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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.

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Release Date:
24 September 1985 (USA) more
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The misadventures of a family with a home business father and a journalist mother. full summary
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Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 16 wins & 15 nominations more
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It's not the best but it sure beats most other shows 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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30 min (166 episodes)
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The character Jason Seaver was ranked #37 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue). more
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Jason: Boner, is your voice coming from your armpit?
Richard 'Boner' Stabone: Yes.
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It's not the best but it sure beats most other shows, 26 June 2002
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Author: Sylvia Marciniak (sylviastel@aol.com) from United States

After the family ties success on NBC, ABC developed Growing Pains to rival it about the Seavers with their 3 children in Long Island, New York. Nobody in this show has the New York accent but it still beats other shows. Kirk Cameron became a huge teen star in the eighties. Tracey Gold shined as the middle sister, Carol Seaver. Alan Thicke finally had a successful show in his lifetime and Joanna Kerns came out of her big sister Donna Devarona's shadows as the Growing Pains mom. The writing could have been better and the show could have equaled Family Ties but nowadays, a show like this would have got Emmys. Sure, it was sweet and full of saccharine but I miss it now.

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