# List of Small Wonder episodes

This is a list of episodes for the 1980s television series Small Wonder.

## Series overview

Shout! Factory has released the first two seasons of Small Wonder on DVD in Region 1. Season 2 was released as a Shout! Factory select title, available exclusively through their online store.
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 24 | 24 | September 7, 1985 | May 17, 1986 |
| 2 | 24 | 24 | September 13, 1986 | May 23, 1987 |
| 3 | 24 | 24 | September 12, 1987 | May 21, 1988 |
| 4 | 24 | 24 | September 17, 1988 | May 20, 1989 |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (1985–86)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 1 | 1 | "Vicki's Homecoming" | John Bowab | Howard Leeds | September 7, 1985 (1985-09-07) | 101 |
| Ted Lawson introduces his family to V.I.C.I. (or the Voice Input Child Identicant), a secretly constructed robotic domestic aide in the form of a ten-year-old girl. |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Neighbors" | Peter Baldwin | Ed Jurist | September 14, 1985 (1985-09-14) | 102 |
| The Brindles, the Lawsons' snoopy neighbors, suspect the Lawsons are hiding something and attempt to sniff out their family secret, while Harriet shows off her toy robot. Note: Edie McClurg and William Bogert made their first appearances as Bonnie and Brandon Brindle. |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Sitter" | Peter Baldwin | Warren Murray | September 21, 1985 (1985-09-21) | 103 |
| When the Lawsons' babysitter cancels, Ted sees an opportunity for a new function for Vicki. |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Suitor" | Leslie H. Martinson | Howard Meyers | September 28, 1985 (1985-09-28) | 104 |
| Jamie's friend Warren, the school nerd, falls in love with Vicki, the only girl who doesn't slam the door in his face. Note: Daryl T. Bartley makes his first appearance as Warren Enright. |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Sibling Rivalry" | Linda Day | Ann L. Gibbs & Joel Kimmel | October 5, 1985 (1985-10-05) | 105 |
| Jamie becomes jealous of his parents' attention to Vicki and runs away from home. |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Spielberg, Jr." | Leslie H. Martinson | Jerry Winnick | October 12, 1985 (1985-10-12) | 106 |
| When Jamie and his friend Reggie produce a sci-fi movie project for school, the directorial power goes to Jamie's head. Note: Paul C. Scott makes his first appearance as Jamie's best friend Reggie Williams. |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Lie" | Linda Day | Budd Grossman | October 19, 1985 (1985-10-19) | 107 |
| Jamie learns the value of consistent honesty when he can't convince his parents that he's not responsible for breaking a teapot. |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Bully" | John Bowab | Jurgen Wolff | October 26, 1985 (1985-10-26) | 108 |
| When a bully begins extorting money from Jamie and his friends, Ted attempts to teach Jamie how to fight. |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Slightly Dishonorable" | Peter Baldwin | Sy Gomberg | November 2, 1985 (1985-11-02) | 109 |
| Jamie uses Vicki to do his homework and reaches the school's honor roll. |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Adoption" | John Bowab | Adrienne Armstrong & Mitzi McCall | November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09) | 110 |
| After Bonnie Brindle alerts child protective services about the Lawsons' new child, Vicki must pass a medical exam. |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Child Genius" | Peter Baldwin | John Boni | November 16, 1985 (1985-11-16) | 111 |
| With child protective services watching, the Lawsons must hire a tutor for Vicki, and Joan resolves to complete her teaching degree. |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Ted's New Boss" | Leslie H. Martinson | Lan O'Kun | November 23, 1985 (1985-11-23) | 112 |
