Ever wonder what a complete list of all the Growing Pains episodes would look like dumped in one convenient location?
Cool. Me too.
So, here it is — all 166 Growing Pains episodes:
(Just know the Growing Pains theme song is going to be stuck in your head for weeks now!)
| Season # | Episode # | Title | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Pilot | September 24, 1985 |
| 1 | 2 | Springsteen | October 1, 1985 |
| 1 | 3 | Jealousy | October 8, 1985 |
| 1 | 4 | Carol’s Article | October 15, 1985 |
| 1 | 5 | Superdad! | October 29, 1985 |
| 1 | 6 | Mike’s Madonna Story | November 5, 1985 |
| 1 | 7 | Weekend Fantasy | November 12, 1985 |
| 1 | 8 | Slice of Life | November 19, 1985 |
| 1 | 9 | Carol’s Crush | November 26, 1985 |
| 1 | 10 | Dirt Bike | December 3, 1985 |
| 1 | 11 | Standardized Test | December 10, 1985 |
| 1 | 12 | A Christmas Story | December 30, 1899 |
| 1 | 13 | The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver | January 7, 1986 |
| 1 | 14 | First Blood | January 14, 1986 |
| 1 | 15 | Slice of Life II | January 21, 1986 |
| 1 | 16 | The Seavers vs. the Cleavers | January 28, 1986 |
| 1 | 17 | Charity Begins at Home | February 18, 1986 |
| 1 | 18 | Reputation | February 25, 1986 |
| 1 | 19 | The Anniversary That Never Was | March 4, 1986 |
| 1 | 20 | Be a Man | March 11, 1986 |
| 1 | 21 | Career Decision | December 30, 1899 |
| 1 | 22 | Extra Lap | May 13, 1986 |
| 2 | 1 | Jason and the Cruisers | September 30, 1986 |
| 2 | 2 | Fast Times at Dewey High | October 21, 1986 |
| 2 | 3 | Long Day’s Journey Into Night | October 28, 1986 |
| 2 | 4 | Call Me | November 11, 1986 |
| 2 | 5 | Employee of the Month | November 18, 1986 |
| 2 | 6 | Dream Lover | November 25, 1986 |
| 2 | 7 | Do You Believe in Magic? | December 2, 1986 |
| 2 | 8 | Jason’s Rib | December 9, 1986 |
| 2 | 9 | The Kid | December 16, 1986 |
| 2 | 10 | The Breakfast Club | January 6, 1987 |
| 2 | 11 | Choices | January 13, 1987 |
| 2 | 12 | Higher Education | January 20, 1987 |
| 2 | 13 | Some Enchanted Evening | January 27, 1987 |
| 2 | 14 | Thank You, Willie Nelson | February 3, 1987 |
| 2 | 15 | Thank God It’s Friday | February 10, 1987 |
| 2 | 16 | My Brother, Myself | February 24, 1987 |
| 2 | 17 | Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins | March 3, 1987 |
| 2 | 18 | Carnival | March 10, 1987 |
| 2 | 19 | The Awful Truth | March 17, 1987 |
| 2 | 20 | Born Free | March 31, 1987 |
| 2 | 21 | The Long Goodbye | May 5, 1987 |
| 2 | 22 | Confidentially Yours | May 19, 1987 |
| 3 | 1 | Aloha: Part 1 | December 30, 1899 |
| 3 | 2 | Aloha: Part 2 | December 30, 1899 |
| 3 | 3 | Taking Care of Business | September 22, 1987 |
| 3 | 4 | Not Necessarily the News | September 29, 1987 |
| 3 | 5 | Michaelgate | October 6, 1987 |
| 3 | 6 | Big Brother is Not Watching | October 13, 1987 |
| 3 | 7 | A Star Is Born | October 27, 1987 |
| 3 | 8 | Gone But Not Forgotten | November 3, 1987 |
