SMALL WONDER (1985 - 1989)

Created by: Howard Leeds
Starring: Tiffany Brissette, Jerry Supiran, Dick Christie, Marla Pennington, Emily Schulman, Edie McClurg, William Bogert, Alice Ghostley, Paul C. Scott, Lihann Jones, Daryl Bartley, Olive Dunbar, Mickey Morton, David Glasser, Robert Jayne, Brent Chalem, Bryan Price, Michael Bacall, Madelyn Cain, Richard Erdman, Kelly Britt, Elliott Reid, Hal Rayle, Howard Platt, Joey Tushnet, Erica Switzer, Bennett Ohta, William Cort, Daniel Leslie, Danny Wells, Brad Blaisdell, Ken Berry, Sidney Miller, Helen Mallory, Jack Manning, Peggy Converse, Adam Rich, Gino Conforti, Le Tari, Jo Marie Payton, Foster Brooks, Mario Machado, John Davidson, Leslie Bega, Tony Max, Veronica Redd, Bobby Herbeck, Enid Kent, Emily Moultrie, Rudy Challenger, George Murdock, Basil Hoffman, Douglas Emerson, Norman Alden, Joan Roberts, Bruce Morgan, Sarah Marshall, Brian Moore, Brian Austin Green, Neo Edmund, Chris Hebert, Louis Quinn, Alissa Wright, Livia Ginise, Vera Daehlin, Milton James, Bea Hagen, Jack Fletcher, Bill Handy, Margie Evans, Jesse Ventura, Pat Musick, Leonard Lightfoot, Lee Delano, Jesse White, Reuven Bar-Yotam, Jack Grinnage, Cynthia Frost, Lou Carry, Joe Lake, David Moses, Tiffany Reinbolt, Phyllis St. James, Steve Franken, Jason Horst, Alyson Croft, Ted Pitsis, Lucy Lee Flippen, Steve Palko, Philip Tanzini, Peggy March, Scooter Stevens, Donald Craig, Tom Amundsen, Don Sparks, David Ruprecht, Brett Johnson, Jennifer Less, Millie Baron, Mark Burke, Billy Braver, Doug Cox, Kelley Jean Brower, Kelbi Folkerson, Gary Hollis, Helen Page Camp, Michael Porter, Annie O'Donnell, Reno Goodale, Doris Hess, Sheila Larken, Benji Schulman, Ryan Bollman, Bob Ari, Jakub Durkoth, Angus Duncan, Kip King, Lyle Alzado, Keone Young, Giuseppe Franco, Sande Harris, Lark Voorhies, Ryan Tonet, Larry McKinney, Benjamin Lum, Danny Gellis, Devon Odessa, Kathy Gieb, Julie Thomson, Roger Hewlett, Charles Lucia, Jason Clay, Domenick Allen, Tina Andrews, Art Linkletter, Henry W. Laster, Chris Defonte, Melanie Vincz, Geoff Edwards, James MacKrell, Dick Patterson, Anita Dangler, Marcia Wallace, Shonda Whipple, F.J. O'Neil, Edward Duorte, Dick Wilson, Cooper Neal, Linda Lutz, Lou Cutell, David Hall, Ray Erlenborn, Tom Holiday, Ziggy Seigel, Charley J. Garrett, Andrae Ashman, Bill Frischmann, Ray Victor, Ricky Supiran, Fredd Wayne, Amber Susa, Trey Parker, Clyde Kusatsu

96 episodes
(TV-PG - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
Genius United Robotronics cybernetics engineer Ted Lawson, brings home for assembly and long-term field beta testing Vicki, or V.I.C.I. (Voice Input Child Identicant): a secretly constructed robotic domestic aide in the form of a 10-year-old girl, to whom housewife Joan takes a shine while 10-year-old son Jamie instantly takes advantage of Vicki as a maid to clean his room and do his homework.

