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Growing Pains launches its third season with a two-hour Hawaiian adventure (originally telecast as a single one-hour special), taped on location on the island of Maui. Somewhat miffed that he's been tricked into going to Hawaii instead of Florida for his vacation, Jason gets an opportunity to retribution--and a chance to convince his family that they've been neglecting him--when the Seavers' rented houseboat is marooned off the Maui coast. Elsewhere, both Mike (Kirk Cameron) and Carol (Tracey Gold) launch romances, he with a pretty "local" named Melia (Kelly Ann Hu), she with handsome tourist Hadley Barnes (Ty Miller); and Maggie goes into full workaholic mode to finish a crucial writing assignment.