What is your all-time favorite episode of Growing Pains and why?

I like the episode from 1990, where Carol is doing her exercises and breaks through the floor and the family has to move into Mike's place while their house is being repaired and his waterbed springs a leak.

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One of my fave episodes is the one where Mike and Ben spend a night out on the town in search of glue. Another was the one when they went to the dance and Mike had the date with the girl with funny voice. Another one of my favorites was the one when Carol didn't want to go to the college that her parents did, so Mike and Carol hired a bum to pose as her father during an interview. That was hilarious. I also kinda liked the one where all the characters became their real selves and Ben (or should I say Jeremy) was freaking out.

I liked the one where when Jason got his "Old Band" back together again. Mickey Dolenz! WOO HOO!!!

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the eposide when Sandy, Carols boyfriend, dies. The sceen at the end always makes me cry. Tracey Gold gave a truely memorable performance

Originally posted by kfoard:
the eposide when Sandy, Carols boyfriend, dies. The sceen at the end always makes me cry. Tracey Gold gave a truely memorable performance

kfoard,

I think Tracy said on E! that that was her favorite episode that she did.

Either "Meet the Seavers" one, which I must have seen a hundred times and I LOVE it.. or the one when Ben makes that movie with alligators or something. (Can you tell I like Ben?? http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif ) I also love "There Must be a Pony"... Chrissy was sooooo cute in that one!

I like the episode where Ben? wrecks the vacuum his mom's testing. His friend soups it up and destroys part of the house. Another was when Jason was given too much medicine or alcohol? at the Dr.'s award banquet he was emceeing, and he sings "Mack the Knife".

My favorite epsiode of Growing Pains was the one when Luke's father was in town and Mike took Ben pretened to be Luke to see his father.

Hard to say "best" episide, but one of my favorites is when Ben goes house to house collecting money for the needy, but really keeps it. The one when Mike writes the answers to a test on his shoes is also a classic.

I'm not sure about the entire episode but my favorite scene of the entire show is where you see Jason trying to get Ben to do something and you're thinking its like taking out the garbage because he says "come on ben, now you know i dont ask you to do that much around here right?" and he gets up but its very reluctantly and finally you see them do that dance to that song Midnight Train to Georgia. It was just too cute only I dont remember what the actual episode is about. I just remember that right after that Jason gets interupted by the phone.

One that i really like was a christmas episode, where Ben invited a homeless girl to stay with them for Christmas Eve. She called herself 'Nancy Reagan'. A scene that was just hilarious when was Little Ben was running down the stairs, excited about Christmas day, then he looks at the tree with no presents and screams! the look on his face was hilarious. Later, 'Nancy' returned the presents she stole and called her parents.
It was a very touching episode.

Wow, you guys made a lot of really good choices I wouldn't have thought of right off the top.

Cuz my all timer is the "Magic Rock" episode. Not only funny, but a rare time a sitcom took the time to be surprising with unexpected twists and turns.

My favorite is the one where Ben gets to meet his favorite rock star who turns out to be a big jerk.

My favorite episodes are when Chrissy is born. (cuz she's my fav) and the last episode.

I love the episode where Mike talks Carol out of getting a nosejob. Really sweet brother/sister bonding. The show was at its peak when Mike and Carol were both in high school.

One of my favorites is the one when Ben has the magic rock and then he sells it to Mike. That's a very funny episode.

My fav is the 3 episodes when Mike is in Europe and is fighting with that girl named amy but they really like each other. and there is that great love song that they keep playing all through the shows. I wish I could remember the name of that song. By chance does anyone know what it is?

i would say my favorite episode is the one where chrissy is born because every since i was a little kid this episode has always stuck out at me and because i love how ben thinks he is going to be replace but then ends up rly loving her at the end also i love how chrissy is born at 12:03 which is the next day from ben's birthday

The episode when Sandy dies in the car crash. It never get's old. I can watch it over and over. And as someone said before, the scene at the end with Carrol, Maggie and Jason, is pretty great...I'm a sucker for sappy TV. ;)

The one with Dana Plato as the Madonna look-alike, who wants Mike to give it up to her is another favorite. Oh, and the one with the suicide patient of Jason's....Man, I have so many fav's, but the car accident one is above them all.

when Maggie has The Baby

Hmm, I have a lot. Here they are...

-Second Chance (when Sandy dies)- saddest episode. end scene breaks my heart. Tracey Gold performed wonderfully in this.
-Pilot
-Carol's Article
-Superdad!
-Carnival
Standardized Test
-Homeschooling
-Some Enchanted Evening
-In Vino Venitas.
-season 7 primere.
-Choices
-Gone But Not Forgotten
-This is Your Life
-Dream Lover

I like the eposide when Carols boyfriend, dies. There was some great acting in this eposide and it's my all time best from the show. :)

my fave episodes are:

Reputation (the one where mike writes the answers on his shoes, lol)
Mike the Teacher (where Chrissy learns that bad word)
Second Chance (saddest, but one of the most memorable episodes)
Home Schooling (where Ben gets home schooled by Maggie)
Carnival (Ben's school has that carnival that Maggie works for...i love the scene at the end with Ben and Maggie)
Graduation (where mike graduates)
Birth of a Seaver (Chrissy is born!)
Dance Fever 2 parter
the Halloween 2-part episode
Future Shock (Maggie has a dream that Chrissy becomes a bad teenager lol)
Call me (the episode where Ben calls that porn line)
Ben's Movie
Not with my Carol you don't (the one where Carol befriends that guy Webster when she goes with Jason to the free clinic)
the Hawaii episodes
Homecoming Queen

there are a lot more i like, there are all good in their own way!

My faves are:
~Graduation Day
~Mike's Choice
~Birth of a Seaver
~Love Boat, part 1 and 2
~Meet the Seavers
~Mike the Teacher
~Thank God it's Friday(thought it sent a good message out there to the kids)
~The Breakfast Club
~Second Chance
~The World According to Chrissy
~Jimmy Durante died for Your Sins

I know it's alot, and I've got alot more! :D

Mike The Teacher

When Mike writes the answer on the bottom of his shoes and when Carol spreads the rumor about her and Bobby sleeping together in her room. The end is hysterical when Mike runs in at the end and punches Bobby because he thought that he was the one spreading the rumors. I can remember when it first aired I could not stop laughing.:lol:

woah!! is really difficul to say... i like a second chance is really dramatic and tracey gold did a really god job in this episode, i like too the recruiter is really funny!, and carol's promotions too, i love in special how look jason and maggie together m..... their look so cute!! lol ;) well anyway is a really good serie, i think they should had continued with the serie, 7 season isn't enough for a fan lol,:crazy:

and the most funny episode is defently "ben's movie" is so funny i laugh a lot with this, how ben did the movie, how he edited and attached the credits lol is so funny