Name: Growing Pains
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Description: Fatherhood has taken on a new meaning for Jason, who has begun cooking, cleaning and minding the kids.

Fatherhood has taken on a new meaning for Jason, who has begun cooking, cleaning and minding the kids.

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When Maggie Seaver returns to work as a newspaper reporter, her husband Jason Seaver moves his psychiatric practice into the home, and their 15-year-old son Mike asks for more freedom.

Pilot Episode

When Mike and Jason attend a Bruce Springsteen concert, a TV interviewer captures Jason's overzealous show of affection for Mike - who's then mercilessly teased by his friends.

Springsteen

Jason (Alan Thicke) is jealous when Maggie (Joanna Kerns) stays late at the office with a handsome co-worker.

Jealousy

Carol tries to become a reporter, while Mike and Ben start gambling, as Maggie and Jason face the challenges of parenthood.

Carol's Article

Maggie begins to feel excluded from her children's lives and family affairs by Jason. Carol confides in her father about problems with her boyfriend, while Mike tries to trick his girlfriend by replacing her dog with another one.

Superdad

The appearance of a Madonna-like figure in Mike's life sends his head spinning.

Mike's Madonna Story

When Jason and Maggie leave Mike in charge for the weekend and return to a romantic hideaway they discovered 15 years ago, the couple still can't stop worrying about their children.

The Weekend Fantasy

Mike tries to convince his parents to pay for karate lessons so he can impress a girl. Ben attempts to get into a world record book, while Maggie and Jason take a compatibility test.

Slice Of Life

When the son of a family friend visits, Carol becomes enamored with him and learns the meaning of heartache.

Carol's Crush

Ben sells his dreams to his sister Carol for a school research project. Mike disobeys his parents and rides a dirt bike, but gets injured in an accident.

Dirt Bike

Jason and Maggie encounter a case of sibling rivalry between Carol and Mike, who becomes upset over his sister's higher scholastic achievements.

Standardized Test

As the Seaver family prepares for Christmas, one of Jason's patients contemplates suicide by jumping down the Seaver chimney.

A Christmas Story

The Seavers depend on Mike to win the annual bowling tournament against the Koosman Family, but they're let down after Mike "Romeo" Seaver finds his own Juliet.

The Love Song Of M. Aaron Seaver

After a fistfight with Ben's hockey coach, Jason must explain why fighting is not the best way to approach conflict, while Maggie endures the hardship of teaching Mike ballroom dancing.

First Blood

Jason learns Maggie may be having another baby and becomes ecstatic. Mike must do whatever Ben commands for the weekend, while Carol is enchanted by Richie's romanticism.

Slice Of Life II

Jason and Maggie are displeased after being labeled unacceptable parents by P.T.A. stalwart June Hinckley.

The Seavers Vs. The Cleavers

A sibling rivalry in the Seaver household causes Ben to solicit money from the neighbors in the hopes of buying Jason an expensive birthday present.

Charity Begins In The Home

Mike is accused of cheating after receiving the highest grade in his class. Given his reputation as a scholar, can he convince Jason, Maggie, or his teacher that he's innocent?

Reputation

Thanks to their children, Jason and Maggie spend a whole day together for their anniversary, but their plans are frustrated when Maggie is called away on assignment.

The Anniversary That Never Was

As Jason attempts to save Maggie's parents' house from being sold, Mike tries to save the Seaver house from the ravages of a wild party.

Be A Man

Maggie and Jason face career decisions that could affect each other, as Mike makes a philosophical discovery.

Career Decision

Mike is (Kirk Cameron) devastated when his joke-playing uncle (James Callahan) -- who's also his jogging partner -- dies suddenly.

Extra Lap

When Jason feels old and falls into a state of depression, Maggie finds the cure - a reunion with Jason's old college band.

Jason And The Cruisers

The first day back at school proves very educational for the family, as Ben learns to face fear, Carol gets a strange date for the dance, and Mike becomes infatuated enough to learn a big lesson.

Fast Times At Dewey High

Mike learns that Carol's girlfriend is using her to get to him.

Long Day's Journey Into Night

When Ben passes out a pornographic telephone number at school, he gets into trouble and blames it on his best friend.

Call Me

Mike gets an after school job and becomes Employee of the Month. His proud parents buy him a car, but how will he tell them he's just been fired?

Employee Of The Month

While Carol does her best to alter her saintly reputation, Mike gets physical to protect his sister's honor.

Dream Lover

When Mike cons his brother and sister one too many times, his entire family decides to get even with a con of their own.

Do You Believe In Magic?

When Jason and Maggie get into an argument over a mandatory dress code in the schools, the couple realizes they don't always think alike.

Jason's Rib

When Ben invites a runaway kid home for Christmas, the Seavers learn about charity and the value of family.

The Kid

After being caught in a lie, Maggie grounds herself to teach Mike a lesson - but will she change her mind after realizing she'll miss the Frank Sinatra show?

Breakfast Club

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.

Choices

When the teacher's student assistant changes Mike's grade from a D+ to an A so she can be his date on a ski trip, Mike must find a way to change her mind.

