Small Wonder - Season 4

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Big J, Private Eye

1 - Big J, Private Eye

Air Date: July 23, 1988

Prompted by Ted and his class to get his school reading assignment going, Jamie videos a book report based on a 1940s P.I. named Rick Savage.

School Monitor

2 - School Monitor

Air Date: July 30, 1988

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.

More About L.E.S.

3 - More About L.E.S.

Air Date: August 6, 1988

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 (chassis?) as its own.

Game Show

4 - Game Show

Air Date: August 13, 1988

The Lawsons enter a game show to get back at the Brindles for trying to kick them off the eligibility list.

Jailbirds

5 - Jailbirds

Air Date: August 20, 1988

Jamie and Vicki are arrested for spray-painting a wall -- and its owner's $60 shirt.

I Dream of Vicki

6 - I Dream of Vicki

Air Date: September 18, 1988

To keep his company's presence in an Arab country, Ted lets its visiting young ruler draft Vicki into his harem.

Golddigging Ida

7 - Golddigging Ida

Air Date: September 25, 1988

Joan's doctor father drops by to visit and Ida Mae smells a plump husband. Meanwhile, Vicki vies for school cheerleader.

It's a Gas

8 - It's a Gas

Air Date: October 2, 1988

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.

SuperSuds

9 - SuperSuds

Air Date: October 9, 1988

While playing with Jamie's chemistry set, Vicki creates a potent laundry detergent that Ted -- and Brandon -- leap to market themselves.

Battle of the Sexes and Robot

10 - Battle of the Sexes and Robot

Air Date: October 16, 1988

Ted, Jamie and Reggie go macho on an all-male fishing trip-- tailed by a slighted and competitive bevy: Joan, Vicki and Harriet.

Vicki and the Skyjacker

11 - Vicki and the Skyjacker

Air Date: October 23, 1988

Fly-shy Brandon bribes the Lawsons' company to fly with him on a company job on a plane that is hijacked for Cuba.

Luke and Ray

12 - Luke and Ray

Air Date: October 30, 1988

To help a withdrawn and bitter classmate cope with leukemia, Jamie and Joan help set up a play on fighting disease.

Vicki's Glasses

13 - Vicki's Glasses

Air Date: November 6, 1988

Jamie regrets putting Vicki on guard duty for his pricey new bike when her eyes start to malfunction in a schoolyard of prowling thieves.

Double Dates

14 - Double Dates

Air Date: November 13, 1988

Jamie winds up handling two dates on the same night, blind to the fact that one of them is Harriet in disguise.

Vicki's Expose

15 - Vicki's Expose

Air Date: November 20, 1988

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.

Doolittle Vicki

16 - Doolittle Vicki

Air Date: November 27, 1988

A new language translation device (Random Access Multiple Concurrent Linquistic Analytical Sequencer) installed in Vicki enables her to understand any language...even animals, like the bosses' dog. Mrs. Jennings forces Mr. Jennings to fire Ted when Joan balks at doing uncredited work for an affair.

Radio Show

17 - Radio Show

Air Date: December 3, 1988

Ted prepares for a robotics interview on a local radio talk show while Jamie looks for an idea for a class play.

Pool Shark Vicki

18 - Pool Shark Vicki

Air Date: December 10, 1988

To land a new promotion with the boss, 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.

Singing Telegram

19 - Singing Telegram

Air Date: December 17, 1988

Ted's singing telegram birthday greeting makes him pine back to his ""youthful years"" with a surfboard and prompts Jamie to start a singing telegram for schoolmates -- and competing with Reggie.

The Rip-Off

20 - The Rip-Off

Air Date: January 5, 1989

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.

My Favorite Martian

21 - My Favorite Martian

Air Date: January 12, 1989

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.

Hooray for Hollyweird!

22 - Hooray for Hollyweird!

Air Date: February 9, 1989

Ted brings back ""Bad Seed"" Vanessa, who again takes Vicki's place, locks Vicki in her/its cabinet and joins the family to Hollywood, where Ted must repair a movie's robot while Vanessa mugs into a screen test on the sly.

See No Evil

23 - See No Evil

Air Date: May 13, 1989

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Thy Neighbor's Wife

24 - Thy Neighbor's Wife

Air Date: May 20, 1989

To help Brandon get promoted to a job in Japan, Joan pretends that she's his estranged wife and that Vicki and Jamie are their kids.