| Following a house fire, the Brindles muscle their way into staying with the Lawsons. |||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Brainwashed" | Selig Frank | Warren Murray | November 30, 1985 (1985-11-30) | 113 |
| When Vicki begins to mimic Harriet, Ted reprograms her. |||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Burrito Story" | Peter Baldwin | Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein | January 4, 1986 (1986-01-04) | 114 |
| Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki. |||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Camping Trip" | Peter Baldwin | Jurgen Wolff | January 11, 1986 (1986-01-11) | 115 |
| The Lawsons, Reggie and Harriet take a wilderness camping trip and become lost. |||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Love Story" | Leslie Martinson | Howard Meyers | January 18, 1986 (1986-01-18) | 116 |
| Jamie throws a lavish party to impress his first crush, Jessica. Note: Lehann Jones makes her first appearance as Jessica. |||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Substitute Father" | Bob Claver | John Boni | January 25, 1986 (1986-01-25) | 117 |
| Brandon Brindle finds that a golf-crazed Ted has been neglecting Jamie. |||||||
| 18 | 18 | "The Robot Nappers" | Selig Frank | Aubrey Tadman & Garry Ferrier | February 8, 1986 (1986-02-08) | 118 |
| A rival robotics firm suspects that Vicki is a robot and plans to steal her. |||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Company Takeover" | Peter Baldwin | John Boni | February 15, 1986 (1986-02-15) | 120 |
| Cutbacks at United Robotronics have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs. |||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Good Ol' Lou" | Peter Baldwin | Sol Weinstein & Howard Albrecht | February 22, 1986 (1986-02-22) | 123 |
| Ted is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese coworker loses a record amount of weight. Note: Emily Schulman did not appear in this episode. |||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Like Father, Like Son" | Bob Claver | Howard Meyers | March 1, 1986 (1986-03-01) | 121 |
| Jamie tries to make for the pee-wee football team. |||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Show Biz (a.k.a. Vaudeville Vicki)" | Peter Baldwin | Aubrey Tadman & Garry Ferrier | May 3, 1986 (1986-05-03) | 122 |
| A vaudeville actor (Ken Berry) becomes convinced that Vicki is his long-lost daughter. |||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Real Facts of Life" | Leslie H. Martinson | Ed Jurist | May 10, 1986 (1986-05-10) | 119 |
| Jamie attempts to educate his dad in the ways of love. |||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Grandparents" | Selig Frank | Dick Christie & Tom Amundsen & David Ruprecht | May 17, 1986 (1986-05-17) | 124 |
| Ted reveals to his visiting parents that Vicki is a robot. Note: Vicki begins showing emotions by crying. |||||||

### Season 2 (1986–87)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 25 | 1 | "Chewed Out" | Leslie H. Martinson | Bruce Taylor | September 13, 1986 (1986-09-13) | 215 |
| Jamie and Reggie try smoking for the first time in an effort to be mature. Vicki tries smoking too, which angers Ted. Adam Rich guest stars. |||||||
| 26 | 2 | "Money, Money, Money" | Selig Frank | Howard Meyers | September 20, 1986 (1986-09-20) | 201 |
| Jamie thinks that his crush Jessica will only like him if he has a lot of money. |||||||
| 27 | 3 | "My Mother the Teacher" | Selig Frank | Bruce Taylor | September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) | 203 |
| When Jamie's teacher is ill, Joan Lawson gets hired as a substitute. She lets Jamie, Vicki and all Jamie's friends know there will be no favoritism nor nepotism in her classroom. |||||||
| 28 | 4 | "Here Comes the Judge" | Selig Frank | Jeffrey Davis | October 4, 1986 (1986-10-04) | 213 |
| Jamie plays a judge in his school's mock courtroom. |||||||
| 29 | 5 | "Home Sweet Homeless" | Selig Frank | Susan Misty Stewart | October 11, 1986 (1986-10-11) | 209 |
