A complete Family Matters episode guide with summaries.


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SEASON 3

48 :03x01 - Boom! (Sep/20/1991)
Carl almost falls for a dangerous booby trap. Steve saves an orangutan from being abused.

49 :03x02 - Brain Over Brawn (Sep/27/1991)
Steve needs to beat a guy at a rope climbing contest in order to woo Laura, but the person he's going against is the best rope climber in the school. Steve needs to use his brain in order to defeat him; this means using one of his inventions.

50 :03x03 - The Show Must Go On (Oct/04/1991)
Laura plays the part of Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" for her school play. Unfortunately for her, the first Romeo gets appendicitis. Steve, the understudy, plays the part. Laura is reluctant to do "the big scene" with him.

51 :03x04 - Words Hurt (Oct/11/1991)
Steve begins sleepwalking, so he calls a hypnotist to fix that. He learns from the hypnotist that Carl actually hates him for something he did a long time ago.

52 :03x05 - Daddy's Little Girl (Oct/19/1991)
Carl gets a younger partner. Laura gets a crush on him. She realizes later that he doesn't want to be with her. This makes Laura very upset, so Carl gives her a talk.

53 :03x06 - Citizen's Court (Oct/25/1991)
Steve has a beetle which Carl accidentally squishes. Carl feels he hasn't done anything wrong, but Steve feels otherwise. He takes Carl to Citizen's Court. The other members of the family serve as witnesses.

54 :03x07 - Robo-Nerd (Nov/01/1991)
Steve creates a robot. It looks and acts just like him. Later, the robot gets out of control; it gets a "mind of its own."

55 :03x08 - Making the Team (Nov/08/1991)
Steve tries out for the basketball team. Unfortunately, he ends up as the equipment manager. In the meantime, Laura feels discouraged by cheerleaders who wouldn't go for her ideas. Steve tries to lift her spirits by telling about his problem.

56 :03x09 - Born to be Mild (Nov/15/1991)
The Winslows have a problem with a gang that destroyed Rachel's restaurant and hurt Eddie. Carl goes to arrest them. Before he does, Steve says he'll work as an undercover informant to get them to confess. He tries to get real evidence. This means dressing up like a thug.

57 :03x10 - The Love God (Nov/22/1991)
Eddie is trying to be romantic for his dates, but Steve is always ruining it. Carl goes undercover for a case.

58 :03x11 - Old and Alone (Nov/29/1991)
Laura decides to get rid of Steve from her life. Later, she regrets it, especially when she has a dream of being an old woman; she has nobody but Steve as her visitor.

59 :03x12 - A Pair of Ladies (Dec/06/1991)
Harriette gets a job at Rachel's restaurant. She acts very obnoxious, especially to the customers. In the meantime, Steve and Carl play poker. They lose nearly everything to Lt. Murtagh, but Steve does not give up.

60 :03x13 - Choir Trouble (Dec/20/1991)
Steve wants to join the choir at the Winslows' church, but Rachel doesn't allow him. Later, Rachel becomes power-hungry with her position in the choir. This makes everyone want to leave.

61 :03x14 - A Test of Friendship (Jan/10/1992)
While Carl is asleep on the couch, a couple of men take away his things from the living room. This gives him a bad reputation with the police. In the meantime, Eddie is doing badly in chemistry, so he asks Steve to help him cheat for the next test.

62 :03x15 - Jailhouse Blues (Jan/17/1992)
Cousin Clarence visits the Winslow household. He immediately becomes a bad influence on Eddie. He, Eddie, and Steve get arrested for stealing a car. This makes Carl and Harriette upset. Harriette tries to give Clarence a lesson on discipline.

63 :03x16 - Brown Bombshell (Jan/31/1992)
Estelle talks about the stories of her husband at Eddie's school; the stories are about what he did during World War II.

64 :03x17 - Food, Lies and Videotape (Feb/07/1992)
Steve joins Laura's economics class. It's not as easy as it looks, especially since the class is not a "piece of cake."

