Season 2
24 episodes · Sep 20, 1986
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- S2E1
Root Beer, Women and Song
Sep 20, 198621mStill out to flatter the redoubtable Jessica, Jamie takes her out to an expensive restaurant while tightwad Ted puts Vicki in charge of household expenses.
- S2E2
My Mother the Teacher
Sep 27, 198621mJamie tries to recover his respect in class when his mother comes in as substitute teacher by trying to humiliate her out of her job.
- S2E3
Vicki for the Defense
Oct 4, 198621mPlaying 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.
- S2E4
Homeless Causes
Oct 11, 198621mJoan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.
- S2E5
The Hustle
Oct 18, 198621mWhen Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.
- S2E6
Jamie's Older Woman
Oct 25, 198621mJamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
- S2E7
My Robot Family
Nov 1, 198621mWhen he's punished for thoughtlessly dropping the family's reservations to Mexico, Jamie dreams that the others are robots under his control.
- S2E8
The Wonder Worker
Nov 8, 198621mTo help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
- S2E9
Have a Heart
Nov 15, 198621mJamie 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.
- S2E10
Latchkey Dreams
Nov 29, 198621mTo get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
- S2E11
Computer Dating
Dec 6, 198621mTo pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.
- S2E12
Smoker's Delight
Dec 13, 198621mJamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
- S2E13
Movin' Up
Jan 10, 198721mWhile 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.
- S2E14
Project Blender
Jan 17, 198721mTo 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.
- S2E15
Class Comedienne
Jan 24, 198721mNagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.
- S2E16
Little Miss Shopping Mall
Feb 7, 198721mThe Lawsons take up the Brindles' snobby challenge and enter Vicki in a mall pageant against Harriet.
- S2E17
Victor/ V.I.C.I.
Feb 14, 198721mTo help his Little League team's rock-bottom status, Jamie disguises Vicki as a boy to use her robotic abilities to bat for the pennant.
- S2E18
Look into My Eyes
Feb 21, 198721mAfter Vicki watches a TV hypnotist turn volunteers into clowns and animals, she starts practicing her new mesmerizing ""skill"" on the Lawsons with hysterical results.
- S2E19
Pint Sized Pick-Up
Apr 18, 198721mWhile in a store with Jamie looking for a present for her mock birthday party to convince Child Services that they treat her well, Vicki picks up an expensive watch and is picked up for shoplifting.
- S2E20
Community Watch and See
May 2, 198721mAfter being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.
- S2E21
Here Kitty, Kitty!
May 9, 198721mTo train Vicki to be more affectionate, Ted buys her a toy cat that only makes her mimic Jamie's past jealousy and run away.
- S2E22
Vicki Goodwrench
May 16, 198721mDuring Jamie's part-time gas station job, Vicki fine-tunes a car to go 50 miles a gallon, causing oil companies and oil sheiks alike to drop by the Lawsons' door.
- S2E23
The Wedding
May 23, 198721mTed and Joan decide to have the ceremonial wedding they never had -- until the Brindles butt in.
- S2E24
Wham-Bam-Body Slam
Jun 20, 198721mJoan invites Wally Crandal, a former 90-pound weakling college classmate, over for dinner to meet his former school tormentor: Ted, who rigs Vicki to play even crueler tricks. Only Ted's unaware that Wally's grown into a top pro wrestler.