Season 2 (1986)
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Episodes 24
Root Beer, Women and Song
Still out to flatter the redoubtable Jessica, Jamie takes her out to an expensive restaurant while tightwad Ted puts Vicki in charge of household expenses.
Read MoreMy 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.
Read MoreVicki 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.
Read MoreHomeless Causes
Joan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.
Read MoreThe Hustle
When Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.
Read MoreJamie's Older Woman
Jamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
Read MoreMy 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.
Read MoreThe Wonder Worker
To help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
Read MoreHave 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.
Read MoreLatchkey Dreams
To get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
Read MoreComputer Dating
To pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.
Read MoreSmoker's Delight
Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
Read MoreProject 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.
Read MoreClass Comedienne
Nagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.
Read MoreLittle Miss Shopping Mall
The Lawsons take up the Brindles' snobby challenge and enter Vicki in a mall pageant against Harriet.
Read MoreVictor/ V.I.C.I.
To 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.
Read MoreLook into My Eyes
After Vicki watches a TV hypnotist turn volunteers into clowns and animals, she starts practicing her new mesmerizing ""skill"" on the Lawsons with hysterical results.
Read MorePint Sized Pick-Up
While 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.
Read MoreCommunity Watch and See
After being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.
Read MoreHere Kitty, Kitty!
To train Vicki to be more affectionate, Ted buys her a toy cat that only makes her mimic Jamie's past jealousy and run away.
Read MoreVicki Goodwrench
During 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.
Read MoreThe Wedding
Ted and Joan decide to have the ceremonial wedding they never had -- until the Brindles butt in.
Read MoreWham-Bam-Body Slam
Joan 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.
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