Family Matters
Family Matters: Season 5

Air Date

September 24, 1993

Episodes

24 episodes

Family Matters

Season 5

Episodes

Hell Toupee

1. Hell Toupee

September 24, 1993
30 min

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.

It Didn't Happen One Night

2. It Didn't Happen One Night

October 1, 1993
30 min

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.

3. Saved by the Urkel

October 8, 1993
30 min

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.

4. A Matter of Principle

9.0
October 15, 1993
30 min

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.

5. Money Out the Window

10.0
October 22, 1993
30 min

A thug named Bones pays Eddie a visit after Waldo and Weasel enlist Eddie in their football-betting venture.

6. Best Friends

10.0
October 29, 1993
30 min

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.

7. Grandmama

10.0
November 5, 1993
30 min

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.

8. Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool

10.0
November 12, 1993
30 min

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.

9. Car Wars

10.0
November 19, 1993
30 min

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.

10. All the Wrong Moves

10.0
November 26, 1993
30 min

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.

11. Christmas is Where the Heart Is

10.0
December 10, 1993
30 min

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.

12. Scenes from a Mall

10.0
December 17, 1993
30 min

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.

13. Rock Enroll

10.0
January 7, 1994
30 min

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.

14. Like a Virgin

10.0
January 14, 1994
30 min

Eddie becomes the laughingstock of the boys' locker room after Urkel spills the beans that Eddie is still a virgin.

15. Good Cop, Bad Cop

10.0
January 21, 1994
30 min

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. Meanwhile, Urkel tells Richie that he has nothing to fear when going to the dentist, but the nerd soon regrets his move when he has cavities of his own that need filling.

16. Presumed Urkel

10.0
February 4, 1994
30 min

When accident-prone Steve is blamed for a chemistry lab explosion, Laura represents him at a school trial.

17. Father of the Bride

10.0
February 11, 1994
30 min

Carl bribes Laura to go bowling with Urkel and dreams that they are married with four kids who look like Urkel.

18. Psycho Twins

10.0
February 18, 1994
30 min

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.

19. That's What Friends Are For

10.0
March 4, 1994
30 min

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 tortures Carl into telling him where Myra is by showing him slides of his cheese-tasting trip.

20. Opposites Attract

10.0
March 18, 1994
30 min

Urkel develops hiccups after being robbed.

21. A-Camping We Will Go

10.0
April 1, 1994
30 min

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.

22. Nunsense

8.0
April 29, 1994
30 min

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.

23. Aunt Oona

10.0
May 6, 1994
30 min

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.

24. Stefan Returns

10.0
May 20, 1994
30 min

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"".