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The Best Episodes of Small Wonder Season 1

Every episode of Small Wonder Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Small Wonder Season 1!

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When genius cybernetics engineer Ted Lawson brings home his top-secret invention, a Voice Input Child Identicant or V.I.C.I., life becomes anything but mechanical for the Lawson Family. With his boss and his nosy family living

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 1 - Vicki's Homecoming
    7.6/10(77 votes)

    #1 - Vicki's Homecoming

    S1:E1

    Ted brings home his own cyber creation an android in the form of a ten year old girl he nicknames Vicki.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 2 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
    7.1/10(48 votes)

    #2 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    S1:E2

    The Brindles, the Lawson's nosy neighbors, come across Vicki and tries to find out their secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  3. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 3 - Robositter
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #3 - Robositter

    S1:E3

    Jamie has the entire house to himself, not knowing that Vicki is his babysitter!

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 4 - Nerd Crush
    6.8/10(45 votes)

    #4 - Nerd Crush

    S1:E4

    Warren Enright, the class nerd, falls in love with Vicki.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Howard Meyers

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  5. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 5 - Runaway Jamie
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    #5 - Runaway Jamie

    S1:E5

    Because Vicki is getting more attention, Jamie decides to run away to see what his parents might think.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 6 - Lights! Camera! Ego!
    7.0/10(40 votes)

    #6 - Lights! Camera! Ego!

    S1:E6

    Jamie and his friend Reggie Williams are involved in putting together a sci-fi movie project for school, but the power of directorial duties goes to Jamie's head.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 7 - White Lies
    7.1/10(40 votes)

    #7 - White Lies

    S1:E7

    Jamie realizes the value of constant truthfulness when he can't convince his parents that he's not responsible for breaking (and secretly gluing together) a teapot caused by Harriet's smart-aleck cousin.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 8 - The Bully
    7.5/10(43 votes)

    #8 - The Bully

    S1:E8

    A bully extorts money from Jamie's neighborhood club, which quickly reconsiders its boys-only policy via Vicki's strong-arm "assistance."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jurgen Wolff

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  9. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 9 - DisHonor Student
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #9 - DisHonor Student

    S1:E9

    Jamie uses Vicki's new speed-scan reading ability to complete 55 chapters of his homework overnight, which earns him the school honor roll -- along with snowballing guilt.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 10 - Vicki's Adoption
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #10 - Vicki's Adoption

    S1:E10

    Tipped off on the sly by busybody Bonnie Brindle, Child Services threatens to take Vicki away unless the Lawsons can produce her past -- and she passes a medical exam.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 11 - Child Prodigy
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #11 - Child Prodigy

    S1:E11

    To circumvent Child Services' orders to send Vicki to school and risk exposure, the Lawsons hire a pompous tutor who mistakes her computer abilities for genius. To remedy the situation, Joan crams to follow-through her marriage-postponed teaching degree to act as Vicki's "tutor," while Ted takes over the kitchen and creates a mess.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 12 - Brindles Move In
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #12 - Brindles Move In

    S1:E12

    A house fire moves Ted's new boss, Brandon Brindle, into the Lawsons' house, scheming for insurance fraud.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 13 - RoboBrat
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #13 - RoboBrat

    S1:E13

    When overexposure to Harriet infects heuristically mimicking Vicki with Harriet's personality traits and shrieking tantrums, Ted must purge the brat out of her at his factory -- but not before Harriet and Bonnie Brindle wonder where Vicki suddenly vanished to and summon the police.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 14 - The Burrito Story
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #14 - The Burrito Story

    S1:E14

    Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 15 - Babes in the Woods
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #15 - Babes in the Woods

    S1:E15

    The Lawsons and Reggie and Harriet take a wilderness camping trip, and get lost.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jurgen Wolff

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  16. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 16 - First Love
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #16 - First Love

    S1:E16

    To charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Howard Meyers

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  17. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 17 - Substitute Dad
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    #17 - Substitute Dad

    S1:E17

    When golf-crazed Ted neglects taking Jamie to a Father-and-Son picnic for a golf tournament, Brandon steps in and incites a "father war" while Joan uses Vicki to voice her disapproval to Ted.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  18. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 18 - The Robot Nappers
    7.6/10(35 votes)

    #18 - The Robot Nappers

    S1:E18

    When keen-eyed recruitment officers from a rival robotics firm drop by to interview Ted, they suspect Vicki is a robot and plan to "robotnap" her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 19 - Ted's Lay-Off
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    #19 - Ted's Lay-Off

    S1:E19

    United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 20 - Health Nuts
    6.9/10(34 votes)

    #20 - Health Nuts

    S1:E20

    Ted is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese co-worker loses a record amount of weight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 21 - The Reluctant Halfback
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #21 - The Reluctant Halfback

    S1:E21

    Ted is proud that Jamie's made the Pee Wee Football league, unknowing that Jamie only does it to please his dad.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Howard Meyers

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  22. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 22 - Vaudeville Vicki
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #22 - Vaudeville Vicki

    S1:E22

    When a vaudeville actor thinks Vicki is his long-lost daughter, he drafts her into a show and threatens her adoption.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 23 - The Birds, The Bees, and Robots
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #23 - The Birds, The Bees, and Robots

    S1:E23

    When timid Ted uses the "stork theory" in answering Jamie's questions about sex, Jamie believes Dad's in serious need of sex education and tries to help him out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ed Jurist

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  24. Small Wonder Season 1 Episode 24 - Grandpa Lawson's Visit
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    #24 - Grandpa Lawson's Visit

    S1:E24

    Ted has the unenviable task of explaining to his unwary Vicki-doting father, who bitterly lost his job to automation, that his new lovely adopted granddaughter is really a robot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:David Ruprecht, Dick Christie

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Vicki's Homecoming" is the best rated episode of "Small Wonder" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 77 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/7/1985. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".