize they don't always think alike when they get into an argument over a mandatory dress code in the schools.
9 The Kid
12/16/86
When Ben (JEREMY MILLER) invites a runaway street kid home for Christmas, both the Seavers and the runaway learn about charity and the value of family.
10 Breakfast Club
1/6/87
After being caught in a lie, Maggie (JOANNA KERNS) grounds herself to teach Mike (KIRK CAMERON) a lesson. But will she change her mind when she learns she is missing out on the Frank Sinatra show?
11 Choices
1/13/87
Carol is given the opportunity to skip a grade in school, while Mike eagerly looks forward to a date with an older woman . . . a 22-year-old stewardess.
12 Higher Education
1/20/87
When the teacher's student assistant changes Mike's grade from a "D+" to an "A"so that she can be his date on a ski trip, Mike must figure out a way to change her mind. Andrew Koenig appears as recurring character Richard "Boner" Stabone in this episode.
13 Some Enchanted Evening
1/27/87
It's time for the Spring Formal and Mike (KIRK CAMERON) has his hands full with three different girls pining for his affections and a date to the dance. Carol (TRACEY GOLD), on the other hand, can't seem to get a date even when she asks her boyfriend.
14 Thank You, Willie Nelson
2/3/87
When Carol (TRACEY GOLD) has a slumber party, Ben and Mike (JEREMY MILLER and KIRK CAMERON) can't resist scaring her friends; meanwhile, Maggie (JOANNA KERNS) and Jason (ALAN THICKE) try to keep peace between her parents who've just made a dramatic lifestyle change.
15 Thank God It's Friday
2/10/87
While Maggie (JOANNA KERNS) and Jason (ALAN THICKE) spend the evening at home watching TV, Mike (KIRK CAMERON) is faced with peer pressure and the question of whether or not to use drugs.
16 My Brother, Myself
2/24/87
Ben (JEREMY MILLER) develops an interest in girls but doesn't understand them. He learns that Mike (KIRK CAMERON) and Jason (ALAN THICKE) are still trying to figure them out too.
17 Jimmy Durante Died For Your Sins
3/3/87
Jason and Maggie (ALAN THICKE and JOANNA KERNS) say "no" to a nose job, but Carol (TRACEY GOLD) is determined . . . until Mike (KIRK CAMERON) makes a startling admission.
18 Carnival
3/10/87
When Maggie (JOANNA KERNS) submerges herself in a school carnival, Ben (JEREMY MILLER) feels ignored and Jason (ALAN THICKE) finds himself half-drowned, literally.
19 The Awful Truth
3/17/87
When Ben (JEREMY MILLER) must research his family's history for a school project, he uncovers evidence that both his mother and father have been divorced.
20 Born Free
3/31/87
None of his father's lectures on the value of an education seem to effect Mike until he talks to a distraught expectant father; meanwhile, Jason delivers the baby -30,000 feet up. Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years") guest stars.
21 The Long Goodbye
5/4/87
It's Chore Day at the Seaver house, and while Ben attempts to videotape the day's events for a school project, Maggie and Jason argue over the competency of an elderly handyman to repair their furnace. Candace Cameron Bure guest stars. Andrew Koenig appears as recurring character Richard "Boner" Stabone in this episode.
22 Confidentially Yours
5/11/87
Jason confronts his professional ethics when Maggie receives a job offer from a big time newspaper editor with ulterior motives, and the Seaver children learn that glue won't fix everything.

About this show

Sometimes life's lessons challenge you. Sometimes they give you a good belly laugh. This iconic '80s comedy series offers both! When Jason Seaver moves his psychiatry practice into the house so his wife can return to the workforce, he finds that managing a household of three kids is trickier than he thought — but not without its rewards.

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