Growing Pains - Season 3 (1987)

After being turned down for a job again and again, Maggie thinks she wasn't meant to have a career. Maybe, she should just stay home and cook meals for the family.

Scandal erupts at Dewey High School after class clown Mike Seaver is nominated for high school student body president.

Mike's influence with Ben is threatened when Carol helps Ben manipulate their parents to help with the cost of a new bike.

When the girl he likes is chosen as leading lady in the high school play, Mike Seaver auditions for leading man--and wins the part. He knows nothing about acting and can't recall his lines, but he loves rehearsing the kissing scenes.

Burglars ransack the Seaver home and, more than just material belongings, steal the family's most valuable possession--their sense of safety and security.

The road to romance gets a little rocky for Carol Seaver and her boyfriend Bobby when her head is turned by a handsome new student. Brad PItt guest stars.

When Jason Seaver tells Ben to face his tonsillectomy like a Seaver, Ben is ready to give up his family membership. Under anesthetic, he dreams that he's been replaced by a new, improved Ben.

After starring in last year's hit play at Dewey High School, Mike Seaver decides to skip the auditions for this year's production and head straight for Broadway stardom.

When Carol Seaver turns in an exam paper that she bluffed her way through because she didn't study and gets an A+ on it, she has serious doubts about the importance of grades and education.

Jason Seaver feels dispirited and useless until he meets a sad, scruffy young girl who needs his help.

Mike will do anything to put off doing his English paper, so Jason tries a bit of reverse psychology to motivate his son.

Jason and Maggie are shocked when Carol announces her engagement to Bobby.

Jason and Maggie drift further apart when Maggie's new job demands more and more of her time.

Carol is furious with Maggie after she tells Jason one of Carol's most intimate secrets.

When Mike learns that Melia, his Hawaiian romance, is going to be in California for a convention, he schemes to fly out to see her without his parents' knowledge with help from Carol and Ben.

Jason and Maggie chaperone a high school dance attended by Carol and Mike, and Ben goes in search of his manhood. (Part 1 of 2)

Jason and Maggie compete to see which of them is the better disc jockey at a high school dance; Ben continues his quest for manhood; Mike discovers he has values, and Carol learns to think for herself... Second of a two-part episode.

Pregnant, tired and overworked, Maggie tries to muster the courage to tell her boss that she's having a baby. Meanwhile, the Seaver children try to understand why they weren't consulted about this baby who's sure to change their lives.

The Seaver children clean up the house in order to make money from a garage sale, at Jason's suggestion. Various of the collected items reminisce about their past, introducing clips from previous shows.

The Seaver children clean up the house in order to make money from a garage sale, at Jason's suggestion. Various of the collected items reminisce about their past, introducing clips from previous shows.

Coach Lubbock's contract is up at the end of the semester, and Mike decides to help him out by organizing a strike to keep him at Dewey High School. (Part 1 of 2)

After staging a sit-in to protest the firing of his favorite teacher, Coach Lubbock, Mike is suspended from school and the coach refuses to talk to him--blaming him for all his problems. (Part 2 of 2)

Mike's graduation stirs memories from his proud parents, who recall his birth and first day of school. Carol loses her long-standing bet that her brother will never graduate.