A star is born when Mike lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica.

Mike is unaware that he’s been nominated for student-body president because he’s “a sure loser.”

Ben asks Carol’s advice on getting a new bike from their parents.

The family scrambles to help find an out-of-work Maggie a job after she turns into Super Mom, preparing oversize meals and assigning new chores.

The family is stranded in Maui. Ben videotapes Mike and Carol’s Hawaiian romances.

Grounded liar Mike hears Maggie fibbing to her boss.

Maggie’s busy schedule leaves Ben feeling neglected.

Ben invites a street girl home for the holidays.

The winter formal causes opposite problems for Carol and Mike.

Maggie wants Jason to fire the elderly handyman he hired to fix the furnace, but he refuses because the man is a friend.

Maggie’s quarreling parents come to visit the Seavers.

A genealogy assignment unearths a dark family secret.

Airlines passengers Jason and Mike must deliver a baby.

Mike plays Cupid for smitten Ben and his baby sitter.

A girl raises a grade for Mike, then demands payment.

Carol wants to use radio-contest winnings on a nose job.

Carol has the chance to skip a high-school grade.

Mike and his friends go to a college party and have to decide whether to use drugs or not.

Jason knows the editor offering Maggie a dream job is a notorious womanizer.

A proposed school dress code puts Maggie and Jason at odds.

Ben has been calling an X-rated phone service.

Fired Mike hides the truth from his parents.

A con man sells Mike a “magic” rock.

Reporter Maggie and psychiatrist Jason both face important career decisions.

A new school year brings boredom, bullies, and romantic mix-ups.

Maggie plans a surprise reunion for Jason’s college rock band.

A cheerleader befriends Carol solely to meet Mike.

Custodian Mike watches a wild party explode in his home.

Mike’s practical-joker uncle Bob visits from the hereafter.

Carol spreads rumors about herself and a “hunk”.

Jason and Maggie want to go to a mountain lodge for a weekend, but are reluctant to leave the kids alone.

Maggie accuses Jason of monopolizing the children.

Maggie casually mentions to Jason that she might be pregnant; Mike acts as a weekend servant to Ben; and Carol wants to divorce her class-project husband.

The PTA head rejects the Seavers as dance chaperones.

Jason fumes when Maggie spends long hours on a toxic waste story with handsome co-worker Fred.

Maggie’s assignment interferes with anniversary plans.

Mike writes test answers on his shoe soles.

Mike hurts more than his pride when he takes a nasty fall off a dirt bike that he promised his parents he wouldn’t go near.

Maggie gives an honest assessment of Carol’s writing of an article for her school magazine; Mike and Ben discover track betting.

Mike doodles on his aptitude test and winds up with an IQ score of 27.