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The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (2)

March 30, 1988

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Growing Pains - S3 - E23

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Household objects continue to recall occasions in the Seaver home.

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Growing Pains: Season 3 - 26 Episode s

3x1 - Aloha (1)
September 18, 1987
The family is stranded in Maui.
3x2 - Aloha (2)
September 18, 1987
Ben videotapes Mike and Carol's Hawaiian romances.
3x3 - Taking Care of Business
September 22, 1987
Mike uses double talk to sell stereos.
3x4 - Not Necessarily the News
September 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.
3x5 - Michaelgate
October 6, 1987
Mike is unaware that he's been nominated for student-body president because he's "a sure loser."
3x6 - Big Brother is Not Watching
October 13, 1987
Ben asks Carol's advice on getting a new bike from their parents.
3x7 - A Star is Born
October 27, 1987
A star is born when Mike lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica.
3x8 - Gone But Not Forgotten
November 3, 1987
Burglars hit the Seaver home.
3x9 - Who's Zoomin' Who?
November 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.
3x10 - This is Your Life
November 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.
3x11 - Broadway Bound
November 24, 1987
After their success in the school play, Mike and Monica set their sights on a Broadway audition for ""Our Town.""
3x12 - The Scarlet Letter
December 1, 1987
An unearned "A" makes Carol doubt her academic record.
3x13 - A Reason to Live
December 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.
3x14 - Nasty Habits
December 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.
3x15 - The Marrying Kind
January 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.
3x16 - State of the Union
January 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.
3x17 - The Mom Who Knew Too Much
January 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.
3x18 - Great Expectations
February 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.
3x19 - Dance Fever (1)
March 1, 1988
At the school dance, Mike gets a girl and Carol gets raked over the coals. Meanwhile, Ben's adventure goes awry.
3x20 - Dance Fever (2)
March 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.
3x21 - Bringing Up Baby
March 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.
3x22 - The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (1)
March 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).
3x23 - The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (2)
March 30, 1988
Household objects continue to recall occasions in the Seaver home.
3x24 - How the West Was Won (1)
April 20, 1988
Mike and Boner learn that Coach Lubbock has been fired, prompting them to organize a protest.
3x25 - How the West Was Won (2)
April 26, 1988
Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.
3x26 - Graduation Day
May 4, 1988
At Mike's high-school graduation, family members recall moments when it seemed like his graduation would never take place.

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