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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Episode 1 - Surely You Joust
Release Date: 1992-09-18Feuding neighbors "Hurricane" Urkel and "Bonecrusher" Carl take a not-so-neighborly, macho grudge match to TV's American Gladiators.
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Episode 2 - Dance to the Music
Release Date: 1992-10-02Home-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..
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Episode 3 - Driving Carl Crazy
Release Date: 1992-10-09Carl hopes to practice stress management by keeping his cool, but he nearly blows a gasket teaching Urkel to drive.
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Episode 4 - Rumor Has It
Release Date: 1992-10-16As 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.
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Episode 5 - Number One with a Bullet
Release Date: 1992-10-23Carl and Urkel are hospital roommates and Urkel, as usual, is a pain -until he gets the opportunity to save Carl's hide.
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Episode 6 - Whose Kid Is it Anyway?
Release Date: 1992-10-30Richie is upset when Eddie's hot Halloween date conflicts with his promise to take his little cousin trick or treating.
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Episode 7 - An Officer and a Waldo
Release Date: 1992-11-06Eddie's insult sends Waldo off to join the Army; Harriette and Carl set up a sting to catch a shady repairman.
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Episode 8 - Just One Date!
Release Date: 1992-11-13Urkel resorts to despearate measures to win a date with Laura by camping out on the Winslows' roof, even though a big blizzard is fast approaching Chicago. Meanwhile, Richie meets new next door neighbor Gwendolyn.
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Episode 9 - The Oddest Couple
Release Date: 1992-11-20Eddie's sloppy habits and Steve's scientific experiments don't make for domestic bliss when the two become roommates.
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Episode 10 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Urkel
Release Date: 1992-12-11Laura's guardian angel shows Urkel what it's like to be Laura.
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Episode 11 - Muskrat Love
Release Date: 1993-01-08Eddie 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.
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Episode 12 - Hot Wheels
Release Date: 1993-01-15Carl 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.
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Episode 13 - The Way the Ball Bounces
Release Date: 1993-01-22A college woos athlete Eddie, who has only fame and fortune in mind after accepting a scholarship; meanwhile, Laura forgoes sleep to study for her PSATs.
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Episode 14 - A Thought in the Dark
Release Date: 1993-01-29Laura 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.
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Episode 15 - Tender Kisses
Release Date: 1993-02-05Eddie 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.
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Episode 16 - Heart Strings
Release Date: 1993-02-12Lonely and depressed after breaking up with Ted, Laura grants Urkel a few bittersweet hours of bliss as her valentine; Gwendolyn charms Richie with "yucky goo-goo stuff"; and Harriette and Carl search for admirable qualities in each other.
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Episode 17 - It's a Mad, Mad, Madhouse
Release Date: 1993-02-19Eddie 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.
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Episode 18 - Higher Anxiety
Release Date: 1993-02-26At 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.
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Episode 19 - Mama's Wedding
Release Date: 1993-03-05Thanks to Eddie, Mother Winslow's "simple family wedding" brings more than the family bargained for 150 extra guests.
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Episode 20 - Pulling Teeth
Release Date: 1993-03-19Waldo dates Laura's friend; Richie tries to get rid of a baby tooth.
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Episode 21 - Walk on the Wild Side
Release Date: 1993-03-26Laura 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.
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Episode 22 - Hot Stuff
Release Date: 1993-04-30Myra enlists Laura's help in snaring "hot stuff" Urkel; Eddie asks Carl a lot of questions after buying a hot car stereo.
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Episode 23 - Stormy Weather
Release Date: 1993-05-07Urkel'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.
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Episode 24 - Buds 'n' Buns
Release Date: 1993-05-14As 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.
