The BEST episodes of Growing Pains season 1
Every episode of Growing Pains season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Growing Pains season 1!
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! Dr 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...
#1 - Standardized Test
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1985
Mike doodles on his aptitude test and winds up with an IQ score of 27.
#2 - Weekend Fantasy
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1985
Jason and Maggie want to go to a mountain lodge for a weekend, but are reluctant to leave the kids alone.
#3 - Springsteen
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1985
Jason embarrasses Mike at a Bruce Springsteen concert when they are interviewed together.
#4 - Superdad!
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1985
Maggie accuses Jason of monopolizing the children.
#5 - Jealousy
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1985
Jason fumes when Maggie spends long hours on a toxic waste story with handsome co-worker Fred.
#6 - Carol's Crush
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1985
Carol develops a crush on a family friend, who thinks of her as his little sister.
#7 - Carol's Article
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1985
Maggie gives an honest assessment of Carol's writing of an article for her school magazine; Mike and Ben discover track betting.
#8 - A Christmas Story
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1985
A depressed department store Santa consulting Jason decides to commit suicide by leaping down the Seavers' chimney.
#9 - Slice of Life
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1985
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.
#10 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1985
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.
#11 - Dirt Bike
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1985
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.
#12 - First Blood
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1986
Jason faces off against Ben's hockey coach, who's teaching the boys to play dirty; Mike learns ballroom dancing.
#13 - Extra Lap
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1986
Mike's practical-joker uncle Bob visits from the hereafter.
#15 - Charity Begins at Home
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1986
Ben gives Jason a very expensive birthday present, causing speculation on how he can possibly afford it.
#16 - The Seavers vs. the Cleavers
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1986
The PTA head rejects the Seavers as dance chaperones.
#17 - Mike's Madonna Story
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1985
Mike's infatuation with a Madonna look-alike worries Maggie.
#18 - Slice of Life II
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1986
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.
#19 - The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1986
Mike backs out of the family-bowling match so he can date a snobbish girlfriend.
#20 - The Anniversary That Never Was
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1986
Maggie's assignment interferes with anniversary plans.
#21 - Reputation
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1986
Mike writes test answers on his shoe soles.
#22 - Be a Man
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1986
Custodian Mike watches a wild party explode in his home.