Episode
Growing Pains: First Blood
Overview
Jason faces off against Ben's hockey coach, who's teaching the boys to play dirty; Mike learns ballroom dancing.
Details
- Series
- Growing Pains
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1986-01-14
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
First Blood is Episode 14 in Season 1 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1986-01-14. The runtime is 24 min.
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Mike backs out of the family-bowling match so he can date a snobbish girlfriend.
Episode 15: Slice of Life II
Maggie casually mentions to Jason that she might be pregnant; Mike acts as a weekend servant to Ben; and Carol wants to divorce her class-project husband.
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Episode 12: A Christmas Story
A depressed department store Santa consulting Jason decides to commit suicide by leaping down the Seavers' chimney.
Episode 16: The Seavers vs. the Cleavers
The PTA head rejects the Seavers as dance chaperones.
Episode 11: Standardized Test
Mike doodles on his aptitude test and winds up with an IQ score of 27.
Episode 17: Charity Begins at Home
Ben gives Jason a very expensive birthday present, causing speculation on how he can possibly afford it.
Episode 10: Dirt Bike
Mike hurts more than his pride when he takes a nasty fall off a dirt bike that he promised his parents he wouldn't go near.
Episode 18: Reputation
Mike writes test answers on his shoe soles.
Episode 9: Carol's Crush
Carol develops a crush on a family friend, who thinks of her as his little sister.
Episode 19: The Anniversary That Never Was
Maggie's assignment interferes with anniversary plans.
Episode 8: Slice of Life
Coming across a compatibility test in Jason's office, Maggie decides she and Jason should fill it out, but her answers don't tab with his. Meanwhile, Mike feigns interest in karate when his real goal is a girl attending the course.
Episode 20: Be a Man
Custodian Mike watches a wild party explode in his home.