Episode
Growing Pains: Slice of Life
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Growing Pains
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1985-11-19
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Slice of Life is Episode 8 in Season 1 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1985-11-19. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 12: A Christmas Story
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Episode 13: The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver
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Episode 14: First Blood
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