Growing Pains

Household objects about to be discarded in a garage sale come to life as they recall their history with the Seaver family., But can the family part with their once prized possessions?, First of a two-part episode. (Part 1 of 2)

Housecleaning turns up things from the family's past, and sparks memories., Second of a two-part episode. (Part 2 of 2)

Coach Lubbock's contract is up at the end of the semester, and Mike decides to help him out by organizing a strike to keep him at Dewey High School. (Part 1 of 2)

After staging a sit-in to protest the firing of his favorite teacher, Coach Lubbock, Mike is suspended from school and the coach refuses to talk to him--blaming him for all his problems. (Part 2 of 2)

Mike's graduation stirs memories from his proud parents, who recall his birth and first day of school. Carol loses her long-standing bet that her brother will never graduate.

Ben goes out on his first date while a pregnant Maggie tests Jason's patience.

Maggie goes into labor on Ben's birthday. Ben's bothered by all the talk about the baby, the usurping of his birthday, and his losing the role of youngest. He leaves the others in the hospital, and talks to another patient, a former bartender.

In a showdown over his rights as an 18-year-old college student who is too old to play by the house rules established when he was a child, Mike moves out of the house and into his car.

Mike converts the storage space above the garage into an apartment. In so doing, he must choose whether he wants to be tenant or family member. Second of a two-part episode.

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 the man who will, replace, his father.

Carol is nominated for Homecoming Queen but questions if she belongs in the contest.