Higher Education

It's time for the Spring Formal, and Mike has his hands full, as three different girls want a date to the dance with him. On the other hand, Carol can't seem to get a date - even when she asks her boyfriend.

Some Enchanted Evening

When Carol has a slumber party, Ben and Mike can't resist scaring her friends, while Maggie and Jason try to keep peace.

Thank You, Willie Nelson

While Maggie and Jason spend the evening at home watching TV, Mike faces peer pressure and the question of whether to use drugs.

Thank God It's Friday

Ben develops an interest in girls but doesn't understand them. He learns Mike and Jason are still trying to figure them out too.

My Brother, Myself

Jason and Maggie say "no" to a nose job, but Carol seems determined - until Mike makes a startling admission.

Jimmy Durante Died For Your Sins

Maggie (Joanna Kerns) lives up to her supermom image by juggling her personal and professional lives. Dawn Wells and Julie Cobb guest star.

Carnival

When Ben researches his family's history for a school project, he discovers evidence that both his mother and father have been divorced.

The Awful Truth

The experiences of a distraught, expectant father teach Mike the value of an education, while Jason delivers the father's baby in an airplane.

Born Free

It's Chore Day at the Seaver house, and Ben attempts to record the day's events for a school project. Maggie and Jason debate an elderly handyman's ability to repair their furnace.

The Long Goodbye

When Maggie receives a job offer from a newspaper editor with ulterior motives, Jason faces an ethical dilemma, while the Seaver children learn glue won't fix everything.

Confidentially Yours

In the first of a two-part episode, Jason faces a potential mutiny from his unhappy family. When the vacationing Seavers are stranded on a rented boat miles from the shores of Maui, romance and relationships are at stake.

Aloha, Parts 1 & 2

In the second of a two-part episode, Jason faces a potential mutiny from his unhappy family. When the vacationing Seavers are stranded on a rented boat miles from the shores of Maui, romance and relationships are at stake.

When Mike takes a job at a stereo store managed by a notorious troublemaker from his past, his morals and friendships are tested.

Taking Care Of Business

After being turned down for a job again, Maggie becomes convinced she isn't meant to have a career.

Not Necessarily The News

After class clown Mike Seaver is nominated for student body president, scandal erupts at Dewey High School.

Michaelgate

Mike's influence with Ben is threatened after Carol helps Ben manipulate their parents to help with the cost of a new bike.

Big Brother Is Not Watching

When Mike's crush is chosen as a lead in the high school play, he auditions for leading man and wins the part.

A Star Is Born

Burglars ransack the Seaver home and steal the family's most valuable possession - their sense of safety and security.

Gone But Not Forgotten

When Carol's head is turned by a handsome new student, Carol's relationship with her boyfriend Bobby becomes rocky. Brad Pitt guest stars.

Who's Zoomin' Who?

When Jason tells Ben to face his tonsillectomy like a Seaver, Ben feels ready to give up his family membership. While under anesthetic, Ben dreams he's been replaced by a new, improved Ben.

This Is Your Life

After starring in last year's hit play at Dewey High School, Mike decides to skip the auditions for this year's production and head straight for Broadway stardom.

Broadway Bound

When Carol turns in an exam paper she barely worked on and gets an A+ grade, she becomes disillusioned with the importance of education.

Scarlet Letter

Jason Seaver feels dispirited and useless until he meets a sad, scruffy young girl who needs his help.

A Reason To Live

Mike will do anything to put off finishing his English paper, so Jason tries a bit of reverse psychology to motivate his son.

Nasty Habits

Carol (Tracey Gold) and her boyfriend (Kevin Wixted) announce they plan to get married. Dick Butkus also guest stars.

The Marrying Kind

Jason and Maggie's (Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns) normally placid marriage is strained as Maggie juggles her roles as mother and TV reporter.

State Of The Union

Carol (Tracey Gold) feels betrayed after her mother (Joanna Kerns) shares a confidential secret with Jason (Alan Thicke).

The Mom Who Knew Too Much

Without his parents' approval, Mike flies to Los Angeles to surprise his Hawaiian girlfriend Melia, while Carol, Ben, and his pal Boner cover for him.

Great Expectations

In the first of a two-part episode, Jason and Maggie chaperone a high school dance attended by Carol and Mike, while Ben searches for his masculinity.

Dance Fever, Part 1

In the second of a two-part episode, Jason and Maggie compete to see who's the better DJ at a high school dance. Ben continues his quest for manhood, Mike discovers his values, and Carol learns to think for herself instead of following the crowd.

Dance Fever, Part 2

Pregnant, tired, and overworked, Maggie tries to muster the courage to tell her boss she's having a baby. Meanwhile, the Seaver children try to understand why they weren't consulted about the new addition to the family.

Bringing Up Baby

In the first of a two-part episode, household objects preparing to be sold in a garage sale come to life, as they recall their history with the Seaver family. Can the family part with their once prized possessions?

Obscure Objects of Our Desire Part 1

In the second of a two-part episode, household objects recall their history with the Seaver family.

