His drama teacher and classmates intimidate Mike.

Carol brings a bogus boyfriend to a family party.

An angry Jason confronts Ben and Mike, who gives conflicting versions of how Ben came to sell Carol’s old term papers to students at Dewey High — and to date…

Mike is over the moon when he attends an open casting session and wins a part on a TV cop show — and crushed when his single line is cut…

When Mike takes a job at a convenience store, his mother is worried about him working the dangerous night shift; but Mike is more concerned about the favoritism his racist…

Jason punishes Carol and Ben unequally for the same offense when they are both caught after sneaking out for dates without permission.

Carol doesn’t want to attend her parents’ alma mater.

Jason intervenes when Mike gets bad grades in psychology.

After Carol disobeys Maggie and Jason by sneaking out to a bar with her college-aged boyfriend Sandy, she learns a valuable lesson when Sandy gets into an accident and ends…

Jason’s mother plans to wed aboard a cruise ship.

Jason tries to mend his mother’s broken wedding plans.

A travel snafu strands Julie with Mike.

Carol sneaks out of the house for a date.

Maggie prepares her “Working Mother of the Year” acceptance speech.

Boner flunks out of college and joins the Marines.

Maggie arranges for Ben to meet his favorite rock musician.

Guests bicker at the Seavers’ 20th-anniversary party.

Landlord-tenant problems abound when Mike (Kirk Cameron) moves into the storage area over the family garage

Jason sends his mother on a cruise to get her mind off her dead husband, but when she returns with a fiancé in tow, Jason finds it hard to accept…

Carol is chosen for homecoming court.

Mike’s photography course includes nude studies.

Ben throws a party to get to know a girl.

The Seavers hire a nanny for Chrissy.

Ben gets spooked at the prospect of asking a girl to a Halloween party; Jason becomes a disruptive force at Lamaze class.

Maggie goes into labor on Ben’s 12th birthday and Ben confesses to a patient at the hospital that he’s already feeling crowded.

Mike has a showdown with Jason over his rights as an 18-year-old college student, and declares his freedom from parental rule.

Mike and Boner learn that Coach Lubbock has been fired, prompting them to organize a protest.

Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.

At Mike’s high-school graduation, family members recall moments when it seemed like his graduation would never take place.

Jason, Carol, Mike and Boner are arrested in the demonstration over the dismissal of Coach Lubbock.

At Mike’s high-school graduation, family members recall moments when it seemed like his graduation would never take place.

A letter from the girl he met in Hawaii has Mike scheming to fly to Los Angeles to see her without his parents’ knowing.

At the school dance, Mike gets a girl and Carol gets raked over the coals. Meanwhile, Ben’s adventure goes awry.

Great expectations turn sour at the Dewey High dance after Mike hears Lydia’s voice; and Ben and Stinky find themselves in a seedy diner eyeing a pinball machine that pays…

The Seavers begin to make room for baby, relegating Ben to the guest quarters and making the others lament the changes bound to come. Meanwhile, Maggie grasps for a way…

Spring-cleaning breathes new life into the family’s household objects, and each has a story to tell.

An unearned “A” makes Carol doubt her academic record.

A troubled student named Jill volunteers to work on a school project with Mike and Boner. This, however, is a subterfuge: Jill has been contemplating suicide due to some very…

Maggie and Jason try to keep Mike in his room to complete an English paper, but Mike’s mind is of course elsewhere.

Reason flies out the window when Bobby and his parents arrive at the Seavers’ for dinner and a special announcement — that Bobby and Carol are engaged.