| The Lawson family gets first-hand experience about how a homeless man lives when Jamie accidentally brings one home. Foster Brooks guest stars. |||||||
| 30 | 6 | "Crazy Like a Fox" | Peter Baldwin | Barry Blitzer | October 18, 1986 (1986-10-18) | 212 |
| A con man sells Jamie and Vicki stolen merchandise that doesn't work. |||||||
| 31 | 7 | "The Older Woman" | Selig Frank | Michael Poryes | October 25, 1986 (1986-10-25) | 210 |
| Jamie meets Harriet's older cousin Mary, so he makes a plan to get to know Mary better. |||||||
| 32 | 8 | "Who's the Boss?" | Peter Baldwin | Warren Murray & Bruce Kane | November 1, 1986 (1986-11-01) | 204 |
| Jamie has a dream that he's the boss of his parents. |||||||
| 33 | 9 | "P-P-P Paula" | Peter Baldwin | Lawrence H. Levy | November 8, 1986 (1986-11-08) | 207 |
| Jamie is assigned to help a stuttering girl present an oral report. Vicki decides to get to the root of the stuttering through aversion therapy. |||||||
| 34 | 10 | "You Gotta Have Heart" | Leslie H. Martinson | Jerry Rannow | November 15, 1986 (1986-11-15) | 211 |
| Vicki becomes best friends with Harriet in order to learn more about love, while Ted thinks about inventing a heart for Vicki. |||||||
| 35 | 11 | "The Shoplifter" | Leslie H. Martinson | Bruce Taylor | November 22, 1986 (1986-11-22) | 202 |
| Mrs. Fernwald from Child Services visits the Lawson family on the basis it is Vicki's birthday. Mistaking the news for Joan's birthday, Vicki steals a gold ladies' watch. |||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Thanksgiving Story" | Bob Claver | Gary Belkin | November 29, 1986 (1986-11-29) | 208 |
| Jamie's friend Adam, who has a deadbeat dad, says that he will get to go a fancy ski resort for Thanksgiving sponsored by a charity aiding such children. Not wanting to spend another boring old Thanksgiving with his family, Jamie uses Vicki to fabricate a story about being from a broken home. |||||||
| 37 | 13 | "Neighborhood Watch" | Leslie H. Martinson | Phil Margo & Jack Gross | December 6, 1986 (1986-12-06) | 206 |
| The Lawson family gets robbed so they develop a neighborhood watch program. |||||||
| 38 | 14 | "Movin' Up" | Bob Claver | Jerry Ross | January 10, 1987 (1987-01-10) | 205 |
| Ted is offered a job at a prestigious technology firm in Massachusetts with big benefits, but wants the family's candid opinion about such a move. Ted must make his decision when the firm's pretentious president and his wife pay the Lawsons a visit to look at the entire family. |||||||
| 39 | 15 | "Top Secret" | Leslie H. Martinson | Kevin Hopps & Glenn Leopold | January 17, 1987 (1987-01-17) | 221 |
| Ted makes up a story about Project Blender to make his job sound exciting. Brian Austin Green (listed as Brian Green in this episode) plays Gary, a friend of Jamie's. |||||||
| 40 | 16 | "The Personality Kid" | Peter Baldwin | Ben Starr | January 24, 1987 (1987-01-24) | 218 |
| Reggie thinks Vicki has a stuck-up personality, so Jamie gives her an adjustment. |||||||
| 41 | 17 | "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" | Bob Claver | Story by : Jerry Ross Teleplay by : Jerry Ross & Jeffrey Duteil | January 31, 1987 (1987-01-31) | 216 |
| Jamie wants a new bike so he starts a computer dating service. Two of his clients are a bully and a diffident nerd friend of his. Due to threats from the bully, Jamie must fix him up with Vicki, while Vicki prefers impersonating Marilyn Monroe to be the nerd's date. |||||||
| 42 | 18 | "Little Miss Shopping Mall" | Bob Claver | Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein | February 7, 1987 (1987-02-07) | 223 |
| Vicki gets entered into a beauty contest, but Ted doesn't want her to enter. Note: Jerry Supiran, does not appear in this episode. Supiran's absence was explained, that his character Jamie was spending the weekend with his friend, Reggie. |||||||
| 43 | 19 | "Victor/Vicki-toria" | Peter Baldwin | Warren Murray & Bruce Kane | February 14, 1987 (1987-02-14) | 214 |
