Growing Pains Season 1
Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spending 15 years as a housewife.
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Growing Pains Season 1 Full Episode Guide
Mike's practical-joker uncle Bob visits from the hereafter.
Reporter Maggie and psychiatrist Jason both face important career decisions.
Custodian Mike watches a wild party explode in his home.
Maggie's assignment interferes with anniversary plans.
Mike writes test answers on his shoe soles.
Ben gives Jason a very expensive birthday present, causing speculation on how he can possibly afford it.
The PTA head rejects the Seavers as dance chaperones.
Maggie casually mentions to Jason that she might be pregnant; Mike acts as a weekend servant to Ben; and Carol wants to divorce her class-project husband.
Jason faces off against Ben's hockey coach, who's teaching the boys to play dirty; Mike learns ballroom dancing.
Mike backs out of the family-bowling match so he can date a snobbish girlfriend.
A depressed department store Santa consulting Jason decides to commit suicide by leaping down the Seavers' chimney.
Mike doodles on his aptitude test and winds up with an IQ score of 27.
Mike hurts more than his pride when he takes a nasty fall off a dirt bike that he promised his parents he wouldn't go near.
Carol develops a crush on a family friend, who thinks of her as his little sister.
Coming across a compatibility test in Jason's office, Maggie decides she and Jason should fill it out, but her answers don't tab with his. Meanwhile, Mike feigns interest in karate when his real goal is a girl attending the course.
Jason and Maggie want to go to a mountain lodge for a weekend, but are reluctant to leave the kids alone.
Mike's infatuation with a Madonna look-alike worries Maggie.
Maggie accuses Jason of monopolizing the children.
Maggie gives an honest assessment of Carol's writing of an article for her school magazine; Mike and Ben discover track betting.
Jason fumes when Maggie spends long hours on a toxic waste story with handsome co-worker Fred.
Jason embarrasses Mike at a Bruce Springsteen concert when they are interviewed together.
Maggie goes back to work as a journalist, prompting psychologist Jason to move his office into their home so he can keep his eye on the kids. Things don't get off to a great start: the first night he gets a call from the police that Mike has been picked up for illegally driving a car.
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