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1. Vicki's Homecoming
Community Score
| 9.6 Superb |
Genius United Robotronics cybernetics engineer Ted Lawson, brings home for assembly and long-term field beta testing Vicki, or V.I.C.I. (Voice Input Child Identicant): a secretly constructed robotic domestic aide in the form of a 10-year-old girl, to whom housewife Joan takes a shine while 10-year-old son Jamie instantly takes advantage of Vicki as a maid to clean his room and do his homework.
Director: John Bowab
Guest star: Olive Dunbar (saleslady), Mickey Morton (moving man), Edie McClurg (Bonnie Brindle)
2. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Community Score
| 9.4 Superb |
The Brindles, the Lawson's nosy neighbors, come across Vicki and tries to find out their secret.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Edie McClurg (Bonnie Brindle), William Bogert (Brandon Brindle)
3. Robositter
Community Score
| 9.6 Superb |
Smug Jamie thinks his folks trust him home "alone" for the first time while they attend a company function, only he doesn't realize Vicki's been programmed as his babysitter.
4. Nerd Crush
Community Score
| 8.4 Great |
Warren, the school nerd, drops by and falls in love with the only girl who hasn't smirked at him: Vicki.
5. Runaway Jamie
Community Score
| 9.7 Superb |
Because Vicki is getting more attention, Jamie decides to run away to see what his parents might think.
6. Lights! Camera! Ego!
Community Score
| 9.2 Superb |
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.
7. White Lies
Community Score
| 9.2 Superb |
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
Guest star: David Glasser (Norman), Edie McClurg (Bonnie Brindle)
8. The Fearless Five
Community Score
| 9.8 Superb |
A bully extorts money from Jamie's neighborhood club, which quickly reconsiders its boys-only policy via Vicki's strong-arm "assistance."
9. DisHonor Student
Community Score
| 8.0 Great |
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.
10. Vicki's Adoption
Community Score
| 9.2 Superb |
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: John Bowab
Guest star: Kelly Britt (Olivia Fernwald)
11. Child Prodigy
Community Score
| 9.0 Superb |
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
Guest star: Kelly Britt (Olivia Fernwald) , Elliott Reid (Mr. Corbett)
12. Brindles Move In
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
A house fire moves Ted's new boss, Brandon Brindle, into the Lawsons' house, scheming for insurance fraud.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Edie McClurg (Bonnie Brindle), William Bogert (Brandon Brindle) , Bill Frischman (parrot (voice only))
13. RoboBrat
Community Score
| 9.1 Superb |
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: Selig Frank
Guest star: Edie McClurg (Bonnie Brindle) , Howard Platt (police officer)
14. Burrito Kings
Community Score
| 9.3 Superb |
After Vicki bakes a pile of bang-up burritos for dinner, Jamie decides to have her mass-produce them as a business- on credit.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Paul C. Scott (Reggie Williams)
15. Babes in the Woods
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
The Lawsons and Reggie and Harriet take a wilderness camping trip, and get lost.
16. First Love
Community Score
| 9.7 Superb |
To charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Lihann Jones (Jessica), Paul C. Scott (Reggie Williams) , Erica Switzer (Phyllis), Joey Tushnet (Donnie)
17. Substitute Dad
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
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.
18. The Robot Nappers
Community Score
| 9.4 Superb |
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: Selig Frank
Guest star: William Bogert (Brandon Brindle) , William Cort (Mr. Andrews), Bennett Ohta (Mr. Yamoto), Joan Roberts (Unnamed)
19. The Reluctant Halfback
Community Score
| 8.6 Great |
Ted is proud that Jamie's made the Pee Wee Football league, unknowing that Jamie only does it to please his dad.
Director: Bob Claver
Guest star: Paul C. Scott (Reggie Williams) , Reed Summers (coach)
20. Ted's Lay-Off
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: William Bogert (Brandon Brindle) , Danny Wells (Discount Dale)
21. Health Nuts
First aired: 2/22/1986 Production Code: 123The death of an obese colleague pushes a shaken Ted to throw the family into a rigorous diet and fitness regimen that nearly kills them.
22. Vaudeville Vicki
Community Score
| 9.7 Superb |
When a vaudeville actor thinks Vicki is his long-lost daughter, he drafts her into a show and threatens her adoption.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Guest star: Edie McClurg (Bonnie Brindle) , Ken Berry (Buddy O'Connor), Sidney Miller (Lou Adams)
23. The Birds, The Bees, and Robots
Community Score
| 9.1 Superb |
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: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: William Bogert (Brandon Brindle), Paul C. Scott (Reggie Williams)
24. Grandpa Lawson's Visit
First aired: 5/17/1986 Production Code: 124Ted 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: Selig Frank
Guest star: Jack Manning (Bill Lawson), Peggy Converse (Martha Lawson)
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