Small Wonder
Small Wonder
TV ShowEnded

Small Wonder

6.9 / 10
1985
4 seasons
99 episodes
ComedyFamily

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.

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Seasons

  • Vicki's Homecoming

    1.Vicki's Homecoming

    07-09-198521m

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

  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    2.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    14-09-198521m

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

  • Robositter

    3.Robositter

    21-09-198521m

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

  • Nerd Crush

    4.Nerd Crush

    28-09-198521m

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

  • Runaway Jamie

    5.Runaway Jamie

    05-10-198521m

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

  • Lights! Camera! Ego!

    6.Lights! Camera! Ego!

    12-10-198521m

    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.

  • White Lies

    7.White Lies

    19-10-198521m

    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 Harrie...

  • The Bully

    8.The Bully

    26-10-198521m

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

  • DisHonor Student

    9.DisHonor Student

    02-11-198521m

    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.

  • Vicki's Adoption

    10.Vicki's Adoption

    09-11-198521m

    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.

  • Child Prodigy

    11.Child Prodigy

    16-11-198521m

    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 situa...

  • Brindles Move In

    12.Brindles Move In

    23-11-198521m

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

  • RoboBrat

    13.RoboBrat

    30-11-198521m

    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 -- bu...

  • The Burrito Story

    14.The Burrito Story

    04-01-198621m

    Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.

  • Babes in the Woods

    15.Babes in the Woods

    11-01-198621m

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

  • First Love

    16.First Love

    18-01-198621m

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

  • Substitute Dad

    17.Substitute Dad

    25-01-198621m

    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 disappro...

  • The Robot Nappers

    18.The Robot Nappers

    08-02-198621m

    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.

  • Ted's Lay-Off

    19.Ted's Lay-Off

    15-02-198621m

    United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.

  • Health Nuts

    20.Health Nuts

    22-02-198621m

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

  • The Reluctant Halfback

    21.The Reluctant Halfback

    01-03-198621m

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

  • Vaudeville Vicki

    22.Vaudeville Vicki

    03-05-198621m

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

  • The Birds, The Bees, and Robots

    23.The Birds, The Bees, and Robots

    10-05-198621m

    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.

  • Grandpa Lawson's Visit

    24.Grandpa Lawson's Visit

    17-05-198621m

    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.

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