The BEST episodes of Silver Spoons

#1 - The Great Baseball Card Scheme

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1985

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

#2 - Movie Madness

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/1986

Rick is bent on winning the annual student filmmaking contest.

#3 - One for the Road (2)

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1986

Rick gets grounded, which effectively ends his experience with alcohol, but he soon learns that Greg is still drinking.

#4 - One for the Road (1)

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1986

Rick's new friend encourages him to try alcohol.

#5 - Daddy Rick

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1986

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

#6 - Stratton and Stratton

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1986

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

#7 - The Lady Is a Tramp

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1986

Rick invites a bag lady home for dinner, where she makes a distinct impression on one of Edward's key clients.

#8 - Second Class Parent

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1985

While Edward is away, Kate allows Rick to go with friends to Fort Lauderdale for winter vacation.

#9 - Three Musketeers

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1985

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

#10 - The Barbarians

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1985

On a trip with Grandfather's exclusive club members, Rick and Edward see a different side of Grandfather

#11 - Judgment Day

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1985

#12 - Magnificent Obsession

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1985

Rick loses his girlfriend to the captain of the football team, and then loses his dignity in an effort to win her back.

#13 - Race with Eagles

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1985

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.

#14 - One Strike and You're Out

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1985

Rick leads his friends in a picket line against Grandfather Stratton for paying unfair wages to student employees.

#15 - The Trouble with Harry

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1985

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

#16 - Rick Sings

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/23/1986

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.

#17 - Promises, Promises

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1985

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

#18 - Poor Evelyn

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1985

Rick coerces Edward into offering his mom a job, after an embezzler takes all her money.

#19 - Mrs. Stratton Builds Her Dreamhouse

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1985

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

#20 - Head Over Heels

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1985

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.

#21 - The Babysitters

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/7/1985

While babysitting, Rick suspects that 6-year-old Beth is a victim of parental kidnapping.

#22 - The Secret Life of Ricky Stratton

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/24/1985

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

#23 - All the Principal's Men

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/10/1985

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

#24 - Return of the Paisley Conspiracy

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1985

Rick surprises his dad for his 40th birthday with a reunion of his college singer partner, which prompts Edward to take the old act on the road again.

#25 - Hot Shot

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/3/1985

Consumer advocate, David Horowitz helps Rick ""fight back"" against a crooked mail order camera company.