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Season 3

Growing Pains

Comedy
Family
PG
6.6 / 10

Season released 18th Sep, 1987.

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Season 3 Episodes

S03 Episode 1

Aloha (1)

The family is stranded in Maui.

30 mins · Fri, 18 Sep 1987

S03 Episode 2

Aloha (2)

Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.

30 mins · Fri, 18 Sep 1987

S03 Episode 3

Taking Care of Business

Mike uses double talk to sell stereos.

30 mins · Tue, 22 Sep 1987

S03 Episode 4

Not Necessarily the News

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.

30 mins · Tue, 29 Sep 1987

S03 Episode 5

Michaelgate

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

30 mins · Tue, 6 Oct 1987

S03 Episode 6

Big Brother is Not Watching

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

30 mins · Tue, 13 Oct 1987

S03 Episode 7

A Star is Born

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

30 mins · Tue, 27 Oct 1987

S03 Episode 8

Gone But Not Forgotten

Burglars hit the Seaver home.

30 mins · Tue, 3 Nov 1987

S03 Episode 9

Who's Zoomin' Who?

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

30 mins · Tue, 10 Nov 1987

S03 Episode 10

This is Your Life

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.

30 mins · Tue, 17 Nov 1987

S03 Episode 11

Broadway Bound

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

30 mins · Tue, 24 Nov 1987

S03 Episode 12

The Scarlet Letter

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

30 mins · Tue, 1 Dec 1987

S03 Episode 13

A Reason to Live

A troubled student named Jill (Kellie Overbey) volunteers to work on a school project with Mike (Kirk Cameron) and Boner (Josh Andrew Koenig). 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 (Alan Thicke). But as it turns out, Jason is presently weighed down with a few self-pity issues of his own.

30 mins · Tue, 8 Dec 1987

S03 Episode 14

Nasty Habits

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

30 mins · Tue, 15 Dec 1987

S03 Episode 15

The Marrying Kind

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.

30 mins · Tue, 5 Jan 1988

S03 Episode 16

State of the Union

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

30 mins · Tue, 12 Jan 1988

S03 Episode 17

The Mom Who Knew Too Much

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

30 mins · Tue, 26 Jan 1988

S03 Episode 18

Great Expectations

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

30 mins · Tue, 9 Feb 1988

S03 Episode 19

Dance Fever (1)

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

30 mins · Tue, 1 Mar 1988

S03 Episode 20

Dance Fever (2)

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.

30 mins · Wed, 2 Mar 1988

S03 Episode 21

Bringing Up Baby

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.

30 mins · Wed, 9 Mar 1988

S03 Episode 22

The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (1)

Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family's household objects, and each has a story to tell (via flashbacks from past episodes).

30 mins · Wed, 30 Mar 1988

S03 Episode 23

The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (2)

Household objects continue to recall occasions in the Seaver home.

30 mins · Wed, 30 Mar 1988

S03 Episode 24

How the West Was Won (1)

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

30 mins · Wed, 20 Apr 1988

S03 Episode 25

How the West Was Won (2)

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

30 mins · Tue, 26 Apr 1988

S03 Episode 26

Graduation Day

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

30 mins · Wed, 4 May 1988

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