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Growing Pains Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1986 - 1987
Episode 1
Jason and the Cruisers
Tue, Sep 30, 198625 mins
When Jason starts to feel old, Maggie decides to surprise him with a reunion of his former band The Wild Hots.
Episode 2
Fast Times at Dewey High
Tue, Oct 21, 198625 mins
On the first day of school, Mike finds himself with two dates to the school dance; Ben is intimidated by a school bully; Carol is bored with her classes.
Episode 3
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Tue, Oct 28, 198625 mins
Carol is excited when one of the most popular girls in school starts hanging around with her. However, it becomes evident that she is only after one thing- Mike.
Episode 4
Call Me
Tue, Nov 11, 198625 mins
Maggie and Jason recall how Ben got himself into hot water by calling a pornographic hotline and then lying by putting the blame on a neighborhood kid for giving out the number.
Episode 5
Employee of the Month
Tue, Nov 18, 198625 mins
Maggie and Jason allow Mike to take a job at World of Burgers to prove he's ready for the responsibility of a car. When Mike gets fired, he can't bring himself to tell his parents.
Episode 6
Dream Lover
Tue, Nov 25, 198625 mins
Carol tutors the captain of the varsity football team, and is insulted that her parents trust them to be alone in her room, so she starts a rumor about herself.
Episode 7
Do You Believe in Magic?
Tue, Dec 2, 198625 mins
After Mike cons Carol and Ben out of $10, Jason and Maggie help them hatch an elaborate scheme to recoup their money.
Episode 8
Jason's Rib
Tue, Dec 9, 198625 mins
Maggie feels belittled by Jason when they disagree about a school dress code.
Episode 9
The Kid
Tue, Dec 16, 198625 mins
Ben brings a homeless girl home for Christmas dinner, and Jason thinks the family should try to help her, but Maggie is worried.
Episode 10
The Breakfast Club
Tue, Jan 6, 198725 mins
Maggie insists that Mike be grounded for lying and then is caught in a lie of her own. Jason suggests that in order to teach Mike a lesson Maggie should ground herself, and she agrees. Meanwhile, Carol accompanies Jason to Atlantic City so concert tickets from Maggie's parents don't go to waste.
Episode 11
Choices
Tue, Jan 13, 198725 mins
Maggie is thrilled when Carol is offered a chance to skip a grade in school, but then discovers that she may have sent her daughter the wrong message about her own life choices.
Episode 12
Higher Education
Tue, Jan 20, 198725 mins
Mike is blackmailed by a girl who helped change his grade on an English test so he'd be allowed to go on a ski trip; Jason and Maggie have colds, and Carol runs the house a little too well for Jason's liking.
Episode 13
Some Enchanted Evening
Tue, Jan 27, 198725 mins
Carol is eager for Bobby to invite her to the Dewey High winter formal, but he doesn't seem interested. Meanwhile, Mike has three girls courting him to be their date for the dance.
Episode 14
Thank You, Willie Nelson
Tue, Feb 3, 198725 mins
When Carol has a slumber party, Ben and Mike can't resist scaring her friends; meanwhile, Maggie and Jason try to keep peace between her parents who've just made a dramatic lifestyle change.
Episode 15
Thank God It's Friday
Tue, Feb 10, 198725 mins
It's Friday night and Mike, Eddie and Boner can't decide what to do since they are bored with every idea presented. They run into an old friend, who is now in college, at the pizza shop. He is picking up pizzas for a college party. The three beg him to come along. When they get there, they find out everyone is going in groups to the bathroom to do lines of cocaine. The three are tested and must decide whether to do the right thing or go along with the crowd.
Episode 16
My Brother, Myself
Tue, Feb 24, 198725 mins
When Ben hits puberty he gets advice from Mike and tries to hit on his babysitter; Maggie and Jason go on a date.
Episode 17
Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins
Tue, Mar 3, 198725 mins
Carol is determined to get a nose job even without her parents' permission, and Mike is surprised when he finds out his teasing may be responsible.
Episode 18
Carnival
Tue, Mar 10, 198725 mins
Maggie feels guilty about not spending enough time with Ben, so she helps organize his school carnival, and doesn't notice that Ben feels more neglected than before.
Episode 19
The Awful Truth
Tue, Mar 17, 198725 mins
When Ben must research his family's history for a school project, he uncovers evidence that both his mother and father have been divorced.
Episode 20
Born Free
Tue, Mar 31, 198725 mins
None of his father's lectures on the value of an education seem to effect Mike until he talks to a distraught expectant father; meanwhile, Jason delivers the baby -30,000 feet up. Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years") guest stars.
Episode 21
The Long Goodbye
Tue, May 5, 198725 mins
When the furnace needs to be repaired, Jason insists on using Jimmy, their handyman, but Maggie feels he's too old. Then as things around the house start to fall apart it appears it's Jimmy's fault and Maggie insists that Jason let him go.
Episode 22
Confidentially Yours
Tue, May 19, 198725 mins
Maggie's offered a job so she and Jason goes out with the man and his wife. But when his wife arrives, she's shocked to see Jason. It seems she's been seeing Jason and using her maiden name. It seems her husband has ulterior motives for wanting to hire Maggie but because doctor-patient confidentiality Jason can't say anything.