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24 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 15, 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.

Episode 2
Sun, Sep 22, 1985
Edward allows Kate to redecorate the house, which becomes chaotic for him and Rick.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 6, 1985
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.
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 13, 1985
Rick tries to decide if he should buy a promise ring for a girl at school.
Episode 5
Sun, Oct 27, 1985
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.
Episode 6
Sun, Nov 3, 1985
Kate's uncle Harry overstays his welcome at the Strattons' and even pretends to own the house to impress his old rival.
Episode 7
Sun, Nov 10, 1985
Rick negotiates with his grandfather on a labor dispute regarding minimum wage being paid at his restaurant.
Episode 8
Sun, Nov 17, 1985
Edward must run up the steps of the Empire State Building for a fund-raiser.
Episode 9
Sun, Nov 24, 1985
Rick tries to win back his girlfriend when she leaves him for the captain of the football team.
Episode 10
Sun, Dec 1, 1985
When Edward lectures him about his poor geometry grade, Rick goes crazy trying to improve it.
Episode 11
Sun, Dec 8, 1985
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.
Episode 12
Sun, Dec 15, 1985
Freddy writes a letter that catches the attention of Congressman Tip O'Neill.
Episode 13
Sat, Dec 21, 1985
While Edward is out of town, Kate gives Rick permission to go to Fort Lauderdale for winter vacation.
Episode 14
Sun, Jan 5, 1986
Rick invites a bag lady to dinner where she makes quite an impression on a client of Edward's.

Episode 15
Sun, Jan 12, 1986
Rick invents a board game called Rock Express, but refuses to take Edward's advice on how to market it.
Episode 16
Sun, Jan 19, 1986
During a mock marriage for school, Rick's classmate tells him she's really pregnant.
Episode 17
Sun, Feb 2, 1986
A new friend pressures Rick to try alcohol.
Episode 18
Sun, Feb 9, 1986
Rick is grounded for experimenting with alcohol, but Greg still has a drinking problem himself.
Episode 19
Sun, Feb 16, 1986
Rick is bent on winning the annual student filmmaking contest.
Episode 20
Sun, Feb 23, 1986
Rick becomes famous when he subs for the lead singer in his rock band.
Episode 21
Sun, Mar 2, 1986
With Kate and Rick both out of the house, Edward is left alone with his ex-wife.
Episode 22
Sun, Mar 16, 1986
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.
Episode 23
Sun, May 4, 1986
Rick asks two girls to be his date at his 16th birthday party.
Episode 24
Sun, May 11, 1986
Rick is tired of his girlfriend Holly doing everything better than him.