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Episodes: All (167)  |  With full-length videos ()  |  With videos ()  | See all videos (1) »

Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7
Year: 1985  |  1986  |  1987  |  1988  |  1989  |  1990  |  1991  |  1992  |  unknown


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 0: Unaired Pilot

Original Air Date—????

Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Original Air Date—24 September 1985

Season 1, Episode 2: Springsteen

Original Air Date—1 October 1985

Season 1, Episode 3: Jealousy

Original Air Date—8 October 1985

Season 1, Episode 4: Carol's Article

Original Air Date—15 October 1985

Season 1, Episode 5: Superdad

Original Air Date—29 October 1985

Season 1, Episode 6: Mike's Madonna Story

Original Air Date—5 November 1985

Season 1, Episode 7: Weekend Fantasy

Original Air Date—12 November 1985

Season 1, Episode 8: Slice of Life

Original Air Date—19 November 1985

Season 1, Episode 9: Carol's Crush

Original Air Date—26 November 1985
The 23-year-old son of family friends stays with the Seavers and 14-year-old Carol gets a crush on him and mistakenly believes he asked her for a date.

Season 1, Episode 10: Dirt Bike

Original Air Date—3 December 1985

Season 1, Episode 11: Standardized Test

Original Air Date—5 December 1985

Season 1, Episode 12: A Christmas Story

Original Air Date—10 December 1985

Season 1, Episode 13: The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver

Original Air Date—7 January 1986

Season 1, Episode 14: First Blood

Original Air Date—14 January 1986

Season 1, Episode 15: Slice of Life II

Original Air Date—21 January 1986

Season 1, Episode 16: The Seavers vs. the Cleavers

Original Air Date—28 January 1986

Season 1, Episode 17: Charity Begins at Home

Original Air Date—18 February 1986

Season 1, Episode 18: Reputation

Original Air Date—25 February 1986

Season 1, Episode 19: The Anniversary That Never Was

Original Air Date—4 March 1986

Season 1, Episode 20: Be a Man

Original Air Date—11 March 1986

Season 1, Episode 21: Career Decision

Original Air Date—6 May 1986

Season 1, Episode 22: Extra Lap

Original Air Date—13 May 1986

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Jason and the Cruisers

Original Air Date—30 September 1986
When Jason starts to feel old, Maggie decides to surprise him with a reunion of his former band The Wild Hots.

Season 2, Episode 2: Fast Times at Dewey High

Original Air Date—21 October 1986

Season 2, Episode 3: Long Day's Journey Into Night

Original Air Date—28 October 1986

Season 2, Episode 4: Call Me

Original Air Date—11 November 1986

Season 2, Episode 5: Employee of the Month

Original Air Date—18 November 1986
Maggie and Jason allow Mike to take a job at World of Burgers to prove he's ready for the responsibility of a car. When Mike gets fired, he can't bring himself to tell his parents.

Season 2, Episode 6: Dream Lover

Original Air Date—25 November 1986
Carol tutors the captain of the varsity football team, and is insulted that her parents trust them to be alone in her room, so she starts a rumor about herself.

Season 2, Episode 7: Do You Believe in Magic?

Original Air Date—2 December 1986

Season 2, Episode 8: Jason's Rib

Original Air Date—9 December 1986
Maggie feels belittled by Jason when they disagree about a school dress code.

Season 2, Episode 9: The Kid

Original Air Date—16 December 1986
Ben brings a homeless girl home for Christmas dinner, and Jason thinks the family should try to help her, but Maggie is worried.

Season 2, Episode 10: The Breakfast Club

Original Air Date—6 January 1987
Maggie insists that Mike be grounded for lying and then is caught in a lie of her own. Jason suggests that in order to teach Mike a lesson Maggie should ground herself, and she agrees. Meanwhile, Carol accompanies Jason to Atlantic City so concert tickets from Maggie's parents don't go to waste.

Season 2, Episode 11: Choices

Original Air Date—13 January 1987
Maggie is thrilled when Carol is offered a chance to skip a grade in school, but then discovers that she may have sent her daughter the wrong message about her own life choices.

Season 2, Episode 12: Higher Education

Original Air Date—20 January 1987
Mike is blackmailed by a girl who helped change his grade on an English test so he'd be allowed to go on a ski trip; Jason and Maggie have colds, and Carol runs the house a little too well for Jason's liking.

