Episode
Growing Pains: The Five Fingers of Ben
Overview
Tired of being bullies, Ben takes karate lessons.
Details
- Series
- Growing Pains
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1992-02-22
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Five Fingers of Ben is Episode 18 in Season 7 of Growing Pains. It aired on 1992-02-22. The runtime is 30 min.
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