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Growing Pains - S7 - E23
Maggie is offered a plum job in Washington, D.C.
Growing Pains: Season 7 - 24 Episode s
7x1 - Back to School
September 18, 1991
Mike teaches at an urban high school.
7x2 - Stop, Luke, and Listen
September 25, 1991
Mike gets involved when he learns his prize pupil Luke is homeless.
7x3 - In vino veritas
September 28, 1991
Mike persuades Jason and Maggie to let Luke stay with them temporarily; then Jason's wine cellar goes missing.
7x4 - Paper Tigers
October 5, 1991
Jason and Maggie compete to write a newspaper column; Ben hates his glasses.
7x5 - The Young and the Homeless
October 12, 1991
Mike gears up for his big day as a TV soap opera star just as Luke gears up to move out of the Seavers'.
7x6 - Jason Sings the Blues
October 19, 1991
Luke is afraid to visit the doctor, so Jason accompanies him -- but it's Jason who turns out to need surgery.
7x7 - The Kid's Still Got It
October 26, 1991
Carol accompanies Maggie to a resort, which turns out to be hosting a singles convention; meanwhile, the all-male weekend planned at home is ruined when Chrissy is set home with head lice.
7x8 - There Must Be a Pony
November 2, 1991
Nouveau riche neighbors move in next door; Ben is forced to look after Luke on his first day of high school; Jason's scheme to let Chrissie stay up late backfires when the neighbors throw a lavish party.
7x9 - The Big Fix
November 9, 1991
Consumer advocate Maggie raps a vacuum cleaner that Ben broke without telling her.
7x10 - Home Malone
November 14, 1991
The ghost of Maggie's father oversees the Seavers' visit to her childhood home.
7x11 - Bad Day Cafe
November 23, 1991
While Jason and Maggie are away, the principal informs Mike that Luke's birth father is back in town -- and wants him back.
7x12 - B=MC2
November 30, 1991
Ben crams for a college entrance exam, but gets no help from Jason.
7x13 - It's Not Easy Being Green
December 21, 1991
Christmas brings anger and angst to the Seavers.
7x14 - The Call of the Wild
January 4, 1992
Penniless Mike schemes to give Kate a skiing trip.
7x15 - Honest Abe
January 17, 1992
Luke's homeless friend steals a Seaver momento.
7x16 - Vicious Cycle
February 1, 1992
Maggie and Jason put Mike on the spot for Luke's curfew problems.
7x17 - Ménage à Luke
February 8, 1992
A love triangle involves Ben, Luke and a classmate.
7x18 - The Five Fingers of Ben
February 22, 1992
Tired of being bullies, Ben takes karate lessons.
7x19 - Don't Go Changin'
February 29, 1992
Mike thinks his friend is a bad influence on Luke.
7x20 - The Truck Stops Here
March 21, 1992
Luke's father George visits the Seavers hoping that Luke has mellowed a little and would like to spend some time with him but Luke doesn't. He was about to leave when he collapses outside the door. He says that can't move, so they take him in. Jason and Ben offer to deliver his load, and they experience all sorts of chaos on the way. Mike thinks that George is faking his injury so that he could stay and Luke would have to talk to him. But the doctor tells Maggie who tells Mike that unless George stops driving trucks, he could become paralyzed. Mike talks to George and tells him to tell Luke but doesn't want Luke to pity him and doesn't anything else to do but be a trucker. Mike suggests that maybe he could open a truck stop. Luke finds George struggling to get up and they finally talk. The next day after Jason and Ben return, George tells them that he is giving up trucking and will open a truck stop and Luke's going with him. Luke says goodbye to the Seavers.
7x21 - Maggie's Brilliant Career
April 4, 1992
Maggie wants to fulfill a dream by climbing a mountain.
7x22 - The Wrath of Con Ed
April 11, 1992
A power failure causes dissensions in the Seaver household.
7x23 - The Last Picture Show (1)
April 25, 1992
Maggie is offered a plum job in Washington, D.C.
7x24 - The Last Picture Show (2)
April 25, 1992
The Seavers move to Washington, D.C., but share a final meal and memories in the empty house.