Growing Pains

Mike sends shock waves through the Seaver household when he announces his plans to marry the Seaver family's baby-sitter, Julie.

As the big day approaches, Mike (KIRK CAMERON) begins to have doubts about getting married to Julie (JULIE McCULLOUGH). JANE POWELL guest stars.

When Carol's college plans are temporarily dashed, she takes an unexpected turn into the work force.

Mike is excited about starting a new acting class only to run into an arrogant teacher with "artistic" ideas about acting. Noah Blake guest stars.

Feeling under pressure from her family to start dating again, Carol pretends that an older man from her office named Big Al is her new boyfriend.

Ben (JEREMY MILLER) gets bad advice from Mike (KIRK CAMERON) and finds himself in big trouble when he's caught selling Carol's (TRACEY GOLD) old term papers to the highest bidder.

Mike gets his first TV role - an ill-fated cop in a primetime drama.

Important new career opportunities force Jason (ALAN THICKE) and Maggie (JOANNA KERNS) to reconsider their working arrangement: she at the office and he at home. HANK AZARIA guest stars.

When Jason and Maggie decide they want to break their mutual contract regarding their work vs. home arrangement, neither will admit it for fear of disappointing the other.

When Mike Seaver gets a newspaper route to earn extra money, it isn't long before he figures out how to keep most of the money and have his brother, Ben, deliver all the papers.

When Ed and Kate decide to give each Seaver grandchild an early inheritance of $5000 cash, Jason and Maggie can only watch and pray.

Carol's promoted at work, and wants to postpone entering college. Her parents are furious and adamant that she start college right now.

When Ben and Mike (JEREMY MILLER and KIRK CAMERON) take a drive to the store for school supplies, they meet two girls who lead them on a fantastic adventure around town.

While rehearsing a play for his acting class, Mike and Kate, his leading lady, fall madly in love, unnoticed by her boyfriend, the director of the play.

The romantic entanglement between Mike, Kate and David becomes even more complicated when Mike takes the first step towards expressing his true feelings.

Jason Seaver (ALAN THICKE) and his family panic when the guests for their fund-raising party begin arriving 24 hours earlier than expected.

When Ben (JEREMY MILLER) asks for permission to have one of his ears pierced, Jason (ALAN THICKE) and Maggie (JOANNA KERNS) argue over who has the final word in disciplining the children.

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.

Mike (KIRK CAMERON) suddenly finds himself back at Dewey High School, only this time he's not a student ... he's a teacher.

While test-driving Mike's (KIRK CAMERON) old car, Carol (TRACEY GOLD) gets stopped by a policeman and ends up in jail.

Maggie Seaver (JOANNA KERNS) fears that she may have had her youngest daughter too late in life, which causes a nightmare about raising a teenaged Chrissy (KHRYSTYNE HAJE).

Ben (JEREMY MILLER) is forced to make an important decision when he has to choose between cheating on his upcoming science exam or trying to actually study for it.

Mike is excited about directing a scene for the college drama festival, but soon begins questioning his own abilities when an actress he finds untalented is highly praised by everyone else.

In search of shelter, while their house is fumigated, the homeless Seavers, Jason, Maggie, Carol, Ben and Chrissy end hahaup spending the night in Mike's tiny one-room apartment.

Ben (JEREMY MILLER) is accused of having ulterior motives for making his girlfriend the star of his amateur movie production.