• Air date: 18 Sep '87 26 episodes
      Growing 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.
  • List of Episodes (26)
    • 1. Aloha (1)

      18 Sep '87
      The family is stranded in Maui.
    • 2. Aloha (2)

      18 Sep '87
      Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.
    • 3. Taking Care of Business

      22 Sep '87
      Mike uses double talk to sell stereos.
    • 4. Not Necessarily the News

      29 Sep '87
      The 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.
    • 5. Michaelgate

      06 Oct '87
      Mike is unaware that he's been nominated for student-body president because he's ""a sure loser.""
    • 6. Big Brother is Not Watching

      13 Oct '87
      Ben asks Carol's advice on getting a new bike from their parents.
    • 7. A Star is Born

      27 Oct '87
      A star is born when Mike lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica.
    • 8. Gone But Not Forgotten

      03 Nov '87
      Burglars hit the Seaver home.
    • 9. Who's Zoomin' Who?

      10 Nov '87
      Bobby's annoying habits make Carol look elsewhere for the man of her dreams -- just in time for her to notice a new student.
    • 10. This is Your Life

      17 Nov '87
      During 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.
    • 11. Broadway Bound

      24 Nov '87
      After their success in the school play, Mike and Monica set their sights on a Broadway audition for ""Our Town.""
    • 12. The Scarlet Letter

      01 Dec '87
      An unearned ""A"" makes Carol doubt her academic record.
    • 13. A Reason to Live

      08 Dec '87
      A 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.
    • 14. Nasty Habits

      15 Dec '87
      Maggie and Jason try to keep Mike in his room to complete an English paper, but Mike's mind is of course elsewhere.
    • 15. The Marrying Kind

      05 Jan '88
      Reason 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.
    • 16. State of the Union

      12 Jan '88
      Maggie fumes over the many irritants that seem to be driving her and Jason apart -- until unexpected news sheds light on the situation.
    • 17. The Mom Who Knew Too Much

      26 Jan '88
      Maggie and Carol share confidences at the beauty salon, but later Carol learns to her chagrin that a secret isn't safe with Maggie.
    • 18. Great Expectations

      09 Feb '88
      A letter from the girl he met in Hawaii has Mike scheming to fly to Los Angeles to see her without his parents' knowing.
    • 19. Dance Fever (1)

      01 Mar '88
      At the school dance, Mike gets a girl and Carol gets raked over the coals. Meanwhile, Ben's adventure goes awry.
    • 20. Dance Fever (2)

      02 Mar '88
      Great 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.
    • 21. Bringing Up Baby

      09 Mar '88
      The 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.
    • 22. The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (1)

      30 Mar '88
      Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family's household objects, and each has a story to tell (via flashbacks from past episodes).
    • 23. The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (2)

      30 Mar '88
      Household objects continue to recall occasions in the Seaver home.
    • 24. How the West Was Won (1)

      20 Apr '88
      Mike and Boner learn that Coach Lubbock has been fired, prompting them to organize a protest.
    • 25. How the West Was Won (2)

      26 Apr '88
      Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.