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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 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Vicki's Homecoming
1985-09-07 · 21mTed brings home his own cyber creation an android in the form of a ten year old girl he nicknames Vicki.
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E02
Episode 2
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1985-09-14 · 21mThe Brindles, the Lawson's nosy neighbors, come across Vicki and tries to find out their secret.
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E03
Episode 3
Robositter
1985-09-21 · 21mJamie has the entire house to himself, not knowing that Vicki is his babysitter!
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E04
Episode 4
Nerd Crush
1985-09-28 · 21mWarren Enright, the class nerd, falls in love with Vicki.
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E05
Episode 5
Runaway Jamie
1985-10-05 · 21mBecause Vicki is getting more attention, Jamie decides to run away to see what his parents might think.
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E06
Episode 6
Lights! Camera! Ego!
1985-10-12 · 21mJamie 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.
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E07
Episode 7
White Lies
1985-10-19 · 21mJamie 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.
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E08
Episode 8
The Bully
1985-10-26 · 21mA bully extorts money from Jamie's neighborhood club, which quickly reconsiders its boys-only policy via Vicki's strong-arm "assistance."
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E09
Episode 9
DisHonor Student
1985-11-02 · 21mJamie 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.
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E10
Episode 10
Vicki's Adoption
1985-11-09 · 21mTipped 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.
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E11
Episode 11
Child Prodigy
1985-11-16 · 21mTo 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.
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E12
Episode 12
Brindles Move In
1985-11-23 · 21mA house fire moves Ted's new boss, Brandon Brindle, into the Lawsons' house, scheming for insurance fraud.
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E13
Episode 13
RoboBrat
1985-11-30 · 21mWhen 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.
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E14
Episode 14
The Burrito Story
1986-01-04 · 21mJamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.
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E15
Episode 15
Babes in the Woods
1986-01-11 · 21mThe Lawsons and Reggie and Harriet take a wilderness camping trip, and get lost.
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E16
Episode 16
First Love
1986-01-18 · 21mTo charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy.
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E17
Episode 17
Substitute Dad
1986-01-25 · 21mWhen 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.
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E18
Episode 18
The Robot Nappers
1986-02-08 · 21mWhen 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.
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E19
Episode 19
Ted's Lay-Off
1986-02-15 · 21mUnited Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.
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E20
Episode 20
Health Nuts
1986-02-22 · 21mTed is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese co-worker loses a record amount of weight.
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E21
Episode 21
The Reluctant Halfback
1986-03-01 · 21mTed is proud that Jamie's made the Pee Wee Football league, unknowing that Jamie only does it to please his dad.
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E22
Episode 22
Vaudeville Vicki
1986-05-03 · 21mWhen a vaudeville actor thinks Vicki is his long-lost daughter, he drafts her into a show and threatens her adoption.
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E23
Episode 23
The Birds, The Bees, and Robots
1986-05-10 · 21mWhen 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.
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E24
Episode 24
Grandpa Lawson's Visit
1986-05-17 · 21mTed 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.
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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