Episode
Growing Pains: Fortunate Son
Overview
When Mike takes a job at a convenience store, his mother is worried about him working the dangerous night shift; but Mike is more concerned about the favoritism his racist boss shows him as one of the few white employees.
Details
- Series
- Growing Pains
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1989-02-22
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Fortunate Son is Episode 16 in Season 4 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1989-02-22. The runtime is 30 min.
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