Season 2, Episode 13: Some Enchanted Evening

Original Air Date—27 January 1987
Carol is eager for Bobby to invite her to the Dewey High winter formal, but he doesn't seem interested. Meanwhile, Mike has three girls courting him to be their date for the dance.

Season 2, Episode 14: Thank You, Willie Nelson

Original Air Date—3 February 1987

Season 2, Episode 15: Thank God It's Friday

Original Air Date—10 February 1987
While the rest of the Seavers spend the evening at home watching TV, Mike and his pals Eddie and Boner get invited to a party where cocaine is offered.

Season 2, Episode 16: My Brother, Myself

Original Air Date—24 February 1987
When Ben hits puberty he gets advice from Mike and tries to hit on his babysitter; Maggie and Jason go on a date.

Season 2, Episode 17: Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins

Original Air Date—3 March 1987
Carol is determined to get a nose job even without her parents' permission, and Mike is surprised when he finds out his teasing may be responsible.

Season 2, Episode 18: Carnival

Original Air Date—10 March 1987
Maggie feels guilty about not spending enough time with Ben, so she helps organize his school carnival, and doesn't notice that Ben feels more neglected than before.

Season 2, Episode 19: The Awful Truth

Original Air Date—17 March 1987

Season 2, Episode 20: Born Free

Original Air Date—31 March 1987

Season 2, Episode 21: The Long Goodbye

Original Air Date—4 May 1987

Season 2, Episode 22: Confidentially Yours

Original Air Date—11 May 1987

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: Aloha: Part 1

Original Air Date—18 September 1987

Season 3, Episode 2: Aloha: Part 2

Original Air Date—18 September 1987

Season 3, Episode 3: Taking Care of Business

Original Air Date—22 September 1987

Season 3, Episode 4: Not Necessarily the News

Original Air Date—29 September 1987

Season 3, Episode 5: Michaelgate

Original Air Date—6 October 1987

Season 3, Episode 6: Big Brother's Not Watching

Original Air Date—13 October 1987

Season 3, Episode 7: A Star Is Born

Original Air Date—27 October 1987

Season 3, Episode 8: Gone But Not Forgotten

Original Air Date—3 November 1987

Season 3, Episode 9: Who's Zoomin' Who?

Original Air Date—10 November 1987

Season 3, Episode 10: This Is Your Life

Original Air Date—17 November 1987

Season 3, Episode 11: Broadway Bound

Original Air Date—24 November 1987

Season 3, Episode 12: The Scarlet Letter

Original Air Date—1 December 1987

Season 3, Episode 13: A Reason to Live

Original Air Date—8 December 1987

Season 3, Episode 14: Nasty Habits

Original Air Date—15 December 1987

Season 3, Episode 15: The Marrying Kind

Original Air Date—5 January 1988

Season 3, Episode 16: State of the Union

Original Air Date—12 January 1988

Season 3, Episode 17: The Mom Who Knew Too Much

Original Air Date—26 January 1988

Season 3, Episode 18: Great Expectations

Original Air Date—9 February 1988
When Mike learns that Melia, his Hawaiian romance, is going to be in California for a convention, he schemes to fly out to see her without his parents' knowledge with help from Carol and Ben.

Season 3, Episode 19: Dance Fever: Part 1

Original Air Date—1 March 1988

Season 3, Episode 20: Dance Fever: Part 2

Original Air Date—2 March 1988

Season 3, Episode 21: Bringing Up Baby

Original Air Date—9 March 1988

Season 3, Episode 22: The Obscure Objects of Our Desire: Part 1

Original Air Date—30 March 1988
The Seaver children clean up the house in order to make money from a garage sale, at Jason's suggestion. Various of the collected items reminisce about their past, introducing clips from previous shows.

Season 3, Episode 23: The Obscure Objects of Our Desire: Part 2

Original Air Date—30 March 1988
The Seaver children clean up the house in order to make money from a garage sale, at Jason's suggestion. Various of the collected items reminisce about their past, introducing clips from previous shows.

Season 3, Episode 24: How the West Was Won: Part 1

Original Air Date—20 April 1988

Season 3, Episode 25: How the West Was Won: Part 2

Original Air Date—26 April 1988

Season 3, Episode 26: Graduation Day

Original Air Date—4 May 1988

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: Fool for Love

Original Air Date—19 October 1988

Season 4, Episode 2: Birth of a Seaver

Original Air Date—26 October 1988
Maggie goes into labor on Ben's Birthday, and she gives birth to a baby girl, meanwhile Ben wanders around the hospital and befriends a old guy named Chris. At the end Ben names his baby sister Christy.

