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Episode

Growing Pains: This is Your Life

Growing PainsSeason 31987-11-17

Overview

During a tonsillectomy, Ben has an out-of-body experience, dreaming that he escapes with a friendly cabbie, only to find a new Ben has replaced him at home.

Details

Series: Growing Pains
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 9
Air date: 1987-11-17
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

This is Your Life is Episode 9 in Season 3 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1987-11-17. The runtime is 30 min.

Previous / Next

Episode 8: Who's Zoomin' Who? 1987-11-10 | 30 min Bobby's annoying habits make Carol look elsewhere for the man of her dreams -- just in time for her to notice a new student.

Episode 10: Broadway Bound 1987-11-24 | 30 min After their success in the school play, Mike and Monica set their sights on a Broadway audition for ""Our Town.""

More episodes from this season

Episode 7: Gone But Not Forgotten 1987-11-03 | 30 min Burglars hit the Seaver home.

Episode 11: The Scarlet Letter 1987-12-01 | 30 min An unearned "A" makes Carol doubt her academic record.

Episode 6: A Star is Born 1987-10-27 | 30 min A star is born when Mike lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica.

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 5: Big Brother is Not Watching 1987-10-13 | 30 min Ben asks Carol's advice on getting a new bike from their parents.

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 4: Michaelgate 1987-10-06 | 30 min Mike is unaware that he's been nominated for student-body president because he's "a sure loser."

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 3: Not Necessarily the News 1987-09-29 | 30 min The family scrambles to help find an out-of-work Maggie a job after she turns into Super Mom, preparing oversize meals and assigning new chores.

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.

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