It's a Gas

October 2, 1988

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Small Wonder - 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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Small Wonder: Season 4 - 24 Episode s

4x1 - Big J, Private Eye
July 23, 1988
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.
4x2 - School Monitor
July 30, 1988
On their first day in junior high, Vicki becomes a hall monitor and Jamie tries to avoid Harriet for a dance while vying for a class fox. Meanwhile, Ted prepares to host a cybernetics conference.
4x3 - More About L.E.S.
August 6, 1988
L.E.S. is back, and despite Ted's assurances that the rogue A.I. program has been rendered harmless, it comes back in a big way by possessing Vicki's body (chassis?) as its own.
4x4 - Game Show
August 13, 1988
The Lawsons enter a game show to get back at the Brindles for trying to kick them off the eligibility list.
4x5 - Jailbirds
August 20, 1988
Jamie and Vicki are arrested for spray-painting a wall -- and its owner's shirt.
4x6 - I Dream of Vicki
September 18, 1988
To keep his company's presence in an Arab country, Ted lets its visiting young ruler draft Vicki into his harem.
4x7 - Golddigging Ida
September 25, 1988
Joan's doctor father drops by to visit and Ida Mae smells a plump husband. Meanwhile, Vicki vies for school cheerleader.
4x8 - It's a Gas
October 2, 1988
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.
4x9 - SuperSuds
October 9, 1988
While playing with Jamie's chemistry set, Vicki creates a potent laundry detergent that Ted -- and Brandon -- leap to market themselves.
4x10 - Battle of the Sexes and Robot
October 16, 1988
Ted, Jamie and Reggie go macho on an all-male fishing trip-- tailed by a slighted and competitive bevy: Joan, Vicki and Harriet.
4x11 - Vicki and the Skyjacker
October 23, 1988
Fly-shy Brandon bribes the Lawsons' company to fly with him on a company job on a plane that is hijacked for Cuba.
4x12 - Luke and Ray
October 30, 1988
To help a withdrawn and bitter classmate cope with leukemia, Jamie and Joan help set up a play on fighting disease.
4x13 - Vicki's Glasses
November 6, 1988
Jamie regrets putting Vicki on guard duty for his pricey new bike when her eyes start to malfunction in a schoolyard of prowling thieves.
4x14 - Double Dates
November 13, 1988
Jamie winds up handling two dates on the same night, blind to the fact that one of them is Harriet in disguise.
4x15 - Vicki's Expose
November 20, 1988
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.
4x16 - Doolittle Vicki
November 27, 1988
A new language translation device (Random Access Multiple Concurrent Linquistic Analytical Sequencer) installed in Vicki enables her to understand any language...even animals, like the bosses' dog. Mrs. Jennings forces Mr. Jennings to fire Ted when Joan balks at doing uncredited work for an affair.
4x17 - Radio Show
December 3, 1988
Ted prepares for a robotics interview on a local radio talk show while Jamie looks for an idea for a class play.
4x18 - Pool Shark Vicki
December 10, 1988
To land a new promotion with the boss, Ted invites him over for dinner and a playful game of pool -- until Jennings starts betting the shirt off his back and a lot more playing against Vicki.
4x19 - Singing Telegram
December 17, 1988
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.
4x20 - The Rip-Off
January 5, 1989
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.
4x21 - My Favorite Martian
January 12, 1989
While Jamie tests out Ted's new laser projection system in Vicki's eyes, unwary Brandon glimpses her projection of a movie's flying saucer and calls the Air Force to investigate.
4x22 - Hooray for Hollyweird!
February 9, 1989
Ted brings back ""Bad Seed"" Vanessa, who again takes Vicki's place, locks Vicki in her/its cabinet and joins the family to Hollywood, where Ted must repair a movie's robot while Vanessa mugs into a screen test on the sly.
4x23 - See No Evil
May 13, 1989
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4x24 - Thy Neighbor's Wife
May 20, 1989
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.

It's a Gas

Small Wonder - S4 - E8

Small Wonder: Season 4 - 24 Episode s

4x1 - Big J, Private Eye

4x2 - School Monitor

4x3 - More About L.E.S.

4x4 - Game Show

4x5 - Jailbirds

4x6 - I Dream of Vicki

4x7 - Golddigging Ida

4x8 - It's a Gas

4x9 - SuperSuds

4x10 - Battle of the Sexes and Robot

4x11 - Vicki and the Skyjacker

4x12 - Luke and Ray

4x13 - Vicki's Glasses

4x14 - Double Dates

4x15 - Vicki's Expose

4x16 - Doolittle Vicki

4x17 - Radio Show

4x18 - Pool Shark Vicki

4x19 - Singing Telegram

4x20 - The Rip-Off

4x21 - My Favorite Martian

4x22 - Hooray for Hollyweird!

4x23 - See No Evil

4x24 - Thy Neighbor's Wife

Small Wonder: All seasons

S0: Specials

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4