6.9/10254 votes#1 - Back to School
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1991
Mike teaches at an urban high school.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
7.1/10230 votes#3 - In vino veritas
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1991
Mike persuades Jason and Maggie to let Luke stay with them temporarily; then Jason's wine cellar goes missing.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
6.0/10225 votes#4 - Paper Tigers
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1991
Jason and Maggie compete to write a newspaper column; Ben hates his glasses.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
6.7/10234 votes#5 - The Young and the Homeless
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1991
Mike gears up for his big day as a TV soap opera star just as Luke gears up to move out of the Seavers'.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
6.5/10222 votes#6 - Jason Sings the Blues
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1991
Luke is afraid to visit the doctor, so Jason accompanies him -- but it's Jason who turns out to need surgery.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
6.3/10226 votes#7 - The Kid's Still Got It
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1991
Carol accompanies Maggie to a resort, which turns out to be hosting a singles convention; meanwhile, the all-male weekend planned at home is ruined when Chrissy is set home with head lice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10230 votes#8 - There Must Be a Pony
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1991
Nouveau riche neighbors move in next door; Ben is forced to look after Luke on his first day of high school; Jason's scheme to let Chrissie stay up late backfires when the neighbors throw a lavish party.
Director: N/A
Writer: Liz Sage
6.4/10231 votes#9 - The Big Fix
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1991
Consumer advocate Maggie raps a vacuum cleaner that Ben broke without telling her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10227 votes#10 - Home Malone
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1991
The ghost of Maggie's father oversees the Seavers' visit to her childhood home.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
6.8/10230 votes#11 - Bad Day Cafe
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1991
While Jason and Maggie are away, the principal informs Mike that Luke's birth father is back in town -- and wants him back.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10228 votes#12 - B=MC2
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1991
Ben crams for a college entrance exam, but gets no help from Jason.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
6.3/10229 votes#13 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1991
Christmas brings anger and angst to the Seavers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/10231 votes#14 - The Call of the Wild
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1992
Penniless Mike schemes to give Kate a skiing trip.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10232 votes#15 - Honest Abe
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1992
Luke's homeless friend steals a Seaver momento.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
6.5/10226 votes#16 - Vicious Cycle
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/1992
Maggie and Jason put Mike on the spot for Luke's curfew problems.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
7.1/10241 votes#17 - Ménage à Luke
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1992
A love triangle involves Ben, Luke and a classmate.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
6.6/10233 votes#18 - The Five Fingers of Ben
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1992
Tired of being bullies, Ben takes karate lessons.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
6.4/10236 votes#19 - Don't Go Changin'
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 2/29/1992
Mike thinks his friend is a bad influence on Luke.
Director: Don Amendolia
Writer: N/A
6.7/10241 votes#20 - The Truck Stops Here
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 3/21/1992
Luke's father George visits the Seavers hoping that Luke has mellowed a little and would like to spend some time with him but Luke doesn't. He was about to leave when he collapses outside the door. He says that can't move, so they take him in. Jason and Ben offer to deliver his load, and they experience all sorts of chaos on the way. Mike thinks that George is faking his injury so that he could stay and Luke would have to talk to him. But the doctor tells Maggie who tells Mike that unless George stops driving trucks, he could become paralyzed. Mike talks to George and tells him to tell Luke but doesn't want Luke to pity him and doesn't anything else to do but be a trucker. Mike suggests that maybe he could open a truck stop. Luke finds George struggling to get up and they finally talk. The next day after Jason and Ben return, George tells them that he is giving up trucking and will open a truck stop and Luke's going with him. Luke says goodbye to the Seavers.
Director: Joanna Kerns
Writer: N/A
5.9/10234 votes#21 - Maggie's Brilliant Career
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/4/1992
Maggie wants to fulfill a dream by climbing a mountain.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
5.7/1074 votes#22 - The Wrath of Con Ed
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 4/11/1992
A power failure causes dissensions in the Seaver household.
Director: N/A
Writer: Liz Sage
6.6/1085 votes#23 - The Last Picture Show (1)
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 4/25/1992
Maggie is offered a plum job in Washington, D.C.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dan Wilcox, Liz Sage
7.0/1085 votes#24 - The Last Picture Show (2)
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 4/25/1992
The Seavers move to Washington, D.C., but share a final meal and memories in the empty house.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Growing Pains Season 7
Every episode of Growing Pains Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Growing Pains Season 7!
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 7 Ratings Summary
"Back to School" is the best rated episode of "Growing Pains" season 7. It scored 6.9/10 based on 254 votes. Directed by Jack Shea and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/1991. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Stop, Luke, and Listen".
