# List of Family Matters episodes

Family Matters is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC for eight seasons from September 22, 1989, to May 9, 1997, then moved to CBS for its ninth and final season from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998. A total of 215 episodes were produced, spanning nine seasons.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Originally released | Rank | Rating | Viewers (millions) |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Network | Rank | Rating | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22) | April 27, 1990 (1990-04-27) | ABC | 39 | 13.7 | 22.2 |
| 2 | 25 | 25 | September 21, 1990 (1990-09-21) | May 3, 1991 (1991-05-03) | ABC | 15 | 15.8 | 26.4 |
| 3 | 25 | 25 | September 20, 1991 (1991-09-20) | May 8, 1992 (1992-05-08) | ABC | 27 | 13.5 | 21.6 |
| 4 | 24 | 24 | September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18) | May 14, 1993 (1993-05-14) | ABC | 32 | 12.6 | 20.8 |
| 5 | 24 | 24 | September 24, 1993 (1993-09-24) | May 20, 1994 (1994-05-20) | ABC | 30 | 12.6 | 20.7 |
| 6 | 25 | 25 | September 23, 1994 (1994-09-23) | May 19, 1995 (1995-05-19) | ABC | 34 | 11.6 | 18.4 |
| 7 | 24 | 24 | September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22) | May 17, 1996 (1996-05-17) | ABC | 42 | 10.5 | 17.0 |
| 8 | 24 | 24 | September 20, 1996 (1996-09-20) | May 9, 1997 (1997-05-09) | ABC | 50 | 8.8 | 14.02 |
| 9 | 22 | 22 | September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19) | July 17, 1998 (1998-07-17) | CBS | 99 | 5.9 | 8.17 |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (1989–90)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "The Mama Who Came to Dinner" | Joel Zwick | William Bickley & Michael Warren | September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22) | 445230 | 21.9 |
| 2 | 2 | "Two Income Family" | James O'Keefe | Robert Blair | September 29, 1989 (1989-09-29) | 446002 | 21.1 |
| 3 | 3 | "Short Story" | Joel Zwick | William Bickley & Michael Warren | October 6, 1989 (1989-10-06) | 446001 | 22.6 |
| 4 | 4 | "Rachel's First Date" | John Bowab | Sally Lapiduss & Pamela Eells | October 13, 1989 (1989-10-13) | 446004 | 20.8 |
| 5 | 5 | "Straight A's" | John Bowab | Geoff Gordon & Gordon Lewis | October 20, 1989 (1989-10-20) | 446007 | 22.4 |
| 6 | 6 | "Basketball Blues" | James O'Keefe | Barry Gold | November 3, 1989 (1989-11-03) | 446003 | 23.1 |
| 7 | 7 | "Body Damage" | James O'Keefe | Ken Kuta | November 10, 1989 (1989-11-10) | 446005 | 21.9 |
| 8 | 8 | "Mr. Badwrench" | John Bowab | Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz | November 17, 1989 (1989-11-17) | 446006 | 20.6 |
| 9 | 9 | "Stake-Out" | James O'Keefe | Sally Lapiduss & Pamela Eells | November 24, 1989 (1989-11-24) | 446010 | 19.9 |
| 10 | 10 | "False Arrest" | Peter Baldwin | Barry Gold | December 1, 1989 (1989-12-01) | 446008 | 22.2 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Quilt" | Peter Baldwin | David Scott Richardson | December 8, 1989 (1989-12-08) | 446009 | 24.0 |
| 12 | 12 | "Laura's First Date" | Richard Correll | William Bickley & Michael Warren | December 15, 1989 (1989-12-15) | 446012 | 17.3 |
| 13 | 13 | "Man's Best Friend" | Richard Correll | Robert Blair | January 5, 1990 (1990-01-05) | 446013 | 24.5 |
| 14 | 14 | "Baker's Dozen" | James O'Keefe | Ken Kuta | January 12, 1990 (1990-01-12) | 446014 | 24.9 |
| 15 | 15 | "The Big Reunion" | Richard Correll | Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz | January 19, 1990 (1990-01-19) | 446011 | 26.0 |
| 16 | 16 | "The Party" | Richard Correll | Ken Kuta | February 2, 1990 (1990-02-02) | 446016 | 24.6 |
| 17 | 17 | "The Big Fix" | Richard Correll | Sally Lapiduss & Pamela Eells | February 9, 1990 (1990-02-09) | 446017 | 22.8 |
| 18 | 18 | "Sitting Pretty" | Richard Correll | Ken Kuta | February 23, 1990 (1990-02-23) | 446018 | 23.4 |
| 19 | 19 | "In a Jam" | Richard Correll | Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz | March 16, 1990 (1990-03-16) | 446019 | 21.7 |
