7.1/1084 votes#1 - Jason and the Cruisers
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1986
Maggie plans a surprise reunion for Jason's college rock band.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.5/1078 votes#2 - Fast Times at Dewey High
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/1986
A new school year brings boredom, bullies, and romantic mix-ups.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Kendall
7.4/1064 votes#3 - Long Day's Journey Into Night
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1986
A cheerleader befriends Carol solely to meet Mike.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: David Kendall
7.2/1062 votes#4 - Call Me
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/1986
Ben has been calling an X-rated phone service.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.1/1065 votes#5 - Employee of the Month
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/1986
Fired Mike hides the truth from his parents.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.2/1066 votes#6 - Dream Lover
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/25/1986
Carol spreads rumors about herself and a "hunk".
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.2/1064 votes#7 - Do You Believe in Magic?
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/1986
A con man sells Mike a "magic" rock.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.0/1058 votes#8 - Jason's Rib
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/1986
A proposed school dress code puts Maggie and Jason at odds.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Tom Walla
7.7/1078 votes#9 - The Kid
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1986
Ben invites a street girl home for the holidays.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.1/1065 votes#10 - The Breakfast Club
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/1987
Grounded liar Mike hears Maggie fibbing to her boss.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
6.8/1061 votes#11 - Choices
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/1987
Carol has the chance to skip a high-school grade.
Director: N/A
Writer: Susan Beavers
6.9/1067 votes#12 - Higher Education
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/1987
A girl raises a grade for Mike, then demands payment.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Susan Beavers
7.0/10126 votes#13 - Some Enchanted Evening
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/1987
The winter formal causes opposite problems for Carol and Mike.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Susan Beavers
7.0/1054 votes#14 - Thank You, Willie Nelson
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1987
Maggie's quarreling parents come to visit the Seavers.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Kendall
7.6/1074 votes#15 - Thank God It's Friday
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/1987
Mike and his friends go to a college party and have to decide whether to use drugs or not.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Steve Marshall
7.2/1059 votes#16 - My Brother, Myself
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/1987
Mike plays Cupid for smitten Ben and his baby sitter.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Susan Beavers
7.1/1061 votes#17 - Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/1987
Carol wants to use radio-contest winnings on a nose job.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
6.7/1057 votes#18 - Carnival
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/1987
Maggie's busy schedule leaves Ben feeling neglected.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.0/1058 votes#19 - The Awful Truth
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1987
A genealogy assignment unearths a dark family secret.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1060 votes#20 - Born Free
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/31/1987
Airlines passengers Jason and Mike must deliver a baby.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.4/1061 votes#21 - The Long Goodbye
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1987
Maggie wants Jason to fire the elderly handyman he hired to fix the furnace, but he refuses because the man is a friend.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: David Kendall
7.0/1060 votes#22 - Confidentially Yours
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/1987
Jason knows the editor offering Maggie a dream job is a notorious womanizer.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Growing Pains Season 2
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Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Jason and the Cruisers" is the best rated episode of "Growing Pains" season 2. It scored 7.1/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by John Tracy and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/1986. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Fast Times at Dewey High".