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Growing Pains : Season 1
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Air date: 24 Sep '85 - 22 episodesGrowing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, Long Island, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992.
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List of Episodes (22)
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Growing Pains (1985)
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1. Pilot
24 Sep '85Maggie goes back to work as a journalist, prompting psychologist Jason to move his office into their home so he can keep his eye on the kids. Things don't get off to a great start: the first night he gets a call from the police that Mike has been picked up for illegally driving a car.
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2. Springsteen
01 Oct '85Jason embarrasses Mike at a Bruce Springsteen concert when they are interviewed together.
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3. Jealousy
08 Oct '85Jason fumes when Maggie spends long hours on a toxic waste story with handsome co-worker Fred.
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4. Carol's Article
15 Oct '85Maggie gives an honest assessment of Carol's writing of an article for her school magazine; Mike and Ben discover track betting.
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5. Superdad!
29 Oct '85Maggie accuses Jason of monopolizing the children.
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6. Mike's Madonna Story
05 Nov '85Mike's infatuation with a Madonna look-alike worries Maggie.
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7. Weekend Fantasy
12 Nov '85Jason and Maggie want to go to a mountain lodge for a weekend, but are reluctant to leave the kids alone.
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8. Slice of Life
19 Nov '85Coming across a compatibility test in Jason's office, Maggie decides she and Jason should fill it out, but her answers don't tab with his. Meanwhile, Mike feigns interest in karate when his real goal is a girl attending the course.
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9. Carol's Crush
26 Nov '85Carol develops a crush on a family friend, who thinks of her as his little sister.
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10. Dirt Bike
03 Dec '85Mike hurts more than his pride when he takes a nasty fall off a dirt bike that he promised his parents he wouldn't go near.
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11. Standardized Test
05 Dec '85Mike doodles on his aptitude test and winds up with an IQ score of 27.
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12. A Christmas Story
10 Dec '85A depressed department store Santa consulting Jason decides to commit suicide by leaping down the Seavers' chimney.
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13. The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver
07 Jan '86Mike backs out of the family-bowling match so he can date a snobbish girlfriend.
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14. First Blood
14 Jan '86Jason faces off against Ben's hockey coach, who's teaching the boys to play dirty; Mike learns ballroom dancing.
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15. Slice of Life II
21 Jan '86Maggie casually mentions to Jason that she might be pregnant; Mike acts as a weekend servant to Ben; and Carol wants to divorce her class-project husband.
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16. The Seavers vs. the Cleavers
28 Jan '86The PTA head rejects the Seavers as dance chaperones.
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17. Charity Begins at Home
18 Feb '86Ben gives Jason a very expensive birthday present, causing speculation on how he can possibly afford it.
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18. Reputation
25 Feb '86Mike writes test answers on his shoe soles.
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19. The Anniversary That Never Was
04 Mar '86Maggie's assignment interferes with anniversary plans.
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20. Be a Man
11 Mar '86Custodian Mike watches a wild party explode in his home.
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21. Career Decision
06 May '86Reporter Maggie and psychiatrist Jason both face important career decisions.
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22. Extra Lap
13 May '86Mike's practical-joker uncle Bob visits from the hereafter.
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