Whiz Kids

S01E03: Deadly Access

Richie uncovers a secret water project while testing the security of a chemical company for its security chief, who disappears after getting Richie's report.

Overview

The premise follows four high school tenth-graders, who use their sophisticated knowledge of computers to become amateur detectives, solving crimes and bringing perpetrators to justice.

Episodes

Programmed For Murder

S01E01 Programmed For Murder

October 5, 1983 60 min
Richie and his friends discover a skeleton on property coveted by a development corporation.
Fatal Error

S01E02 Fatal Error

October 19, 1983 60 min
Richie learns that the computer game he has been play testing has a very different application for the convict who invented it, and who has $12,000 hidden away on the outside.
Deadly Access

S01E03 Deadly Access

October 26, 1983 60 min
Richie uncovers a secret water project while testing the security of a chemical company for its security chief, who disappears after getting Richie's report.
Candidate for Murder

S01E04 Candidate for Murder

November 2, 1983 60 min
Lew can't understand why a Gazette photographer was assaulted after covering a gubernatorial candidate until Richie uses Ralf to enhance the pictures he took and finds a fugitive embezzler.
A Chip Off the Old Block

S01E05 A Chip Off the Old Block

November 9, 1983 60 min
A fellow student of Richie's is caught using the school computer to embezzle bank funds, but the fellow who catches him decides to use the kid's idea for himself.
Airwave Anarchy

S01E06 Airwave Anarchy

November 16, 1983 60 min
A criminal taps into the police computers and sabotages them so that they cannot properly respond when his accomplices commit a crime.
Return of the Big Rocker

S01E07 Return of the Big Rocker

November 23, 1983 60 min
Farley learns that a rock star long presumed dead is really alive, but not responsible for the glut of ""unknown"" new songs his old record company is releasing.
The Wrong Mr. Wright

S01E08 The Wrong Mr. Wright

November 30, 1983 60 min
Farley investigates a computer dating service unaware that Richie has secretly signed up his mother for the same service.
Red Star Rising

S01E09 Red Star Rising

December 21, 1983 60 min
Ralf mysteriously malfunctions and Richie becomes convinced that it is because of unusual electrical interference from a neighbor's satellite dish.
The Network

S01E10 The Network

January 7, 1984 60 min
The FBI arrests Richie after trying to solve a challenge from a renowned hacker.
Watch Out!

S01E11 Watch Out!

January 14, 1984 60 min
Richie uses the TV-ratings meter at Ham's house to investigate how the system works and discovers proof that a consumer advocate's program has been sabotaged in the ratings.
Amen to Amen-Re

S01E12 Amen to Amen-Re

January 28, 1984 60 min
Richie solves a hieroglyphic inscription on a tomb, but it seems to be causing uncharacteristic behavior in all those who read it aloud.
Maid in the USA

S01E13 Maid in the USA

February 4, 1984 60 min
Mrs. Adler's new maid leaves bugs around the house just before a visit from Mr. Adler, who is supposed to be in town on government business.
The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back

S01E14 The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back

February 25, 1984 60 min
Richie looks into why the Social Security system has declared Carson Marsh dead while Lew follows a gang of elderly heisters.

S01E15 The Sufi Project

March 17, 1984 60 min
Lew asks for Richie's help in investigating the disappearance of a marine biologist who was using computers to communicate with dolphins.

S01E16 Father's Day

April 21, 1984 60 min
A KGB agent is pursuing Alice's new boyfriend.

S01E17 Altaira

April 28, 1984 60 min
Richie and Farley quarrel when Farley suggests that Richie's new girl friend set him up when information about a prototype tank proves false.

S01E18 May I Take Your Order Please?

June 2, 1984 60 min
Alice overhears two men planning an order while working at a fast food place, but no one believes her, so she sets out to do something about it herself.

Cast

Matthew Labyorteaux
Matthew Labyorteaux
Richie Adler
Todd Porter
Hamilton Parker
Jeffrey Jacquet
Jeremy Saldino
Andrea Elson
Andrea Elson
Alice Tyler
Melanie Gaffin
Cheryl Adler
Max Gail
Max Gail
Llewellyn Farley
A Martinez
A Martinez
Lieutenant Neal Quinn

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