Growing Pains

When Mike lands a role in an off-Broadway play, he leaves college to pursue acting full-time in New York City.

Mike is broke and homeless in New York City.

Mike becomes roommates with sister Carol, now a Columbia University student.

Mike and his friend Eddie schemingly join "Parents Without Mates" to meet women.

At the school's Parents Night, the Seavers learn Ben's been telling his friends that the girl he's dating is promiscuous.

A flirty Jason gets jealous when Maggie turns the tables.

The Seavers spend a rainy Halloween night telling ghost stories.

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.

Maggie is hospitalized in Paris, while Mike finds himself stuck on the road with an angry customer.

Mike and Amy continue to bicker their way toward Paris.

Jason, happy to see his mother's second marriage crumbling, doesn't want to provide her with professional help.

Chrissy starts spending much time with her imaginary friend, a six-foot-tall mouse named Ike.

Mike's friend Eddie shows up for a double date with Mike's ex-girlfriend.

An an intrafamily communications seminar, Mike and Jason discover just how alike they are.

Jason becomes Ben's business partner in the management of a rap group, but uses the money he's invested to control Ben.

Maggie's dad drops in for an unexpected visit, with news of his imminent death.

Jason takes Maggie on a tropical getaway to lift her spirits after her father's death, trusting Chrissy to Mike and Carol.

Mike competes with a well-established actor for a role in a soap opera, learning how tenuous an acting career can be.

Though Jason had an insensitive Carol pitch in at the clinic, he objects to her dating an ex-con she meets there.

In an homage to The Twilight Zone, Ben awakens to discover he's Jeremy Miller, an actor on the set of ""Meet the Cleavers"".

On a blind date shaping up as a disaster, Carol goes to the carnival, and finds unexpected fun and excitement.

Maggie teaches Ben at home after he is suspended from school.

Mike and Kate accompany the eloping Eddie and a hat-check bimbette to Las Vegas, giving Mike and Carol the wrong idea.