Silver Spoons Episode Rating Graph

A blind date with a computer pen pal panics Rick after they exchange photos.

Rick's the manager of his friend's band, Splat! When Rick gets them on Rock Search, the lead singer has laryngitis. The band convinces Rick to step in for him & sing that tune.

In an effort to save the freshman newspaper, Rick, Alfonso and Freddy create a freshman beauty pageant, hoping everyone will ""read all about it.""

While Edward and Kate are away Grandfather tries to teach Ricky to drive.

Ricky daydreams that he is the President of the United States.

Grandfather Stratton schemes with Rick to corner the baseball card market.

Ricky discovers that a friend is being beaten by his father.

Edward loses his wallet while playing pool. But when he calls Rick for help, Rick believes it to be an April Fool's joke.

JT's father is offended by how much time Edward is spending with his son.

As new wife and mother, Late begins making changes in the Stratton household that Edward supports and Rick resents.

Rick's mom shows up with an ex-pro football player as a boyfriend and a ""new"" outlook on life.

Ricky pretends to play in the school orchestra's production of Peter and the Wolf so Edward won't be disappointed that he isn't musical.

Grandfather Stratton returns home from a trip to Paris--with a young fiancee.

Rick, Brad, Alfonzo & two others form a band getting ready for the Battle of the Bands. However, Brad & Alfonzo fight over issues & that Alfonzo invites his new girlfriend (Kiki) to rehearsal. Rick tries to convince Alfonzo to rejoin the band.

A new housekeeper from Sweden steals Rickys heart.

Rick wants to invite Nicole Desmond to be his date at his 16th birthday party but Brad accidentally gives the invitation to Julie Warren. When Nicole gets herself invited anyway Rick has to balance his time between two dates without letting either girl find out about the other.

Kate's Uncle Harry uses the Stratton family in a deceptive maneuver to impress an old Army buddy.

Rick's girlfriend has something in mind for their relationship that is a serious step for Rick.

Rick must choose between getting suspended or revealing his source when he exposes a cafeteria scandal on his school's cable news show.

Pearl Bailey as Lula Baker, Edward's former governess returns to the Stratton household and becomes the foil in Rick and Alfonso's secret scheme.

Rick exhibits his independence by running away, but he soon begins to appreciate what he's left, in the conclusion of a special two-part story.

Ricky thinks that a fellow baseball player likes him when in all actuality it's Edward that she wants.

Ricky gets in over his head when he, Derek and Freddy bet on football games.

Derek and JT put frogs in Freddy's sleeping bag during a slumber party. Ricky hurts Freddy by saying that he isn't his friend.

Rick takes part in a marriage with a student, but is shocked when his ""wife"" gets pregnant.

Edward's former girlfriend decides she wants him back.

Against his better judgment Edward agrees to let Ricky go hunting with Grandfather.

Dexter gets dragged to the country for a camping trip by the family.

Derek and Ricky pick up cheerleaders while in Chicago for a Badger Patrol convention.

Ricky feels left out when Kate joins them on a ski trip.

Edward pops the question to Kate when she receives a job offer, in the first of a special two-part story.

Ricky pretends to like an obnoxious girl so Edward can hire her as a toy consultant.

Rick plays Cupid by introducing Grandfather Stratton to his history teacher, played by Barbara Billingsley of ""Leave It To Beaver.""

Kate's grandmother gets lost in New York City.

Lulu holds the key to solving a rift between Rick and his grandfather.

Rick is estatic when a hip 16-year-old wants to hang around him, but Edward is suspect of his motives - especially when his gold pen suddenly disappears.

Whitney Houston gets more than she expects during a visit to the Stratton household when Dexter decides to move to Los Angeles with the singing star.

Ricky volunteers Edward to buy 1000 bags of popcorn to send the band to Washington.

Ox,the bully,(see Me and Mr.T)takes Ricky to court for whiplash and is in a wheelchair. Ricky insists that the jury be made up of twelve kids.

Edward II tries to get Kate to move to California so Edward will marry someone to expand the family fortune.

To impress a girl, Ricky promises to have the pop group Menudo play at his private party.

Edward and Rick successfully persuade Kate to change her mind, bringing long-awaited wedding bells to the Stratton household, in the conclusion of a special two-part story.

Rick's mother Evelyn arrives to challenge Edward for custody.

Edward gives Ricky an ice cream parlor to run for a week as a school assignment.

Kate goes on a grudge date to make Edward jealous. It works and the two admit their feelings for each other in the middle of Carnegie Hall.

The man Kate used to make Edward jealous (*see Falling In Love Again) crashes his airplane in the Stratton's backyard to impress her.

When Rick thinks that he has no privacy,he moves into the guest house. But Ricks friends think they could use it for parties.

Ricky is interviewed by a school reporter and goes on the run after hacking into a top secret government file.

Ricky convinces Edward to take him camping so he can earn his badger paws.

In an effort to prove that he is athletic, Edward decides to participate in a race up to the top of the Empire State Building.

The family celebrates Ricky's 13th birthday with an evening of arguments.

After Derek saves his life Ricky is forced to pose as his date at a co-ed party.

Edward's true Christmas spirit is tested when the Strattons welcome Freddy and his family after a tragedy leaves them homeless.

Rickys friend Derrick moves into the neighborhood and convinces him that the only reason Edward dosent punish him is because he dosent love him.

Edward is hospitalized when he has a gallstone attack.

Edward Stratton III is the epitome of the overgrown child. His lawyer Leonard Rollins has just informed him that his business manager Lou says he is broke and Edward is more interested in playing a game of PacMan. The Stratton mansion looks more like an arcade with video games lining the walls and a scale model train in the middle of the room that actually goes all over the property. Edward is totally taken by surprise when a blonde 12 year old boy arrives and introduces himself as Edward's son Ricky. Edward had been married to Ricky's mother Evelyn for seven days and until that moment he had no clue that he was a father. We meet Edward's assistant Kate Summers during a thoughtful moment of her mentioning that perhaps Edward should hold off on a charity donation until his finances were back in shape. After discovering and proving that Lou had really embezzled Edward's money, Ricky tries to convince his father to let him move in with him instead of making him return to military school.

Ricky gets his first taste of puppy love when a new girl named Sally Frumble transfers to his school.

Ricky starts his first day in high school.