| 3 | 9 | Who’s Zoomin’ Who? | November 10, 1987 |
| 3 | 10 | This is Your Life | November 17, 1987 |
| 3 | 11 | Broadway Bound | November 24, 1987 |
| 3 | 12 | The Scarlet Letter | December 1, 1987 |
| 3 | 13 | A Reason to Live | December 8, 1987 |
| 3 | 14 | Nasty Habits | December 15, 1987 |
| 3 | 15 | The Marrying Kind | January 5, 1988 |
| 3 | 16 | State of the Union | January 12, 1988 |
| 3 | 17 | The Mom Who Knew Too Much | January 26, 1988 |
| 3 | 18 | Great Expectations | February 9, 1988 |
| 3 | 19 | Dance Fever: Part 1 | March 1, 1988 |
| 3 | 20 | Dance Fever: Part 2 | March 2, 1988 |
| 3 | 21 | Bringing Up Baby | March 9, 1988 |
| 3 | 22 | The Obscure Objects of Our Desire: Part 1 | March 30, 1988 |
| 3 | 23 | The Obscure Objects of Our Desire: Part 2 | March 30, 1988 |
| 3 | 24 | How the West Was Won: Part 1 | April 27, 1988 |
| 3 | 25 | How the West Was Won: Part 2 | April 27, 1988 |
| 3 | 26 | Graduation Day | May 4, 1988 |
| 4 | 1 | Fool for Love | October 19, 1988 |
| 4 | 2 | Birth of a Seaver | October 26, 1988 |
| 4 | 3 | Family Ties: Part 1 | November 2, 1988 |
| 4 | 4 | Family Ties: Part 2 | November 9, 1988 |
| 4 | 5 | Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? | November 16, 1988 |
| 4 | 6 | Homecoming Queen | November 23, 1988 |
| 4 | 7 | Nude Photos | November 30, 1988 |
| 4 | 8 | Ben’s First Kiss | December 7, 1988 |
| 4 | 9 | The Nanny | January 4, 1989 |
| 4 | 10 | Mandingo | December 30, 1899 |
| 4 | 11 | In Carol We Trust | January 18, 1989 |
| 4 | 12 | Mom of the Year | January 25, 1989 |
| 4 | 13 | Semper Fidelis | February 1, 1989 |
| 4 | 14 | Feet of Clay | February 8, 1989 |
| 4 | 15 | Anniversary from Hell | February 15, 1989 |
| 4 | 16 | Fortunate Son | February 22, 1989 |
| 4 | 17 | Double Standard | March 1, 1989 |
| 4 | 18 | The Recruiter | March 15, 1988 |
| 4 | 19 | Show Ninety – Who Knew? | March 22, 1989 |
| 4 | 20 | Second Chance | December 30, 1899 |
| 4 | 21 | The Looooove Boat: Part 1 | April 26, 1989 |
| 4 | 22 | The Looooove Boat: Part 2 | May 3, 1989 |
| 5 | 1 | Anger With Love | September 20, 1989 |
| 5 | 2 | Mike and Julie’s Wedding | September 27, 1989 |
| 5 | 3 | Carol Meets the Real World | October 4, 1989 |
| 5 | 4 | Fish Bait | October 11, 1989 |
| 5 | 5 | Teach Me | October 18, 1989 |
| 5 | 6 | Carol’s Papers | October 25, 1989 |
| 5 | 7 | Coughing Boy | November 1, 1989 |
| 5 | 8 | The New Deal: Part 1 | November 8, 1989 |
| 5 | 9 | The New Deal: Part 2 | November 15, 1989 |
| 5 | 10 | Paper Route | November 22, 1989 |
| 5 | 11 | Five Grand | November 29, 1989 |
| 5 | 12 | Carol’s Promotion | December 6, 1989 |
| 5 | 13 | Ben and Mike’s Excellent Adventure | December 13, 1989 |
| 5 | 14 | The Triangle | January 3, 1990 |
| 5 | 15 | The Return of the Triangle | January 10, 1990 |
| 5 | 16 | The Home Show | January 17, 1990 |
| 5 | 17 | Jason vs. Maggie | January 24, 1990 |
| 5 | 18 | Mike, Kate and Julie | January 31, 1990 |
