Growing Pains (1990)
The misadventures of a family with a home business father and a journalist mother.
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Episode 1 - Aloha: Part 1
Release Date: 18 Sep. 1987Jason (ALAN THICKE) faces a near mutiny situation by his unhappy family when the vacationing Seavers are stranded on a rented boat miles from the shores of Maui. (Part 1 of 2)
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Episode 2 - Aloha: Part 2
Release Date: 18 Sep. 1987Romance and relationships are highlighted as the Seaver family continues their vacation in the tropical paradise of Maui. (Part 2 of 2)
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Episode 3 - Taking Care of Business
Release Date: 22 Sep. 1987Morals and friendships are tested when Mike (KIRK CAMERON) takes a job at a stereo store managed by a notorious troublemaker from his past.
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Episode 4 - Not Necessarily the News
Release Date: 29 Sep. 1987After being turned down for a job again and again, Maggie (JOANNA KERNS) thinks she wasn't meant to have a career. Maybe, she should just stay home and cook meals for the family.
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Episode 5 - Michaelgate
Release Date: 6 Oct. 1987Scandal erupts at Dewey High School after class clown Mike Seaver (KIRK CAMERON) is nominated for high school student body president.
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Episode 6 - Big Brother's Not Watching
Release Date: 13 Oct. 1987Mike's (KIRK CAMERON) influence with Ben (JEREMY MILLER) is threatened when Carol (TRACEY GOLD) helps Ben manipulate their parents to help with the cost of a new bike.
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Episode 7 - A Star Is Born
Release Date: 27 Oct. 1987When the girl he likes is chosen as leading lady in the high school play, Mike Seaver (KIRK CAMERON) auditions for leading man--and wins the part. He knows nothing about acting and can't recall his lines, but he loves rehearsing the kissing scenes.
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Episode 8 - Gone But Not Forgotten
Release Date: 3 Nov. 1987Burglars ransack the Seaver home and, more than just material belongings, steal the family's most valuable possession--their sense of safety and security.
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Episode 9 - Who's Zoomin' Who?
Release Date: 10 Nov. 1987The road to romance gets a little rocky for Carol Seaver and her boyfriend Bobby when her head is turned by a handsome new student. BRAD PITT guest stars.
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Episode 10 - This Is Your Life
Release Date: 17 Nov. 1987When Jason Seaver (ALAN THICKE) tells Ben (JEREMY MILLER) to face his tonsillectomy like a Seaver, Ben is ready to give up his family membership. Under anesthetic, he dreams that he's been replaced by a new, improved Ben.
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Episode 11 - Broadway Bound
Release Date: 24 Nov. 1987After starring in last year's hit play at Dewey High School, Mike Seaver (KIRK CAMERON) decides to skip the auditions for this year's production and head straight for Broadway stardom.
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Episode 12 - The Scarlet Letter
Release Date: 1 Dec. 1987When Carol Seaver (TRACEY GOLD) turns in an exam paper that she bluffed her way through because she didn't study and gets an A+ on it, she has serious doubts about the importance of grades and education.
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Episode 13 - A Reason to Live
Release Date: 8 Dec. 1987Jason Seaver (ALAN THICKE) feels dispirited and useless until he meets a sad, scruffy young girl who needs his help.
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Episode 14 - Nasty Habits
Release Date: 15 Dec. 1987Mike (KIRK CAMERON) will do anything to put off doing his English paper, so Jason (ALAN THICKE) tries a bit of reverse psychology to motivate his son.
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Episode 15 - The Marrying Kind
Release Date: 5 Jan. 1988Jason and Maggie (ALAN THICKE and JOANNA KERNS) are shocked when Carol (TRACEY GOLD) announces her engagement to Bobby (KEVIN WIXTED).
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Episode 16 - State of the Union
Release Date: 12 Jan. 1988Jason and Maggie (ALAN THICKE and JOANNA KERNS) drift further apart when Maggie's new job demands more and more of her time.
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Episode 17 - The Mom Who Knew Too Much
Release Date: 26 Jan. 1988Carol (TRACEY GOLD) is furious with Maggie (JOANNA KERNS) after she tells Jason (ALAN THICKE) one of Carol's most intimate secrets.
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Episode 18 - Great Expectations
Release Date: 9 Feb. 1988When Mike learns that Melia, his Hawaiian romance, is going to be in California for a convention, he schemes to fly out to see her without his parents' knowledge with help from Carol and Ben.
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Episode 19 - Dance Fever: Part 1
Release Date: 1 Mar. 1988Jason and Maggie chaperone a high school dance attended by Carol and Mike, and Ben goes in search of his manhood. (Part 1 of 2)
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Episode 20 - Dance Fever: Part 2
Release Date: 2 Mar. 1988Jason and Maggie compete to see which of them is the better disc jockey at a high school dance; Ben continues his quest for manhood; Mike discovers he has values, and Carol learns to think for herself... Second of a two-part episode.
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Episode 21 - Bringing Up Baby
Release Date: 9 Mar. 1988Pregnant, tired and overworked, Maggie tries to muster the courage to tell her bossthat she's having a baby. Meanwhile, the Seaver children try to understand why they weren't consulted about this baby who's sure to change their lives.
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Episode 22 - The Obscure Objects of Our Desire: Part 1
Release Date: 30 Mar. 1988The Seaver children clean up the house in order to make money from a garage sale, at Jason's suggestion. Various of the collected items reminisce about their past, introducing clips from previous shows.
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Episode 23 - The Obscure Objects of Our Desire: Part 2
Release Date: 30 Mar. 1988The Seaver children clean up the house in order to make money from a garage sale, at Jason's suggestion. Various of the collected items reminisce about their past, introducing clips from previous shows.
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Episode 24 - How the West Was Won: Part 1
Release Date: 26 Apr. 1988Coach Lubbock's contract is up at the end of the semester, and Mike decides to help him out by organizing a strike to keep him at Dewey High School. (Part 1 of 2)
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Episode 25 - How the West Was Won: Part 2
Release Date: 27 Apr. 1988After staging a sit-in to protest the firing of his favorite teacher, Coach Lubbock, Mike is suspended from school and the coach refuses to talk to him--blaming him for all his problems. (Part 2 of 2)
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Episode 26 - Graduation Day
Release Date: 4 May 1988Mike'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.