Growing Pains (TV Series)

Thank God It's Friday (1987)

Kirk Cameron: Mike Seaver

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• Mike Seaver : [scene returns to the party, all the partygoers turn to look at Mike, who enters the room, which falls silent. He perches himself on the edge of a table and looks directly into the camera]  Hi. You know a lotta people will tell you that drugs are cool. And they're the same people who are saying 'everybody's doing something, so what's your problem'? Well, they're wrong. Everybody's NOT doing drugs, and you don't have to try them to be cool. Look, I'm not trying to tell you how to live your lives, but I am telling you that you don't have to do something you don't want to, just to keep your friends happy. I mean, if that's the way that they feel, then maybe they're not your friends. And maybe they're not as cool as you thought they were. And one last thing... I'm not being paid to say this. This is how I feel. And if you think that makes me uncool, then you're wrong.

• Mike Seaver : [as he's sneaking into the house past curfew, Jason is waiting for him]  Dad.

  Dr. Jason Seaver : Mike. It is Mike, isn't it? No it couldn't be. MY Mike was to be home at 1:00AM.

  Mike Seaver : [laughs nervously]  Uh, Dad... I know I missed my curfew.

  Dr. Jason Seaver : [with sarcasm]  Oh! Well, you admit you have one! That's progress!

  Mike Seaver : Hey Dad, isn't tonight the time where we turn the clocks back for the time change?

  Dr. Jason Seaver : [takes his arm and leads him to the living room]  Nooooo... that's in October, which is when you're going to be grounded till unless you give me a good explanation where you've been!

  Mike Seaver : Okay, I...

  Dr. Jason Seaver : No no no. Wait, let me get comfortable here. You know how I love these stories! So, what'll it be tonight, Mike? You were... oh, you saved some lives, I bet, huh?

  [Mike's grin begins to fade] 

  Dr. Jason Seaver : Wait, wait. I bet you ran into those darn gypsies again, hm?

  [Mike's expression then becomes grim, concerning Jason] 

  Dr. Jason Seaver : Are you OK?

  Mike Seaver : [sighs]  Dad, can I talk to you as a friend and not as a guy who can make my life miserable?

  Dr. Jason Seaver : What's wrong, Mike?

  Mike Seaver : Dad, I gotta know that what I tell you won't be used against me!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : Okay, what is it?

  Mike Seaver : So I have your word that whatever I say you're not...

  Dr. Jason Seaver : Mike, just say it. Okay?

  Mike Seaver : Okay. Me, and Eddie and Boner... we ended up at a party where everybody was doing cocaine.

  Dr. Jason Seaver : [stands up abruptly]  Cocaine?

  Mike Seaver : Wait, remember! You're not my dad! You're a friend!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : [throws up his hands]  Cocaine?

  [beat] 

  Dr. Jason Seaver : Really?

  Mike Seaver : [stands up and paces the room]  Yeah, and if you didn't do it, you were a wimp!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : [musing]  Cocaine...

  Mike Seaver : Dad, I never felt so much pressure in my life!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : And?

  Mike Seaver : Even from Boner and Eddie!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : And?

  Mike Seaver : Dad, it was like I didn't even have a choice!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : AND?

  Mike Seaver : I didn't do it.

  Dr. Jason Seaver : You didn't do it, as in you did not?

  Mike Seaver : I didn't do the stupid drug!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : [relieved]  Well, that's great, Mike! That's... that's wonderful! I always figured you'd make the right choice if you had to face that! I'm relieved, Mike!

  Mike Seaver : Dad... that's not it!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : [bewildered]  What?

  Mike Seaver : Dad, I've been thinking about this since the party. I have been driving and driving...

  Dr. Jason Seaver : Mike, you did the right thing!

  Mike Seaver : That's what kills me!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : [confused]  I don't understand.

  Mike Seaver : Dad, I know I did the right thing. It's just that I feel like everybody's gonna laugh at me. And some of those people did laugh!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : Mike, you're never gonna be able to please everybody.

  Mike Seaver : Yeah, well tonight I didn't please anybody.

  Dr. Jason Seaver : Except yourself.

• Dr. Jason Seaver : [as Mike is heading upstairs to bed]  Eddie and Boner called for you.

  Mike Seaver : [surprised]  What?

  Dr. Jason Seaver : They said they didn't go to the bathroom... and they don't want to.

  Mike Seaver : [smiles thoughtfully]  Well, what do you know?

  Dr. Jason Seaver : What does that mean?

  Mike Seaver : A lot!

  Dr. Jason Seaver : [Mike heads upstairs, leaving Jason more confused than ever]  What a world.

  [Jason turns to go upstairs behind Mike, but turns back to secure the chain across the front door]