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Small Wonder

Small Wonder

★ 7.0/10•1985•21m•TV-G•Comedy•Family
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime21m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 7, 1985

Episodes

Episode 1 - Vicki's HomecomingE121m

Vicki's Homecoming

Ted brings home his own cyber creation an android in the form of a ten year old girl he nicknames Vicki.

Sep 7, 1985

Episode 2 - Guess Who's Coming to DinnerE221m

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

The Brindles, the Lawson's nosy neighbors, come across Vicki and tries to find out their secret.

Sep 14, 1985

Episode 3 - RobositterE321m

Robositter

Jamie has the entire house to himself, not knowing that Vicki is his babysitter!

Sep 21, 1985

Episode 4 - Nerd CrushE421m

Nerd Crush

Warren Enright, the class nerd, falls in love with Vicki.

Sep 28, 1985

Episode 5 - Runaway JamieE521m

Runaway Jamie

Because Vicki is getting more attention, Jamie decides to run away to see what his parents might think.

Oct 5, 1985

Episode 6 - Lights! Camera! Ego!E621m

Lights! Camera! Ego!

Jamie and his friend Reggie Williams are involved in putting together a sci-fi movie project for school, but the power of directorial duties goes to Jamie's head.

Oct 12, 1985

Episode 7 - White LiesE721m

White Lies

Jamie realizes the value of constant truthfulness when he can't convince his parents that he's not responsible for breaking (and secretly gluing together) a teapot caused by Harriet's smart-aleck cousin.

Oct 19, 1985

Episode 8 - The BullyE821m

The Bully

A bully extorts money from Jamie's neighborhood club, which quickly reconsiders its boys-only policy via Vicki's strong-arm "assistance."

Oct 26, 1985

Episode 9 - DisHonor StudentE921m

DisHonor Student

Jamie uses Vicki's new speed-scan reading ability to complete 55 chapters of his homework overnight, which earns him the school honor roll -- along with snowballing guilt.

Nov 2, 1985

Episode 10 - Vicki's AdoptionE1021m

Vicki's Adoption

Tipped off on the sly by busybody Bonnie Brindle, Child Services threatens to take Vicki away unless the Lawsons can produce her past -- and she passes a medical exam.

Nov 9, 1985

Episode 11 - Child ProdigyE1121m

Child Prodigy

To circumvent Child Services' orders to send Vicki to school and risk exposure, the Lawsons hire a pompous tutor who mistakes her computer abilities for genius. To remedy the situation, Joan crams to follow-through her marriage-postponed teaching degree to act as Vicki's "tutor," while Ted takes over the kitchen and creates a mess.

Nov 16, 1985

Episode 12 - Brindles Move InE1221m

Brindles Move In

A house fire moves Ted's new boss, Brandon Brindle, into the Lawsons' house, scheming for insurance fraud.

Nov 23, 1985

Episode 13 - RoboBratE1321m

RoboBrat

When overexposure to Harriet infects heuristically mimicking Vicki with Harriet's personality traits and shrieking tantrums, Ted must purge the brat out of her at his factory -- but not before Harriet and Bonnie Brindle wonder where Vicki suddenly vanished to and summon the police.

Nov 30, 1985

Episode 14 - The Burrito StoryE1421m

The Burrito Story

Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.

Jan 4, 1986

Episode 15 - Babes in the WoodsE1521m

Babes in the Woods

The Lawsons and Reggie and Harriet take a wilderness camping trip, and get lost.

Jan 11, 1986

Episode 16 - First LoveE1621m

First Love

To charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy.

Jan 18, 1986

Episode 17 - Substitute DadE1721m

Substitute Dad

When golf-crazed Ted neglects taking Jamie to a Father-and-Son picnic for a golf tournament, Brandon steps in and incites a "father war" while Joan uses Vicki to voice her disapproval to Ted.

Jan 25, 1986

Episode 18 - The Robot NappersE1821m

The Robot Nappers

When keen-eyed recruitment officers from a rival robotics firm drop by to interview Ted, they suspect Vicki is a robot and plan to "robotnap" her.

Feb 8, 1986

Episode 19 - Ted's Lay-OffE1921m

Ted's Lay-Off

United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.

Feb 15, 1986

Episode 20 - Health NutsE2021m

Health Nuts

Ted is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese co-worker loses a record amount of weight.

Feb 22, 1986

Episode 21 - The Reluctant HalfbackE2121m

The Reluctant Halfback

Ted is proud that Jamie's made the Pee Wee Football league, unknowing that Jamie only does it to please his dad.

Mar 1, 1986

Episode 22 - Vaudeville VickiE2221m

Vaudeville Vicki

When a vaudeville actor thinks Vicki is his long-lost daughter, he drafts her into a show and threatens her adoption.

May 3, 1986

Episode 23 - The Birds, The Bees, and RobotsE2321m

The Birds, The Bees, and Robots

When timid Ted uses the "stork theory" in answering Jamie's questions about sex, Jamie believes Dad's in serious need of sex education and tries to help him out.

May 10, 1986

Episode 24 - Grandpa Lawson's VisitE2421m

Grandpa Lawson's Visit

Ted has the unenviable task of explaining to his unwary Vicki-doting father, who bitterly lost his job to automation, that his new lovely adopted granddaughter is really a robot.

May 17, 1986

Actors

Tiffany Brissette

Tiffany Brissette

Victoria "Vicki" Ann Smith-Lawson

Dick Christie

Dick Christie

Ted Lawson

Marla Pennington

Marla Pennington

Joan Lawson

Jerry Supiran

Jerry Supiran

Jamie Lawson

Emily Schulman

Emily Schulman

Harriet Brindle

William Bogert

William Bogert

Brandon Brindle

Alice Ghostley

Alice Ghostley

Ida Mae

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