Episode
Small Wonder: Vicki Goodwrench
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Small Wonder
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1987-05-16
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Vicki Goodwrench is Episode 22 in Season 2 of Small Wonder. It aired on 1987-05-16. The runtime is 21 min.
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