Growing Pains: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Growing Pains Season 1.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
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Jason and the Cruisers
Sep 30, 1986 · 24 min
Maggie plans a surprise reunion for Jason's college rock band.
Fast Times at Dewey High
Oct 21, 1986 · 25 min
A new school year brings boredom, bullies, and romantic mix-ups.
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Oct 28, 1986 · 24 min
A cheerleader befriends Carol solely to meet Mike.
Jason's Rib
Dec 9, 1986 · 25 min
A proposed school dress code puts Maggie and Jason at odds.
The Breakfast Club
Jan 6, 1987 · 24 min
Grounded liar Mike hears Maggie fibbing to her boss.
Higher Education
Jan 20, 1987 · 24 min
A girl raises a grade for Mike, then demands payment.
Some Enchanted Evening
Jan 27, 1987 · 24 min
The winter formal causes opposite problems for Carol and Mike.
Thank You, Willie Nelson
Feb 3, 1987 · 25 min
Maggie's quarreling parents come to visit the Seavers.
Thank God It's Friday
Feb 10, 1987 · 24 min
Mike and his friends go to a college party and have to decide whether to use drugs or not.
My Brother, Myself
Feb 24, 1987 · 25 min
Mike plays Cupid for smitten Ben and his baby sitter.
Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins
Mar 3, 1987 · 24 min
Carol wants to use radio-contest winnings on a nose job.
The Awful Truth
Mar 17, 1987 · 24 min
A genealogy assignment unearths a dark family secret.
The Long Goodbye
May 5, 1987 · 24 min
Maggie wants Jason to fire the elderly handyman he hired to fix the furnace, but he refuses because the man is a friend.
Confidentially Yours
May 19, 1987 · 24 min
Jason knows the editor offering Maggie a dream job is a notorious womanizer.