| Jamie disguises Vicki as a boy named Victor to aid his struggling baseball team. However Ted tries to dissuade Jamie from this, arguing that with Vicki's powers this would be extremely unfair. |||||||
| 44 | 20 | "Look Into My Eyes" | Peter Baldwin | Don Hart & Robin Pennington | February 21, 1987 (1987-02-21) | 222 |
| Vicki tries out hypnosis on the Lawsons after she sees it performed on television. |||||||
| 45 | 21 | "Wally the Wimp" | Peter Baldwin | Story by : David Ruprecht Teleplay by : Dick Christie & Tom Amundsen | February 28, 1987 (1987-02-28) | 217 |
| Joan gets a visit from her college friend Wally. Guest star: Jesse "The Body" Ventura. |||||||
| 46 | 22 | "The Cat's Meow" | Bob Claver | Donald Ross | May 9, 1987 (1987-05-09) | 219 |
| Ted buys Vicki her first toy, a robot cat that causes Vicki to have an emotional breakdown. |||||||
| 47 | 23 | "Vicki Goodwrench" | Selig Frank | Ken Steele | May 16, 1987 (1987-05-16) | 220 |
| Jamie wants to get a summer job, so he and Vicki decide to work at Sid's Garage. Vicki learns about motors and greatly increases the gas mileage of cars, causing sheiks and oil executives to beat a path to the Lawsons' door. |||||||
| 48 | 24 | "Double Wedding" | Leslie H. Martinson | Warren Murray & Bruce Kane | May 23, 1987 (1987-05-23) | 224 |
| Ted and Joan, along with Bonnie and Brandon Brindle, decide to renew their wedding vows. |||||||

### Season 3 (1987–88)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 49 | 1 | "Woodward and Bernstein" | Leslie H. Martinson | Bobby Herbeck | September 12, 1987 (1987-09-12) | 303 |
| While Jamie and Reggie search for a story for the school paper, Vicki discovers that a new girl in class is a missing child. |||||||
| 50 | 2 | "Everyone Into the Pool" | Bob Claver | Judy Bustany & Dawn Aldredge | September 19, 1987 (1987-09-19) | 312 |
| The Lawsons get a new swimming pool and, Vicki falls in while rescuing Harriet. |||||||
| 51 | 3 | "Whodunit?" | Leslie H. Martinson | Steve Granat & Mel Sherer | September 26, 1987 (1987-09-26) | 314 |
| Jamie takes the fall in exchange for Jessica's affections when he catches her stealing copies of the seventh grade's test. |||||||
| 52 | 4 | "Bride and Groom" | Selig Frank | Story by : Bernard Burnell Mack Teleplay by : Warren Murray & Bruce Kane | October 3, 1987 (1987-10-03) | 306 |
| The daughter of Ted's new boss has plans on making Jamie her husband. |||||||
| 53 | 5 | "It's Okay to Say No" | Bob Claver | Matt Geller | October 10, 1987 (1987-10-10) | 302 |
| When a schoolyard pusher tries to hook Vicki on drugs, the Lawsons help the police on an undercover sting, to stop the pusher. |||||||
| 54 | 6 | "Read My Lips" | Leslie H. Martinson | Matt Geller | October 17, 1987 (1987-10-17) | 307 |
| When Jamie befriends a deaf boy to earn scout points, he learns a lesson in sensitivity and exploitation. |||||||
| 55 | 7 | "The Promotion" | Leslie H. Martinson | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | October 24, 1987 (1987-10-24) | 316 |
| In order to gain a promotion, Ted decides to reveal Vicki's robot secret to his boss -- unaware that Brandon is out to sabotage Ted's effort. |||||||
| 56 | 8 | "The Lawsonville Horror" | Selig Frank | Story by : David Ruprecht Teleplay by : Dick Christie & Tom Amundsen | October 31, 1987 (1987-10-31) | 320 |
| When unseen Vicki is struck by lightning and begins to influence objects around the house, the unwary and shook-up Lawsons call in a pair of hapless ghostbusters. |||||||
| 57 | 9 | "The Bad Seed" | Bob Claver | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | November 7, 1987 (1987-11-07) | 308 |
| Ted brings home Vanessa, an upgraded twin of Vicki whose revolutionary but quirky quasi-human artificial intelligence runs amok. Note: Tiffany Brissette plays a dual role. |||||||
| 58 | 10 | "TV or Not TV" | Selig Frank | Story by : Barbara London & Reigne Christi Teleplay by : Warren Murray & Bruce Kane | November 14, 1987 (1987-11-14) | 318 |
