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Small Wonder
When genius cybernetics engineer Ted Lawson brings home his top-secret invention, a Voice Input Child Identicant or V.I.C.I., life becomes anything but mechanical for the Lawson Family. With his boss and his nosy family living next door, Ted, his wife Joan and their son Jamie must pass Vicki off as a real child. It is easy for Joan, who cannot help doting on her like a daughter, but harder for precocious Jamie, who uses Vicki to do his homework and to ward off Harriet, the annoying redheaded girl next door.
- Created by:
- Howard Leeds
- Cast:
- Tiffany Brissette, Dick Christie, Marla Pennington, Jerry Supiran
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- Syndication
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 2
Episodes
Episode 1
Chewed Out (Smoker's Delight)
1986-09-13 · 21mJamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
Current episodeEpisode 2
Money, Money, Money
1986-09-20 · 22mStill out to flatter the redoubtable Jessica, Jamie takes her out to an expensive restaurant while tightwad Ted puts Vicki in charge of household expenses.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 3
My Mother the Teacher
1986-09-27 · 21mJamie tries to recover his respect in class when his mother comes in as substitute teacher by trying to humiliate her out of her job.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 4
Here Comes the Judge
1986-10-04 · 21mPlaying a judge in a class simulation of a courtroom, Jamie dispenses uneven justice and gets impeached, while parking-ticket-skipping role model Ted tries to get himself arrested.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 5
Home Sweet Homeless
1986-10-11 · 21mJoan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 6
Crazy Like a Fox
1986-10-18 · 21mWhen Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 7
The Older Woman
1986-10-25 · 21mJamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 8
Who's the Boss?
1986-11-01 · 21mWhen he's punished for thoughtlessly dropping the family's reservations to Mexico, Jamie dreams that the others are robots under his control.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 9
P-P Paula
1986-11-08 · 21mTo help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 10
You Gotta Have Heart
1986-11-15 · 21mJamie tries to show Vicki the meaning of compassion by sharing, which she does -- including the dress off her back, while the Brindles move in with their marital dispute.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 11
Little Miss Shopping Mall
1986-11-22 · 21mThe Lawsons enter Vicki in a mall pageant.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 12
Thanksgiving Story
1986-11-29 · 21mTo get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 13
Neighborhood Watch
1986-12-06 · 21mAfter being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 14
Moving Up
1987-01-10 · 21mWhile Vicki learns to spend a day without duties or instructions, Ted's new prestigious job offer in Massachusetts tests the family's taste to social climb vs. its price of morality.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 15
Top Secret
1987-01-17 · 21mTo make his dad's ""button-pusher"" job seem important to his friends, Jamie hints that Ted is head of a top-secret project -- which even Ted's jealous boss, Brandon, believes.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 16
The Personality Kid
1987-01-24 · 21mNagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 17
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
1987-01-31 · 21mTo pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 18
Little Miss Shopping Mall
1987-02-07 · 21mThe Lawsons take up the Brindles' snobby challenge and enter Vicki in a mall pageant against Harriet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 19
Victor/ Vicki-toria
1987-02-14 · 21mTo help his Little League team's rock-bottom status, Jamie disguises Vicki as a boy to use her robotic abilities to bat for the pennant.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 20
Look into My Eyes
1987-02-21 · 21mAfter Vicki watches a TV hypnotist turn volunteers into clowns and animals, she starts practicing her new mesmerizing ""skill"" on the Lawsons with hysterical results.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 21
Wally the Wimp
1987-06-20 · 21mJoan invites Wally Crandal, a former 90-pound weakling college classmate, over for dinner to meet his former school tormentor: Ted, who rigs Vicki to play even crueler tricks. Only Ted's unaware that Wally's grown into a top pro wrestler.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 22
The Cat's Meow
1987-05-09 · 21mTo train Vicki to be more affectionate, Ted buys her a toy cat that only makes her mimic Jamie's past jealousy and run away.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 23
Vicki Goodwrench
1987-05-16 · 21mDuring Jamie's part-time gas station job, Vicki fine-tunes a car to go 50 miles a gallon, causing oil companies and oil sheiks alike to drop by the Lawsons' door.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 24
Double Wedding
1987-05-23 · 21mTed and Joan decide to have the ceremonial wedding they never had -- until the Brindles butt in.
Watch progress · Not trackedCast
Tiffany Brissette
Victoria "Vicki" Ann Smith-Lawson
Dick Christie
Ted Lawson
Marla Pennington
Joan Lawson
Jerry Supiran
Jamie Lawson
Emily Schulman
Harriet Brindle
William Bogert
Brandon Brindle
Alice Ghostley
Ida Mae
