September 20, 1986 • 21m
Still out to flatter the redoubtable Jessica, Jamie takes her out to an expensive restaurant while tightwad Ted puts Vicki in char...Read more
September 27, 1986 • 21m
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.
October 4, 1986 • 21m
Playing a judge in a class simulation of a courtroom, Jamie dispenses uneven justice and gets impeached, while parking-ticket-skip...Read more
October 11, 1986 • 21m
Joan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.
October 18, 1986 • 21m
When Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.
October 25, 1986 • 21m
Jamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
November 1, 1986 • 21m
When he's punished for thoughtlessly dropping the family's reservations to Mexico, Jamie dreams that the others are robots under his control.
November 8, 1986 • 21m
To help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
November 15, 1986 • 21m
Jamie tries to show Vicki the meaning of compassion by sharing, which she does -- including the dress off her back, while the Brin...Read more
November 29, 1986 • 21m
To get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
December 6, 1986 • 21m
To pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.
December 13, 1986 • 21m
Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
January 10, 1987 • 21m
While Vicki learns to spend a day without duties or instructions, Ted's new prestigious job offer in Massachusetts tests the famil...Read more
January 17, 1987 • 21m
To make his dad's ""button-pusher"" job seem important to his friends, Jamie hints that Ted is head of a top-secret project -- whi...Read more
January 24, 1987 • 21m
Nagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.
February 7, 1987 • 21m
The Lawsons take up the Brindles' snobby challenge and enter Vicki in a mall pageant against Harriet.
February 14, 1987 • 21m
To help his Little League team's rock-bottom status, Jamie disguises Vicki as a boy to use her robotic abilities to bat for the pennant.
February 21, 1987 • 21m
After Vicki watches a TV hypnotist turn volunteers into clowns and animals, she starts practicing her new mesmerizing ""skill"" on...Read more
April 18, 1987 • 21m
While in a store with Jamie looking for a present for her mock birthday party to convince Child Services that they treat her well,...Read more
May 2, 1987 • 21m
After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.
May 9, 1987 • 21m
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.
May 16, 1987 • 21m
During Jamie's part-time gas station job, Vicki fine-tunes a car to go 50 miles a gallon, causing oil companies and oil sheiks ali...Read more
May 23, 1987 • 21m
Ted and Joan decide to have the ceremonial wedding they never had -- until the Brindles butt in.
June 20, 1987 • 21m
Joan invites Wally Crandal, a former 90-pound weakling college classmate, over for dinner to meet his former school tormentor: Ted...Read more