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.
Best Episodes of Whiz Kids
Airwave Anarchy
S1 Ep6
8.0
16th Nov 1983
A criminal taps into the police computers and sabotages them so that they cannot properly respond when his accomplices commit a crime.
The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back
S1 Ep14
6.0
25th Feb 1984
Richie looks into why the Social Security system has declared Carson Marsh dead while Lew follows a gang of elderly heisters.
Worst Episodes of Whiz Kids
Programmed For Murder
S1 Ep1
2.7
5th Oct 1983
Richie and his friends discover a skeleton on property coveted by a development corporation.
Fatal Error
S1 Ep2
6.0
19th Oct 1983
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.
Whiz Kids Episode Guide
Programmed For Murder
S1 Ep1
2.7
5th Oct 1983
Richie and his friends discover a skeleton on property coveted by a development corporation.
Fatal Error
S1 Ep2
6.0
19th Oct 1983
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
S1 Ep3
26th Oct 1983
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
S1 Ep4
2nd Nov 1983
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
S1 Ep5
9th Nov 1983
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
S1 Ep6
8.0
16th Nov 1983
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
S1 Ep7
6.0
23rd Nov 1983
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
S1 Ep8
30th Nov 1983
Farley investigates a computer dating service unaware that Richie has secretly signed up his mother for the same service.
Red Star Rising
S1 Ep9
21st Dec 1983
Ralf mysteriously malfunctions and Richie becomes convinced that it is because of unusual electrical interference from a neighbor's satellite dish.
The Network
S1 Ep10
7th Jan 1984
The FBI arrests Richie after trying to solve a challenge from a renowned hacker.
Watch Out!
S1 Ep11
14th Jan 1984
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
S1 Ep12
28th Jan 1984
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
S1 Ep13
4th Feb 1984
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
S1 Ep14
6.0
25th Feb 1984
Richie looks into why the Social Security system has declared Carson Marsh dead while Lew follows a gang of elderly heisters.
The Sufi Project
S1 Ep15
17th Mar 1984
Lew asks for Richie's help in investigating the disappearance of a marine biologist who was using computers to communicate with dolphins.
Father's Day
S1 Ep16
21st Apr 1984
A KGB agent is pursuing Alice's new boyfriend.
Altaira
S1 Ep17
28th Apr 1984
Richie and Farley quarrel when Farley suggests that Richie's new girl friend set him up when information about a prototype tank proves false.
May I Take Your Order Please?
S1 Ep18
2nd Jun 1984
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.
