Episode
Growing Pains: The Call of the Wild
Overview
Penniless Mike schemes to give Kate a skiing trip.
Details
- Series
- Growing Pains
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1992-01-04
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Call of the Wild is Episode 14 in Season 7 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1992-01-04. The runtime is 30 min.
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