Episode
Growing Pains: Vicious Cycle
Overview
Maggie and Jason put Mike on the spot for Luke's curfew problems.
Details
- Series
- Growing Pains
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1992-02-01
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Vicious Cycle is Episode 16 in Season 7 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1992-02-01. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 20: The Truck Stops Here
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Episode 22: The Wrath of Con Ed
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