Silver Spoons

- Season 4

(1985)

Whitney Houston who's a friend of Kate's comes for a visit. And when Dex meets her, he falls for her. Ricky and Edward try to get him to loosen up. And they do such a good job that Dex is no longer paying attention to his work and is even thinking of moving to be with her which doesn't make Alfonso happy.

Edward allows Kate to redecorate the house, which becomes chaotic for him and Rick.

Rick's mom comes for a visit. And they discover she's broke. And she refuses to take money from Edward. So Rick asks Edward to give her a job and let her stay with them. And on her first day, she causes nothing but problems.

Rick tries to decide if he should buy a promise ring for a girl at school.

When Edward's father visits, he has an episode and the doctor tells him to rest. But he gets bored. He needs to do some kind of trading. And when he sees Ricky trading baseball cards, he comes up with his own way to upgrade the card's value. And Ricky becomes just as ruthless when he trades.

Kate's uncle Harry overstays his welcome at the Strattons' and even pretends to own the house to impress his old rival.

Rick negotiates with his grandfather on a labor dispute regarding minimum wage being paid at his restaurant.

Edward must run up the steps of the Empire State Building for a fund-raiser.

Rick tries to win back his girlfriend when she leaves him for the captain of the football team.

When Edward lectures him about his poor geometry grade, Rick goes crazy trying to improve it.

Edward's father invites him and Ricky to join him at a lodge. And it is there that he unleashes his wild side. When one of his lodge mates plays a prank on him, he sets out to get back at him with Edward and Ricky's help.

Freddy writes a letter that catches the attention of Congressman Tip O'Neill.

While Edward is out of town, Kate gives Rick permission to go to Fort Lauderdale for winter vacation.

Rick invites a bag lady to dinner where she makes quite an impression on a client of Edward's.

Rick invents a board game called Rock Express, but refuses to take Edward's advice on how to market it.

During a mock marriage for school, Rick's classmate tells him she's really pregnant.

A new friend pressures Rick to try alcohol.

Rick is grounded for experimenting with alcohol, but Greg still has a drinking problem himself.

Rick is bent on winning the annual student filmmaking contest.

Rick becomes famous when he subs for the lead singer in his rock band.

With Kate and Rick both out of the house, Edward is left alone with his ex-wife.

Ricky is dating a girl named Jeannie. And when they have a spat, her father wants to see Edward. Dexter tells him that he might be "connected" to the mob. And when he arrives he tells Edward to tell Ricky to apologize to his daughter. Edward refuses but when a strike at one of his companies is settled after the man tells him it would work out, Edward thinks he made the union settle so that Edward would be beholden to him.

Rick asks two girls to be his date at his 16th birthday party.

Rick is tired of his girlfriend Holly doing everything better than him.