Episode
Small Wonder: Jamie's Older Woman
Overview
Jamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
Details
- Series
- Small Wonder
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1986-10-25
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Jamie's Older Woman is Episode 6 in Season 2 of Small Wonder. It aired on 1986-10-25. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 5: The Hustle
When Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.
Episode 7: My Robot Family
When he's punished for thoughtlessly dropping the family's reservations to Mexico, Jamie dreams that the others are robots under his control.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Homeless Causes
Joan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.
Episode 8: The Wonder Worker
To help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
Episode 3: Vicki for the Defense
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.
Episode 9: Have a Heart
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.
Episode 2: My Mother the Teacher
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.
Episode 10: Latchkey Dreams
To get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
Episode 1: Root Beer, Women and Song
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.
Episode 11: Computer Dating
To pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.
Episode 12: Smoker's Delight
Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
Episode 13: Movin' Up
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.