Family Matters (1989)
A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.
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4x01 Surely You Joust
19 September, 1992 4:30 am
Feuding neighbours "Hurricane" Urkel and "Bonecrusher" Carl take a not-so-neighborly, macho grudge match to TV's American Gladiators.
4x02 Dance to the Music
03 October, 1992 4:30 am
Home-coming Queen Laura gets the royal treatment from Urkel, who gets popular jock Ted to ask her to the dance; Carl meets Harriette's new piano teacher..
4x03 Driving Carl Crazy
10 October, 1992 4:30 am
Carl hopes to practice stress management by keeping his cool, but he nearly blows a gasket teaching Urkel to drive.
4x04 Rumor Has It
17 October, 1992 4:30 am
As rumors begin to fly that Ted has "scored" with Laura, Urkel must warn her that the guy she's dating means to boost his rep by ruining hers.
4x05 Number One with a Bullet
24 October, 1992 4:30 am
Carl and Urkel are hospital roommates and Urkel, as usual, is a pain -until he gets the opportunity to save Carl's hide.
4x06 Whose Kid is it Anyway?
31 October, 1992 4:30 am
Richie is upset when Eddie's hot Halloween date conflicts with his promise to take his little brother trick or treating.
4x07 An Officer and a Waldo
07 November, 1992 4:30 am
Eddie's insult sends Waldo off to join the Army; Harriette and Carl set us a sting to catch a shady repairman.
4x08 Just One Date
14 November, 1992 4:30 am
Urkel resorts to desperate measures to win a date with Laura by sitting on the roof and refusing to come down even though a blizzard is fast approaching Chicago.
4x09 The Oddest Couple
21 November, 1992 4:30 am
Eddie's sloppy habits and Steve's scientific experiments don't make for domestic bliss when the two become roommates.
4x10 It's a Mad, Mad, Madhouse
28 November, 1992 4:30 am
Eddie tries to cover for his poor record in school by claiming he has family problems at home - so his teacher arrives to evaluate his dysfunctional family environment.
4x11 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel
12 December, 1992 4:30 am
Laura's guardian angel shows Laura what it's like to be Urkel.
4x12 Muskrat Love
09 January, 1993 4:30 am
Eddie breaks a date with a smart and witty girl his friends disapprove of, while Laura regrets encouraging Maxine to date Ted; Carl gives Harriette fitness gear.
4x13 Hot Wheels
16 January, 1993 4:30 am
Carl buys a hot rod for Eddie, hoping it will be the road to a father-son bonding session; and Urkel strengthens his bond with Laura using a new wonder glue he invented.
4x14 The Way the Ball Bounces
23 January, 1993 4:30 am
A college woos athlete Eddie, who has only fame and fortune in mind after accepting a scholarship; meanwhile, Laura forgoes sleep to study for a Harvard entrance exam.
4x15 A Thought in the Dark
30 January, 1993 4:30 am
Laura and Ted momentarily derail Urkel's efforts to win Laura by fixing him up with Ted's brainy cousin Myra for a double date to a concert.
4x16 Tender Kisses
06 February, 1993 4:30 am
Eddie gets more than he bargained for when he and his pals sneak into R&B singer Tracie Spencer's hotel room in search of tickets to her concert; and Carl is in for a big surprise when he discovers Harriette's diary.
4x17 Heart Strings
13 February, 1993 4:30 am
Laura becomes Steve's valentine; Steve arranges a date for Richie with Gwendolyn.
4x18 Higher Anxiety
27 February, 1993 4:30 am
At a party, Urkel, Eddie and Waldo get trapped on a fire escape. A heartbroken Eddie mourns his split with two-timing Oneisha, while Carl gives the cold shoulder to his mother's beau Fletcher, who has big plans for her future.
4x19 Mama's Wedding
06 March, 1993 4:30 am
Thanks to Eddie, Mother Winslow's "simple family wedding" brings more than the family bargained for 150 extra guests.
4x20 Pulling Teeth
20 March, 1993 4:30 am
Waldo dates Laura's friend; Richie tries to get rid of a baby tooth.
4x21 Walk on the Wild Side
27 March, 1993 4:30 am
Laura has never been thought of as a wild and crazy gal. Rather, a white-bread, cut from her family's cloth Miss Goody Two-Shoes. So, giving into peer pressure and armed with fake ID's, Laura and her friends Maxine and K.C. go to Club Buff, a male strip club with a female clientile. Urkel gets wind of this and is sworn to secrecy ... until he finds out that Estelle, Harriet and Rachel are planning a night out - at the very same Club Buff. Urkel dashes down to the club to warn Laura and her friends. But the club owner mistakes him for one of the scheduled performers and herds him on-stage. Urkel actually improvises part of an act, before he makes an impassioned speech and then warns Laura that right across the room sit her mother, aunt and grandmother. An embarassed Harriet takes an even more embarassed Laura home.
4x22 Hot Stuff
01 May, 1993 4:30 am
Myra enlists Laura's help in snaring "hot stuff" Urkel; and Eddie asks Carl a lot of questions after buying a hot car stereo.
4x23 Stormy Weather
08 May, 1993 4:30 am
Urkel's nerdiness gets under the skin of Laura's arrogant prom date (Ross Leon), who's itching to order Laura to write off Urkel as a friend.
4x24 Buds 'n' Buns
15 May, 1993 4:30 am
As a part-timer at the Mighty Weenie fast food joint, Carl doesn't relish answering to the top dog - Eddie; Urkel takes Laura's advice and commits to Myra.
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