Rags to Riches

A wealthy widowed businessman adopts five daughters to live with him at his mansion.

Cast:Joseph Bologna , Tisha Campbell , Blanca De Garr , Kimiko Gelman , Bridget Michele , Heidi Zeigler , Douglas Seale , Sarah Buxton , Sue Ball , Jeff Harlan , Karen Armstrong , Sandy Ward , John Christy Ewing , Heather McAdam , Shannon Tweed , Richard Grieco , K Callan , Mel Harris

0Season 1

S1.E0 ∙ Pilot

Sun, Mar 8, 1987

A wealthy businessman decides to soften his "cutthroat" image by adopting some children. He winds up adopting six girls and isn't prepared for the problems that come with them.

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ High Society

Sat, Mar 14, 1987

Nick was not invited to his country club's debutante ball. He signs Rose up to prove a point to the rich snobs. But she is depressed and going through a phase (Spasskism). The Foley household must give her a crash course in etiquette.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Foley vs. Foley

Sat, Mar 21, 1987

Spiro's Place, the girls' favorite malt shop, is being shut down to make way for a new development. Nick encourages the girls to protest until he learns that they are actually protesting his new project, the Foley Center.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ First Love

Sat, Mar 28, 1987

Duke is the good looking cool guy at school, and Diane is hooked. The only thing is, his friends have a reputation for carrying a little black book. And Nick knows all about it after comparing parenting notes with his golf buddy. He makes a deal with Diane that if she stays away from Duke, he will stay away from his latest romantic interest, the classy Jessica. Is Duke really interested in Diane, or is she just a name to add to the book? Will Nick keep his end of the bargain to keep his daughter safe?

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Business Is Business

Sat, Apr 4, 1987

Marva wants to start her own business but Nick says he won't help her so she decides to go into to business on her own and buys an old food truck. But her perfect calculations however hadn't counted on a backstabbing competitor.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Patty's Mom

Sat, Apr 11, 1987

Patty thinks she has found her biological mother. Then makes a deal with Nick that she will relent off her search for a while, if Nick stays on the same street corner where she saw the woman for an entire week.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Bad Blood

Sat, Apr 18, 1987

Nick's brother Frankie shows up unexpectedly and rekindles old wounds between them. In the meantime, Patty gets in trouble at school for using uncle Frankie's tactics to get even with another student.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Born to Ride

Sat, Apr 25, 1987

Diane goes for her permit only to get involved with two swindlers try to fake an injury lawsuit against Diane when she gets into an accident with their vehicle.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Vegas Rock

Thu, Sep 17, 1987

The Girls travel to Vegas in hopes of obtaining Elvis's guitar for a school auction, all the while dodging their Stepfather Nick, who's in town as well.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Once in a Lifeguard

Thu, Sep 24, 1987

Rose is determined to become a lifeguard. After failing her first test and being ridiculed by the instructor for being a "girl", Nick helps train her. She passes her second test, beating the time of all the male hopefuls. Thus gaining the respect of her instructor as well as her lifeguard certificate. Meanwhile Patty falls in love with a baseball loving, handsome older lifeguard. She decides to ditch her tomboy ways to win his attention, only to have her heart crushed when he begins dating her sister Diane.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ That's Cheating

Thu, Oct 1, 1987

Rose struggles with chemistry and in an act of desperation cheats on her test. Meanwhile, Mickey really wants to win the Girl Scout yellow beanie and pledges to sell over 500 boxes of cookies.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Wilderness Blues

Thu, Oct 15, 1987

Nick is fed up with the girls arguing and decides everyone needs a little quality family time; so he takes the girls on a weekend camping trip which starts out disastrous but later brings them closer together.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Dear Diary

Thu, Oct 22, 1987

The girls fight to save there favorite teacher, Miss Newman. Meanwhile, Patty is having trouble with a writing assignment, so Miss Newman gives her a diary to compose a story in.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Hunk in the House

Thu, Nov 5, 1987

Nick's godson Billy comes to visit due to family problems at home. Diane is immediately infatuated with him and goes to Rose -- who is also falling for Billy -- for help.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Marva in the Key of Cee

Thu, Nov 12, 1987

Marva discovers that Rose's new piano teacher Celia Smith once was a famous singer known as Cece. Without her permission, Marva volunteers Cece to perform at their high school dance.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Beauty and the Babe

Thu, Nov 19, 1987

Diane decides to enter a beauty pageant with Nick's permission as long as she promises to keep her grades up. Meanwhile, Mickey wants a unicorn so she dresses up as one to try and catch one of her very own.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Russian Holiday

Thu, Dec 10, 1987

The Russian diplomat and his son visit. Rose decides he's too stiff and needs to be shown a good time so she sneaks him out of the embassy without anyone's knowledge or consent.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ A Very Foley Christmas

Sat, Dec 19, 1987

Christmas approaches and the girls find out a new social worker has been assigned to their case. Nick's scheduled meeting with the worker gets delayed because he has car trouble so the girls entertain her while they wait for Nick.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Guess Who's Coming to Slumber?

Thu, Jan 7, 1988

Marva runs for class president and stoops to the levels of her competitors by making false promises. Meanwhile, Patty steals a dying racehorse.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Sweet Sixteen

Thu, Jan 14, 1988

The Cuban missile crisis hits full blast as Russia threatens to attack the United States. Nick builds a bomb shelter when Mickey becomes afraid of being vaporized. Diane plans a very emotional Sweet 16 party, hoping for harmony with Russia.