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Growing Pains

Season 1 Episode 20: Be a Man

Everyone but Mike goes to visit Maggie's parents. But when they arrive, they discover that they are selling their house. Maggie offers to give the money they need to keep them from selling the house. But her dad is too proud and doesn't...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 24, 1985

The upwardly mobile, suburban Seaver family experiences some growing pains wh...

Episode 2 Springsteen

2. Springsteen

Aired: Oct 1, 1985

Mike is mercilessly teased by his friends after he and Jason attend a Bruce S...

Episode 3 Jealousy

3. Jealousy

Aired: Oct 8, 1985

Late hours and rapt attention to her newspaper work by Maggie convince her hu...

Episode 4 Carol's Article

4. Carol's Article

Aired: Oct 15, 1985

Maggie and Jason face the challenge of parenthood when daughter Carol tries t...

Episode 5 Superdad

5. Superdad

Aired: Oct 29, 1985

Working mother Maggie Seaver begins to feel edged out of her children's lives...

Episode 6 Mike's Madonna Story

6. Mike's Madonna Story

Aired: Nov 5, 1985

A Madonna-styled teenage seductress wreaks havoc in the Seaver household when...

Episode 7 Weekend Fantasy

7. Weekend Fantasy

Aired: Nov 12, 1985

When Jason and Maggie leave Mike in charge for the weekend while they return ...

Episode 8 Slice of Life

8. Slice of Life

Aired: Nov 19, 1985

Mike tries to convince his parents to provide him karate lessons to impress a...

Episode 9 Carol's Crush

9. Carol's Crush

Aired: Nov 26, 1985

The 23-year-old son of family friends stays with the Seavers and 14-year-old ...

Episode 10 Dirt Bike

10. Dirt Bike

Aired: Dec 3, 1985

Ben sells his dreams to his sister Carol for a school research project. Mike ...

Episode 11 Standardized Test

11. Standardized Test

Aired: Dec 5, 1985

Jason and Maggie encounter a case of sibling rivalry between Carol and Mike, ...

Episode 12 A Christmas Story

12. A Christmas Story

Aired: Dec 10, 1985

While the Seaver family prepares for Christmas, one of Jason's patients conte...

Episode 14 First Blood

14. First Blood

Aired: Jan 14, 1986

After a fistfight with Ben's hockey coach, Jason is left with the task of exp...

Episode 15 Slice of Life II

15. Slice of Life II

Aired: Jan 21, 1986

Jason is ecstatic over the news that wife Maggie may be having another baby. ...

Episode 18 Reputation

18. Reputation

Aired: Feb 25, 1986

Mike is accused of cheating in school after receiving the highest grade in th...

Episode 20 Be a Man

20. Be a Man

Aired: Mar 11, 1986

Everyone but Mike goes to visit Maggie's parents. But when they arrive, they ...

Episode 21 Career Decision

21. Career Decision

Aired: May 6, 1986

Maggie and Jason both encounter career decisions that will affect one another...

Episode 22 Extra Lap

22. Extra Lap

Aired: May 13, 1986

Nightmares involving his deceased Uncle Bob begin haunting Mike soon after th...

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Info about Growing Pains

Seasons: 7

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Family

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