Growing Pains

Growing Pains

The misadventures of a family with a home business father and a journalist mother.

Genre: ComedyFamily

Cast:Alan ThickeJoanna KernsKirk CameronJeremy MillerTracey GoldAshley JohnsonAndrew KoenigLeonardo DiCaprioChelsea NobleJamie AbbottK.C. MartelKirsten DohringKelsey DohringOliver TheessSam AndersonBetty McGuireLisa CappsRachel Jacobs


1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Aloha: Part 1

Fri, Sep 18, 1987

Jason 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)

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Aloha: Part 2

Fri, Sep 18, 1987

Romance and relationships are highlighted as the Seaver family continues their vacation in the tropical paradise of Maui. (Part 2 of 2)

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Taking Care of Business

Tue, Sep 22, 1987

Morals and friendships are tested when Mike takes a job at a stereo store managed by a notorious troublemaker from his past.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Not Necessarily the News

Tue, Sep 29, 1987

After being turned down for a job again and again, Maggie thinks she wasn't meant to have a career. Maybe, she should just stay home and cook meals for the family.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Michaelgate

Tue, Oct 6, 1987

Scandal erupts at Dewey High School after class clown Mike Seaver is nominated for high school student body president.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Big Brother's Not Watching

Tue, Oct 13, 1987

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

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ A Star Is Born

Tue, Oct 27, 1987

When the girl he likes is chosen as leading lady in the high school play, Mike Seaver 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.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Gone But Not Forgotten

Tue, Nov 3, 1987

Burglars ransack the Seaver home and, more than just material belongings, steal the family's most valuable possession--their sense of safety and security.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Who's Zoomin' Who?

Tue, Nov 10, 1987

The 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.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ This Is Your Life

Tue, Nov 17, 1987

When Jason Seaver tells Ben 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 Under anesthetic, he dreams that he's been replaced by a new, improved Ben.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Broadway Bound

Tue, Nov 24, 1987

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

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ The Scarlet Letter

Tue, Dec 1, 1987

When Carol Seaver 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.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ A Reason to Live

Tue, Dec 8, 1987

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

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Nasty Habits

Tue, Dec 15, 1987

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

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ The Marrying Kind

Tue, Jan 5, 1988

Jason and Maggie are shocked when Carol announces her engagement to Bobby.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ State of the Union

Tue, Jan 12, 1988

Jason and Maggie drift further apart when Maggie's new job demands more and more of her time.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ The Mom Who Knew Too Much

Tue, Jan 26, 1988

Carol is furious with Maggie after she tells Jason one of Carol's most intimate secrets.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Great Expectations

Tue, Feb 9, 1988

When 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.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Dance Fever: Part 1

Tue, Mar 1, 1988

Jason and Maggie chaperone a high school dance attended by Carol and Mike, and Ben goes in search of his manhood. (Part 1 of 2)

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Dance Fever: Part 2

Wed, Mar 2, 1988

Jason 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.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Bringing Up Baby

Wed, Mar 9, 1988

Pregnant, tired and overworked, Maggie tries to muster the courage to tell her boss that 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.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ The Obscure Objects of Our Desire: Part 1

Wed, Mar 30, 1988

The 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.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ The Obscure Objects of Our Desire: Part 2

Wed, Mar 30, 1988

The 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.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ How the West Was Won: Part 1

Tue, Apr 26, 1988

Coach 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)

25Season 3

S3.E25 ∙ How the West Was Won: Part 2

Wed, Apr 27, 1988

After 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)

26Season 3

S3.E26 ∙ Graduation Day

Wed, May 4, 1988

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.