Growing Pains
A Reason to Live
Season 3, Episode 13 · Aired 1987-12-08
Synopsis
A troubled student named Jill (Kellie Overbey) volunteers to work on a school project with Mike (Kirk Cameron) and Boner (Josh Andrew Koenig). This, however, is a subterfuge: Jill has been contemplating suicide due to some very serious problems at home, and she hopes to get some free counseling from Mike's psychiatrist dad Jason (Alan Thicke). But as it turns out, Jason is presently weighed down with a few self-pity issues of his own.
In the series
This episode is part of Growing Pains (1985–1992) on ABC.
Psychiatrist dad, journalist mom, and Kirk Cameron as Tiger Beat chaos.
Key cast
- Alan Thicke as Jason Seaver
- Joanna Kerns as Maggie Seaver
- Kirk Cameron as Mike Seaver
- Tracey Gold as Carol Seaver
- Jeremy Miller as Ben Seaver