Whiz Kids - Season 1

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Programmed For Murder

1 - Programmed For Murder

Air Date: October 5, 1983

Richie and his friends discover a skeleton on property coveted by a development corporation.

Fatal Error

2 - Fatal Error

Air Date: October 19, 1983

Richie learns that the computer game he has been play testing has a very different application for the convict who invented it, and who has $12,000 hidden away on the outside.

Deadly Access

3 - Deadly Access

Air Date: October 26, 1983

Richie uncovers a secret water project while testing the security of a chemical company for its security chief, who disappears after getting Richie's report.

Candidate for Murder

4 - Candidate for Murder

Air Date: November 2, 1983

Lew can't understand why a Gazette photographer was assaulted after covering a gubernatorial candidate until Richie uses Ralf to enhance the pictures he took and finds a fugitive embezzler.

A Chip Off the Old Block

5 - A Chip Off the Old Block

Air Date: November 9, 1983

A fellow student of Richie's is caught using the school computer to embezzle bank funds, but the fellow who catches him decides to use the kid's idea for himself.

Airwave Anarchy

6 - Airwave Anarchy

Air Date: November 16, 1983

A criminal taps into the police computers and sabotages them so that they cannot properly respond when his accomplices commit a crime.

Return of the Big Rocker

7 - Return of the Big Rocker

Air Date: November 23, 1983

Farley learns that a rock star long presumed dead is really alive, but not responsible for the glut of ""unknown"" new songs his old record company is releasing.

The Wrong Mr. Wright

8 - The Wrong Mr. Wright

Air Date: November 30, 1983

Farley investigates a computer dating service unaware that Richie has secretly signed up his mother for the same service.

Red Star Rising

9 - Red Star Rising

Air Date: December 21, 1983

Ralf mysteriously malfunctions and Richie becomes convinced that it is because of unusual electrical interference from a neighbor's satellite dish.

The Network

10 - The Network

Air Date: January 7, 1984

The FBI arrests Richie after trying to solve a challenge from a renowned hacker.

Watch Out!

11 - Watch Out!

Air Date: January 14, 1984

Richie uses the TV-ratings meter at Ham's house to investigate how the system works and discovers proof that a consumer advocate's program has been sabotaged in the ratings.

Amen to Amen-Re

12 - Amen to Amen-Re

Air Date: January 28, 1984

Richie solves a hieroglyphic inscription on a tomb, but it seems to be causing uncharacteristic behavior in all those who read it aloud.

Maid in the USA

13 - Maid in the USA

Air Date: February 4, 1984

Mrs. Adler's new maid leaves bugs around the house just before a visit from Mr. Adler, who is supposed to be in town on government business.

The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back

14 - The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back

Air Date: February 25, 1984

Richie looks into why the Social Security system has declared Carson Marsh dead while Lew follows a gang of elderly heisters.

The Sufi Project

15 - The Sufi Project

Air Date: March 17, 1984

Lew asks for Richie's help in investigating the disappearance of a marine biologist who was using computers to communicate with dolphins.

Father's Day

16 - Father's Day

Air Date: April 21, 1984

A KGB agent is pursuing Alice's new boyfriend.

Altaira

17 - Altaira

Air Date: April 28, 1984

Richie and Farley quarrel when Farley suggests that Richie's new girl friend set him up when information about a prototype tank proves false.

May I Take Your Order Please?

18 - May I Take Your Order Please?

Air Date: June 2, 1984

Alice overhears two men planning an order while working at a fast food place, but no one believes her, so she sets out to do something about it herself.