Small Wonder

  • : 1985
  • : 96
  • : 20
  • Syndication
  • 20
  • Comedy Family Science-fiction

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2x1
Chewed Out (Smoker's Delight)
Episode overview
13, 1986
Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
2x2
Money, Money, Money
Episode overview
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.
2x3
My Mother the Teacher
Episode overview
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.
2x4
Here Comes the Judge
Episode overview
04, 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.
2x5
Home Sweet Homeless
Episode overview
11, 1986
Joan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.
2x6
Crazy Like a Fox
Episode overview
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.
2x7
The Older Woman
Episode overview
25, 1986
Jamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
2x8
Who's the Boss?
Episode overview
01, 1986
When he's punished for thoughtlessly dropping the family's reservations to Mexico, Jamie dreams that the others are robots under his control.
2x9
P-P-P Paula
Episode overview
08, 1986
To help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
2x10
You Gotta Have Heart
Episode overview
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.
2x12
Thanksgiving Story
Episode overview
29, 1986
To get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
2x17
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Episode overview
06, 1986
To pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.
2x14
Movin' Up
Episode overview
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.
2x15
Top Secret
Episode overview
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.
2x16
The Personality Kid
Episode overview
24, 1987
Nagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.
2x18
Little Miss Shopping Mall
Episode overview
07, 1987
The Lawsons take up the Brindles' snobby challenge and enter Vicki in a mall pageant against Harriet.
2x19
Victor/Vicki-toria
Episode overview
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.
2x20
Look into My Eyes
Episode overview
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.
2x11
The Shoplifter
Episode overview
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.
2x13
Neighborhood Watch
Episode overview
02, 1987
After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.
2x22
The Cat's Meow
Episode overview
09, 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.
2x23
Vicki Goodwrench
Episode overview
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.
2x24
Double Wedding
Episode overview
23, 1987
Ted and Joan decide to have the ceremonial wedding they never had -- until the Brindles butt in.
2x21
Wally the Wimp
Episode overview
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.

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