Episode

Growing Pains: Dance Fever (1)

Name: Growing Pains: Dance Fever (1)
Released: 1988-03-01
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron, Tracey Gold, Jeremy Miller

Growing PainsSeason 31988-03-01

Overview

At the school dance, Mike gets a girl and Carol gets raked over the coals. Meanwhile, Ben's adventure goes awry.

Details

Series: Growing Pains
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 18
Air date: 1988-03-01
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

Dance Fever (1) is Episode 18 in Season 3 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1988-03-01. The runtime is 30 min.

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Episode 17: Great Expectations 1988-02-09 | 30 min A letter from the girl he met in Hawaii has Mike scheming to fly to Los Angeles to see her without his parents' knowing.

Episode 19: Dance Fever (2) 1988-03-02 | 30 min 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.

More episodes from this season

Episode 16: The Mom Who Knew Too Much 1988-01-26 | 30 min Maggie and Carol share confidences at the beauty salon, but later Carol learns to her chagrin that a secret isn't safe with Maggie.

Episode 20: Bringing Up Baby 1988-03-09 | 30 min 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.

Episode 15: State of the Union 1988-01-12 | 30 min Maggie fumes over the many irritants that seem to be driving her and Jason apart -- until unexpected news sheds light on the situation.

Episode 21: The Obscure Objects of Our Desire 1988-03-30 | 60 min Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family's household objects, and each has a story to tell.

Episode 14: The Marrying Kind 1988-01-05 | 30 min 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.

Episode 22: How the West Was Won (1) 1988-04-20 | 30 min Mike and Boner learn that Coach Lubbock has been fired, prompting them to organize a protest.

Episode 13: Nasty Habits 1987-12-15 | 30 min Maggie and Jason try to keep Mike in his room to complete an English paper, but Mike's mind is of course elsewhere.

Episode 23: How the West Was Won (2) 1988-04-26 | 30 min Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.

Episode 12: A Reason to Live 1987-12-08 | 30 min A troubled student named Jill volunteers to work on a school project with Mike and Boner. 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. But as it turns out, Jason is presently weighed down with a few self-pity issues of his own.

Episode 24: Graduation Day 1988-05-04 | 30 min At Mike's high-school graduation, family members recall moments when it seemed like his graduation would never take place.