Silver Spoons — Season 1

Aired 25 September 1982

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.

Aired 2 October 1982

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

Aired 9 October 1982

Ricky wants to meet his grandfather.

Aired 16 October 1982

When Ricky is bullied at school, Edward hires a bodyguard to make sure the problem never happens again.

Aired 23 October 1982

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

Aired 30 October 1982

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

Aired 6 November 1982

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

Aired 13 November 1982

Ricky and Derek find a lost orangutan and Ricky wants to keep him.

Aired 20 November 1982

Ricky forces Edward to attend a banquet honoring Edward II.

Aired 27 November 1982

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

Aired 4 December 1982

Convinced that Kate is in love with him, Ricky decides to set her up with Edward.

Aired 11 December 1982

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.

Aired 18 December 1982

Edward and Ricky play Santa to a family living in a cave on their property.

Aired 8 January 1983

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

Aired 15 January 1983

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.

Aired 22 January 1983

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

Aired 5 February 1983

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

Aired 12 February 1983

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

Aired 19 February 1983

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

Aired 26 February 1983

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

Aired 5 March 1983

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

Aired 30 April 1983

Kate catches Ricky, JT and Freddy watching an X-rated movie while Edward is sleeping.