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Ended · 1989–1998

Family Matters

Comedy / Family

A spinoff of Perfect Strangers , Family Matters began as the at-home adventures of elevator operator Harriette Winslow and her multigenerational family. But midway through the first season, Jaleel White made a one-shot appearance as neighborhood nerd Urkel. With oversized glasses, undersized body, screechy voice and indomitable self-confidence, Urkel proved irresistibly funny, turning White into an overnight sensation and a new star of the show.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 · 22 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · The Mama Who Came to Dinner
  2. S01 E02 · Two-Income Family
  3. S01 E03 · Short Story
  4. S01 E04 · Rachel's First Date
  5. S01 E05 · Straight A's
  6. S01 E06 · Mr. Badwrench
  7. S01 E07 · Body Damage
  8. S01 E08 · Stake-Out
  9. S01 E09 · False Arrest
  10. S01 E10 · Basketball Blues
  11. S01 E11 · The Quilt
  12. S01 E12 · Laura's First Date
  13. S01 E13 · Man's Best Friend
  14. S01 E14 · Baker's Dozens
  15. S01 E15 · The Big Reunion
  16. S01 E16 · The Party
  17. S01 E17 · The Big Fix
  18. S01 E18 · Sitting Pretty
  19. S01 E19 · In a Jam
  20. S01 E20 · The Candidate
  21. S01 E21 · Bowl Me Over
  22. S01 E22 · Rock Video
Season 2 · 25 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · Rachel's Place
  2. S02 E02 · Torn Between Two Lovers
  3. S02 E03 · Marriage 101
  4. S02 E04 · Flashpants
  5. S02 E05 · The Crash Course
  6. S02 E06 · Boxcar Blues
  7. S02 E07 · Dog Day Halloween
  8. S02 E08 · Cousin Urkel
  9. S02 E09 · Dedicated to the One I Love
  10. S02 E10 · The Science Project
  11. S02 E11 · Requiem for an Urkel
  12. S02 E12 · Fast Eddie Winslow
  13. S02 E13 · Have Yourself a Very Winslow Christmas
  14. S02 E14 · Ice Station Winslow
  15. S02 E15 · Son
  16. S02 E16 · Do the Right Thing
  17. S02 E17 · High Hopes
  18. S02 E18 · Life of the Party
  19. S02 E19 · Busted
  20. S02 E20 · Fight the Good Fight
  21. S02 E21 · Taking Credit
  22. S02 E22 · Finding the Words
  23. S02 E23 · Skip to My Lieu
  24. S02 E24 · The Good the Bad and the Urkel
  25. S02 E25 · I Should Have Done Something
Season 3 · 25 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · Boom!
  2. S03 E02 · Brain Over Brawn
  3. S03 E03 · The Show Must Go On
  4. S03 E04 · Words Hurt
  5. S03 E05 · Daddy's Little Girl
  6. S03 E06 · Citizen's Court
  7. S03 E07 · Robo-Nerd (1)
  8. S03 E08 · Making the Team
  9. S03 E09 · Born to Be Mild
  10. S03 E10 · The Love God
  11. S03 E11 · Old and Alone
  12. S03 E12 · A Pair of Ladies
  13. S03 E13 · Choir Trouble
  14. S03 E14 · A Test of Friendship
  15. S03 E15 · Jailhouse Blues
  16. S03 E16 · Brown Bombshell
  17. S03 E17 · Food, Lies and Videotape
  18. S03 E18 · My Broken-Hearted Valentine
  19. S03 E19 · Woman of the People
  20. S03 E20 · Love and Kisses
  21. S03 E21 · Stop, in the Name of Love
  22. S03 E22 · The Urkel Who Came to Dinner
  23. S03 E23 · Robo-Nerd (2)
  24. S03 E24 · Dudes
  25. S03 E25 · Farewell, My Laura
Season 4 · 24 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · Surely You Joust
  2. S04 E02 · Hot Wheels
  3. S04 E03 · Dance to the Music
  4. S04 E04 · Driving Carl Crazy
  5. S04 E05 · Rumor Has It
  6. S04 E06 · Number One with a Bullet
  7. S04 E07 · Whose Kid Is It Anyway?
  8. S04 E08 · An Officer and a Waldo
  9. S04 E09 · Just One Date
  10. S04 E10 · The Oddest Couple
  11. S04 E11 · It's a Mad, Mad, Madhouse
  12. S04 E12 · It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel
  13. S04 E13 · Muskrat Love
  14. S04 E14 · The Way the Ball Bounces
  15. S04 E15 · A Thought in the Dark
  16. S04 E16 · Tender Kisses
  17. S04 E17 · Heart Strings
  18. S04 E18 · Higher Anxiety
  19. S04 E19 · Mama's Wedding
  20. S04 E20 · Pulling Teeth
  21. S04 E21 · Walk on the Wild Side
  22. S04 E22 · Hot Stuff
  23. S04 E23 · Stormy Weather
  24. S04 E24 · Buds 'n' Buns
Season 5 · 24 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · Hell Toupee
  2. S05 E02 · It Didn't Happen One Night
  3. S05 E03 · Saved by the Urkel
  4. S05 E04 · A Matter of Principle
  5. S05 E05 · Money Out the Window