Season 4, Episode 3: Family Ties: Part 1

Original Air Date—2 November 1988

Season 4, Episode 4: Family Ties: Part 2

Original Air Date—9 November 1988

Season 4, Episode 5: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Original Air Date—16 November 1988

Season 4, Episode 6: Homecoming Queen

Original Air Date—23 November 1988
Carol is shocked to learn she is among the nominees for homecoming queen.

Season 4, Episode 7: Nude Photos

Original Air Date—30 November 1988

Season 4, Episode 8: Ben's First Kiss

Original Air Date—7 December 1988

Season 4, Episode 9: The Nanny

Original Air Date—4 January 1989

Season 4, Episode 10: Mandingo

Original Air Date—11 January 1989

Season 4, Episode 11: In Carol We Trust

Original Air Date—18 January 1989

Season 4, Episode 12: Mom of the Year

Original Air Date—25 January 1989

Season 4, Episode 13: Semper Fidelis

Original Air Date—1 February 1989
Mike gets upset at Boner after he decides to drop out of college to join the Marines.

Season 4, Episode 14: Feet of Clay

Original Air Date—8 February 1989
When Ben's favorite rock star, Johnathan Keith, comes to town, Maggie pulls some strings through her television station to get him a backstage pass and tickets to the show. Jason accompanies Ben and quickly realizes that Ben's idol is not what he seems.

Season 4, Episode 15: Anniversary from Hell

Original Air Date—15 February 1989

Season 4, Episode 16: Fortunate Son

Original Air Date—22 February 1989

Season 4, Episode 17: Double Standard

Original Air Date—1 March 1989

Season 4, Episode 18: The Recruiter

Original Air Date—15 March 1989

Season 4, Episode 19: Show Ninety -- Who Knew?

Original Air Date—22 March 1989

Season 4, Episode 20: Second Chance

Original Air Date—19 April 1989
Carol disobeys Maggie and Jason by sneaking out to a bar with her college-age boyfriend Sandy. She learns a valuable lesson when Sandy gets into an accident and ends up in the hospital.

Season 4, Episode 21: The Looooove Boat: Part 1

Original Air Date—26 April 1989

Season 4, Episode 22: The Looooove Boat: Part 2

Original Air Date—3 May 1989

Season 5


Season 5, Episode 1: Anger with Love

Original Air Date—20 September 1989

Season 5, Episode 2: Mike and Julie's Wedding

Original Air Date—27 September 1989

Season 5, Episode 3: Carol Meets the Real World

Original Air Date—4 October 1989

Season 5, Episode 4: Fish Bait

Original Air Date—11 October 1989

Season 5, Episode 5: Teach Me

Original Air Date—18 October 1989

Season 5, Episode 6: Carol's Papers

Original Air Date—25 October 1989

Season 5, Episode 7: Coughing Boy

Original Air Date—1 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 8: The New Deal: Part 1

Original Air Date—8 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 9: The New Deal: Part 2

Original Air Date—15 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 10: Paper Route

Original Air Date—22 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 11: Five Grand

Original Air Date—29 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 12: Carol's Promotion

Original Air Date—6 December 1989

Season 5, Episode 13: Ben and Mike's Excellent Adventure

Original Air Date—13 December 1989

Season 5, Episode 14: The Triangle

Original Air Date—3 January 1990

Season 5, Episode 15: The Return of the Triangle

Original Air Date—10 January 1990

Season 5, Episode 16: The Home Show

Original Air Date—17 January 1990

Season 5, Episode 17: Jason vs. Maggie

Original Air Date—24 January 1990

Season 5, Episode 18: Mike, Kate and Julie

Original Air Date—31 January 1990

Season 5, Episode 19: Mike, the Teacher

Original Air Date—7 February 1990

Season 5, Episode 20: Carol in Jail

Original Air Date—14 February 1990

Season 5, Episode 21: Future Shock

Original Air Date—21 February 1990

Season 5, Episode 22: Cheating

Original Air Date—14 March 1990

Season 5, Episode 23: Mike the Director

Original Air Date—21 March 1990

Season 5, Episode 24: Weekend at Mike's

Original Air Date—4 April 1990

Season 5, Episode 25: Ben's Movie

Original Air Date—25 April 1990

Season 5, Episode 26: Where There's a Will

Original Air Date—2 May 1990

Season 6


Season 6, Episode 1: Mike's Choice

Original Air Date—19 September 1990
Mike wants to drop out of college to pursue his acting career much to the distress of Jason and Maggie who try to talk him out of it.

