Family Matters

  • Premiered: Sep 1989
  • Episodes: 215
  • Followers: 131
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Friday at 20
  • Adventure Comedy Drama Family Science-fiction

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Season 5
5x1
Hell Toupee
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 24, 1993
Carl shops for a toupee, hoping to turn Harriette's head. Meanwhile love struck Myra accuses Laura of trying to take Urkel away from her and the two get into a food fight.
5x2
It Didn't Happen One Night
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 01, 1993
Laura oversleeps and misses her bus to Cincinnati for a cheerleading competition and Steve offers to take her in his Isetta. Laura is not pleasant company and Steve confronts her about it.
5x3
Saved by the Urkel
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 08, 1993
The Winslows find themselves - unbelievably - indebted to Urkel. After he saves Carl's life with CPR the family showers him with gratitude and feels obligated to put up with the nerdy, annoying dweeb.
5x4
A Matter of Principle
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 15, 1993
Laura and Eddie's romantic tips have obsessive Myra entangled in a web of errors with Urkel when she invades Steve's school; Carl's sage advice leads Harriette to a confrontation with her boss - and a possible layoff.
5x5
Money Out the Window
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 22, 1993
A thug named Bones pays Eddie a visit after Waldo and Weasel enlist Eddie in their football-betting venture.
5x6
Best Friends
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 29, 1993
Harriette tries to fit in with Laura's friends but gets the cold shoulder from Laura. And Waldo's not so hot as Eddie's new hire at Mighty Weenie.
5x7
Grandmama
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 05, 1993
The NBA's Larry Johnson plays Grandmama (his TV-ad alter ego), who becomes Urkel's new partner in a city basketball competition after Eddie dumps Urkel for star player Kenny.
5x8
Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 12, 1993
A space-age potion turns Urkel into Stefan Urquelle suave, smooth-talking life of the party, but Laura finds she soon misses the old Urkel.
5x9
Car Wars
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 19, 1993
Laura believes that by donning a moustache and men's clothing she'll be better prepared to haggle with a sexist used-car dealer ; Steve is close to ruining Eddie's love life.
5x10
All the Wrong Moves
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 26, 1993
At the drive-in movie, Laura's new boyfriend (Kevin Mambo) has trouble getting the message that no really means no; and at home, Carl just doesn't get it when his insults drive Harriette to retaliate.
5x11
Christmas is Where the Heart Is
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 1993
Urkel and Carl are stranded on a stalled subway with a car full of grouchy shoppers. Urkle teaches everyone, including Carl that Christmas is a state of the heart, and can be celebrated anywhere and with anyone.
5x12
Scenes from a Mall
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 17, 1993
Urkel tells Myra that he needs some space and ends up breaking her heart, while Maxine is ready to break Waldo's neck for acting like a jealous fool.
5x13
Rock Enroll
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 07, 1994
Eddie changes his mind about college at a concert fund-raiser after singer Shanice performs a song he wrote; and Urkel has no luck rallying friends to celebrate his birthday, but soon finds that Laura is his biggest cheerleader.
5x14
Like a Virgin
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 14, 1994
Eddie becomes the laughingstock of the boys' locker room after Urkel spills the beans that Eddie is still a virgin.
5x15
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 21, 1994
Carl refuses to accept Eddie's story that he got pulled over for speeding "because he was a black in a white person's neighborhood" ... until the portly cop finds out the ugly truth. .. show full overview
5x16
Presumed Urkel
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 1994
When accident-prone Steve is blamed for a chemistry lab explosion, Laura represents him at a school trial.
5x17
Father of the Bride
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Air date
Feb 11, 1994
Carl bribes Laura to go bowling with Urkel and dreams that they are married with four kids who look like Urkel.
5x18
Psycho Twins
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 18, 1994
Carl and Urkel end up in the ring with the World Wrestling Federation's Bushwhackers after Urkel creates a "snooze juice" that knocks out the wrestling team's original opponents.
5x19
That's What Friends are For
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 04, 1994
Everyone applauds Eddie on his college scholarship except Waldo, who fears he's losing a friend. Meanwhile, Carl' s fear of failure could keep him from a job promotion; and Urkel .. show full overview
5x20
Opposites Attract
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 18, 1994
Urkel develops hiccups after being robbed.
5x21
A-Camping We Will Go
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 01, 1994
Urkel tags along on Carl's camping trip in Minnesota and an irritated Carl stubbornly refuses to listen to know- it-all Urkel's words of warning about bears and geysers; Harriette seeks a job.
5x22
Nunsense
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 29, 1994
Urkel fears that his rejection has sent Myra to join a nunnery, so he enlists Eddie and Waldo to dress in habits and join him in a search for her at the convent.
5x23
Aunt Oona
Episode overview
Air date
May 06, 1994
Urkel's accident-prone Aunt Oona visits shy, dowdy woman who get a confidence-building makeover from Harriette and then takes her new-found confidence to a karaoke bar, where chaos erupts when she holds a singing contest.
5x24 Season finale
Stefan Returns
Episode overview
Air date
May 20, 1994
Laura pleads with Urkel to step back into his transformation chamber and bring back her perfect guy the handsome, cool, caring Stefan Urquelle. Freddy Jackson sings You Are My Lady".

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