season 1 -
Nosy neighbors, the Brindles, invite themselves over for dinner due to a power outage at their house. Naturally, Vicky tickles their curiosity, leading them to ask several questions that the Lawsons have no answers for. Can the Lawsons keep Vicky from blowing the evening - and her cover? In need of a sitter for son Jamie, Ted and Joan decide to give Vicky the job for the evening. But can Jamie be trusted to not take advantage of a useful robot? And is Vicky ready to be a sitter? When Jamie's classmate Warren stops by the house, he becomes smitten with Vicky. But when Jamie tries to interfere in the relationship by programming Vicky with insults, Warren's feelings are hurt. Feeling neglected due to his parents' preoccupation with Vicky, Jamie decides to run away. But when he uses Vicky to avoid contact with his parents, the family gets a scare. Jamie turns into a dictator when he puts himself in charge of his school project. But best friend Reggie and Jamie's parents won't let him continue without being taught a lesson in etiquette. Jamie's parents don't believe him when he says that Harriet's cousin was the one who broke a teapot. Leave it to the robot and her tape recorder to save the day the Jamie. When a bully extorts Jamie's Fearless Five Club for a daily dollar, Jamie ends up with a black eye. Lucky for him and the club, Vicky is tougher than any bully. Jamie uses Vicky's new read-and-scan computer program to do his school reports for him. She does such a good job, though, that his teacher wants to move Jamie to the honors class. But when his parents find out, they give him the chance to come clean on his own. When nosy Mrs. Brindle reports the Lawsons to child services for not having Vicky enrolled in school, the Lawsons rush to forge adoption papers. But their plan gets complicated when a doctor's exam is required - on their robot. Ms. Fernwald of Child Services forces the Lawsons to hire a tutor for Vicky. But when the tutor gets too excited about Vicky's super memory, Ted gets worried and comes up with an idea for a replacement teacher. Ted loses a promotion to Brindle, but the worst is yet to come. Vicki goes to play with Harriet and she teaches her how to demand things from parents. This impacts Vicki's internal circuit and creates a problem for the Lawsons. Jamie learns about business when he sells burritos. Ted and a group of kids get lost while camping. To charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy. Brandon steps in for Ted Jamie's school picnic. Two electronics engineers plan to steal Vicki. A takeover threatens Ted's job and family finances. Ted's plan for physical fitness backfires. Ted pushes Jamie to try out for the football team. An aging entertainer says Vicki is his daughter. Jamie attempts to educate his dad in the ways of love. Grandma and Grandpa Lawson learn about Vicki.

season 2 -
Jamie and Reggie, learns a sobering lesson by, smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco to elevate their freshman status in junior high. Jamie tries to buy the love of a pretty classmate. Joan becomes substitute teacher in Jamie's class. Jamie takes a bribe while playing a judge in school. Joan contacts a local news channel about doing a story on the homeless in an effort to raise awareness for those who are as Joanie would put it residentially handicapped. After running an errand for their parents, Jamie and Vicki find a homeless man sleeping in an alley who introduces himself as Roland Cardwell. Jamie quickly finds a role model in the self proclaimed professional vagabond and invites him to stay in their home. After witnessing his admiration, Joan and Ted frantically think of ways to change Jamie's preconception of how easy the life of a homeless man is. However, when Roland goes missing they find their job is much easier than predicted. The family revisits the shady alley in which they had originally found him in and Jamie finds that the lifestyle isn't nearly as glamorous as he had previously thought. A con man sells Jamie and Vicki stolen merchandise that doesn't work. Jamie falls for Harriet's 16-year-old cousin. Jamie has a dream that he's the boss of his parents. Jamie is assigned to tutor a girl who stutters. The Brindles involve the Lawson's in their squabble. Vicki is caught shoplifting. Jamie learns the value of family on Thanksgiving. After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch. Ted is offered a new job in Massachusetts. Ted tells a lie so that Jamie will be proud of him. Jamie reprograms Vicki to please his friends. Jamie starts a dating service to pay for a bicycle. Against Ted's wishes, Joan enlist Vicki into the "Little Miss Shopping Mall" Beauty Pageant. After finding out that Harriet is also in the pageant, Ted changes his mind. Jamie pretends Vicki is a boy so she can play baseball. Joan's high-school friend is not what Ted expects. Pro-wrestler, Jesse Ventura, is invited to the Lawson house for dinner. He has a surprise for Ted, as years before he was the nerdy little kid named Wally who Ted teased in college. Vicki becomes jealous of an electronic cat. Vicki turns out to be a wizard at car repairs. The Lawsons decide to renew their wedding vows.