| 20 | 20 | "The Candidate" | James O'Keefe | Barry Gold | March 23, 1990 (1990-03-23) | 446015 | 23.4 |
| 21 | 21 | "Bowl Me Over" | Richard Correll | Robert Blair | April 20, 1990 (1990-04-20) | 446021 | 20.3 |
| 22 | 22 | "Rock Video" | Richard Correll | Geoff Gordon & Gordon Lewis | April 27, 1990 (1990-04-27) | 446020 | 19.9 |

### Season 2 (1990–91)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "Rachel's Place" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | September 21, 1990 (1990-09-21) | 446451 | 24.3 |
| 24 | 2 | "Torn Between Two Lovers" | Gary Menteer | Janet Lynne Jackson | September 21, 1990 (1990-09-21) | 446454 | 24.3 |
| 25 | 3 | "Marriage 101" | Richard Correll | Sally Lapiduss & Pamela Eells | September 28, 1990 (1990-09-28) | 446452 | 23.5 |
| 26 | 4 | "Flashpants" | Gerren Keith | Stephen Langford | October 5, 1990 (1990-10-05) | 446455 | 23.2 |
| 27 | 5 | "The Crash Course" | Gary Menteer | Manny Basanese | October 12, 1990 (1990-10-12) | 446456 | 23.7 |
| 28 | 6 | "Boxcar Blues" | Mark Linn-Baker | Fred Fox, Jr. | October 19, 1990 (1990-10-19) | 446453 | 23.5 |
| 29 | 7 | "Dog Day Halloween" | Gerren Keith | David W. Duclon & Fred Fox, Jr. | October 26, 1990 (1990-10-26) | 446460 | 25.5 |
| 30 | 8 | "Cousin Urkel" | Gary Menteer | Sally Lapiduss & Pamela Eells | November 2, 1990 (1990-11-02) | 446457 | 24.8 |
| 31 | 9 | "Dedicated to the One I Love" | Gary Menteer | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | November 9, 1990 (1990-11-09) | 446458 | 25.9 |
| 32 | 10 | "The Science Project" | Gary Menteer | Sally Lapiduss & Pamela Eells | November 16, 1990 (1990-11-16) | 446461 | 26.0 |
| 33 | 11 | "Requiem for an Urkel" | Joel Zwick | David W. Duclon | November 23, 1990 (1990-11-23) | 446462 | 25.4 |
| 34 | 12 | "Fast Eddie Winslow" | Gerren Keith | Fred Fox, Jr. | November 30, 1990 (1990-11-30) | 446459 | 25.8 |
| 35 | 13 | "Have Yourself a Merry Winslow Christmas" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon | December 21, 1990 (1990-12-21) | 446465 | 23.7 |
| 36 | 14 | "Ice Station Winslow" | Richard Correll | Gary Menteer | January 4, 1991 (1991-01-04) | 446464 | 28.6 |
| 37 | 15 | "Son" | Gary Menteer | José Rivera | January 11, 1991 (1991-01-11) | 446463 | 30.4 |
| 38 | 16 | "Do the Right Thing" | Gary Menteer | Sally Lapiduss & Pamela Eells | January 18, 1991 (1991-01-18) | 446466 | 25.9 |
| 39 | 17 | "High Hopes" | Gary Menteer | Fred Fox, Jr. & Denise Snee | February 1, 1991 (1991-02-01) | 446467 | 28.3 |
| 40 | 18 | "Life of the Party" | Gary Menteer | Janet Lynne Jackson | February 8, 1991 (1991-02-08) | 446468 | 30.9 |
| 41 | 19 | "Busted" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon & Fred Fox, Jr. | February 15, 1991 (1991-02-15) | 446470 | 29.8 |
| 42 | 20 | "Fight the Good Fight" | Gary Menteer | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | March 1, 1991 (1991-03-01) | 446469 | 30.6 |
| 43 | 21 | "Taking Credit" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon | March 15, 1991 (1991-03-15) | 446472 | 29.2 |
| 44 | 22 | "Finding the Words" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. | March 22, 1991 (1991-03-22) | 446471 | 28.8 |
| 45 | 23 | "Skip to My Lieu" | Richard Correll | Charlene Seeger | April 1, 1991 (1991-04-01) | 446474 | 26.6 |
| 46 | 24 | "The Good, the Bad, and the Urkel" | Richard Correll | Sally Lapiduss & Pamela Eells | April 26, 1991 (1991-04-26) | 446475 | 26.5 |
| 47 | 25 | "I Should Have Done Something" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon | May 3, 1991 (1991-05-03) | 446473 | 22.9 |

### Season 3 (1991–92)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 48 | 1 | "Boom!" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon | September 20, 1991 (1991-09-20) | 446902 | 22.7 |
| 49 | 2 | "Brain over Brawn" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. | September 27, 1991 (1991-09-27) | 446903 | 19.4 |
| 50 | 3 | "The Show Must Go On" | John Tracy | Gary M. Goodrich | October 4, 1991 (1991-10-04) | 446905 | 21.0 |