| Vicki is discovered by an advertising recruiter (David Ruprecht) to play in a cereal commercial, but the Lawsons have second thoughts when her taste test reveals that the product isn't all it's crackled up to be. |||||||
| 59 | 11 | "The Fats of Life" | Bob Claver | Stan Cutler | November 21, 1987 (1987-11-21) | 317 |
| Ted unwittingly upgrades Vicki's energy-supplementing polynucleotide processor with an appetite, which creates excess digestive gases and causes her to be bloated which caused a major issue for an upcoming dance. |||||||
| 60 | 12 | "The Bank Job" | Bob Claver | Paul Hunter | November 28, 1987 (1987-11-28) | 309 |
| Vicki, Jamie and Harriet are held hostage in an inept bank robbery. |||||||
| 61 | 13 | "Oooga Mooga" | Leslie H. Martinson | Warren Murray & Bruce Kane | December 5, 1987 (1987-12-05) | 305 |
| A Christmas show wherein Joan borrows a life-sized animated "doll" from a store for a charity show -- until Brandon gets his hands on it. |||||||
| 62 | 14 | "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" | Selig Frank | Stephen Langford | January 16, 1988 (1988-01-16) | 301 |
| After Ted makes a comment that he's dead if his credit gets cut off after a few unpaid bills, Vicki types "Cut off credit - He's dead!" into his bank account information on the computer. Ted tries to correct it at the bank, but they still don't believe he's alive even when standing in front of them, so he creates a plan to stage a fake funeral. Meanwhile, Jamie tries to sell "Christmas tree seeds" to make money. |||||||
| 63 | 15 | "Bye Bye Brindles" | Selig Frank | Gordon Mitchell | January 23, 1988 (1988-01-23) | 304 |
| Upset with the Brindles, Ted and Joan make a few comments that Vicki repeats to Harriet, which leads to an argument where Brandon demands the Lawsons move. Using Vicki's strength, the Lawsons stage a fake earthquake to scare the Brindles into selling their home. Obnoxious punk rockers move in, so Ted creates a fake story about oil to get Brandon to cancel the sale. |||||||
| 64 | 16 | "For Sale by Robot" | Leslie H. Martinson | Steve Granat & Mel Sherer | January 30, 1988 (1988-01-30) | 319 |
| Ted reviews blueprints to remodel the house while Joan receives her real estate license. While practicing with Joan for her first sales opportunity, Ted signs a contract, and when Joan's southern clients the Pflugs show up early, Vicki sells them the Lawson home and completes the contract. Ted comes up with a plan to get the Pflugs to back out of the sale while also starting his remodel project. |||||||
| 65 | 17 | "Ronald McDonald House" | Dick Christie | Warren Murray & Bruce Kane | February 6, 1988 (1988-02-06) | 411 |
| To help a withdrawn and bitter classmate cope with leukemia, Jamie and Joan help set up a play on fighting disease. |||||||
| 66 | 18 | "The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming" | Leslie H. Martinson | Lawrence H. Levy | February 13, 1988 (1988-02-13) | 325 |
| Vicki is chosen to represent the school against a smart Russian kid who, like Vicki, turns out to be a robot. |||||||
| 67 | 19 | "I'll Drink to That" | Bob Claver | Bill Daley | February 20, 1988 (1988-02-20) | 311 |
| Due to Vicki's mishandling of terms, Child Services Officer Mrs. Fernwald thinks Ted is an alcoholic and threatens to take Vicki away unless he joins Alcoholics Anonymous. |||||||
| 68 | 20 | "Big J, the D.J." | Selig Frank | Pat Niedzialek & Cecile Alch | February 27, 1988 (1988-02-27) | 313 |
| Jamie uses Vicki to imitate celebrities including NFL football player Lyle Alzado to get a job as lunchtime D. J. at school and Lyle -- himself, doesn't like it. Meanwhile, Brandon Brindle's sister Ida Mae stays for a week and claims to know many celebrities including Lyle. |||||||
| 69 | 21 | "The Rock Band" | Bob Claver | Lisa Stotsky & Wendy Graf | April 30, 1988 (1988-04-30) | 324 |
| Jamie, Reggie, Harriet and Vicki try to start a rock group to play to Ida Mae's agent friend. |||||||
