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"Growing Pains" (1985): Season 5: Episode 18 -- When Mike (KIRK CAMERON) takes his new girlfriend, Kate (CHELSEA NOBLE), for a romantic Valentine's Day dinner, he never anticipates that their waitress will be his former fiancée.
"Growing Pains" (1985): Season 4: Episode 20 -- Carol's new boyfriend Sandy doesn't show for a date, and his friend calls to say he's been in an accident and is in the hospital, seriously injured.
"Growing Pains" (1985): Season 4: Episode 19 -- After Jason tries to help Mike with his psychology homework, both are surprised to find that Jason does even worse than his son.
"Growing Pains" (1985): Season 4: Episode 17 -- Charges of sexism are heard when Jason and Maggie dole out punishments to the kids according to gender. Meanwhile, Mike keeps a new relationship a secret.
"Growing Pains" (1985): Season 4: Episode 16 -- Mike gets a part-time job, and is bothered to realize his boss favors him because he's white.  Maggie's upset when she learns Mike's volunteered for the night shift as a way of protesting his boss's racism.

Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   1,808 votes
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Creator:
Neal Marlens
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 full episode list
Release Date:
24 September 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family more
Plot:
The misadventures of a family with a home business father and a journalist mother. full summary
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 16 wins & 15 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
Best Sitcom Ever. more (35 total)

Cast

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Alan Thicke ... Dr. Jason Seaver (165 episodes, 1985-1992)

Joanna Kerns ... Maggie Malone Seaver (165 episodes, 1985-1992)

Kirk Cameron ... Mike Seaver (165 episodes, 1985-1992)
Jeremy Miller ... Ben Seaver (165 episodes, 1985-1992)

Tracey Gold ... Carol Seaver (164 episodes, 1985-1992)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (166 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Stereo
Filming Locations:
Burbank, California, USA more

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Trivia:
Julie McCullough was unaware of her firing as she was handed the script just moments after showing up on-set. She found it difficult to do a follow-up episode a year later, as her character makes good with Mike, when in real-life she resented Cameron for having her fired. more
Quotes:
Amy: [Amy and Mike are stranded in Spain trying to get to France] Mike, we are stranded in Europe, a city that is 5,000 miles away from where we want to get to.
Mike: Actually here I believe they use kilometres.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The DiCaprio Code (2006) more
Soundtrack:
As Long As We Got Each Other more

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13 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Best Sitcom Ever., 26 August 2001
Author: Liz H from Ontario, Canada

Growing Pains was definitely the show to watch during the dreaded 80's. Kirk Cameron (Mike) was the heart-throb of the show, and it seriously got funnier every episode. There was not ONE THING wrong with this show, (although I did really want to see something FINALLY happen with Boner & Carol), but that's a whole other story. Best Show Ever. You know you want to admit it.

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