Growing Pains: Season 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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
Season 6 Progress Shield
Mike's Choice
Sep 19, 1990 · 24 min
When Mike lands a role in an off-Broadway play, he leaves college to pursue acting full-time in New York City.
Roommates
Oct 3, 1990 · 24 min
Mike becomes roommates with sister Carol, now a Columbia University student.
Daddy Mike
Oct 10, 1990 · 24 min
Mike and his friend Eddie schemingly join "Parents Without Mates" to meet women.
Ben's Sure Thing
Oct 17, 1990 · 23 min
At the school's Parents Night, the Seavers learn Ben's been telling his friends that the girl he's dating is promiscuous.
Jason Flirts, Maggie Hurts
Oct 24, 1990 · 24 min
A flirty Jason gets jealous when Maggie turns the tables.
Happy Halloween
Oct 31, 1990 · 44 min
The Seavers spend a rainy Halloween night telling ghost stories.
Let's Go Europe (1)
Nov 7, 1990 · 24 min
Jason buys an anniversary trip to Paris from travel agent Mike, who himself wins a European tour that falls apart; Maggie, in Paris, is struck with appendicitis.
Let's Go Europe (2)
Nov 14, 1990 · 24 min
Maggie is hospitalized in Paris, while Mike finds himself stuck on the road with an angry customer.
Let's Go Europe (3)
Nov 28, 1990 · 24 min
Mike and Amy continue to bicker their way toward Paris.
Divorce Story
Dec 5, 1990 · 24 min
Jason, happy to see his mother's second marriage crumbling, doesn't want to provide her with professional help.
The World According to Chrissy
Dec 19, 1990 · 24 min
Chrissy starts spending much time with her imaginary friend, a six-foot-tall mouse named Ike.
How Could I Leave Her Behind?
Jan 2, 1991 · 24 min
Mike's friend Eddie shows up for a double date with Mike's ex-girlfriend.
Like Father, Like Son
Jan 9, 1991 · 24 min
An an intrafamily communications seminar, Mike and Jason discover just how alike they are.
Ben's Rap Group
Jan 23, 1991 · 24 min
Jason becomes Ben's business partner in the management of a rap group, but uses the money he's invested to control Ben.
Eddie, We Hardly Knew Ye
Jan 30, 1991 · 24 min
Maggie's dad drops in for an unexpected visit, with news of his imminent death.
Maggie Seaver's: The Meaning of Life
Feb 6, 1991 · 23 min
Jason takes Maggie on a tropical getaway to lift her spirits after her father's death, trusting Chrissy to Mike and Carol.
All the World is a Stage
Feb 13, 1991 · 24 min
Mike competes with a well-established actor for a role in a soap opera, learning how tenuous an acting career can be.
Not With My Carol You Don't
Feb 20, 1991 · 24 min
Though Jason had an insensitive Carol pitch in at the clinic, he objects to her dating an ex-con she meets there.
Meet the Seavers
Mar 6, 1991 · 24 min
In an homage to The Twilight Zone, Ben awakens to discover he's Jeremy Miller, an actor on the set of ""Meet the Cleavers"".
Carol's Carnival
Mar 27, 1991 · 24 min
On a blind date shaping up as a disaster, Carol goes to the carnival, and finds unexpected fun and excitement.
Home Schooling
Apr 17, 1991 · 24 min
Maggie teaches Ben at home after he is suspended from school.
Viva Las Vegas
Apr 24, 1991 · 23 min
Mike and Kate accompany the eloping Eddie and a hat-check bimbette to Las Vegas, giving Mike and Carol the wrong idea.