| 70 | 22 | "Book-It" | Selig Frank | Warren Murray & Bruce Kane | May 7, 1988 (1988-05-07) | 415 |
| Jamie struggles to find a book he's interested in, as he is the last student to turn in a book report so the class can get a pizza party. This episode was sponsored by Pizza Hut for their "Book-It" reading program. |||||||
| 71 | 23 | "Safety First" | Leslie H. Martinson | Ken Steele | May 14, 1988 (1988-05-14) | 310 |
| Vicki imitates Ted's demonstration on how to save the life of a choking victim on Brandon, Brandon arrives the next day faking a broken neck and threatens to sue the Lawsons. |||||||
| 72 | 24 | "When You Hear the Beep" | Bob Claver | Steve Kunes | May 21, 1988 (1988-05-21) | 321 |
| Jamie and Vicki help Reggie pursue the girl of his dreams. |||||||

### Season 4 (1988–89)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 73 | 1 | "Divided We Stand" | Leslie H. Martinson | Barbara Azrialy & Ken Eulo | September 17, 1988 (1988-09-17) | 409 |
| Ted, Jamie and Reggie go macho on an all-male fishing trip-- tailed by a slighted and competitive bevy: Joan, Vicki and Harriet. |||||||
| 74 | 2 | "Double Dates" | Bob Claver | Steve Granat & Mel Sherer | September 24, 1988 (1988-09-24) | 413 |
| Jamie winds up handling two dates on the same night, blind to the fact that one of them is Harriet in disguise. |||||||
| 75 | 3 | "The Gang's All Here" | Selig Frank | Stan Cutler | October 1, 1988 (1988-10-01) | 315 |
| Jamie stumbles into the membership of a junior high gang whose vandalism tests his sense of belonging with right and wrong -- and inducts Vicki as its moll. Adam Rich guest stars |||||||
| 76 | 4 | "Rashomon" | Bob Claver | Steve Granat & Mel Sherer | October 15, 1988 (1988-10-15) | 422 |
| While on a company vacation at a health resort, Jamie, Vicki, Brandon and Harriet see a burglar hitting their residence -- each with a different eyewitness account. |||||||
| 77 | 5 | "Come Fly With Me" | Bob Claver | Kathy Joseph & Ted Bergman | October 22, 1988 (1988-10-22) | 410 |
| The Lawsons and the Brindles are on their way to Miami for a convention for United Robotronics when the plane they're on gets hijacked. TV personality Art Linkletter appears as himself. |||||||
| 78 | 6 | "Love at First Byte" | Bob Claver | Jeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik | October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29) | 322 |
| Ted brings home a voice activated computer. Vicki finds herself falling for the computer, but trouble begins when the computer becomes obsessed with Vicki. |||||||
| 79 | 7 | "The Sheik" | Bob Claver | Paul Chitlik & Jeremy Bertrand Finch | November 5, 1988 (1988-11-05) | 405 |
| To keep his company's presence in an Arab country, Ted lets its visiting young ruler draft Vicki into his harem. |||||||
| 80 | 8 | "Togetherness" | Leslie H. Martinson | Story by : Tom Amundsen Teleplay by : Dick Christie & David Ruprecht | November 12, 1988 (1988-11-12) | 403 |
| The Lawsons enter a game show to get back at the Brindles for trying to kick them off the eligibility list. Geoff Edwards guest stars. |||||||
| 81 | 9 | "My Favorite Martian" | Bob Claver | Michael Zack & Angela Wayne Randazzo | November 19, 1988 (1988-11-19) | 416 |
| While Jamie tests out Ted's new laser projection system in Vicki's eyes, unwary Brandon glimpses her projection of a movie's flying saucer and calls the Air Force to investigate. |||||||
| 82 | 10 | "Mommie Dearest" | Bob Claver | Warren Murphy & Bruce Kane | November 26, 1988 (1988-11-26) | 406 |
| Joan's doctor father drops by to visit and Ida Mae smells a plump husband. Meanwhile, Vicki vies for school cheerleader. |||||||
| 83 | 11 | "No Laughing Matter" | Leslie H. Martinson | Kenneth Koerner | December 3, 1988 (1988-12-03) | 407 |
| A digestion feedback problem with Vicki's polynucleotide processor generates nitrous oxide gas that brings laughs to anyone near her, but not to Vicki herself — just as Ted's boss is about to visit about lay-offs. |||||||