65 :03x18 - My Broken-Hearted Valentine (Feb/14/1992)
Laura breaks up with Ted. This allows Steve to go on the rebound with her for Valentine's Day. In the meantime, Richie meets a girl named Gwendolyn. She seems to like him more than just a friend; she tries to do everything she can to make him notice her.

66 :03x19 - Woman of the People (Feb/21/1992)
Laura decides to run for student council president. Later, her rival wants to gather up some incriminating photos of her and pass it off as the truth. It's up to Steve to get her reputation back, even if it means stooping to the rival's level. In the meantime, Harriette is elected Neighborhood Watch Leader.

67 :03x20 - Love and Kisses (Feb/28/1992)
Steve wants to woo Laura by getting Johnny Gill to sing for her. He is able to get him in exchange for a rare baseball card. Laura is obligated to kiss Steve afterward, but he backs out because he feels he is forcing her to. Laura decides to give him a kiss anyway.

68 :03x21 - Stop, in the Name of Love (Mar/13/1992)
Waldo needs some romantic advice, so he asks Laura for some. He then falls in love with her. In the meantime, Estelle has bad driving skills. Carl and Lt. Murtagh get into a fight over that.

69 :03x22 - The Urkel Who Came to Dinner (Apr/03/1992)
Steve stays over at the Winslow household. The Winslows think they should reconsider when: He accidentally swallows a fish, tells Richie to fight a bully, and makes Laura upset about driving away her study date.

70 :03x23 - Robo-Nerd II (Apr/24/1992)
Steve brings back Urkelbot for a life of crime patrol, but Carl has problems with having a robot a partner. In the meantime, Laura gets some new shampoo for the women of the house, but it makes them lose all their hair.

71 :03x24 - Dudes (May/01/1992)
Eddie, Waldo, and Steve go on a game show called Dudes. Steve seems to be doing very well on the game. In the meantime, it's Carl's birthday, but no one seems to remember it.

72 :03x25 - Farewell, My Laura (May/08/1992)
Steve writes a story about Johnny Danger, a detective played by him to find out the cause of the murder of Aunt Rachel. The characters resemble the members of the Winslow family.


SEASON 4

73 :04x01 - Surely You Joust (Sep/18/1992)
Steve and Carl are trying to get over a grudge, so they decide to go on a game show called American Gladiators. They must do death-defying stunts to see who is better.

74 :04x02 - Dance to the Music (Oct/02/1992)
Steve wants to go with Laura to a dance, but the only person she wants to go with is Ted.

75 :04x03 - Driving Carl Crazy (Oct/09/1992)
Carl is feeling a lot of stress already, but it gets worse when he tries to teach Steve how to drive in his cramped Isetta. It is very dangerous to Carl's health.

76 :04x04 - Rumor Has It (Oct/16/1992)
Steve finds out that Ted is getting a better reputation by telling everyone that he made love with Laura. Steve wants him to stop it before it gets worse. It's hard for Laura to believe that; she thinks that Steve is destroying a relationship.

77 :04x05 - Number One with a Bullet (Oct/23/1992)
Steve has to go to the hospital for awhile, but he's not alone. Carl ends up going to the same hospital. The guy who shot Carl comes back to take revenge.

78 :04x06 - Whose Kid Is it Anyway? (Oct/30/1992)
Eddie has to take Richie trick-or-treating, but a date comes along at the last minute. Eddie needs to choose between Richie and the date.

79 :04x07 - An Officer and a Waldo (Nov/06/1992)
Waldo has been fed up with Eddie's insults, so he goes to join the Army. Eddie and Steve try to get him out, but they end up joining too. It's not as easy as it looks for the guys.

80 :04x08 - Just One Date! (Nov/13/1992)
Steve wants just one date with Laura, but she won't give one to him. He decides to camp out on her roof until she does, but there is a snowstorm brewing. Eventually, Laura lets him in. In the meantime, Gwendolyn moves in next door to Richie.

