Maggie goes back to work as a journalist, prompting psychologist Jason to move his office into their home so he can keep his eye on the kids. Things d...
Jason embarrasses Mike at a Bruce Springsteen concert when they are interviewed together.
Jason fumes when Maggie spends long hours on a toxic waste story with handsome co-worker Fred.
Maggie gives an honest assessment of Carol's writing of an article for her school magazine; Mike and Ben discover track betting.
Jason and Maggie want to go to a mountain lodge for a weekend, but are reluctant to leave the kids alone.
Coming across a compatibility test in Jason's office, Maggie decides she and Jason should fill it out, but her answers don't tab with his. Meanwhile, ...
Carol develops a crush on a family friend, who thinks of her as his little sister.
Mike hurts more than his pride when he takes a nasty fall off a dirt bike that he promised his parents he wouldn't go near.
Mike doodles on his aptitude test and winds up with an IQ score of 27.
A depressed department store Santa consulting Jason decides to commit suicide by leaping down the Seavers' chimney.
Mike backs out of the family-bowling match so he can date a snobbish girlfriend.
Jason faces off against Ben's hockey coach, who's teaching the boys to play dirty; Mike learns ballroom dancing.
Maggie casually mentions to Jason that she might be pregnant; Mike acts as a weekend servant to Ben; and Carol wants to divorce her class-project husb...
The PTA head rejects the Seavers as dance chaperones.
Ben gives Jason a very expensive birthday present, causing speculation on how he can possibly afford it.
Maggie's assignment interferes with anniversary plans.
Reporter Maggie and psychiatrist Jason both face important career decisions.
Maggie plans a surprise reunion for Jason's college rock band.
A new school year brings boredom, bullies, and romantic mix-ups.
The winter formal causes opposite problems for Carol and Mike.
Mike and his friends go to a college party and have to decide whether to use drugs or not.
Carol wants to use radio-contest winnings on a nose job.
Maggie wants Jason to fire the elderly handyman he hired to fix the furnace, but he refuses because the man is a friend.
Jason knows the editor offering Maggie a dream job is a notorious womanizer.
The family is stranded in Maui. Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.
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.
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.
A star is born when Mike lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica.
Bobby's annoying habits make Carol look elsewhere for the man of her dreams -- just in time for her to notice a new student.
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...
After their success in the school play, Mike and Monica set their sights on a Broadway audition for ""Our Town.""
A troubled student named Jill volunteers to work on a school project with Mike and Boner. This, however, is a subterfuge: Jill has been contemplating ...
Maggie and Jason try to keep Mike in his room to complete an English paper, but Mike's mind is of course elsewhere.
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 engage...
Maggie fumes over the many irritants that seem to be driving her and Jason apart -- until unexpected news sheds light on the situation.
Maggie and Carol share confidences at the beauty salon, but later Carol learns to her chagrin that a secret isn't safe with Maggie.
A letter from the girl he met in Hawaii has Mike scheming to fly to Los Angeles to see her without his parents' knowing.
At the school dance, Mike gets a girl and Carol gets raked over the coals. Meanwhile, Ben's adventure goes awry.
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 pinb...
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, Maggi...
Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family's household objects, and each has a story to tell.
Mike and Boner learn that Coach Lubbock has been fired, prompting them to organize a protest.
Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.
At Mike's high-school graduation, family members recall moments when it seemed like his graduation would never take place.
Ben gets spooked at the prospect of asking a girl to a Halloween party; Jason becomes a disruptive force at Lamaze class.
Maggie goes into labor on Ben's 12th birthday and Ben confesses to a patient at the hospital that he's already feeling crowded.
Mike has a showdown with Jason over his rights as an 18-year-old college student, and declares his freedom from parental rule.
Landlord-tenant problems abound when Mike (Kirk Cameron) moves into the storage area over the family garage
Jason sends his mother on a cruise to get her mind off her dead husband, but when she returns with a fiancé in tow, Jason finds it hard to accept the ...
Maggie prepares her "Working Mother of the Year" acceptance speech.
When Mike takes a job at a convenience store, his mother is worried about him working the dangerous night shift; but Mike is more concerned about the ...
Jason punishes Carol and Ben unequally for the same offense when they are both caught after sneaking out for dates without permission.
Jason intervenes when Mike gets bad grades in psychology.
An angry Jason confronts Ben and Mike, who gives conflicting versions of how Ben came to sell Carol's old term papers to students at Dewey High -- and...
