Howard Leeds
Director
Small Wonder (1985)
Season 2
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.
Released Sept. 7, 1985
Episode 21 min
2+
Genres: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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Production Companies: Metromedia Video Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
Network: Syndication
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Root Beer, Women and Song
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.
Sept. 20, 1986, midnight
S2E2 - My Mother the Teacher
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.
Sept. 27, 1986, midnight
S2E3 - Vicki for the Defense
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.
Oct. 4, 1986, midnight
S2E4 - Homeless Causes
Joan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.
Oct. 11, 1986, midnight
S2E5 - The Hustle
When Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.
Oct. 18, 1986, midnight
S2E6 - Jamie's Older Woman
Jamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
Oct. 25, 1986, midnight
S2E7 - My Robot Family
When he's punished for thoughtlessly dropping the family's reservations to Mexico, Jamie dreams that the others are robots under his control.
Nov. 1, 1986, midnight
S2E8 - The Wonder Worker
To help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
Nov. 8, 1986, midnight
S2E9 - Have a Heart
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.
Nov. 15, 1986, midnight
S2E10 - Latchkey Dreams
To get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
Nov. 29, 1986, midnight
S2E11 - Computer Dating
To pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.
Dec. 6, 1986, midnight
S2E12 - Smoker's Delight
Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
Dec. 13, 1986, midnight
S2E13 - Movin' Up
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.
Jan. 10, 1987, midnight
S2E14 - Project Blender
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.
Jan. 17, 1987, midnight
S2E15 - Class Comedienne
Nagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.
Jan. 24, 1987, midnight
S2E16 - Little Miss Shopping Mall
The Lawsons take up the Brindles' snobby challenge and enter Vicki in a mall pageant against Harriet.
Feb. 7, 1987, midnight
S2E17 - Victor/ V.I.C.I.
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.
Feb. 14, 1987, midnight
S2E18 - Look into My Eyes
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.
Feb. 21, 1987, midnight
S2E19 - Pint Sized Pick-Up
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.
April 18, 1987, midnight
S2E20 - Community Watch and See
After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.
May 2, 1987, midnight
S2E21 - Here Kitty, Kitty!
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.
May 9, 1987, midnight
S2E22 - Vicki Goodwrench
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.
May 16, 1987, midnight
S2E23 - The Wedding
Ted and Joan decide to have the ceremonial wedding they never had -- until the Brindles butt in.
May 23, 1987, midnight
S2E24 - Wham-Bam-Body Slam
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.
June 20, 1987, midnight
Network: Syndication
Episode Runtime: 21 min.
Season Runtime: 2079 min.
Released: Sept. 7, 1985
Last Air Date: May 20, 1989, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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