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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!

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. 7.9/10(23 votes)

    #1 - Battle of the Sexes and Robot

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    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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    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.8/10(35 votes)

    #2 - Vicki's Adoption

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  3. 7.8/10(34 votes)

    #3 - RoboBrat

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    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.

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  4. 7.8/10(19 votes)

    #4 - Singing Telegram

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    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.

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  5. 7.7/10(35 votes)

    #5 - First Love

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    S1:E16

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

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  6. 7.7/10(29 votes)

    #6 - The Birds, The Bees, and Robots

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Jurist
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  8. 7.7/10(35 votes)

    #7 - Here Kitty, Kitty!

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    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.

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  9. 7.7/10(26 votes)

    #8 - The Strike

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    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.

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  10. 7.7/10(25 votes)

    #9 - Ronald McDonald House

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    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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  11. 7.7/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Safety First

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    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.

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  12. 7.7/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Radio Show

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    S4:E17

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

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  13. 7.7/10(19 votes)

    #12 - See No Evil

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    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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  14. 7.6/10(73 votes)

    #13 - Vicki's Homecoming

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    S1:E1

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

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  15. 7.6/10(36 votes)

    #14 - Child Prodigy

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    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.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.6/10(32 votes)

    #15 - Vaudeville Vicki

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    S1:E22

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

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.6/10(30 votes)

    #16 - Grandpa Lawson's Visit

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    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.

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  18. 7.6/10(26 votes)

    #17 - Homeless Causes

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    S2:E4

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

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  19. 7.6/10(23 votes)

    #18 - Have a Heart

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    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.

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  20. 7.6/10(25 votes)

    #19 - Class Comedienne

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    S2:E15

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

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  21. 7.6/10(29 votes)

    #20 - Community Watch and See

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    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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  22. 7.6/10(25 votes)

    #21 - The Electric Potatoheads

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    S3:E5

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

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  23. 7.6/10(25 votes)

    #22 - Geisha Vicki

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    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.

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    Director:Dick Christie
    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.6/10(20 votes)

    #23 - The Perfect Daughter

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    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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  25. 7.6/10(20 votes)

    #24 - It's a Gas

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    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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    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.6/10(22 votes)

    #25 - Vicki's Expose

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    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Battle of the Sexes and Robot" is the best rated episode of "Small Wonder". It scored 7.9/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by Leslie H. Martinson and written by N/A, it aired on 10/16/1988. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Vicki's Adoption".