  6. S05 E06 · Best Friends
  7. S05 E07 · Grandmama
  8. S05 E08 · Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool
  9. S05 E09 · Car Wars
  10. S05 E10 · All the Wrong Moves
  11. S05 E11 · Christmas Is Where the Heart Is
  12. S05 E12 · Scenes from a Mall
  13. S05 E13 · Rock Enroll
  14. S05 E14 · Like a Virgin
  15. S05 E15 · Good Cop, Bad Cop
  16. S05 E16 · Presumed Urkel
  17. S05 E17 · Father of the Bride
  18. S05 E18 · Psycho Twins
  19. S05 E19 · That's What Friends Are For
  20. S05 E20 · Opposites Attract
  21. S05 E21 · A-Camping We Will Go
  22. S05 E22 · Nunsense
  23. S05 E23 · Aunt Oona
  24. S05 E24 · Stefan Returns
Season 6 · 25 episodes
  1. S06 E01 · To Be or Not to Be (1)
  2. S06 E02 · To Be or Not to Be (2)
  3. S06 E03 · Till Death Do Us Apartment
  4. S06 E04 · The Looney Bin
  5. S06 E05 · Beta Chi Guy
  6. S06 E06 · Dark and Stormy Night
  7. S06 E07 · Par for the Course
  8. S06 E08 · Sink or Swim
  9. S06 E09 · Paradise Bluff
  10. S06 E10 · Flying Blind
  11. S06 E11 · Miracle on Elm Street
  12. S06 E12 · Midterm Crisis
  13. S06 E13 · An Unlikely Match
  14. S06 E14 · The Substitute Son
  15. S06 E15 · The Gun
  16. S06 E16 · Wedding Bell Blues
  17. S06 E17 · Ain't Nothin' But an Urkel
  18. S06 E18 · My Uncle Hero
  19. S06 E19 · My Bodyguard
  20. S06 E20 · Cheers Looking at You, Kid
  21. S06 E21 · What's Up Doc?
  22. S06 E22 · We're Going to Disney World (1)
  23. S06 E23 · We're Going to Disney World (2)
  24. S06 E24 · They Shoot Urkels, Don't They?
  25. S06 E25 · Home Sweet Home
Season 7 · 24 episodes
  1. S07 E01 · Little Big Guy
  2. S07 E02 · The Naked and the Nerdy
  3. S07 E03 · Bugged
  4. S07 E04 · Teacher's Pet
  5. S07 E05 · Walking My Baby Back Home
  6. S07 E06 · She's Back
  7. S07 E07 · Hot Rods to Heck
  8. S07 E08 · Talk's Cheap
  9. S07 E09 · Struck by Lightning
  10. S07 E10 · Best Years of Our Lives
  11. S07 E11 · Fa La La La Laagghh!
  12. S07 E12 · Friendship Cycles
  13. S07 E13 · South of the Border
  14. S07 E14 · Life in the Fast Lane
  15. S07 E15 · Random Acts of Science
  16. S07 E16 · Tips for a Better Life
  17. S07 E17 · Swine Lake
  18. S07 E18 · My Big Brother
  19. S07 E19 · Eau de love
  20. S07 E20 · Twinkle Toes Faldo
  21. S07 E21 · Scammed
  22. S07 E22 · Dream Date
  23. S07 E23 · A Ham Is Born
  24. S07 E24 · Send in the Clone
Season 8 · 24 episodes
  1. S08 E01 · Paris Vacation (1)
  2. S08 E02 · Paris Vacation (2)
  3. S08 E03 · Paris Vacation (3)
  4. S08 E04 · Movin' On
  5. S08 E05 · 3J in the House
  6. S08 E06 · Getting Buff
  7. S08 E07 · Stevil
  8. S08 E08 · Karate Kids
  9. S08 E09 · Home Again
  10. S08 E10 · Nightmare at Urkel Oaks
  11. S08 E11 · Chick-a-Boom
  12. S08 E12 · The Jury
  13. S08 E13 · It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  14. S08 E14 · Revenge of the Nerd
  15. S08 E15 · Love Triangles
  16. S08 E16 · Father Time
  17. S08 E17 · Beauty and the Beast
  18. S08 E18 · Le Jour d'amour
  19. S08 E19 · What Do You Know?
  20. S08 E20 · Odd Man In
  21. S08 E21 · Flirting with Disaster
  22. S08 E22 · Pound Foolish
  23. S08 E23 · The Brother Who Came to Dinner
  24. S08 E24 · A Pirate's Life for Me
Season 9 · 22 episodes
  1. S09 E01 · Out With the Old
  2. S09 E02 · They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?
  3. S09 E03 · Dumb Belle of the Ball
  4. S09 E04 · Drinking and Jiving
  5. S09 E05 · Who's Afraid of the Big Black Book?
  6. S09 E06 · A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read
  7. S09 E07 · Stevil II: This Time He's Not Alone
  8. S09 E08 · Trading Places
  9. S09 E09 · A Pain in Harassment
  10. S09 E10 · Original Gangsta Dawg
  11. S09 E11 · Deck the Malls
  12. S09 E12 · Grill of My Dreams
  13. S09 E13 · Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
  14. S09 E14 · Crazy for You (1)
  15. S09 E15 · Crazier for You (2)
  16. S09 E16 · Whose Man Is It Anyway?
  17. S09 E17 · Polkapalooza
  18. S09 E18 · Throw Urkel from the Train
  19. S09 E19 · Don't Make Me Over
  20. S09 E20 · Pop Goes the Question
  21. S09 E21 · Lost in Space (1)
  22. S09 E22 · Lost in Space (2)

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