Comedy19854 seasonsTV-G★ 6.9

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

Episodes

  1. 1

    Vicki's Homecoming

    Sep 7, 198521 min

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

  2. 2

    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    Sep 14, 198521 min

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

  3. 3

    Robositter

    Sep 21, 198521 min

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

  4. 4

    Nerd Crush

    Sep 28, 198521 min

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

  5. 5

    Runaway Jamie

    Oct 5, 198521 min

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

  6. 6

    Lights! Camera! Ego!

    Oct 12, 198521 min

    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.

  7. 7

    White Lies

    Oct 19, 198521 min

    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.

  8. 8

    The Bully

    Oct 26, 198521 min

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

  9. 9

    DisHonor Student

    Nov 2, 198521 min

    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.

  10. 10

    Vicki's Adoption

    Nov 9, 198521 min

    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.

  11. 11

    Child Prodigy

    Nov 16, 198521 min

    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.

  12. 12

    Brindles Move In

    Nov 23, 198521 min

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

  13. 13

    RoboBrat

    Nov 30, 198521 min

    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.

  14. 14

    The Burrito Story

    Jan 4, 198621 min

    Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.

  15. 15

    Babes in the Woods

    Jan 11, 198621 min

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

  16. 16

    First Love

    Jan 18, 198621 min

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

  17. 17

    Substitute Dad

    Jan 25, 198621 min

    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.

  18. 18

    The Robot Nappers

    Feb 8, 198621 min

    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.

  19. 19

    Ted's Lay-Off

    Feb 15, 198621 min

    United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.

  20. 20

    Health Nuts

    Feb 22, 198621 min

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

  21. 21

    The Reluctant Halfback

    Mar 1, 198621 min

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

  22. 22

    Vaudeville Vicki

    May 3, 198621 min

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

  23. 23

    The Birds, The Bees, and Robots

    May 10, 198621 min

    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.

  24. 24

    Grandpa Lawson's Visit

    May 17, 198621 min

    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

    Tiffany Brissette

    Victoria "Vicki" Ann Smith-Lawson

  • Dick Christie

    Dick Christie

    Ted Lawson

  • Marla Pennington

    Marla Pennington

    Joan Lawson

  • Jerry Supiran

    Jerry Supiran

    Jamie Lawson

  • Emily Schulman

    Emily Schulman

    Harriet Brindle

  • William Bogert

    William Bogert

    Brandon Brindle

  • Alice Ghostley

    Alice Ghostley

    Ida Mae

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