Episode

Small Wonder: Big J, Private Eye

Name: Small Wonder: Big J, Private Eye
Released: 1988-07-23
Duration: 21 min
Cast: Tiffany Brissette, Dick Christie, Marla Pennington, Jerry Supiran, Emily Schulman

Small WonderSeason 41988-07-23

Overview

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.

Details

Series: Small Wonder
Season: Season 4
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 1988-07-23
Runtime: 21 min

Episode context

Big J, Private Eye is Episode 1 in Season 4 of Small Wonder. It aired on 1988-07-23. The runtime is 21 min.

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Episode 2: School Monitor 1988-07-30 | 21 min 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.

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Episode 5: Jailbirds 1988-08-20 | 21 min Jamie and Vicki are arrested for spray-painting a wall -- and its owner's $60 shirt.

Episode 6: I Dream of Vicki 1988-09-18 | 21 min To keep his company's presence in an Arab country, Ted lets its visiting young ruler draft Vicki into his harem.

Episode 7: Golddigging Ida 1988-09-25 | 21 min Joan's doctor father drops by to visit and Ida Mae smells a plump husband. Meanwhile, Vicki vies for school cheerleader.

Episode 8: It's a Gas 1988-10-02 | 21 min 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.

Episode 9: SuperSuds 1988-10-09 | 21 min While playing with Jamie's chemistry set, Vicki creates a potent laundry detergent that Ted -- and Brandon -- leap to market themselves.

Episode 10: Battle of the Sexes and Robot 1988-10-16 | 21 min Ted, Jamie and Reggie go macho on an all-male fishing trip-- tailed by a slighted and competitive bevy: Joan, Vicki and Harriet.

Episode 11: Vicki and the Skyjacker 1988-10-23 | 21 min Fly-shy Brandon bribes the Lawsons' company to fly with him on a company job on a plane that is hijacked for Cuba.

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