It's not easy being the man of the house!
Wealthy, young-at-heart business owner Edward Stratton III is stunned to discover his brief marriage several years ago produced a son, Richard Bluedhorn-Stratton, now 12 and standing in Edward's living room, wanting to live with the father he never knew. Although Edward's first impulse is to send Ricky to boarding school, he soon relents and let his son move in with him and Kate, his love-struck secretary.
Sep 25, 1982
Edward Stratton III is the epitome of the overgrown child. His lawyer Leonard Rollins has just informed him that his business manager Lou says he is broke and Edward is more interested in playing a game of PacMan. The Stratton mansion looks more like an arcade with video games lining the walls and a scale model train in the middle of the room that actually goes all over the property. Edward is totally taken by surprise when a blonde 12 year old boy arrives and introduces himself as Edward's son Ricky. Edward had been married to Ricky's mother Evelyn for seven days and until that moment he had no clue that he was a father. We meet Edward's assistant Kate Summers during a thoughtful moment of her mentioning that perhaps Edward should hold off on a charity donation until his finances were back in shape. After discovering and proving that Lou had really embezzled Edward's money, Ricky tries to convince his father to let him move in with him instead of making him return to military school.
Oct 2, 1982
Rickys friend Derrick moves into the neighborhood and convinces him that the only reason Edward dosent punish him is because he dosent love him.
Oct 9, 1982
Ricky wants to meet his grandfather.
Oct 16, 1982
When Ricky is bullied at school, Edward hires a bodyguard to make sure the problem never happens again.
Oct 23, 1982
Ricky gets his first taste of puppy love when a new girl named Sally Frumble transfers to his school.
Oct 30, 1982
Rick's mother Evelyn arrives to challenge Edward for custody.
Nov 6, 1982
Ricky is interviewed by a school reporter and goes on the run after hacking into a top secret government file.
Nov 13, 1982
Ricky and Derek find a lost orangutan and Ricky wants to keep him.
Nov 20, 1982
Ricky forces Edward to attend a banquet honoring Edward II.
Nov 27, 1982
Ricky convinces Edward to take him camping so he can earn his badger paws.
Dec 4, 1982
Convinced that Kate is in love with him, Ricky decides to set her up with Edward.
Dec 11, 1982
Kate goes on a grudge date to make Edward jealous. It works and the two admit their feelings for each other in the middle of Carnegie Hall.
Dec 18, 1982
Edward and Ricky play Santa to a family living in a cave on their property.
Jan 8, 1983
After Derek saves his life Ricky is forced to pose as his date at a co-ed party.
Jan 15, 1983
Ox,the bully,(see Me and Mr.T)takes Ricky to court for whiplash and is in a wheelchair. Ricky insists that the jury be made up of twelve kids.
Jan 22, 1983
Ricky pretends to like an obnoxious girl so Edward can hire her as a toy consultant.
Feb 5, 1983
Ricky volunteers Edward to buy 1000 bags of popcorn to send the band to Washington.
Feb 12, 1983
Edward gives Ricky an ice cream parlor to run for a week as a school assignment.
Feb 19, 1983
Ricky feels left out when Kate joins them on a ski trip.
Feb 26, 1983
Edward II tries to get Kate to move to California so Edward will marry someone to expand the family fortune.
Mar 5, 1983
The man Kate used to make Edward jealous (*see Falling In Love Again) crashes his airplane in the Stratton's backyard to impress her.
Apr 30, 1983
Kate catches Ricky, JT and Freddy watching an X-rated movie while Edward is sleeping.