season 3 -
Reporters Jamie and Reggie learn to check facts. Vicki saves Harriet from drowning in the pool. Jamie takes the blame for a theft to protect a girl. The boss's daughter sets her sights on Jamie. Jamie and Vicki help the police catch a drug dealer. Jamie befriends a deaf boy for the wrong reasons. To win a promotion over Brandon's boss fawning, Ted decides to reveal Vicki's robot secret to his boss at a company picnic unaware that Brandon is out to sabotage Ted's effort. An electrocuted Vicki behaves as though possessed. Ted builds a more advanced robot, but his plans to scrap Vicki are halted when the new model refuses to obey orders. Vicki is asked to appear in a cereal commercial. Vicki literally balloons after Ted unwittingly upgrades her energy-supplementing polynucleotide processor with an appetite, which creates excess digestive gases and causes her a date issue for the school dance. Harriet, Jamie and Vicki foil a bank robber. The Lawsons perform at a lodge fund-raiser. Vicki gives a bank computer data that Ted is dead. The Lawsons plot to convince the Brindles to move. Vicki accidentally sells the Lawson's house. Jamie stages a play to help a boy cope with leukemia. Vicki competes with a Soviet robot. 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 AA. Vicki imitates Lyle Alzado to help auditioning Jamie. Jamie forms a rock band and Ida Mae has amnesia. Jamie avoids reading a book for a school assignment. Brandon claims injury from Vicki's Heimlich maneuver. Jamie starts an answering service for his friends.

season 4 -
The men and women camp separately. Jamie, Vicki and Harriet have multiple dates. Jamie and Vicki join a gang. A burglar strikes the Lawsons at a health resort. The Lawsons' plane is hijacked. Vicki falls in love with a computer program. A teenage sheik wants Vicki for his bride. The Lawsons and Brindles compete on a game show. Brandon sees Vicki's hologram of an alien spaceship. Joan's father dates Ida Mae. Vicki leaks nitrous oxide; Jamie teaches for a week. There's a dance at Jamie's school wherein the girls get to ask the boys out. Jamie's hoping that a girl he likes will ask him. But Harriet is chasing Jamie trying to get him to bring her to the dance. Eventually she does so to get out of it, he tries to get enough demerits so that he would be grounded and can't go. Jamie and Vicki are arrested for spray-painting a wall -- and its owner's $60 shirt. Vicki and Jamie invent a cleaning solution. Jamie produces a radio play about World War II. Jamie starts up a singing-telegram business. 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. Ted's robot, Vanessa, wreaks havoc in Hollywood. To land a new promotion with the boss, Mr. Jennings. Ted invites him over for dinner and a playful game of pool until Jennings starts betting the shirt off his back and a lot more playing against Vicki. When Ted installs a new language translation device (Random Access Multiple Concurrent Linguistic Analytical Sequencer) into Vicki it enables her to understand any language including even animals, like the bosses' dog. Mrs. Jennings forces Mr. Jennings to fire Ted when Joan balks at doing uncredited work for an affair. A gossip reporter reveals Vicki's secret. Ted's union strike inspires the whole family. Her sight failing, Vicki cannot identify bike thieves. Joan poses as Mrs. Brindle to impress a businessman.

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