| 51 | 4 | "Words Hurt" | John Tracy | David W. Duclon & Fred Fox, Jr. | October 11, 1991 (1991-10-11) | 446904 | 21.0 |
| 52 | 5 | "Daddy's Little Girl" | Richard Correll | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | October 18, 1991 (1991-10-18) | 446901 | 21.0 |
| 53 | 6 | "Citizens' Court" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart | October 25, 1991 (1991-10-25) | 446906 | 22.6 |
| 54 | 7 | "Robo-Nerd" | Richard Correll | Gary Menteer | November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01) | 446910 | 23.1 |
| 55 | 8 | "Making the Team" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | November 8, 1991 (1991-11-08) | 446909 | 25.4 |
| 56 | 9 | "Born to Be Mild" | John Tracy | Jim Geoghan | November 15, 1991 (1991-11-15) | 446911 | 24.4 |
| 57 | 10 | "The Love God" | John Tracy | Stephen Langford | November 22, 1991 (1991-11-22) | 446912 | 23.9 |
| 58 | 11 | "Old and Alone" | Richard Correll | Stephen Langford | November 29, 1991 (1991-11-29) | 446908 | 19.0 |
| 59 | 12 | "A Pair of Ladies" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. | December 6, 1991 (1991-12-06) | 446913 | 22.1 |
| 60 | 13 | "Choir Trouble" | James O'Keefe | Mary M. Schwarze | December 20, 1991 (1991-12-20) | 446907 | 20.7 |
| 61 | 14 | "A Test of Friendship" | Richard Correll | Regina Stewart | January 10, 1992 (1992-01-10) | 446915 | 23.9 |
| 62 | 15 | "Jailhouse Blues" | Gary Menteer | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | January 24, 1992 (1992-01-24) | 446914 | 23.1 |
| 63 | 16 | "Brown Bombshell" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | January 31, 1992 (1992-01-31) | 446918 | 23.0 |
| 64 | 17 | "Food, Lies and Videotape" | John Tracy | Stephen Langford | February 7, 1992 (1992-02-07) | 446919 | 22.9 |
| 65 | 18 | "My Broken-Hearted Valentine" | Richard Correll | Gary Menteer | February 14, 1992 (1992-02-14) | 446916 | 21.2 |
| 66 | 19 | "Woman of the People" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | February 21, 1992 (1992-02-21) | 446920 | 20.2 |
| 67 | 20 | "Love and Kisses" | John Tracy | Jim Geoghan | February 28, 1992 (1992-02-28) | 446917 | 21.8 |
| 68 | 21 | "Stop! In the Name of Love" | John Tracy | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | March 13, 1992 (1992-03-13) | 446922 | 19.7 |
| 69 | 22 | "The Urkel Who Came to Dinner" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart | April 3, 1992 (1992-04-03) | 446921 | 23.0 |
| 70 | 23 | "Robo-Nerd II" | Richard Correll | Gary Menteer | April 24, 1992 (1992-04-24) | 446923 | 19.8 |
| 71 | 24 | "Dudes" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | May 1, 1992 (1992-05-01) | 446924 | 17.3 |
| 72 | 25 | "Farewell, My Laura" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | May 8, 1992 (1992-05-08) | 446925 | 17.6 |

### Season 4 (1992–93)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 73 | 1 | "Surely You Joust" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18) | 447801 | 19.7 |
| 74 | 2 | "Dance to the Music" | John Tracy | Joseph Cvar & Gary Menteer | October 2, 1992 (1992-10-02) | 447804 | 17.9 |
| 75 | 3 | "Driving Carl Crazy" | John Tracy | Stephen Langford | October 9, 1992 (1992-10-09) | 447803 | 20.4 |
| 76 | 4 | "Rumor Has It..." | Gary Menteer | Gary M. Goodrich | October 16, 1992 (1992-10-16) | 447805 | 20.2 |
| 77 | 5 | "Number One With a Bullet" | Gary Menteer | Fred Fox, Jr. | October 23, 1992 (1992-10-23) | 447806 | 17.7 |
| 78 | 6 | "Whose Kid Is It Anyway?" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | October 30, 1992 (1992-10-30) | 447807 | 19.2 |
| 79 | 7 | "An Officer and a Waldo" | John Tracy | David W. Duclon | November 6, 1992 (1992-11-06) | 447808 | 20.4 |
| 80 | 8 | "Just One Date" | Gary Menteer | Fred Fox, Jr. | November 13, 1992 (1992-11-13) | 447812 | 21.0 |
| 81 | 9 | "The Oddest Couple" | John Tracy | Jim Geoghan | November 20, 1992 (1992-11-20) | 447810 | 22.3 |
| 82 | 10 | "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel" | John Tracy | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | December 11, 1992 (1992-12-11) | 447815 | 22.2 |
