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Synopsis

When genius cybernetics engineer Ted Lawson brings home his top-secret invention, a Voice Input Child Identicant or V.I.C.I., life becomes anything but mechanical for the Lawson Family. With his boss and his nosy family living next door, Ted, his wife Joan and their son Jamie must pass Vicki off as a real child. It is easy for Joan, who cannot help doting on her like a daughter, but harder for precocious Jamie, who uses Vicki to do his homework and to ward off Harriet, the annoying redheaded girl next door.

Cast

Tiffany Brissette

Victoria "Vicki" Ann Smith-Lawson

Dick Christie

Ted Lawson

Marla Pennington

Joan Lawson

Jerry Supiran

Jamie Lawson

Emily Schulman

Harriet Brindle

William Bogert

Brandon Brindle

Alice Ghostley

Ida Mae

Seasons & episodes

Season

Vicki's Homecoming

1985-09-07

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

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1985-09-14

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

Robositter

1985-09-21

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

Nerd Crush

1985-09-28

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

Runaway Jamie

1985-10-05

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

Lights! Camera! Ego!

1985-10-12

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.

White Lies

1985-10-19

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.

The Bully

1985-10-26

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

DisHonor Student

1985-11-02

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.

Vicki's Adoption

1985-11-09

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.

Child Prodigy

1985-11-16

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.

Brindles Move In

1985-11-23

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

RoboBrat

1985-11-30

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.

The Burrito Story

1986-01-04

Jamie attempts to mass-produce burritos made by Vicki.

Babes in the Woods

1986-01-11

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

First Love

1986-01-18

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

Substitute Dad

1986-01-25

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.

The Robot Nappers

1986-02-08

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.

Ted's Lay-Off

1986-02-15

United Robotronics cutbacks have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.

Health Nuts

1986-02-22

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

The Reluctant Halfback

1986-03-01

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

Vaudeville Vicki

1986-05-03

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

The Birds, The Bees, and Robots

1986-05-10

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.

Grandpa Lawson's Visit

1986-05-17

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.