Small Wonder
TV-G1985•21m•6.9/10
ComedyFamily
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6.9/10(151)
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.
Production
Metromedia Video Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 7, 1985
Last Aired
May 20, 1989
Networks
Syndication
Created By
Howard Leeds
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Vicki's Homecoming
Air date: 1985-09-07
Ted brings home his own cyber creation an android in the form of a ten year old girl he nicknames Vicki.
E2
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Air date: 1985-09-14
The Brindles, the Lawson's nosy neighbors, come across Vicki and tries to find out their secret.
E3
Robositter
Air date: 1985-09-21
Jamie has the entire house to himself, not knowing that Vicki is his babysitter!
E4
Nerd Crush
Air date: 1985-09-28
Warren Enright, the class nerd, falls in love with Vicki.
E5
Runaway Jamie
Air date: 1985-10-05
Because Vicki is getting more attention, Jamie decides to run away to see what his parents might think.
E6
Lights! Camera! Ego!
Air date: 1985-10-12
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.
E7
White Lies
Air date: 1985-10-19
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.
E8
The Bully
Air date: 1985-10-26
A bully extorts money from Jamie's neighborhood club, which quickly reconsiders its boys-only policy via Vicki's strong-arm "assistance."
E9
DisHonor Student
Air date: 1985-11-02
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.
E10
Vicki's Adoption
Air date: 1985-11-09
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.
E11
Child Prodigy
Air date: 1985-11-16
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.
E12
Brindles Move In
Air date: 1985-11-23
A house fire moves Ted's new boss, Brandon Brindle, into the Lawsons' house, scheming for insurance fraud.
E13
RoboBrat
Air date: 1985-11-30
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.
E14
The Burrito Story
Air date: 1986-01-04
Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.
E15
Babes in the Woods
Air date: 1986-01-11
The Lawsons and Reggie and Harriet take a wilderness camping trip, and get lost.
E16
First Love
Air date: 1986-01-18
To charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy.
E17
Substitute Dad
Air date: 1986-01-25
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.
E18
The Robot Nappers
Air date: 1986-02-08
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.
E19
Ted's Lay-Off
Air date: 1986-02-15
United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.
E20
Health Nuts
Air date: 1986-02-22
Ted is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese co-worker loses a record amount of weight.
E21
The Reluctant Halfback
Air date: 1986-03-01
Ted is proud that Jamie's made the Pee Wee Football league, unknowing that Jamie only does it to please his dad.
E22
Vaudeville Vicki
Air date: 1986-05-03
When a vaudeville actor thinks Vicki is his long-lost daughter, he drafts her into a show and threatens her adoption.
E23
The Birds, The Bees, and Robots
Air date: 1986-05-10
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.
E24
Grandpa Lawson's Visit
Air date: 1986-05-17
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.
Cast
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
