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The Best Episodes of Small Wonder

Every episode of Small Wonder ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Small Wonder!

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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
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    Small Wonder Season 4 Episode 10 - Battle of the Sexes and Robot
    8.1/10(26 votes)

    #1 - Battle of the Sexes and Robot

    S4:E10

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

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #2 - 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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  3. Small Wonder Season 2 Episode 21 - Here Kitty, Kitty!
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    #3 - Here Kitty, Kitty!

    S2:E21

    To train Vicki to be more affectionate, Ted buys her a toy cat that only makes her mimic Jamie's past jealousy and run away.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Donald Ross

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

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

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

    #6 - 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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  7. Small Wonder Season 3 Episode 11 - Fat's Where It's At
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Fat's Where It's At

    S3:E11

    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 problem for the school dance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Small Wonder Season 3 Episode 17 - Ronald McDonald House
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #8 - Ronald McDonald House

    S3:E17

    To help a withdrawn and bitter classmate cope with leukemia, Jamie and Joan help set up a play on fighting disease.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Lawrence H. Levy

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  9. Small Wonder Season 4 Episode 23 - See No Evil
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    #9 - See No Evil

    S4:E23

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

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #11 - 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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  12. Small Wonder Season 2 Episode 4 - Homeless Causes
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Homeless Causes

    S2:E4

    Joan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Small Wonder Season 2 Episode 9 - Have a Heart
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Have a Heart

    S2:E9

    Jamie tries to show Vicki the meaning of compassion by sharing, which she does -- including the dress off her back, while the Brindles move in with their marital dispute.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Small Wonder Season 2 Episode 20 - Community Watch and See
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    #14 - Community Watch and See

    S2:E20

    After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Jack Gross Jr.

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  15. Small Wonder Season 3 Episode 2 - The Strike
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #15 - The Strike

    S3:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Small Wonder Season 3 Episode 5 - The Electric Potatoheads
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #16 - The Electric Potatoheads

    S3:E5

    Jamie, Reggie, Harriet and Vicki try to start a rock group to play to Ida Mae's visiting agent friend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Small Wonder Season 3 Episode 6 - Geisha Vicki
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #17 - Geisha Vicki

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Dick Christie
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Small Wonder Season 3 Episode 8 - Haunted House
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #18 - Haunted House

    S3:E8

    When unseen Vicki is struck by lightning and begins influencing objects around the house, the shook-up and unwary Lawsons call in a pair of hapless ghostbusters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dick Christie

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  19. Small Wonder Season 3 Episode 20 - The Perfect Daughter
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #19 - The Perfect Daughter

    S3:E20

    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 sabatoge Ted's effort.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writers:Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman

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  20. Small Wonder Season 3 Episode 24 - Safety First
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    #20 - Safety First

    S3:E24

    Vicky imitates Ted's demostration on saving a choking victim's life on Brendle. Brendle arrives the next day faking a broken neck and threatens to sue the Lawson's.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Small Wonder Season 4 Episode 1 - Big J, Private Eye
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #21 - Big J, Private Eye

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Small Wonder Season 4 Episode 19 - Singing Telegram
    7.7/10(21 votes)

    #22 - Singing Telegram

    S4:E19

    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.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Ralph Phillips

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

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

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

    #25 - 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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Best Episodes Summary

"Battle of the Sexes and Robot" is the best rated episode of "Small Wonder". It scored 8.1/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Leslie H. Martinson and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/16/1988. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "RoboBrat".