| 84 | 12 | "Tag, You're It" | Dick Christie | Steve Granat & Mel Sherer | December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10) | 401 |
| On their first day in junior high, Vicki becomes a hall monitor and Jamie tries to avoid Harriet for a dance while vying for a class fox. Meanwhile, Ted prepares to host a cybernetics conference. Marcia Wallace guest stars. |||||||
| 85 | 13 | "The Jailbirds" | Bob Claver | Richard Marcus | January 7, 1989 (1989-01-07) | 404 |
| Jamie and Vicki are arrested for spray-painting a wall—and its owner's $60 shirt. Family Matters actress Jo Marie Payton guest stars. |||||||
| 86 | 14 | "Riches to Rags" | Selig Frank | Paul Chitlik & Jeremy Bertrand Finch | January 14, 1989 (1989-01-14) | 408 |
| Vicki invents a miracle laundry cleaner. |||||||
| 87 | 15 | "Radio Days" | Selig Frank | Isabel Wolfe & William Frischman | January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) | 418 |
| Ted prepares for a robotics interview on a local radio talk show while Jamie looks for an idea for a class play. |||||||
| 88 | 16 | "Kid-O-Grams" | Leslie H. Martinson | Ralph Phillips | January 28, 1989 (1989-01-28) | 421 |
| Jamie and Reggie start a singing telegram business with Vicki singing the telegrams. Meanwhile Ted starts having a midlife crisis after his birthday. |||||||
| 89 | 17 | "More About LES" | Selig Frank | Paul Chitlik & Jeremy Bertrand Finch | February 4, 1989 (1989-02-04) | 402 |
| 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. |||||||
| 90 | 18 | "Hooray for Hollyweird!" | Selig Frank | Jeremy Bertrand Finch & Paul Chitlik | February 11, 1989 (1989-02-11) | 420 |
| Vanessa is back and accompanies the Lawsons to Hollywood for a job for United Robotronics after switching places with Vicki with the intention of becoming a star. |||||||
| 91 | 19 | "Minnesota Vicki" | Bob Claver | George Crowder & Richard Harding-Gardner | February 18, 1989 (1989-02-18) | 419 |
| Ted rents a pool table with the intention of getting a huge promotion from his boss, Mr. Jennings. Vicki later plays against Jennings and wins ownership of United Robotronics in the process. |||||||
| 92 | 20 | "Vicki Doolittle" | Leslie H. Martinson | George Crowder & Richard Harding-Gardner | February 25, 1989 (1989-02-25) | 417 |
| Ted installs a new program into Vicki that lets her understand any foreign language, as well as animals, prompting Jamie to start a "Pet Psychiatrist" business with Vicki translating the pets feelings. Also Ted volunteers Joan to plan the next company ball for United Robotronics so that they can get in for free. |||||||
| 93 | 21 | "The Tattletale" | Selig Frank | Story by : Tom Amundsen Teleplay by : Dick Christie & David Ruprecht | April 29, 1989 (1989-04-29) | 414 |
| Benny, an old college chum of Ted and Joan's is up to his same trashy school paper tricks in a big city rag now, fabricating a tabloid feature which by sheer chance "exposes" Vicki as a robot just as she's about to join a fashionable clique of girls. |||||||
| 94 | 22 | "The Strike" | Leslie H. Martinson | Bobby Herbeck | May 6, 1989 (1989-05-06) | 323 |
| A United Robotronics strike pits shop steward Ted against management rep Brandon; Joan has her students use the strike as a social studies exercise, which also goes awry. |||||||
| 95 | 23 | "See No Evil" | Leslie H. Martinson | Bobby Herbeck | May 13, 1989 (1989-05-13) | 412 |
| Jamie regrets putting Vicki on guard duty for his pricey new bike when her eyes start to malfunction in a schoolyard of prowling thieves. |||||||
| 96 | 24 | "Thy Neighbor's Wife" | Dick Christie | Gordon Mitchell | May 20, 1989 (1989-05-20) | 326 |
| In the final episode, Brandon invites a potential employer to meet his "family"---last-minute substitutes Joan and Vicki. To help Brandon get promoted to a job in Japan, Joan pretends that she's his wife and that Vicki is their daughter Harriet and Jamie is their neighbor. |||||||