Small Wonder
Father Ted Lawson creates a robot, VICI (played by Tiffany Brissette). The family--Ted, Joan and Jamie--keep VICI's identity secret, and pretend that she is their daughter. Harriet, their nosy and annoying neighbor, has a crush on Jamie and plans to marry him. Her dad, Brandon Brindle, is Ted's boss; Brandon stole credit for Ted's ideas.
- 1985-1989
- 4 seasons
- Shout! Factory
- Comedy, Science Fiction
- TV-G
Father Ted Lawson creates a robot, VICI (played by Tiffany Brissette). The family--Ted, Joan and Jamie--keep VICI's identity secret, and pretend that she is their daughter. Harriet, their nosy and annoying neighbor, has a crush on Jamie and plans to marry him. Her dad, Brandon Brindle, is Ted's boss; Brandon stole credit for Ted's ideas.
Season 4 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
Divided We Stand
Sat, Sep 17, 1988
The men and women camp separately.
Episode 2
Double Dates
Sat, Sep 24, 1988
Jamie, Vicki, and Harriet have multiple dates.
Episode 3
The Gang's All Here
Sat, Oct 1, 1988
Jamie and Vicki join a gang.
Episode 4
Rashomon
Sat, Oct 15, 1988
A burglar strikes the Lawsons at a health resort.
Episode 5
Come Fly with Me
Sat, Oct 22, 1988
The Lawsons' plane is hijacked.
Episode 6
Love at First Byte
Sat, Oct 29, 1988
Vicki falls in love with a computer program.
Episode 7
The Sheik
Sat, Nov 5, 1988
A teenage sheik wants Vicki for his bride.
Episode 8
Togetherness
Sat, Nov 12, 1988
The Lawsons and the Brindles compete on a game show.
Episode 9
My Favorite Martian
Sat, Nov 19, 1988
Brandon sees Vicki's hologram of an alien spaceship.
Episode 10
Mommie Dearest
Sat, Nov 26, 1988
Joan's father dates Ida Mae.
Episode 11
No Laughing Matter
Sun, Dec 4, 1988
Vicki leaks nitrous oxide; Jamie teaches for a week.
Episode 12
Tag, You're It
Sun, Dec 11, 1988
Jamie's school is having a girls-invite-the-boys dance. Jamie hopes that a girl he likes will ask him, but Harriet is chasing him and trying to trick him into being her date. Eventually she succeeds, so to get out of it he tries to get enough demerits to be grounded and thus unable to go.
Episode 13
The Jailbirds
Sat, Jan 7, 1989
Jamie and Vicki are arrested for spray-painting a wall--and its owner's $60 shirt.
Episode 14
Riches to Rags
Sat, Jan 14, 1989
Vicki and Jamie invent a cleaning solution.
Episode 15
Radio Days
Sat, Jan 21, 1989
Jamie produces a radio play about World War II.
Episode 16
Kid-O-Grams
Sat, Jan 28, 1989
Jamie starts up a singing-telegram business.
Episode 17
More About L.E.S.
Sat, Feb 4, 1989
L.E.S. is back, and despite Ted's assurances that the rogue A.I. program has been rendered harmless, it comes back in a big way by possessing Vicki's body as its own.
Episode 18
Hooray for Hollyweird!
Sat, Feb 11, 1989
Ted's robot, Vanessa, wreaks havoc in Hollywood.
Episode 19
Minnesota Vicki
Sat, Feb 18, 1989
To land a new promotion with the boss, Mr. Jennings, Ted invites him to dinner and a playful game of pool until Jennings starts betting the shirt off his back, and a lot more, playing against Vicki.
Episode 20
Vicki Doolittle
Sat, Feb 25, 1989
Ted installs a new language translation device (Random Access Multiple Concurrent Linguistic Analytical Sequencer) into Vicki that enables her to understand any language, including even animals', like the boss' dog; Mrs. Jennings forces Mr. Jennings to fire Ted when Joan balks at doing uncredited work for an affair.
Episode 21
The Tattletale
Sat, Apr 29, 1989
A gossip reporter reveals Vicki's secret.
Episode 22
The Strike
Sat, May 6, 1989
Ted's union strike inspires the whole family.
Episode 23
See No Evil
Sat, May 13, 1989
Vicki's eyesight is failing, so she cannot identify bike thieves.
Episode 24
Thy Neighbor's Wife
Sat, May 20, 1989
Joan poses as Mrs. Brindle to impress a businessman.