Silver Spoons: S1E2: Boys Will Be Boys

Published: Sept. 9, 2018, 9:15 p.m.

Hey there Ricker fans,\n\nAngela Bowen here, the host of Together We're Gonna Find Our Way: A Silver Spoons Podcast.\n\n\nS1E2: Boys Will Be Boys\n\nAirdate: October 2, 1982\n\nIn this episode Ricky is pleased that Edward lets him get away with everything - until Derek tells him it means he doesn't care about Ricky. Edward has to show Ricky that his relaxed attitude toward discipline doesn't mean that he doesn't love him.\n\nWe also learn in this episode that Derek was kicked out of military school after he looked at the military captain\u2019s wife in the shower. She\u2019s 74 years old for crying out loud. That\u2019s just nasty, Derek.\n\nWe also learn of Edward\u2019s troubling relationship with his father (which will continue throughout the course of the show\u2019s run)and the real reason he is hesitant to disciplining Ricky.\n\nWe get some cute flirtation between Edward and Kate. His code name Captain Danger over the walkie talkie and Kate\u2019s code name Foxy Lady.\n\nHe also picks a rose for her. Aww.\n\nWe see Ricky\u2019s awesome bedroom for the first time with his race car bed and he\u2019s got his own bathroom. Plus all kinds of cool toys. Who wouldn\u2019t want to be sent to their room if they had one like that.\n\nDerek\u2019s jerk factor scale low end Margaux Kramer vs higher end Nellie Oleson. This episode for telling Ricky his father doesn\u2019t punish him because he doesn\u2019t love him is on the low end Margaux Kramer. That\u2019s just like her from Season 1.\n\nThe one thing I got in trouble for that I can recall at Ricky\u2019s age is calling a 900 hotline number for Soap Opera Spoilers for the show All My Children when I was 11. Ran up the phone bill and my Dad had the number blocked.\n\nAt the end of the episode I talk about the books I've read.\n\nBooks I've Read:\n\nFront Desk By: Kelly Yang\n\nNightbooks By: J.A. White\n\nMarcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish By: Pablo Cartaya\n\nNext week we'll meet Edward's father and Ricky's Grandfather in S1E3: Grandfather Stratton, which aired on October 9, 1982.\nIn this episode Ricky wants to meet his grandfather, but finds that Edward has no interest in seeing his father - an attitude that is definitely mutual. Knowing how important it was for him to know his father, Ricky devises a plan to reconcile the two.\n\nIf anyone wants to email me about the show you can do so at silverspoonspodcast@gmail.com\n\nIf you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review on Itunes on Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast.\n\nHave a great night!