Obscure Objects of Our Desire Part 2

Coach Lubbock's contract is up at the end of the semester, so Mike helps organize a strike to keep him at Dewey High School. This was the first of a two-part episode that served as a pilot for the spin-off series "Just The Ten Of Us".

How The West Was Won, Part 1

After staging a sit-in to protest the firing of Coach Lubbock, Mike is suspended from school, and the coach won't talk to him. This was the second of a two-part episode that served as the pilot for the spin-off series "Just The Ten Of Us".

How The West Was Won, Part 2

Mike's graduation stirs memories from his proud parents, who recall his birth and first day of school. Carol loses her long-standing bet that her brother will never graduate.

Graduation Day

Ben (Jeremy Miller) prepares for his first date; a pregnant Maggie (Joanna Kerns) tests Jason's (Alan Thicke) patience.

Fool For Love

Maggie goes into labor on Ben's birthday. Ben feels upset when the baby gets more attention than him and leaves his family in the hospital to talk to another patient.

Birth Of A Seaver

Now that he feels too old to play by the house rules established when he was a child, Mike moves out of the house and into his car.

Family Ties, Part 1

Mike converts the storage space above the garage into an apartment and must choose whether he wants to be a tenant or family member.

Family Ties, Part 2

Jason sends his mother on a cruise to ease the pain of her husband's death, but when she returns with a fiancé in tow, Jason finds it difficult to accept the man who will "replace" his father.

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Carol is nominated for Homecoming Queen, but she questions whether she belongs in the contest.

Homecoming Queen

Mike is embarrassed by the prize-winning picture he took for a photography class. His parents don't understand - until they visit the photo's exhibition.

Nude Photos

When Ben throws himself a birthday party just to invite his crush, there's only one problem - it's not his birthday!

Ben's First Kiss

When Maggie goes back to work after the birth of her baby, Jason hires a college student to serve as a nanny, but Maggie feels threatened and wants the girl fired.

The Nanny

A trip to Martha's Vineyard goes wrong when Mike and Julie are the only ones who make the ferry, and they end up alone together for the night.

Mandingo

Carol meets a guy at the library and gets away with a late-night return home, but their date ends poorly when her parents come home early. Matthew Perry guest stars.

In Carol We Trust

Maggie readies to receive a prestigious award from a local women's group, but she's called to cover a garbage strike before she can accept. Carol tries dating a guy who's 11 years older than her.

Mom Of The Year

When Boner joins the Marines after failing his first semester at college, Mike feels abandoned.

Semper Fidelis

Brad Pitt guest stars as Ben's idol, rock star Jonathan Keith. Keith is giving a concert in New York, and Maggie manages to get Ben backstage to meet him.

Feet Of Clay

Jason and Maggie are in for a surprise when an anniversary party is planned without their knowledge. Soon things get out of hand, as desserts start flying.

Anniversary From Hell

Mike gets a part-time job, but he's upset upon realizing his racist boss favors him because he's white. When Maggie learns Mike's volunteered for the night shift as a way of protesting his boss's racism, she becomes worried.

Fortunate Son

When Jason and Maggie dole out punishments to the kids based on gender, they're accused of sexism. Mike keeps his new relationship a secret.

Double Standard

In Carol's interview for Boston College - her parents' alma mater - she tries to fail to avoid going there. Mike helps Carol by hiring someone to play her dad for the interview.

The Recruiter

When Jason tries to help Mike with his psychology homework, they're both surprised after Jason does even worse than his son.

Show Ninety -- (Who Knew?)

When Carol's new boyfriend Sandy doesn't show up for a date, Sandy's friend reveals Sandy has been in an accident and went to the hospital, seriously injured.

Second Chance

In the first of a two-part episode, Wally and Irma invite everyone to a wedding on the same ship where they first met, but the trip is marred by fighting and arguing.

The Loooove Boat, Part 1

In the second of a two-part episode, Jason apologizes to everyone, and Irma and Wally are married. Meanwhile, Mike and Julie reveal their secret relationship, and Mike makes a surprise announcement.

The Loooove Boat, Part 2

Maggie (Joanna Kerns) intends to thwart Mike and Julie's (Kirk Cameron, Julie McCullough) wedding plans. With Alan Thicke.

Anger With Love

Mike and Julie (Kirk Cameron, Julie McCullough) prepare for their big day. Guest stars: Jane Powell and Bill Kirchenbauer.

Mike And Julie's Wedding

Carol (Tracey Gold) enters the work force when college is postponed. With Kirk Cameron and Alan Thicke.

Carol Meets The Real World

Mike is excited about starting a new acting class, but his arrogant teacher has "artistic" ideas about acting.

Fish Bait

Carol feels pressure from her family to start dating again and pretends an older man from her office named Big Al is her new boyfriend.

Teach Me

Ben gets bad advice from Mike and finds himself in big trouble after he's caught selling Carol's old term papers to the highest bidder.

Carol's Papers

Mike (Kirk Cameron) lands a small part on a top-rated TV police show and thinks it will launch his acting career. With Alan Thicke and Joanna Kerns.

Coughing Boy

In the first of a two-part episode, career opportunities force Jason and Maggie to reconsider their working arrangement. Hank Azaria guest stars.

Growing Pains

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