| 5 | 19 | Mike, the Teacher | February 7, 1990 |
| 5 | 20 | Carol in Jail | February 14, 1990 |
| 5 | 21 | Future Shock | February 21, 1990 |
| 5 | 22 | Ben Cheats | March 14, 1990 |
| 5 | 23 | Mike, the Director | March 21, 1990 |
| 5 | 24 | Weekend at Mike’s | December 30, 1899 |
| 5 | 25 | Ben’s Movie | April 25, 1990 |
| 5 | 26 | Where There’s a Will | May 2, 1990 |
| 6 | 1 | Mike’s Choice | September 19, 1990 |
| 6 | 2 | Midnight Cowboy | September 26, 1990 |
| 6 | 3 | Roommates | October 3, 1990 |
| 6 | 4 | Daddy Mike | October 10, 1990 |
| 6 | 5 | Ben’s Sure Thing | October 17, 1990 |
| 6 | 6 | Jason Flirts, Maggie Hurts | October 24, 1990 |
| 6 | 7 | Happy Halloween: Part 1 | October 31, 1990 |
| 6 | 8 | Happy Halloween: Part 2 | October 31, 1990 |
| 6 | 9 | Let’s Go Europe: Part 1 | November 7, 1990 |
| 6 | 10 | Let’s Go Europe: Part 2 | November 14, 1990 |
| 6 | 11 | Let’s Go Europe: Part 3 | December 30, 1899 |
| 6 | 12 | Divorce Story | December 5, 1990 |
| 6 | 13 | The World According to Chrissy | December 19, 1990 |
| 6 | 14 | How Could I Leave Her Behind? | January 2, 1991 |
| 6 | 15 | Like Father, Like Son | January 9, 1991 |
| 6 | 16 | Ben’s Rap Group | January 23, 1991 |
| 6 | 17 | Eddie, We Hardly Knew Ye | January 30, 1991 |
| 6 | 18 | Maggie Seaver’s: The Meaning of Life | February 6, 1991 |
| 6 | 19 | All the World is a Stage | February 13, 1991 |
| 6 | 20 | Not With My Carol You Don’t | February 20, 1991 |
| 6 | 21 | Meet the Seavers | December 30, 1899 |
| 6 | 22 | Carol’s Carnival | March 27, 1991 |
| 6 | 23 | Home Schooling | December 30, 1899 |
| 6 | 24 | Viva Las Vegas | April 24, 1991 |
| 7 | 1 | Back to School | September 18, 1991 |
| 7 | 2 | Stop, Luke, and Listen: Part 1 | September 25, 1991 |
| 7 | 3 | In vino veritas: Part 2 | September 28, 1991 |
| 7 | 4 | Paper Tigers | October 5, 1991 |
| 7 | 5 | The Young and the Homeless | October 12, 1991 |
| 7 | 6 | Jason Sings the Blues | October 19, 1991 |
| 7 | 7 | The Kid’s Still Got It | October 26, 1991 |
| 7 | 8 | There Must Be a Pony | November 2, 1991 |
| 7 | 9 | The Big Fix | November 9, 1991 |
| 7 | 10 | Home Malone | November 16, 1991 |
| 7 | 11 | Bad Day Cafe | November 23, 1991 |
| 7 | 12 | B=MC2 | November 30, 1991 |
| 7 | 13 | It’s Not Easy Being Green | December 21, 1991 |
| 7 | 14 | The Call of the Wild | January 4, 1992 |
| 7 | 15 | Honest Abe | January 18, 1992 |
| 7 | 16 | Vicious Cycle | February 1, 1992 |
| 7 | 17 | Menage a Luke | February 8, 1992 |
| 7 | 18 | The Five Fingers of Ben | February 22, 1992 |
| 7 | 19 | Don’t Go Changin’ | February 29, 1992 |
| 7 | 20 | The Truck Stops Here | March 21, 1992 |
| 7 | 21 | Maggie’s Brilliant Career | April 4, 1992 |
| 7 | 22 | The Wrath of Con Ed | April 11, 1992 |
| 7 | 23 | The Last Picture Show: Part 1 | December 30, 1899 |
| 7 | 24 | The Last Picture Show: Part 2 | April 25, 1992 |
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