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Family Matters
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.
- Created by:
- Michael Warren, William Bickley
- Cast:
- Reginald VelJohnson, Darius McCrary, Kellie Shanygne Williams, Jaleel White
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- ABC, CBS
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 3
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 10.0Boom!
1991-09-20 · 24mUrkel rescues an orangutan from laboratory experiments. Carl steps on a treadmill booby trapped with a bomb.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 5.2Brain over Brawn
1991-09-27 · 24mUrkel's future hangs in the balance during a rope-climbing contest pitting brains against brawn to win Laura's affections.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 6.5The Show Must Go On
1991-10-04 · 24mIn the school play, Romeo Steve looks forward to kissing Juliet Laura when the original Romeo lands in the hospital with appendicitis.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 10.0Words Hurt
1991-10-11 · 24mSleepwalking Urkel undergoes hypnosis to uncover the cause of his anger: he thinks Carl hates his nerdy guts.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 10.0Daddy's Little Girl
1991-10-18 · 24mLaura's behavior suddenly changes when she meets Carl's younger new partner and surf's up for Steve.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 10.0Citizen's Court
1991-10-25 · 24mUrkel is so bugged when Carl squashes his pet beetle that he takes him to court - TV's Citizen's Court - to settle the matter.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 10.0Robo-Nerd
1991-11-01 · 24mSteve creates the Urkelbot, a mechanical Urkel that is all too much like its creator.
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E08
Episode 8
Making the Team
1991-11-08 · 24mWhen Laura gets snubbed by fellow cheerleaders, she seeks advice from Urkel, who tries out for the basketball team and ends up as equipment manager.
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E09
Episode 9
Born to be Mild
1991-11-15 · 24mA street gang causes trouble for the Winslows, and things become personal when they vandalize Rachel's Place and attack Eddie. Carl wants to take matters into his own hands, but Urkel decides to infiltrate the gang and tricking them into confessing.
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E10
Episode 10
The Love God
1991-11-22 · 24mSteve thwarts Eddie's potential romance, while Carl is undercover in drag.
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E11
Episode 11
Old and Alone
1991-11-29 · 24mLaura may be sorry for banishing Urkel from her life: in her dreams, she's a 90-year-old spinster whose only visitor is a now-married Urkel.
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E12
Episode 12
A Pair of Ladies
1991-12-06 · 24mRachel reluctantly hires a loudmouthed, pushy Harriette to help at the restaurant; and Urkel bets the ranch on Carl's cutthroat poker game at home with the guys.
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E13
Episode 13
Choir Trouble
1991-12-20 · 24mSteve joins the Winslows at church with faith that he'll get into the choir, but he's kicked out by new choir director Rachel, whose position has gone to her head.
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E14
Episode 14
A Test of Friendship
1992-01-10 · 24mThe Winslows are ripped off when Carl dozes off; Urkel takes the heat after helping Eddie cheat on a chemistry test.
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E15
Episode 15
Jailhouse Blues
1992-01-17 · 24mVisiting cousin Clarence is a slick dude ready for some action in the Winslow 'hood and a bad influence on a vulnerable Eddie, who winds up being arrested together with Steve.
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E16
Episode 16
Brown Bombshell
1992-01-31 · 24mMother Winslow regales Eddie's classmates with tales of her late fighter-pilot husband and of World War II's Tuskegee Airmen.
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E17
Episode 17
Food, Lies and Videotape
1992-02-07 · 24mUrkel enrolls in a home economics class with Laura, thinking it'll be a piece of cake, but he soon learns he less than an A-student.
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E18
Episode 18
My Broken-Hearted Valentine
1992-02-14 · 24mUrkel again tries to intervene in Laura's budding romance with Daniel Wallace, whom Steve has learned is nothing but trouble. Laura believes Urkel is meddling in her love life and tells him to go away.
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E19
Episode 19
Woman of the People
1992-02-21 · 24mWhen squeaky-clean Laura enters the race for student-council president, snooty rival Cassie Lynn vows to gather dirt on her. Meanwhile, neighbors elect Harriet Neighborhood Watch leader and Carl is down in the dumps about it.
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E20
Episode 20
Love and Kisses
1992-02-28 · 24mHoping to win Laura, Urkel strikes a deal with R&B singer Johnny Gill: his treasured baseball card in exchange for serenading her; Carl and Harriette discover that their honeymoon love nest is of the outdoor type.
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E21
Episode 21
Stop, in the Name of Love
1992-03-13 · 24mLaura's encouraging words cast a love spell on Waldo; Carl and Lt. Murtagh trade insults in a food fight over Mother Winslow's bad driving.
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E22
Episode 22
The Urkel Who Came to Dinner
1992-04-03 · 24mUrkel's stay at the Winslows brings chaos when he swallows a fish that Carl was "fish-sitting," urges Richie to fight a preschool bully and drives away Laura's study mate.
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E23
Episode 23
Robo-Nerd II
1992-04-24 · 24mIt's hasta la vista to the criminal element and hello Urkelbot after Urkel revives his robot for law-enforcement use in solving a rash of convenience store robberies on Carl's beat; meanwhile new shampoo changes the women.
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E24
Episode 24
Dudes
1992-05-01 · 24mLaura sees red when Urkel, Eddie and Waldo appear on Dudes, a TV dating show that Laura claims is sexist; Carl's birthday gets little attention from his family.
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E25
Episode 25
Farewell, My Laura
1992-05-08 · 24mUrkel plays bumbling, hard-boiled gumshoe Johnny Danger in a 1940s film noir spoof with Laura as a sultry client who needs protection for her aunt Rachel singer and supper-club owner marked for murder.
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Reginald VelJohnson
Carl Winslow
Darius McCrary
Eddie Winslow
Kellie Shanygne Williams
Laura Winslow
Jaleel White
Steve Urkel