
Growing Pains
Jason searches for an easy way to fire a kindly but doddering handyman.

Jason searches for an easy way to fire a kindly but doddering handyman.

The experiences of a distraught, expectant father teach Mike the value of an education.

Ben traces the Seavers' roots and discovers a dark secret from his father's past.

When Maggie immerses herself in a school carnival, Ben feels ignored, and Jason almost drowns.

Carol considers using the money she won in a radio contest to get a nose job.

Ben (Jeremy Miller) develops a crush on his 12-year-old baby sitter.

Mike faces a tough decision when he goes to a party where cocaine is being used.

Maggie's father sells the family house and buys a motor home.

The winter formal causes opposite problems for Carol and Mike.

A classmate who doctored Mike's exam grade demands that he take her along on a skiing trip.

Carol is given the opportunity to skip a grade in high school.

Mike, who is grounded for lying, overhears his mother fibbing to her boss.

Ben (Jeremy Miller) brings home a vagrant girl (guest star Hallie Todd) for the holidays.

Jason and Maggie have a difference of opinion about the high-school dress code.

The Seavers cook up a scheme to make Mike believe that an ordinary stone has magical powers.

Carol circulates a rumor about her relationship with a high-school jock she's tutoring.

Mike loses his job at a fast-food joint when he takes the blame for a girl's careless work habits.

When Ben passes out a pornographic telephone number at school, he blames it on his best friend.

Mike learns that Carol's girlfriend is using her to get to him.

The first day back at school proves very educational for the family, as Ben learns to face fear.