• 1989
  • TV-G
  • 30m
Family Matters

Summary The Winslow family deals with various misadventures, many of them caused by their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. View more details

  • 1989
  • TV-G
  • 30m

Family Matters

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Reginald VelJohnson Jaleel White Darius McCrary Kellie Shanygne Williams

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6.6

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Genres : Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi Drama Family

Release date : Sep 21, 1989

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Warner Brothers

Language : English

Filming locations : Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Production companies : Lorimar Television Bickley-Warren Productions Miller/Boyett Productions

Summary The Winslow family deals with various misadventures, many of them caused by their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi Drama Family

Release date : Sep 21, 1989

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Warner Brothers

Language : English

Filming locations : Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Production companies : Lorimar Television Bickley-Warren Productions Miller/Boyett Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 21, 1989
The Mama Who Came to Dinner
The Winslow home is full of love and family, and now Carl's mom is moving in.
Episode 2 • Sep 28, 1989
Two Income Family
Harriette loses her job as elevator operator at the Chicago Chronicle when she asks for a raise. The lack of a second income into the Winslow household puts additional strain on the budget, prompting Harriette to apply for an opening as head of security. Initially, she's turned down, but her impassioned speech about what skills she has makes quite the impression.
Episode 3 • Oct 05, 1989
Short Story
Rachel writes a short story with characters that resemble the Winslow family.
Episode 4 • Oct 12, 1989
Rachel's First Date
Recently widowed Rachel is nervous about her first date since the death of her husband.
Episode 5 • Oct 19, 1989
Straight A's
Eddie surprises everyone, and himself, when he gets straight A's on his report card.
Episode 6 • Nov 02, 1989
Basketball Blues
Carl wants Eddie to become a big-time basketball star, and invites star player Will "The Thrill' Morgan over for encouragement. But Morgan sees through Carl's desire to live out his dreams through Eddie and helps set him straight.
Episode 7 • Nov 09, 1989
Body Damage
Rachel decides to treat herself to a spin in Carl's vintage police car and promptly gets into a minor accident. Can she repair the damaged front fender before Carl gets home to drive it in a Columbus Day parade ... knowing that she was not to drive the car in the first place?
Episode 8 • Nov 16, 1989
Mr. Badwrench
Carl wants to build a bathroom for Mother Winslow. Ignoring Harriette's plea to call a contractor to do the work properly, Carl recruits Eddie in an inept attempt to renovate one of the unused rooms downstairs.
Episode 9 • Nov 23, 1989
Stake-Out
Carl and his attractive new partner, Vanessa, are involved in a stake-out in a hotel room. Harriette worries (over nothing, as it turns out) that Carl will put aside his professionalism and try to woo Vanessa.
Episode 10 • Nov 30, 1989
False Arrest
Carl is working security at a television station where Buddy Goodrich, an actor, tapes a hit show that the rest of the Winslow family loves to watch. Carl asks him to move his car from a front of a fire lane, where he illegally parked, and finds out that the "real" Buddy Goodrich is rude and arrogant. Buddy assaults Carl, taking a swing at him. Carl arrests him. When his family finds out, they believe he was in the wrong and ignore him, and urges him to apologize to Buddy. It is only after Buddy Goodrich visits Carl at his home, unbeknownst to both of them, the rest of the Winslows overhear the conversation in which Buddy admits what he did and tries to bribe Carl, saying he will have have his assistant lie at the hearing, that the Winslow family sees him for the type of person he is. Buddy is thrown out of the house.
Episode 11 • Dec 07, 1989
The Quilt
