7.9/1079 votes#1 - Best Friends
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1984
Ricky meets Alfonso, Dexters nephew.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: James R. Stein, Robert Illes
- 8.0/1072 votes
#2 - Survival of the Fittest
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1984
Ricky starts his first day in high school.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1079 votes
#3 - Growing Pains (1)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1984
Rick is outraged by being treated like a ""child"" when Edward becomes furious with him for breaking his curfew, in part one of a special two-part story.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1073 votes
#4 - Growing Pains (2)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1984
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.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1074 votes
#5 - A Dark and Stormy Night
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1984
When the television goes out on a stormy Halloween night, Rick, Alfonso and Freddy use their imaginations to create their own late-night horror story.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1068 votes
#6 - I Won't Dance
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1984
Rick plays Cupid by introducing Grandfather Stratton to his history teacher, played by Barbara Billingsley of ""Leave It To Beaver.""
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1070 votes
#7 - Voyage of the Darned (1)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1984
Edward, Rick, Dexter, Alfonso and Kate are faced with one small detour on their way to the Caribbean when Kate pilots the plane through the Bermuda Triangle, in part one of a two-part story.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1069 votes
#8 - Voyage of the Darned (2)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1984
After their plane crashes on a deserted island, Rick Alfonso, Dexter, Edward and Kate must battle Mother Nature to survive, in the conclusion of a two-part story.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1069 votes
#9 - The Call of the Wild
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1984
Rick's mom shows up with an ex-pro football player as a boyfriend and a ""new"" outlook on life.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.9/1067 votes
#10 - Beauties and the Beasts
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1984
In an effort to save the freshman newspaper, Rick, Alfonso and Freddy create a freshman beauty pageant, hoping everyone will ""read all about it.""
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1072 votes
#11 - Twas the Night Before Christmas
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1984
Edward's true Christmas spirit is tested when the Strattons welcome Freddy and his family after a tragedy leaves them homeless.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1070 votes
#12 - Lulu's Back in Town
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/30/1984
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.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1065 votes
#13 - The Trouble with Grandfather
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1985
Edward, Kate and Rick have their hands full when Grandfather Stratton trades his empire for a beautiful blonde and a powerful Porsche.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1066 votes
#14 - Special Friend
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1985
Rick finds out that he can't ""save the world"" when he gets involved with a peer-counseling program.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: James R. Stein
- 7.7/1066 votes
#15 - What's Cookin'?
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1985
Lulu holds the key to solving a rift between Rick and his grandfather.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1065 votes
#16 - Marry Me, Marry Me (1)
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1985
Edward pops the question to Kate when she receives a job offer, in the first of a special two-part story.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: Danny Kallis
- 7.9/1066 votes
#17 - Marry Me, Marry Me (2)
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1985
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.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1069 votes
#18 - Rick and the Legend
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1985
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.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/10232 votes
#19 - Trouble with Words
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1985
Bruce Jenner helps solve the puzzle of Alfonso's poor school performance - the missing piece is the learning disorder dyslexia.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1064 votes
#20 - 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.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1064 votes
#21 - 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.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: Danny Kallis
- 7.2/1057 votes
#22 - 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.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: Danny Kallis
- 8.0/1067 votes
#23 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Danny Kallis
- 7.6/1071 votes
#24 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Silver Spoons Season 3
Every episode of Silver Spoons Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Silver Spoons Season 3!
Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15,...
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Network:NBC
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Best Friends" is the best rated episode of "Silver Spoons" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 79 votes. Directed by Jack Shea and written by James R. Stein, Robert Illes, it aired on 9/16/1984. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Survival of the Fittest".