Season 2

1986 · 24 episodes

Episodes

1Chewed Out (Smoker's Delight)Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
2Money, Money, MoneyStill out to flatter the redoubtable Jessica, Jamie takes her out to an expensive restaurant while tightwad Ted puts Vicki in charge of household expenses.
3My Mother the TeacherJamie tries to recover his respect in class when his mother comes in as substitute teacher by trying to humiliate her out of her job.
4Here Comes the JudgePlaying 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.
5Home Sweet HomelessJoan's civic project with the homeless prompts Jamie to bring home a bum, who virtually takes over the Lawson household.
6Crazy Like a FoxWhen Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.
7The Older WomanJamie pushes Harriet aside in an unrequited crush on her 16-year-old cousin, who teaches him a lesson in respect.
8Who's the Boss?When he's punished for thoughtlessly dropping the family's reservations to Mexico, Jamie dreams that the others are robots under his control.
9P-P PaulaTo help Jamie's shy and withdrawn classmate who stutters, Ted programs Vicki to be her speech therapist.
10You Gotta Have HeartJamie 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.
11Little Miss Shopping MallThe Lawsons enter Vicki in a mall pageant.
12Thanksgiving StoryTo get on a community-sponsored Thanksgiving ski trip for disadvantaged kids, Jamie convinces the sponsors that his parents are separated.
13Neighborhood WatchAfter being burglarized (while Vicki's home and they're at a restaurant), the Lawsons join the neighborhood watch.
14Moving UpWhile 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.
15Top SecretTo 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.
16The Personality KidNagged by classmates that Vicki has a wooden personality, Jamie overdoes it in secretly programming her a livelier one.
17Matchmaker, MatchmakerTo pay for a new bike he bought from the neighborhood bully, Jamie uses Vicki to run a school computerized match-making business.
18Little Miss Shopping MallThe Lawsons take up the Brindles' snobby challenge and enter Vicki in a mall pageant against Harriet.
19Victor/ Vicki-toriaTo 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.
20Look into My EyesAfter Vicki watches a TV hypnotist turn volunteers into clowns and animals, she starts practicing her new mesmerizing ""skill"" on the Lawsons with hysterical results.
21Wally the WimpJoan 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.
22The Cat's MeowTo train Vicki to be more affectionate, Ted buys her a toy cat that only makes her mimic Jamie's past jealousy and run away.
23Vicki GoodwrenchDuring 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.
24Double WeddingTed and Joan decide to have the ceremonial wedding they never had -- until the Brindles butt in.