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The Growing Pains TV show was a 30 minute family comedy series on ABC.

Growing Pains Cast Members:

Alan Thicke ....................... Jason Seaver
Joanna Kerns ...................... Maggie Seaver
Kirk Cameron ...................... Mike Seaver
Tracey Gold ....................... Carol Seaver
Jeremy Miller ..................... Ben
Ashley Johnson .................... Chrissy
Leonardo DiCaprio ................. Luke
Andrew Koenig ..................... Boner
Julie McCullough .................. Julie
Chelsea Noble ..................... Kate

Growing Pains Theme Song Lyrics

Title: "As Long As We Got Each Other"

By: "Steve Dorff and John Bettis"

Show me that smile again. (Show me that smile)
Don’t waste another minute on your cryin’.
We're nowhere near the end (nowhere near)
The best is ready to begin.

Oooohhh. As long as we got each other
We got the world spinnin' right in our hands.
Baby you and me, we gotta be
The luckiest dreamers who never quit dreamin’.

As long as we keep on givin’
we can take anything that comes our way
Baby, rain or shine, all the time
We got each other Sharin’ the laughter and love.

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Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The Unaired Growing Pains Pilot:

Produced to show to test audiences, Elizabeth Ward played the role of "Carol" rather than Tracey Gold. Tracey had originally auditioned and lost the part to Elizabeth. When the studio decided to recast the role, they asked Tracey to re-audition and she nearly refused. She was in Chicago on a mini-vacation and figured that they had already seen her and didn't want her for the part. Luckily, she changed her mind!

The First Season

1... Pilot (9/24/1985)
2... Springsteen (10/1/1985)
3... Jealousy (10/8/1985)
4... Carol's Article (10/15/1985)
5... Superdad (10/29/1985)
6... Mike's Madonna Story (11/5/1985)
7... Weekend Fantasy (11/12/1985)
8... Slice Of Life (11/19/1985)
9... Carol's Crush (11/26/1985)
10. Dirt Bike (12/3/1985)
11. Standardized Test (12/10/1985)
12. A Christmas Story (12/17/1985)
13. The Love Song Of M. Aaron Seaver (1/7/1986)
14. First Blood (1/14/1986)
15. Slice Of Life Ii (1/21/1986)
16. The Seavers vs. The Cleavers (1/28/1986)
17. Charity Begins In The Home (2/18/1986)
18. Reputation (2/25/1986)
19. The Anniversary That Never Was (3/4/1986)
20. Be A Man (3/11/1986)
21. Career Decision (5/6/1986)
22. Extra Lap (5/13/1986)

The Second Season

23. Jason And The Cruisers (9/30/1986)
24. Fast Times At Dewey High (10/21/1986)
25. Long Day's Journey Into Night (10/28/1986)
26. Call Me (11/11/1986)
27. Employee Of The Month (11/18/1986)
28. Dream Lover (11/25/1986)
29. Do You Believe In Magic? (12/2/1986)
30. Jason's Rib (12/9/1986)
31. The Kid (12/16/1986)
32. The Breakfast Club (1/6/1987)
33. Choices (1/13/1987)
34. Higher Education (1/20/1987)
35. Some Enchanted Evening (1/27/1987)
36. Thank You, Willie Nelson (2/3/1987)
37. Thank God's It's Friday (2/10/1987)
38. My Brother, Myself (2/24/1987)
39. Jimmy Durante Died For Your Sins (3/3/1987)
40. Carnival (3/10/1987)
41. The Awful Truth (3/17/1987)
42. Born Free (3/31/1987)
43. The Long Goodbye (5/4/1987)
44. Confidentially Yours (5/11/1987)

The Third Season

45. Aloha - Part 1 (9/18/1987)
46. Aloha - Part 2 (9/18/1987)
47. Taking Care Of Business (9/22/1987)
48. Not Necessarily The News (9/29/1987)
49. Michaelgate (10/6/1987)
50. Big Brother Is Not Watching (10/13/1987)
51. A Star Is Born (10/27/1987)
52. Gone But Not Forgotten (11/3/1987)
53. Who's Zoomin' Who? (11/10/1987)
54. This Is Your Life (11/17/1987)
55. Broadway Bound (11/24/1987)
56. The Scarlet Letter (12/1/1987)
57. A Reason To Live (12/8/1987)
58. Nasty Habits (12/15/1987)
59. The Marrying Kind (1/5/1988)
60. State Of The Union (1/12/1988)
61. The Mom Who Knew Too Much (1/26/1988)
62. Great Expectations (2/9/1988)
63. Dance Fever - Part 1 (3/1/1988)
64. Dance Fever - Part 2 (3/2/1988)
65. Bringing Up Baby (3/9/1988)
66. The Obscure Objects Of Our Desire - Part 1 (3/30/1988)
67. The Obscure Objects Of Our Desire - Part 2 (3/30/1988)
68. How The West Was Won - Part 1 (4/20/1988)
69. How The West Was Won - Part 2 (4/27/1988)
70. Graduation Day (5/4/1988)

