Growing Pains — Season 3

Sept 198748m

The family is stranded in Maui. Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.

Sept 198725m

Mike uses double talk to sell stereos.

Sept 198725m

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.

Oct 198725m

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

Oct 198724m

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

Oct 198725m

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

Nov 198725m

Burglars hit the Seaver home.

Nov 198725m

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

Nov 198725m

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.

Nov 198725m

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

Dec 198724m

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

Dec 198725m

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

Dec 198725m

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

Jan 198825m

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.

Jan 198825m

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

Jan 198825m

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

Feb 198824m

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

Mar 198825m

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

Mar 198825m

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.

Mar 198824m

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.

Mar 198846m

Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family's household objects, and each has a story to tell.

Apr 198825m

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

Apr 198825m

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

May 198825m

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