Episode 1
Vicki's Homecoming
21m
Ted brings home his own cyber creation an android in the form of a ten year old girl he nicknames Vicki.
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Small Wonder
1985TV-G4 seasons6.9 / 10
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.
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Synopsis
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.
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Episode 2
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
21m
The Brindles, the Lawson's nosy neighbors, come across Vicki and tries to find out their secret.
Episode credits
Written by Ed Jurist
Episode 3
Robositter
21m
Jamie has the entire house to himself, not knowing that Vicki is his babysitter!
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Directed by Peter Baldwin
Episode 4
Nerd Crush
21m
Warren Enright, the class nerd, falls in love with Vicki.
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Directed by Leslie H. MartinsonWritten by Howard Meyers
Episode 5
Runaway Jamie
21m
Because Vicki is getting more attention, Jamie decides to run away to see what his parents might think.
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Episode 6
Lights! Camera! Ego!
21m
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.
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Episode 7
White Lies
21m
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Linda DayGuest stars David C. Glasser
Episode 8
The Bully
21m
A bully extorts money from Jamie's neighborhood club, which quickly reconsiders its boys-only policy via Vicki's strong-arm "assistance."
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Written by Jurgen WolffGuest stars Brent Chalem
Episode 9
DisHonor Student
21m
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Peter Baldwin
Episode 10
Vicki's Adoption
21m
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.
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Episode 11
Child Prodigy
21m
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Peter Baldwin
Episode 12
Brindles Move In
21m
A house fire moves Ted's new boss, Brandon Brindle, into the Lawsons' house, scheming for insurance fraud.
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Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Episode 13
RoboBrat
21m
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.
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Episode 14
The Burrito Story
21m
Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.
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Episode 15
Babes in the Woods
21m
The Lawsons and Reggie and Harriet take a wilderness camping trip, and get lost.
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Written by Jurgen Wolff
Episode 16
First Love
21m
To charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy.
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Directed by Leslie H. MartinsonWritten by Howard MeyersGuest stars Joey Tushnet
Episode 17
Substitute Dad
21m
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.
Episode credits
Written by Ed Jurist
Episode 18
The Robot Nappers
21m
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.
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Episode 19
Ted's Lay-Off
21m
United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.
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Directed by Peter Baldwin
Episode 20
Health Nuts
21m
Ted is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese co-worker loses a record amount of weight.
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Episode 21
The Reluctant Halfback
21m
Ted is proud that Jamie's made the Pee Wee Football league, unknowing that Jamie only does it to please his dad.
Episode credits
Written by Howard Meyers
Episode 22
Vaudeville Vicki
21m
When a vaudeville actor thinks Vicki is his long-lost daughter, he drafts her into a show and threatens her adoption.
Episode credits
Directed by Peter Baldwin
Episode 23
The Birds, The Bees, and Robots
21m
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.
Episode credits
Written by Ed Jurist
Episode 24
Grandpa Lawson's Visit
21mfinale
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.
Episode credits
Written by David Ruprecht, Dick Christie
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Cast
Tiffany BrissetteVictoria "Vicki" Ann Smith-Lawson
Dick ChristieTed Lawson
Marla PenningtonJoan Lawson
Jerry SupiranJamie Lawson
Emily SchulmanHarriet Brindle
William BogertBrandon Brindle
Alice GhostleyIda Mae
Edie McClurgBonnie BrindleCredits
- Created by
- Howard Leeds
- Written by
- Steve Granat, Dick Christie, Howard Meyers, David Ruprecht, Ed Jurist, Jurgen Wolff, Stephen Sustarsic, Jerry Ross, David Adam Silverman, Jack Gross Jr., Jeffrey Duteil, Ralph Phillips, Donald Ross, Michael Poryes, Lawrence H. Levy, Wendy Graf
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 99
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
- SyndicationUnited States
- Metromedia Video Productions
20th Century Fox TelevisionUnited States
Themes
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