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- Episode 10
Latchkey Dreams
Small Wonder - S2 - E10
To get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
Small Wonder: Season 2 - 24 Episode s
2x1 - Root Beer, Women and Song
September 20, 1986
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.
2x2 - My Mother the Teacher
September 27, 1986
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.
2x3 - Vicki for the Defense
October 4, 1986
Playing a judge in a class simulation of a courtroom, Jamie dispenses uneven justice and gets impeached, while parking-ticket-skipping role model Ted tries to get himself arrested.
2x4 - Homeless Causes
October 11, 1986
Joan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.
2x5 - The Hustle
October 18, 1986
When Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.
2x6 - Jamie's Older Woman
October 25, 1986
Jamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
2x7 - My Robot Family
November 1, 1986
When he's punished for thoughtlessly dropping the family's reservations to Mexico, Jamie dreams that the others are robots under his control.
2x8 - The Wonder Worker
November 8, 1986
To help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
2x9 - Have a Heart
November 15, 1986
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.
2x10 - Latchkey Dreams
November 29, 1986
To get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
2x11 - Computer Dating
December 6, 1986
To pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.
2x12 - Smoker's Delight
December 13, 1986
Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
2x13 - Movin' Up
January 10, 1987
While Vicki learns to spend a day without duties or instructions, Ted's new prestigious job offer in Massachusetts tests the family's taste to social climb vs. its price of morality.
2x14 - Project Blender
January 17, 1987
To make his dad's ""button-pusher"" job seem important to his friends, Jamie hints that Ted is head of a top-secret project -- which even Ted's jealous boss, Brandon, believes.
2x15 - Class Comedienne
January 24, 1987
Nagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.
2x16 - Little Miss Shopping Mall
February 7, 1987
The Lawsons take up the Brindles' snobby challenge and enter Vicki in a mall pageant against Harriet.
2x17 - Victor/ V.I.C.I.
February 14, 1987
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.
2x18 - Look into My Eyes
February 21, 1987
After Vicki watches a TV hypnotist turn volunteers into clowns and animals, she starts practicing her new mesmerizing ""skill"" on the Lawsons with hysterical results.
2x19 - Pint Sized Pick-Up
April 18, 1987
While in a store with Jamie looking for a present for her mock birthday party to convince Child Services that they treat her well, Vicki picks up an expensive watch and is picked up for shoplifting.
2x20 - Community Watch and See
May 2, 1987
After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.
2x21 - Here Kitty, Kitty!
May 9, 1987
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.
2x22 - Vicki Goodwrench
May 16, 1987
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 alike to drop by the Lawsons' door.
2x23 - The Wedding
May 23, 1987
Ted and Joan decide to have the ceremonial wedding they never had -- until the Brindles butt in.
2x24 - Wham-Bam-Body Slam
June 20, 1987
Joan invites Wally Crandal, a former 90-pound weakling college classmate, over for dinner to meet his former school tormentor: Ted, who rigs Vicki to play even crueler tricks. Only Ted's unaware that Wally's grown into a top pro wrestler.