The BEST episodes of Growing Pains season 3
Every episode of Growing Pains season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Growing Pains season 3!
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 - Graduation Day
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/4/1988
At Mike's high-school graduation, family members recall moments when it seemed like his graduation would never take place.
#2 - How the West Was Won (2)
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/26/1988
Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.
#3 - Aloha (2)
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1987
Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.
#4 - A Reason to Live
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1987
A troubled student named Jill (Kellie Overbey) volunteers to work on a school project with Mike (Kirk Cameron) and Boner (Josh Andrew Koenig). This, however, is a subterfuge: Jill has been contemplating suicide due to some very serious problems at home, and she hopes to get some free counseling from Mike's psychiatrist dad Jason (Alan Thicke). But as it turns out, Jason is presently weighed down with a few self-pity issues of his own.
#5 - A Star is Born
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1987
A star is born when Mike lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica.
#6 - Taking Care of Business
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1987
Mike uses double talk to sell stereos.
#7 - State of the Union
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1988
Maggie fumes over the many irritants that seem to be driving her and Jason apart -- until unexpected news sheds light on the situation.
#8 - Nasty Habits
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1987
Maggie and Jason try to keep Mike in his room to complete an English paper, but Mike's mind is of course elsewhere.
#9 - How the West Was Won (1)
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/20/1988
Mike and Boner learn that Coach Lubbock has been fired, prompting them to organize a protest.
#10 - The Marrying Kind
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1988
Reason flies out the window when Bobby and his parents arrive at the Seavers' for dinner and a special announcement -- that Bobby and Carol are engaged.
#11 - Who's Zoomin' Who?
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1987
Bobby's annoying habits make Carol look elsewhere for the man of her dreams -- just in time for her to notice a new student.
#12 - Aloha (1)
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1987
The family is stranded in Maui.
#13 - Gone But Not Forgotten
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1987
Burglars hit the Seaver home.
#14 - Not Necessarily the News
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1987
The family scrambles to help find an out-of-work Maggie a job after she turns into Super Mom, preparing oversize meals and assigning new chores.
#15 - Dance Fever (1)
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/1/1988
At the school dance, Mike gets a girl and Carol gets raked over the coals. Meanwhile, Ben's adventure goes awry.
#16 - Big Brother is Not Watching
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1987
Ben asks Carol's advice on getting a new bike from their parents.
#17 - Broadway Bound
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1987
After their success in the school play, Mike and Monica set their sights on a Broadway audition for "Our Town."
#18 - The Scarlet Letter
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1987
An unearned "A" makes Carol doubt her academic record.
#19 - Michaelgate
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1987
Mike is unaware that he's been nominated for student-body president because he's "a sure loser."
#20 - Great Expectations
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1988
A letter from the girl he met in Hawaii has Mike scheming to fly to Los Angeles to see her without his parents' knowing.
#21 - Bringing Up Baby
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/1988
The Seavers begin to make room for baby, relegating Ben to the guest quarters and making the others lament the changes bound to come. Meanwhile, Maggie grasps for a way to tell her boss she is pregnant.
#22 - Dance Fever (2)
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/2/1988
Great expectations turn sour at the Dewey High dance after Mike hears Lydia's voice; and Ben and Stinky find themselves in a seedy diner eyeing a pinball machine that pays real money.
#23 - The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (1)
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/30/1988
Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family's household objects, and each has a story to tell (via flashbacks from past episodes).
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#24 - The Mom Who Knew Too Much
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1988
Maggie and Carol share confidences at the beauty salon, but later Carol learns to her chagrin that a secret isn't safe with Maggie.
#25 - This is Your Life
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1987
During a tonsillectomy, Ben has an out-of-body experience, dreaming that he escapes with a friendly cabbie, only to find a new Ben has replaced him at home.