81 :04x09 - The Oddest Couple (Nov/20/1992)
Steve and Eddie decide to move into an apartment, but there are a few problems with it. It is time to live like a man... Guest Stars: Gerrit Graham as Landlord

82 :04x10 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Urkel (Dec/11/1992)
After Steve destroys one of Laura's things, she removes him from her life. This is where Laura's guardian angel shows up. He makes a scene showing each other's lives in both points of views; he shows Laura as Steve and vice-versa. Guest Stars: T. K. Carter as Guardian Angel

83 :04x11 - Muskrat Love (Jan/08/1993)
Eddie wants to date a girl, but Waldo and Weasel disapprove of her for some reason. Laura lets Maxine date Ted, but she later regrets it. Harriette feels insulted when Carl buys her fitness gear.

84 :04x12 - Hot Wheels (Jan/15/1993)
Carl buys a car for Eddie, but it needs some tuning up. They decide to do it together, but Eddie feels like doing it with Waldo. Later, he gets some advice from Harriette. In the meantime, Steve invents a glue which gets him stuck to Laura.

85 :04x13 - The Way the Ball Bounces (Jan/22/1993)
Eddie gets a scholarship to college for being a good athlete; that's all he has on his mind. In the meantime, Laura studies for an entrance exam to Harvard; she even skips sleep to do that.

86 :04x14 - A Thought in the Dark (Jan/29/1993)
Ted and Laura are fed up with Steve ruining all of their dates, so they hook him up with Ted's cousin Myra. She is a girl who likes brainy guys, but seems to like Steve a bit too much.

87 :04x15 - Tender Kisses (Feb/05/1993)
Eddie tries to sneak into an R&B singer's hotel room to get some concert tickets. In the meantime, Carl reads some surprising things in Harriette's diary; he thinks she's cheating on him.

88 :04x16 - Heart Strings (Feb/12/1993)
Steve is Laura's Valentine. Meanwhile, Gwendolyn, who still has the hots for Richie, goes on a date with him arranged by Steve.

89 :04x17 - It's a Mad, Mad, Madhouse (Feb/19/1993)
Eddie's grades are slipping in a class. When his teacher questions him about it, he tells her that he has family problems. She decides to come over to find out. She comes at a very bad time though; everything she sees is a misunderstanding.

90 :04x18 - Higher Anxiety (Feb/26/1993)
Eddie feels depressed after his girlfriend cheats on him. But soon, he feels otherwise when he, Waldo, and Steve get trapped on a fire escape; just barely escaping death. In the meantime, Estelle's boyfriend, Fletcher, proposes to her while they are out camping.

91 :04x19 - Mama's Wedding (Mar/05/1993)
Carl feels anxious about his mother's wedding to Fletcher. In the meantime, Eddie throws a flyer party. He attracts more than 150 guests on the same day as the wedding.

92 :04x20 - Pulling Teeth (Mar/19/1993)
Waldo goes on a date with Maxine thanks to Eddie and Laura. They find that they actually like each other. In the meantime, Richie wants to pull out a baby tooth.

93 :04x21 - Walk on the Wild Side (Mar/26/1993)
Laura feels she is a "goody-two-shoes," so she decides to go to a male strip club along with Maxine and K.C. It would have gone fine if Harriette didn't find out.

94 :04x22 - Hot Stuff (Apr/30/1993)
Myra wants to know how to get Steve to like her more, so she asks Laura. In the meantime, Eddie wants to get a stereo from someone Weasel knows, but he later finds out it is stolen.

95 :04x23 - Stormy Weather (May/07/1993)
Laura has a prom date who doesn't like Steve very much. He wants Laura to forget all about Steve, jeopardizing their friendship.

96 :04x24 - Buds 'n' Buns (May/14/1993)
Carl needs to get a part-time job, but the only place he can get one is at the Mighty-Weenie. When Eddie gets a promotion, he starts abusing his power, getting Carl infuriated. In the meantime, Steve's having a problem with choosing who to go steady with.


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