Estelle shows off an heirloom quilt that's been in the Winslow family for more than 200 years. Despite being told not to sell the quilt at the family's garage sale, Laura accidentally does so when a museum curator offers $200 for it. Laura then goes all out to get the quilt back, using a tearful speech to soften up the stubborn curator. Estelle is impressed and lets Laura keep the quilt until it's her turn to pass it down a generation.
Episode 12 • Dec 14, 1989
Laura's First Date
The episode that ensured "Family Matters'" success. It all began with Laura bemoaning her inability to get a date with cute classmate Mark for the school dance. Eddie and Carl make well-meaning attempts to set Laura up with someone. It is Carl who - in a decision he'd live to regret - sets his daughter up with Steven Q. Urkel. The quintessential nerd drives everyone batty just being himself. Even though Laura eventually gets over her shyness and asks Mark out, Urkel decides to stay until 10 p.m. - the earliest his folks want him home - and makes himself at home!
Episode 13 • Jan 04, 1990
Man's Best Friend
Man's best friend isn't a dog, at least in Carl's eyes, when a stray pooch follows the kids home. Carl wants to get rid of the dog, but his feelings begin to change when the dog scares off unwelcome visitor Urkel. Carl soon becomes attached to the dog, but it isn't long before the canine disrupts the family routine.
Episode 14 • Jan 11, 1990
Baker's Dozen
Carl's lemon tarts - made using a secret recipe - is a big hit with Rachel's church group. One of her friends is a restaurant manager who wants to buy dozens of the tarts. Carl agrees to turn the kitchen into a makeshift bakery ... and with less than 24 hours to fulfill the contract, the results are disastrous.
Episode 15 • Jan 18, 1990
The Big Reunion
Carl tries to lose some weight in time for an upcoming class reunion, where he is expected to perform with his high school band.
Episode 16 • Feb 01, 1990
The Party
Carl leaves Eddie in charge of the household while the adults go on an overnight trip. There's one major rule: No guests allowed! Eddie obeys at first, but then Rodney comes over to deliver pizza. Then two pretty girls show up ... and things quickly spiral into a huge house party that Eddie quickly loses control over. Rival football players even play football with Urkel! Only when Carl and Harriette arrive home early does everything calm down ... that is, until Urkel utters from inside the sofa, "Party of the year!"
Episode 17 • Feb 08, 1990
The Big Fix
Eddie's flunking algebra and has nowhere else to turn but math-whiz Urkel. Urkel agrees to help Edd-o on one condition: He gets a date with Laura. And just so he'll get what he wants, he takes Eddie's Prince concert tickets for collateral. Laura reluctantly agrees to go with Urkel on a "non-date," which goes just as one would expect. In the end, Harriette assures Laura that Urkel is well satisfied - and then the phone rings!
Episode 18 • Feb 22, 1990
Sitting Pretty
Seeking a promotion, Carl invites no-nonsense Capt. Davenport over for dinner. Simple enough, except he doesn't know that Laura - who has opened a baby-sitting service - is looking after dozens of crazy children. Carl is sure his promotion (not to mention job) is down the drain, especially when Capt. Davenport is a little tied up thanks to the kids. But things turn out OK when Capt. Davenport moans, "You ruined the game" and admits he loves children.
Episode 19 • Mar 15, 1990
In a Jam
A bully named Bull Watson terrorizes Urkel into giving up his lunch money. Urkel wants Eddie to stick up for him, but gets no sympathy. That is, Rodney witnesses Urkel sticking up for himself and Bull threatening him with serious injury if he refuses to hand over his lunch money. After going to Carl for some advice, Eddie decides to fight Bull ... and easily defeats him.
Episode 20 • Mar 22, 1990
The Candidate
Eddie is persuaded to run for class president vs. Margie Flatman. Rodney - and later, Laura - decide that a campaign of style is better than substance, but Eddie eventually sees that Margie is simply more qualified for the job than he is and drops out.
Episode 21 • Apr 19, 1990
Bowl Me Over
It's the War of the Winslows at the bowling alley.
Episode 22 • Apr 26, 1990
Rock Video
Eddie decides to enter a contest to create a music video, but his ego proves to be too much for the rest of the band, and they all decide to abandon him.

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