Growing Pains
It's hard enough to raise a kid nowadays, but when you have to cope with THESE kids, things tend to get out of hand. Jason Seaver, a psychologist, and his wife Maggie Seaver, a journalist, try to do their best raising their family, and although their kids--Mike, Ben, Carol and Chrissy--cause them endless problems, they manage to keep the family close together. As long as they got each other, nothing else matters.
- 1985-1992
- 7 seasons
- ABC
- Comedy
- TV-G
It's hard enough to raise a kid nowadays, but when you have to cope with THESE kids, things tend to get out of hand. Jason Seaver, a psychologist, and his wife Maggie Seaver, a journalist, try to do their best raising their family, and although their kids--Mike, Ben, Carol and Chrissy--cause them endless problems, they manage to keep the family close together. As long as they got each other, nothing else matters.
Season 7 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1991 - 1992
Episode 1
Back to School
Wed, Sep 18, 1991 24 mins
Mike begins teaching remedial at an inner city community center. Chrissy dislikes kindergarten.
Episode 2
Stop, Luke and Listen
Wed, Sep 25, 1991 24 mins
Mike tries to help when he learns that his best remedial student is homeless.
Episode 3
In vino veritas
Sat, Sep 28, 1991 24 mins
A homeless remedial student comes under suspicion when Jason's wine collection starts to disappear.
Episode 4
Paper Tigers
Sat, Oct 5, 1991 24 mins
Writing a newspaper column puts Maggie in competition with Jason. Ben tries to lose his new glasses.
Episode 5
The Young and the Homeless
Sat, Oct 12, 1991 24 mins
Mike risks his television career to help Luke. Carol enjoys her new popularity at college.
Episode 6
Jason Sings the Blues
Sat, Oct 19, 1991 24 mins
Mike, Ben and Luke are hard pressed to explain Jason's unusual behavior at his own psychiatry banquet.
Episode 7
The Kid's Still Got It
Sat, Oct 26, 1991 24 mins
Maggie and Carol visit a health club; Mike and Jason find out that Chrissy has head lice.
Episode 8
There Must Be a Pony
Sat, Nov 2, 1991 24 mins
Jason uses psychiatry when Chrissy refuses to go to bed. Luke achieves instant popularity in high school.
Episode 9
The Big Fix
Sat, Nov 9, 1991 24 mins
Ben uses and hurts the vacuum cleaner Maggie's supposed to test for her column. She doesn't know what he did, so when it runs poorly, she prepares to blast the company for misleading advertising. Meanwhile, Luke lies about his life to a girl he wants to impress.
Episode 10
Home Malone
Sat, Nov 16, 1991 24 mins
The Seavers go to Maggie's mom's house to get the place ready to be sold. Kate's moving to Florida, and hasn't seen the house, which is full of memories and her husband's presence, since Ed died.
Episode 11
Bad Day Cafe
Sat, Nov 23, 1991 24 mins
Mike's skeptical when Luke's dad reappears wanting his son back. Ben pretends to be Luke so Mike can check the man out.
Episode 12
B=MC2
Sat, Nov 30, 1991 24 mins
Ben wants to take a college entrance exam, and gets mad when he hears his dad make a disparaging remark about his intelligence. Carol's feelings for Dwight take a blow when she meets the young girl living at his place.
Episode 13
It's Not Easy Being Green
Sat, Dec 21, 1991 24 mins
Jealous Mike follows Kate to a Jamaican shoot.
Episode 14
The Call of the Wild
Sat, Jan 4, 1992 24 mins
Kate wants to go skiing, and Mike doesn't have the money. He finds a bargain - if twenty rooms are booked, the twenty-first is free. He gets Ben, Carol, Dwight, and Luke to go, and the others are supposed to be Ben's chess club. But, Ben takes the school rowdies instead.
Episode 15
Honest Abe
Sat, Jan 18, 1992 24 mins
Luke's past and present lives collide when the Seavers throw a party for Luke's birthday and invite a friend from his days on the street.
Episode 16
Vicious Cycle
Sat, Feb 1, 1992 30 mins
Jason and Maggie have no luck reining in Luke, so they put Mike in charge of disciplining him.
Episode 17
Menage a Luke
Sat, Feb 8, 1992 24 mins
Ben has his eye on a girl who is constantly rebuffing. He's planning to ask her out. At the same time, he treats a girl who worships him like dirt. Luke makes a connection with her. He's hesitant to make a move because of Ben but Mike convinces to. When the girl Ben was planning to ask out shoots him down, he decides to ask out the one who follows him, but she's already with Luke and Ben doesn't take it well.
Episode 18
The Five Fingers of Ben
Sat, Feb 22, 1992 25 mins
Ben takes karate lessons to deal with a school bully.
Episode 19
Don't Go Changin'
Sat, Feb 29, 1992 24 mins
Eddie drops by to visit Mike, and he hasn't changed a bit. His irresponsible ways don't exactly mesh with Mike's ideals for raising Luke. Ben makes a home movie for Carol, who's studying in London.
Episode 20
The Truck Stops Here
Sat, Mar 21, 1992 24 mins
Luke's trucker father comes and tries to reach out to Luke but Luke rebuffs him. When he's about to leave his back goes out so they take him and Mike is incredulous as to if he's really hurt. But Maggie tells him that according to the doctor he is and that if he continues to drive a truck it could get worse. Jason and Ben deliver his load which proves to be no easy task.
Episode 21
Maggie's Brilliant Career
Sat, Apr 4, 1992 24 mins
Maggie tries to beat her fears by facing them - and ends up hanging off the side of a mountain.
Episode 22
The Wrath of Con Ed
Sat, Apr 11, 1992 24 mins
Maggie and Jason get stuck in traffic after a city wide power failure. Ben is stuck at home babysitting Chrissy who is afraid of the dark.
Episode 23
The Last Picture Show: Part 1
Sat, Apr 25, 1992 23 mins
Maggie gets a job offer she can't refuse, but it will change her whole family's lives.
Episode 24
The Last Picture Show: Part 2
Sat, Apr 25, 1992 24 mins
Mike proposes to Kate, realizing he wants someone to cook and clean when his mom moves, but she furiously turns him down. Maggie wants to refuse the job since Ben is against moving, but Mike talks to his little brother and they strike a deal.