Episode
Small Wonder: The Burrito Story
Overview
Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.
Details
- Series
- Small Wonder
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1986-01-04
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
The Burrito Story is Episode 14 in Season 1 of Small Wonder. It aired on 1986-01-04. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 13: RoboBrat
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.
Episode 15: Babes in the Woods
The Lawsons and Reggie and Harriet take a wilderness camping trip, and get lost.
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Episode 12: Brindles Move In
A house fire moves Ted's new boss, Brandon Brindle, into the Lawsons' house, scheming for insurance fraud.
Episode 16: First Love
To charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy.
Episode 11: Child Prodigy
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.
Episode 17: Substitute Dad
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.
Episode 10: Vicki's Adoption
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.
Episode 18: The Robot Nappers
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.
Episode 9: DisHonor Student
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.
Episode 19: Ted's Lay-Off
United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.
Episode 8: The Bully
A bully extorts money from Jamie's neighborhood club, which quickly reconsiders its boys-only policy via Vicki's strong-arm "assistance."
Episode 20: Health Nuts
Ted is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese co-worker loses a record amount of weight.