Mike is over the moon when he attends an open casting session and wins a part on a TV cop show -- and crushed when his single line is cut in the editi...
The Seavers' reception to raise money for a free mental-health clinic spells disaster when they forget the date of the party and must scramble at the ...
Ben asks permission to get his ear pierced, which leads to a serious argument between his parents.
While on a Valentine's Day dinner date with Kate, Mike runs into Julie at the restaurant.
Chrissy becomes a teenager in Maggie's dream, which is influenced by her fear of being an older parent in a sea of youngsters taking their kids to pre...
Ben weighs the pros and cons of cheating after he learns the tricks of the test-passing trade from sly schoolmate Vito.
In a moment of introspection as he prepares to graduate, Mike wrestles with self-doubt about his ability as a director.
With Jason's wallet missing, the Seavers must rely on others to provide them with room and board while their house is being fumigated.
Jason and Mike head off together to inspect the mountain cabin Jason has inherited from his Uncle George.
When Mike lands a role in an off-Broadway play, he leaves college to pursue acting full-time in New York City.
Mike becomes roommates with sister Carol, now a Columbia University student.
Mike and his friend Eddie schemingly join "Parents Without Mates" to meet women.
At the school's Parents Night, the Seavers learn Ben's been telling his friends that the girl he's dating is promiscuous.
A flirty Jason gets jealous when Maggie turns the tables.
Jason buys an anniversary trip to Paris from travel agent Mike, who himself wins a European tour that falls apart; Maggie, in Paris, is struck with ap...
Maggie is hospitalized in Paris, while Mike finds himself stuck on the road with an angry customer.
Jason, happy to see his mother's second marriage crumbling, doesn't want to provide her with professional help.
Chrissy starts spending much time with her imaginary friend, a six-foot-tall mouse named Ike.
Mike's friend Eddie shows up for a double date with Mike's ex-girlfriend.
An an intrafamily communications seminar, Mike and Jason discover just how alike they are.
Jason becomes Ben's business partner in the management of a rap group, but uses the money he's invested to control Ben.
Maggie's dad drops in for an unexpected visit, with news of his imminent death.
Jason takes Maggie on a tropical getaway to lift her spirits after her father's death, trusting Chrissy to Mike and Carol.
Mike competes with a well-established actor for a role in a soap opera, learning how tenuous an acting career can be.
Though Jason had an insensitive Carol pitch in at the clinic, he objects to her dating an ex-con she meets there.
In an homage to The Twilight Zone, Ben awakens to discover he's Jeremy Miller, an actor on the set of ""Meet the Cleavers"".
On a blind date shaping up as a disaster, Carol goes to the carnival, and finds unexpected fun and excitement.
Mike and Kate accompany the eloping Eddie and a hat-check bimbette to Las Vegas, giving Mike and Carol the wrong idea.
Mike gets involved when he learns his prize pupil Luke is homeless.
Mike persuades Jason and Maggie to let Luke stay with them temporarily; then Jason's wine cellar goes missing.
Jason and Maggie compete to write a newspaper column; Ben hates his glasses.
Mike gears up for his big day as a TV soap opera star just as Luke gears up to move out of the Seavers'.
Luke is afraid to visit the doctor, so Jason accompanies him -- but it's Jason who turns out to need surgery.
Carol accompanies Maggie to a resort, which turns out to be hosting a singles convention; meanwhile, the all-male weekend planned at home is ruined wh...
Nouveau riche neighbors move in next door; Ben is forced to look after Luke on his first day of high school; Jason's scheme to let Chrissie stay up la...
Consumer advocate Maggie raps a vacuum cleaner that Ben broke without telling her.
The ghost of Maggie's father oversees the Seavers' visit to her childhood home.
While Jason and Maggie are away, the principal informs Mike that Luke's birth father is back in town -- and wants him back.
Luke's father George visits the Seavers hoping that Luke has mellowed a little and would like to spend some time with him but Luke doesn't. He was abo...
Maggie is offered a plum job in Washington, D.C. The Seavers move to Washington, D.C., but share a final meal and memories in the empty house.
Scenes from the Growing Pains original unaired pilot, which featured Elizabeth Ward as Carol Seaver, prior to the role being recast and given to Trace...
Created just for the Season One DVD, "Seaver Family Reunion: S'mores and More" brings together the first-season main cast with writer/producer Tim O'D...
