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Silver Spoons•Season 3•Episode 19

Trouble with Words

5.8/10 · 239 votesFeb 24, 198530 min

Ranked #24 of 24 in Season 3•−2.0 vs season avg

Bruce Jenner helps solve the puzzle of Alfonso's poor school performance - the missing piece is the learning disorder dyslexia.

Directed byJack Shea

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Seasons5

Season 3 Episodes24

Best Friends

Survival of the Fittest

Growing Pains (1)

Growing Pains (2)

A Dark and Stormy Night

I Won't Dance

Voyage of the Darned (1)

Voyage of the Darned (2)

The Call of the Wild

Beauties and the Beasts

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Lulu's Back in Town

The Trouble with Grandfather

Special Friend

What's Cookin'?

Marry Me, Marry Me (1)

Marry Me, Marry Me (2)

Rick and the Legend

E19 5.8Now viewing

Trouble with Words

Hot Shot

All the Principal's Men

Return of the Paisley Conspiracy

The Secret Life of Ricky Stratton

The Babysitters

Cast5

Ricky Schroder

Ricky Schroder

Ricky Stratton

Joel Higgins

Joel Higgins

Edward Stratton III

Erin Gray

Erin Gray

Kate Summers Stratton

Franklyn Seales

Franklyn Seales

Dexter Stuffins

Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Spears

Crew1

J

Jack Shea

Director

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Episode Summary

"Trouble with Words" is episode 19 of Silver Spoons season 3. It scored 5.8/10 from 239 votes, ranking #24 of 24 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Jack Shea, it aired on February 24, 1985.

Next: E20 · Hot Shot Best of Season 3