Episode
Growing Pains: Big Brother is Not Watching
Overview
Ben asks Carol's advice on getting a new bike from their parents.
Details
- Series
- Growing Pains
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1987-10-13
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Big Brother is Not Watching is Episode 5 in Season 3 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1987-10-13. The runtime is 30 min.
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