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Growing Pains

Season 3 1987 - 1988
TV-G

  • 1987-09-19T01:30:00Z on ABC
  • 30m
  • 13h (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spending 15 years as a housewife.

26 episodes

Season Premiere

1987-09-19T01:30:00Z

3x01 Aloha (1)

Season Premiere

3x01 Aloha (1)

  • 1987-09-19T01:30:00Z30m

The family is stranded in Maui.

1987-09-19T01:30:00Z

3x02 Aloha (2)

3x02 Aloha (2)

  • 1987-09-19T01:30:00Z30m

Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.

1987-09-23T01:30:00Z

3x03 Taking Care of Business

3x03 Taking Care of Business

  • 1987-09-23T01:30:00Z30m

Mike uses double talk to sell stereos.

1987-09-30T01:30:00Z

3x04 Not Necessarily the News

3x04 Not Necessarily the News

  • 1987-09-30T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1987-10-07T01:30:00Z

3x05 Michaelgate

3x05 Michaelgate

  • 1987-10-07T01:30:00Z30m

Mike is unaware that he's been nominated for student-body president because he's "a sure loser."

Ben asks Carol's advice on getting a new bike from their parents.

1987-10-28T02:30:00Z

3x07 A Star is Born

3x07 A Star is Born

  • 1987-10-28T02:30:00Z30m

A star is born when Mike lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica.

1987-11-04T02:30:00Z

3x08 Gone But Not Forgotten

3x08 Gone But Not Forgotten

  • 1987-11-04T02:30:00Z30m

Burglars hit the Seaver home.

1987-11-11T02:30:00Z

3x09 Who's Zoomin' Who?

3x09 Who's Zoomin' Who?

  • 1987-11-11T02:30:00Z30m

Bobby's annoying habits make Carol look elsewhere for the man of her dreams -- just in time for her to notice a new student.

1987-11-18T02:30:00Z

3x10 This is Your Life

3x10 This is Your Life

  • 1987-11-18T02:30:00Z30m

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.

1987-11-25T02:30:00Z

3x11 Broadway Bound

3x11 Broadway Bound

  • 1987-11-25T02:30:00Z30m

After their success in the school play, Mike and Monica set their sights on a Broadway audition for ""Our Town.""

1987-12-02T02:30:00Z

3x12 The Scarlet Letter

3x12 The Scarlet Letter

  • 1987-12-02T02:30:00Z30m

An unearned "A" makes Carol doubt her academic record.

1987-12-09T02:30:00Z

3x13 A Reason to Live

3x13 A Reason to Live

  • 1987-12-09T02:30:00Z30m

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 been contemplating suicide due to some very serious problems at home, and she hopes to get some free counseling from Mike's psychiatrist dad Jason (Alan Thicke). But as it turns out, Jason is presently weighed down with a few self-pity issues of his own.

1987-12-16T02:30:00Z

3x14 Nasty Habits

3x14 Nasty Habits

  • 1987-12-16T02:30:00Z30m

Maggie and Jason try to keep Mike in his room to complete an English paper, but Mike's mind is of course elsewhere.

1988-01-06T02:30:00Z

3x15 The Marrying Kind

3x15 The Marrying Kind

  • 1988-01-06T02:30:00Z30m

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.

1988-01-13T02:30:00Z

3x16 State of the Union

3x16 State of the Union

  • 1988-01-13T02:30:00Z30m

Maggie fumes over the many irritants that seem to be driving her and Jason apart -- until unexpected news sheds light on the situation.

1988-01-27T02:30:00Z

3x17 The Mom Who Knew Too Much

Maggie and Carol share confidences at the beauty salon, but later Carol learns to her chagrin that a secret isn't safe with Maggie.

1988-02-10T02:30:00Z

3x18 Great Expectations

3x18 Great Expectations

  • 1988-02-10T02:30:00Z30m

A letter from the girl he met in Hawaii has Mike scheming to fly to Los Angeles to see her without his parents' knowing.

1988-03-02T02:30:00Z

3x19 Dance Fever (1)

3x19 Dance Fever (1)

  • 1988-03-02T02:30:00Z30m

At the school dance, Mike gets a girl and Carol gets raked over the coals. Meanwhile, Ben's adventure goes awry.

1988-03-03T02:30:00Z

3x20 Dance Fever (2)

3x20 Dance Fever (2)

  • 1988-03-03T02:30:00Z30m

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.

1988-03-10T02:30:00Z

3x21 Bringing Up Baby

3x21 Bringing Up Baby

  • 1988-03-10T02:30:00Z30m

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.

Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family's household objects, and each has a story to tell (via flashbacks from past episodes).

Household objects continue to recall occasions in the Seaver home.

1988-04-21T01:30:00Z

3x24 How the West Was Won (1)

3x24 How the West Was Won (1)

  • 1988-04-21T01:30:00Z30m

Mike and Boner learn that Coach Lubbock has been fired, prompting them to organize a protest.

1988-04-27T01:30:00Z

3x25 How the West Was Won (2)

3x25 How the West Was Won (2)

  • 1988-04-27T01:30:00Z30m

Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.

Season Finale

1988-05-05T01:30:00Z

3x26 Graduation Day

Season Finale

3x26 Graduation Day

  • 1988-05-05T01:30:00Z30m

At Mike's high-school graduation, family members recall moments when it seemed like his graduation would never take place.

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