Growing Pains

  • Premiered: Sep 1985
  • Episodes: 167
  • Followers: 47
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Saturday at 21
  • Comedy Family

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Season 3
3x1
Aloha (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 18, 1987
The family is stranded in Maui.
3x2
Aloha (2)
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Air date
Sep 18, 1987
Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.
3x3
Taking Care of Business
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Air date
Sep 22, 1987
Mike uses double talk to sell stereos.
3x4
Not Necessarily the News
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Air date
Sep 29, 1987
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.
3x5
Michaelgate
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Air date
Oct 06, 1987
Mike is unaware that he's been nominated for student-body president because he's "a sure loser."
3x6
Big Brother is Not Watching
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Air date
Oct 13, 1987
Ben asks Carol's advice on getting a new bike from their parents.
3x7
A Star is Born
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Air date
Oct 27, 1987
A star is born when Mike lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica.
3x8
Gone But Not Forgotten
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Air date
Nov 03, 1987
Burglars hit the Seaver home.
3x9
Who's Zoomin' Who?
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Air date
Nov 10, 1987
Bobby's annoying habits make Carol look elsewhere for the man of her dreams -- just in time for her to notice a new student.
3x10
This is Your Life
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Air date
Nov 17, 1987
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.
3x11
Broadway Bound
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Air date
Nov 24, 1987
After their success in the school play, Mike and Monica set their sights on a Broadway audition for "Our Town."
3x12
The Scarlet Letter
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Air date
Dec 01, 1987
An unearned "A" makes Carol doubt her academic record.
3x13
A Reason to Live
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Air date
Dec 08, 1987
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 .. show full overview
3x14
Nasty Habits
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Air date
Dec 15, 1987
Maggie and Jason try to keep Mike in his room to complete an English paper, but Mike's mind is of course elsewhere.
3x15
The Marrying Kind
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Air date
Jan 05, 1988
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.
3x16
State of the Union
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Air date
Jan 12, 1988
Maggie fumes over the many irritants that seem to be driving her and Jason apart -- until unexpected news sheds light on the situation.
3x17
The Mom Who Knew Too Much
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Air date
Jan 26, 1988
Maggie and Carol share confidences at the beauty salon, but later Carol learns to her chagrin that a secret isn't safe with Maggie.
3x18
Great Expectations
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 09, 1988
A letter from the girl he met in Hawaii has Mike scheming to fly to Los Angeles to see her without his parents' knowing.
3x19
Dance Fever (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 01, 1988
At the school dance, Mike gets a girl and Carol gets raked over the coals. Meanwhile, Ben's adventure goes awry.
3x20
Dance Fever (2)
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Air date
Mar 02, 1988
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.
3x21
Bringing Up Baby
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Air date
Mar 09, 1988
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.
3x22
The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (1)
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Air date
Mar 30, 1988
Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family's household objects, and each has a story to tell (via flashbacks from past episodes).
3x23
The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (2)
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Air date
Mar 30, 1988
Household objects continue to recall occasions in the Seaver home.
3x24
How the West Was Won (1)
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Air date
Apr 20, 1988
Mike and Boner learn that Coach Lubbock has been fired, prompting them to organize a protest.
3x25
How the West Was Won (2)
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Air date
Apr 26, 1988
Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.
3x26 Season finale
Graduation Day
Episode overview
Air date
May 04, 1988
At Mike's high-school graduation, family members recall moments when it seemed like his graduation would never take place.

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