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Season 1

1985 · 24 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1
Vicki's Homecoming
September 7, 198521m

Ted brings home his own cyber creation an android in the form of a ten year old girl he nicknames Vicki.

Episode 2
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
September 14, 198521m

The Brindles, the Lawson's nosy neighbors, come across Vicki and tries to find out their secret.

Episode 3
Robositter
September 21, 198521m

Jamie has the entire house to himself, not knowing that Vicki is his babysitter!

Episode 4
Nerd Crush
September 28, 198521m

Warren Enright, the class nerd, falls in love with Vicki.

Episode 5
Runaway Jamie
October 5, 198521m

Because Vicki is getting more attention, Jamie decides to run away to see what his parents might think.

Episode 6
Lights! Camera! Ego!
October 12, 198521m

Jamie and his friend Reggie Williams are involved in putting together a sci-fi movie project for school, but the power of directorial duties goes to Jamie's head.

Episode 7
White Lies
October 19, 198521m

Jamie realizes the value of constant truthfulness when he can't convince his parents that he's not responsible for breaking (and secretly gluing together) a teapot caused by Harriet's smart-aleck cousin.

Episode 8
The Bully
October 26, 198521m

A bully extorts money from Jamie's neighborhood club, which quickly reconsiders its boys-only policy via Vicki's strong-arm "assistance."

Episode 9
DisHonor Student
November 2, 198521m

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 10
Vicki's Adoption
November 9, 198521m

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 11
Child Prodigy
November 16, 198521m

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 12
Brindles Move In
November 23, 198521m

A house fire moves Ted's new boss, Brandon Brindle, into the Lawsons' house, scheming for insurance fraud.

Episode 13
RoboBrat
November 30, 198521m

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 14
The Burrito Story
January 4, 198621m

Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.

Episode 15
Babes in the Woods
January 11, 198621m

The Lawsons and Reggie and Harriet take a wilderness camping trip, and get lost.

Episode 16
First Love
January 18, 198621m

To charm prissy and picky Jessica, Jamie throws an expensive party for her, ignoring a surprising school tomboy.

Episode 17
Substitute Dad
January 25, 198621m

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 18
The Robot Nappers
February 8, 198621m

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 19
Ted's Lay-Off
February 15, 198621m

United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.

Episode 20
Health Nuts
February 22, 198621m

Ted is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese co-worker loses a record amount of weight.

Episode 21
The Reluctant Halfback
March 1, 198621m

Ted is proud that Jamie's made the Pee Wee Football league, unknowing that Jamie only does it to please his dad.

Episode 22
Vaudeville Vicki
May 3, 198621m

When a vaudeville actor thinks Vicki is his long-lost daughter, he drafts her into a show and threatens her adoption.

Episode 23
The Birds, The Bees, and Robots
May 10, 198621m

When timid Ted uses the "stork theory" in answering Jamie's questions about sex, Jamie believes Dad's in serious need of sex education and tries to help him out.

Episode 24
Grandpa Lawson's Visit
May 17, 198621m

Ted has the unenviable task of explaining to his unwary Vicki-doting father, who bitterly lost his job to automation, that his new lovely adopted granddaughter is really a robot.

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