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.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Growing Pains Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Jason and the Cruisers
Sep 30, 1986
Maggie plans a surprise reunion for Jason's college rock band.
Fast Times at Dewey High
Oct 21, 1986
A new school year brings boredom, bullies, and romantic mix-ups.
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Oct 28, 1986
A cheerleader befriends Carol solely to meet Mike.
Some Enchanted Evening
Jan 27, 1987
The winter formal causes opposite problems for Carol and Mike.
Thank You, Willie Nelson
Feb 3, 1987
Maggie's quarreling parents come to visit the Seavers.
Thank God It's Friday
Feb 10, 1987
Mike and his friends go to a college party and have to decide whether to use drugs or not.
Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins
Mar 3, 1987
Carol wants to use radio-contest winnings on a nose job.
The Long Goodbye
May 5, 1987
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
Jason knows the editor offering Maggie a dream job is a notorious womanizer.