Growing Pains/Homecoming Queen

Homecoming Queen
Season 4, Episode 6
Airdate	November 23, 1988
Written by	Kate Boutilier
Directed by	John Tracy
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Growing Pains — Season Four

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Homecoming Queen is the sixth episode of the fourth season of Growing Pains, and the seventy-sixth episode overall.

Starring: Alan Thicke (Dr. Jason Seaver), Joanna Kerns (Maggie Seaver), Kirk Cameron (Mike Seaver), Tracey Gold (Carol Seaver), Jeremy Miller (Ben Seaver)

Guest Stars: Sam Anderson (Mr. Dewitt), Rachel Jacobs (Shelley), Lisa Capps (Debbie)

Co-Starring: Lisa Morgan (Heather), Carrie O'Donnell (Joya), Nicole Tracy (Jennifer), Tamara Glynn (Susan), Beverly Osborn (Ms. Phelps)

Plot Overview

With bombastic glee, Dewey High Principal DeWitt announces the homecoming court. Carol scoffs as the names are read, considering them part of the school's elite crowd ... but then, her name is announced! Carol is ecstatic, then very scared at the thought of being on the court, the trigger to many of her past insecurities of being "fat" and nerdy. During one dream sequence, the court is being announced when Carol (wearing an expensive dress and having her hair done) suddenly gains weight and shifts back to her "bookish nerd" self, Mike pointing out the obvious to everyone's amusement.

But on the night of the homecoming dance, Carol learns that the "elite" girls of her class are just as nervous - perhaps more so - about being on the court. Carol realizes that she is not alone in her anxiety and, even though someone else is crowned queen, she has a great time at the dance.