The Fourth Season

71. Fool For Love (10/19/1988)
72. Birth Of A Seaver (10/26/1988)
73. Family Ties - Part 1 (11/2/1988)
74. Family Ties - Part 2 (11/9/1988)
75. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (11/16/1988)
76. Homecoming Queen (11/23/1988)
77. Nude Photos (11/30/1988)
78. Ben's First Kiss (12/7/1988)
79. The Nanny (1/4/1989)
80. Mandingo (1/11/1989)
81. In Carol We Trust (1/18/1989)
82. Mom Of The Year (1/25/1989)
83. Semper Fidelis (2/1/1989)
84. Feet Of Clay (2/8/1989)
85. Anniversary From Hell (2/15/1989)
86. Fortunate Son (2/22/1989)
87. Double Standard (3/1/1989)
88. The Recruiter (3/15/1989)
89. Show Ninety - Who Knew? (3/22/1989)
90. Second Chance (4/19/1989)
91. The Looove Boat - Part 1 (4/26/1989)
92. The Looove Boat - Part 2 (5/3/1989)

The Fifth Season

93. Anger With Love (9/20/1989)
94. Mike And Julie's Wedding (9/27/1989)
95. Carol Meets The Real World (10/4/1989)
96. Fish Bait (10/11/1989)
97. Teach Me (10/18/1989)
98. Carol's Papers (10/25/1989)
99. Coughing Boy (11/1/1989)
100. The New Deal - Part 1 (11/8/1989)
101. The New Deal - Part 2 (11/15/1989)
102. Paper Route (11/22/1989)
103. Five Grand (11/26/1989)
104. Carol's Promotion (12/6/1989)
105. Ben And Mike's Excellent Adventure (12/13/1989)
106. The Triangle (1/3/1990)
107. The Return Of The Triangle (1/10/1990)
108. The Home Show (1/17/1990)
109. Jason vs. Maggie (1/24/1990)
110. Mike, Kate And Julie (1/31/1990)
111. Mike The Teacher (2/7/1990)
112. Carol In Jail (2/14/1990)
113. Maggie's Dream (2/21/1990)
114. Ben Cheats (3/14/1990)
115. Mike The Director (3/21/1990)
116. Weekend At Mike's (4/4/1990)
117. Ben's Movie (4/25/1990)
118. If There's A Will (5/2/1990)

The Sixth Season

119. Mike's Choice (9/19/1990)
120. Midnight Cowboy (9/26/1990)
121. Roommates (10/3/1990)
122. Daddy Mike (10/10/1990)
123. Ben's Sure Thing (10/17/1990)
124. Jason Flirts, Maggie Hurts (10/24/1990)
125. Happy Halloween - Part 1 (10/31/1990)
126. Happy Halloween - Part 2 (10/31/1990)
127. Let's Go Europe - Part 1 (11/7/1990)
128. Let's Go Europe - Part 2 (11/14/1990)
129. Let's Go Europe - Part 3 (11/28/1990)
130. Divorce Story (12/5/1990)
131. The World According To Chrissy (12/19/1990)
132. How Could I Leave Her Behind? (1/2/1991)
133. Like Father, Like Son (1/9/1991)
134. Ben's Rap Group (1/23/1991)
135. 1Eddie, We Hardly Knew Ye (1/30/1991)
136. Maggie Seaver's "The Meaning Of Life" (2/6/1991)
137. All The World Is A Stage (2/13/1991)
138. Not With My Carol You Don't (2/20/1991)
139. Meet The Seavers (3/6/1991)
140. Carol's Carnival (3/27/1991)
141. Home Schooling (4/17/1991)
142. Viva Las Vegas (4/24/1991)

The Seventh Season

143. Back To School (9/18/1991)
144. Stop, Luke, And Listen (9/25/1991)
145. In Vino Veritas (9/28/1991)
146. Paper Tigers (10/5/1991)
147. The Young And The Homeless (10/12/1991)
148. Jason Sings The Blues (10/19/1991)
149. The Kid's Still Got It (10/26/1991)
150. There Must Be A Pony (11/2/1991)
151. The Big Fix (11/9/1991)
152. Home Malone (11/16/1991)
153. Bad Day Cafe (11/23/1991)
154. B = Mc2 (11/30/1991)
155. It's Not Easy Being Green (12/21/1991)
156. The Call Of The Wild (1/4/1992)
157. Honest Abe (1/18/1992)
158. Vicious Cycle (2/1/1992)
159. Menage A Luke (2/8/1992)
160. The Five Fingers Of Ben (2/22/1992)
161. Don't Go Changin' (2/29/1992)
162. The Truck Stops Here (3/21/1992)
163. Maggie's Brilliant Career (4/4/1992)
164. The Wrath Of Con Ed (4/11/1992)
165. The Last Picture Show (4/25/1992)