Small Wonder

1Root Beer, Women and Song

21 minSep 20, 1986

Still out to flatter the redoubtable Jessica, Jamie takes her out to an expensive restaurant while tightwad Ted puts Vicki in charge of household expenses.

2My Mother the Teacher

21 minSep 27, 1986

Jamie tries to recover his respect in class when his mother comes in as substitute teacher by trying to humiliate her out of her job.

3Vicki for the Defense

21 minOct 4, 1986

Playing 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.

4Homeless Causes

21 minOct 11, 1986

Joan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.

5The Hustle

21 minOct 18, 1986

When Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.

6Jamie's Older Woman

21 minOct 25, 1986

Jamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.

7My Robot Family

21 minNov 1, 1986

When he's punished for thoughtlessly dropping the family's reservations to Mexico, Jamie dreams that the others are robots under his control.

8The Wonder Worker

21 minNov 8, 1986

To help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.

9Have a Heart

21 minNov 15, 1986

Jamie 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.

10Latchkey Dreams

21 minNov 29, 1986

To get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.

11Computer Dating

21 minDec 6, 1986

To pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.

12Smoker's Delight

21 minDec 13, 1986

Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.

13Movin' Up

21 minJan 10, 1987

While 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.

14Project Blender

21 minJan 17, 1987

To 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.

15Class Comedienne

21 minJan 24, 1987

Nagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.

16Little Miss Shopping Mall

21 minFeb 7, 1987

The Lawsons take up the Brindles' snobby challenge and enter Vicki in a mall pageant against Harriet.

17Victor/ V.I.C.I.

21 minFeb 14, 1987

To 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.

18Look into My Eyes

21 minFeb 21, 1987

After Vicki watches a TV hypnotist turn volunteers into clowns and animals, she starts practicing her new mesmerizing ""skill"" on the Lawsons with hysterical results.

19Pint Sized Pick-Up

21 minApr 18, 1987

While in a store with Jamie looking for a present for her mock birthday party to convince Child Services that they treat her well, Vicki picks up an expensive watch and is picked up for shoplifting.

20Community Watch and See

21 minMay 2, 1987

After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.

21Here Kitty, Kitty!

21 minMay 9, 1987

To train Vicki to be more affectionate, Ted buys her a toy cat that only makes her mimic Jamie's past jealousy and run away.

22Vicki Goodwrench

21 minMay 16, 1987

During 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.

23The Wedding

21 minMay 23, 1987

Ted and Joan decide to have the ceremonial wedding they never had -- until the Brindles butt in.

24Wham-Bam-Body Slam

21 minJun 20, 1987

Joan 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.