Season 6, Episode 2: Midnight Cowboy

Original Air Date—26 September 1990

Season 6, Episode 3: Roommates

Original Air Date—3 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 4: Daddy Mike

Original Air Date—10 October 1990
Mike goes to a meeting for single parents with Eddie and becomes infatuated with a single mom, but soon he starts to feel guilty about lying to her about being a father.

Season 6, Episode 5: Ben's Sure Thing

Original Air Date—17 October 1990
Ben dates a girl he doesn't really like because his friends believe the lies he told them about her which give him a new popularity.

Season 6, Episode 6: Jason Flirts, Maggie Hurts

Original Air Date—24 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 7: Happy Halloween: Part 1

Original Air Date—31 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 8: Happy Halloween: Part 2

Original Air Date—31 October 1990
The Seavers' Halloween story marathon continues with Mike's all-too-close encounter with the beautiful teen-aged girl who came with his new car.

Season 6, Episode 9: Let's Go Europe: Part 1

Original Air Date—7 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 10: Let's Go Europe: Part 2

Original Air Date—14 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 11: Let's Go Europe: Part 3

Original Air Date—21 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 12: Divorce Story

Original Air Date—5 December 1990

Season 6, Episode 13: The World According to Chrissy

Original Air Date—19 December 1990

Season 6, Episode 14: How Could I Leave Her Behind?

Original Air Date—2 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 15: Like Father, Like Son

Original Air Date—9 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 16: Ben's Rap Group

Original Air Date—23 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 17: Eddie, We Hardly Knew Ye

Original Air Date—30 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 18: Maggie Seaver's: The Meaning of Life

Original Air Date—6 February 1991

Season 6, Episode 19: All the World's a Stage

Original Air Date—13 February 1991

Season 6, Episode 20: Not with My Carol You Don't

Original Air Date—20 February 1991

Season 6, Episode 21: Meet the Seavers

Original Air Date—6 March 1991

Season 6, Episode 22: Carol's Carnival

Original Air Date—27 March 1991

Season 6, Episode 23: Home Schooling

Original Air Date—17 April 1991

Season 6, Episode 24: Viva Las Vegas

Original Air Date—24 April 1991

Season 7


Season 7, Episode 1: Back to School

Original Air Date—18 September 1991

Season 7, Episode 2: Stop, Luke and Listen

Original Air Date—25 September 1991

Season 7, Episode 3: In vino veritas

Original Air Date—28 September 1991

Season 7, Episode 4: Paper Tigers

Original Air Date—5 October 1991

Season 7, Episode 5: The Young and the Homeless

Original Air Date—12 October 1991

Season 7, Episode 6: Jason Sings the Blues

Original Air Date—19 October 1991

Season 7, Episode 7: The Kid's Still Got It

Original Air Date—26 October 1991

Season 7, Episode 8: There Must Be a Pony

Original Air Date—2 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 9: The Big Fix

Original Air Date—9 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 10: Home Malone

Original Air Date—14 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 11: Bad Day Cafe

Original Air Date—23 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 12: B=MC2

Original Air Date—30 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 13: It's Not Easy Being Green

Original Air Date—21 December 1991

Season 7, Episode 14: The Call of the Wild

Original Air Date—4 January 1992

Season 7, Episode 15: Honest Abe

Original Air Date—17 January 1992

Season 7, Episode 16: Vicious Cycle

Original Air Date—1 February 1992

Season 7, Episode 17: Menage a Luke

Original Air Date—8 February 1992

Season 7, Episode 18: The Five Fingers of Ben

Original Air Date—22 February 1992

Season 7, Episode 19: Don't Go Changin'

Original Air Date—29 February 1992

Season 7, Episode 20: The Truck Stops Here

Original Air Date—21 March 1992

Season 7, Episode 21: Maggie's Brilliant Career

Original Air Date—4 April 1992

Season 7, Episode 22: The Wrath of Con Ed

Original Air Date—11 April 1992

Season 7, Episode 23: The Last Picture Show: Part 1

Original Air Date—25 April 1992

Season 7, Episode 24: The Last Picture Show: Part 2

Original Air Date—25 April 1992

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