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Child Prodigy

1st Aired Week of 11/16/85

Tutor and Vicki 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.

Reid was ridiculously pompous but Brissette was a doll, accurately performing as a state-of-the-art android.  This episode breaks Joan from her "Joan Cleaver" persona as she becomes a working woman with a degree.

Joan crams Production Title: "Child genius"
Completed: 7-Nov-85
Show no: 111
Written by John Boni
Directed by: Peter Baldwin

Guest Cast:
Olivia Fernwald: Kelly Britt
Mr.  Corbett: Elliot Reid


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