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Season 2 – Growing Pains

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The "Father Knows Best" of the 1980s, Dr. Jason Seaver is a psychiatrist who has moved his practice into his Long Island, N.Y., home so that his wife, Maggie, can resume her career. Their children are girl-crazy Mike, brainiac Carol and cute little Ben (later, precocious Chrissie was born). This series, however, tackles issues that "Father Knows Best" wouldn't have: drugs, suicide, peer pressure, alcohol. But the Seavers pull through problems with a sense of humor and usually emerge stronger than before.
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Growing Pains — Season 2

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Alan Thicke

Dr. Jason Seaver

Joanna Kerns

Maggie Seaver

Kirk Cameron

Mike Seaver

Tracey Gold

Carol Seaver

Jeremy Miller

Ben Seaver

Andrew Koenig

Richard Stabone

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 30, 1986 Jason and the Cruisers When Jason (Alan Thicke) sinks into a depression over getting older, Maggie (Joanna Kerns) hopes to surprise him by reuniting his college rock band. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 21, 1986 Fast Times at Dewey High A new school year brings boredom, bullies and romantic mix-ups. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 28, 1986 Long Day's Journey Into Night Mike learns that Carol's girlfriend is using her to get to him. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 11, 1986 Call Me Maggie and Jason (Joanna Kerns, Alan Thicke) learn that Ben (Jeremy Miller) has run up a huge bill calling a sexual fantasies phone service. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 18, 1986 Employee of the Month Model employee Mike (Kirk Cameron) loses his job at a fast-food restaurant when he takes the blame for a girl's (Olivia D'Abo) careless work habits. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 25, 1986 Dream Lover Carol (Tracey Gold) circulates a rumor about her relationship with a high-school jock (Kevin Wixted) she's tutoring. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 2, 1986 Do You Believe in Magic? Members of the Seaver clan cook up a scheme to make Mike (Kirk Cameron) believe that an ordinary stone has magical powers. Kit McDonough and Josh A. Koenig guest star. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 9, 1986 Jason's Rib Jason and Maggie have a difference of opinion about the high-school dress code. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 16, 1986 The Kid Ben (Jeremy Miller) brings home a vagrant girl (guest star Hallie Todd) for the holidays. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 6, 1987 The Breakfast Club Grounded for telling lies, Mike (Kirk Cameron) demands that his mother (Joanna Kerns) share his punishment after he overhears her fibbing to her boss. Gordon Jump guest stars. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 13, 1987 Choices Carol is (Tracey Gold) given the opportunity to skip a grade in high school. With Alan Thicke and Kirk Cameron. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 20, 1987 Higher Education Mike (Kirk Cameron) becomes troubled when a fellow student (Renee Estevez) demands to be taken on the school ski trip after she upgrades his exam paper. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 27, 1987 Some Enchanted Evening While Carol (Tracey Gold) has trouble finding an escort for the winter formal, a bevy of girls vie to be Mike's (Kirk Cameron) date for the big dance. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 3, 1987 Thank You, Willie Nelson Maggie's father (guest star Gordon Jump) sells the family house and buys a motor home. Betty McGuire also guest stars. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 10, 1987 Thank God It's Friday Mike (Kirk Cameron) faces a tough decision when he goes to a party where cocaine is being used. With Alan Thicke. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 24, 1987 My Brother, Myself Ben (Jeremy Miller) develops a crush on his 12-year-old baby sitter (guest star Brooke Theiss). With Kirk Cameron. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 3, 1987 Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins Carol (Tracey Gold) plans on using the money she won in a radio contest to get a nose job. Eileen Conn guest stars. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 10, 1987 Carnival Maggie (Joanna Kerns) lives up to her supermom image by juggling her personal and professional lives. Dawn Wells and Julie Cobb guest star. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 17, 1987 The Awful Truth Ben (Jeremy Miller) traces the Seavers' roots and discovers what he believes to be a dark secret from his father's (Alan Thicke) past. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 31, 1987 Born Free Jason helps a woman deliver a baby in an airplane at 30,000 feet. Details Episode 21 Aired May 4, 1987 The Long Goodbye Jason (Alan Thicke) must find a way to fire Jimmy (Douglas Seale), the family's kindly but doddering handyman. Details Episode 22 Aired May 11, 1987 Confidentially Yours The husband of one of Jason's clients is a womanizing newspaper editor who offers Maggie a dream job. Details

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Season Info

Director
Dan Guntzelman, John Tracy
Executive Producer
Dan Guntzelman, Steve Marshall, Michael Sullivan
Screenwriter
Tim O'Donnell, Susan Beavers, Tom Walla, Martin Sage, Dan Guntzelman, David Kendall, Kate Boutilier, Sybil Adelman, Melody Rowland, Steve Marshall, Carolyn Shelby, Christopher Ames
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 30, 1986