Episode
Small Wonder: The Wonder Worker
Overview
To help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
Details
- Series
- Small Wonder
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1986-11-08
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
The Wonder Worker is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Small Wonder. It aired on 1986-11-08. The runtime is 21 min.
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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.
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.
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Jamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
Episode 10: Latchkey Dreams
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Episode 5: The Hustle
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Episode 11: Computer Dating
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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 12: Smoker's Delight
Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
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 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.
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 14: Project Blender
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.