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The Best Episodes of Small Wonder

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

The Best Episodes of Small Wonder

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...

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  1. Background image for Battle of the Sexes and Robot
    7.9/10(25 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.

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  2. Background image for Here Kitty, Kitty!
    7.7/10(37 votes)

    #2 - 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
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  3. Background image for The Strike
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Ronald McDonald House
    7.7/10(27 votes)

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    To help a withdrawn and bitter classmate cope with leukemia, Jamie and Joan help set up a play on fighting disease.

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  5. Background image for Safety First
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for Homeless Causes
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Have a Heart
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Class Comedienne
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #8 - Class Comedienne

    S2:E15

    Nagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Community Watch and See
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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  11. Background image for The Electric Potatoheads
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for Geisha Vicki
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for Big J, Private Eye
    7.6/10(23 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for The Rip-Off
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #13 - The Rip-Off

    S4:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for See No Evil
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for Root Beer, Women and Song
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #15 - Root Beer, Women and Song

    S2:E1

    Still out to flatter the redoubtable Jessica, Jamie takes her out to an expensive restaurant while tightwad Ted puts Vicki in charge of household expenses.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for My Mother the Teacher
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #16 - My Mother the Teacher

    S2:E2

    Jamie tries to recover his respect in class when his mother comes in as substitute teacher by trying to humiliate her out of her job.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Smoker's Delight
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #17 - Smoker's Delight

    S2:E12

    Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.

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  19. Background image for Haunted House
    7.5/10(26 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
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  20. Background image for In the Spirits
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #19 - In the Spirits

    S3:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Perfect Daughter
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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  22. Background image for Ted's Dead
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #21 - Ted's Dead

    S3:E22

    Due to Vicki's misinterpreting Ted's quip while doing the family's on-line banking, the Lawsons are re-categorized as deadbeats and Ted just plain dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for It's a Gas
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #22 - It's a Gas

    S4:E8

    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.

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  24. Background image for Double Dates
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #23 - Double Dates

    S4:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Vicki's Expose
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #24 - Vicki's Expose

    S4:E15

    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.

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  26. Background image for The Hustle
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #25 - The Hustle

    S2:E5

    When Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    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 7.9/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Leslie H. Martinson and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/16/1988. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Here Kitty, Kitty!".