| 83 | 11 | "Muskrat Love" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart | January 8, 1993 (1993-01-08) | 447813 | 22.3 |
| 84 | 12 | "Hot Wheels" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart | January 15, 1993 (1993-01-15) | 447802 | 23.3 |
| 85 | 13 | "The Way the Ball Bounces" | Jeffrey Ganz | Stephen Langford | January 22, 1993 (1993-01-22) | 447817 | 23.2 |
| 86 | 14 | "A Thought in the Dark" | Gary Menteer | Bob Illes & James R. Stein | January 29, 1993 (1993-01-29) | 447814 | N/A |
| 87 | 15 | "Tender Kisses" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | February 5, 1993 (1993-02-05) | 447818 | 23.7 |
| 88 | 16 | "Heart Strings" | John Tracy | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | February 12, 1993 (1993-02-12) | 447819 | 21.4 |
| 89 | 17 | "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad House" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart | February 19, 1993 (1993-02-19) | 447811 | 23.9 |
| 90 | 18 | "Higher Anxiety" | Richard Correll | Jim Geoghan | February 26, 1993 (1993-02-26) | 447816 | 23.1 |
| 91 | 19 | "Mama's Wedding" | Gary Menteer | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | March 5, 1993 (1993-03-05) | 447820 | 22.8 |
| 92 | 20 | "Pulling Teeth" | Gary Menteer | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | March 19, 1993 (1993-03-19) | 447822 | 22.8 |
| 93 | 21 | "Walk on the Wild Side" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | March 26, 1993 (1993-03-26) | 447809 | 21.8 |
| 94 | 22 | "Hot Stuff" | Gary Menteer | Stephen Langford | April 30, 1993 (1993-04-30) | 447821 | 18.5 |
| 95 | 23 | "Stormy Weather" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. | May 7, 1993 (1993-05-07) | 447823 | 16.1 |
| 96 | 24 | "Buds 'n' Buns" | John Tracy | Jim Geoghan | May 14, 1993 (1993-05-14) | 447824 | 14.7 |

### Season 5 (1993–94)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 97 | 1 | "Hell Toupee" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart Larsen | September 24, 1993 (1993-09-24) | 455351 | 18.2 |
| Myra visits Steve at school for lunch, and once again accuses Laura of trying to vie for his affections. The end result is a huge food fight, which gets them into trouble since they receive cafeteria duty for two weeks and Myra is punished by her parents for two weeks. Steve decides to continue dating Myra, but he will break up with her if Laura changes her mind. Meanwhile, Carl – feeling he has lost his romantic touch with Harriette – decides to invest in a toupee. He later feels better when he learns that Harriette has also been dealing with hair problems as well. ||||||||
| 98 | 2 | "It Didn't Happen One Night" | Gary Menteer | Joseph Cvar & Gary Menteer | October 1, 1993 (1993-10-01) | 455352 | 18.1 |
| Laura oversleeps on the morning of a huge cheerleader competition in Cincinnati, Ohio, and asks Steve to drive her there in his BMW Isetta. She quickly becomes frustrated with the car's slow speed, and in trying to get Steve to drive faster, causes it to break down. At the rundown hotel they stay at while the car is being repaired and a thunderstorm rages outside, Laura's disgusted and dismissive treatment of Steve finally pushes him to get angry at her and say he won't accept her treating him that badly anymore, which in turns leads Laura to apologize and the two of them to get back to being friends. Meanwhile, Carl gets annoyed as Fletcher and Estelle continually express love for each other in public, which is something he never does with Harriette. He also makes an inept attempt to fix the kitchen window after Steve broke it by jumping through it, against Harriette's admonition to call a professional. ||||||||
| 99 | 3 | "Saved by the Urkel" | Gary Menteer | David W. Duclon | October 8, 1993 (1993-10-08) | 455354 | 19.8 |
| Carl is trying to repair a lamp and ignores Steve's warning about bare wire touching the base of the lamp. Carl electrocutes himself, and only Steve knows CPR. Steve ends up saving Carl's life. The Winslows find themselves indebted to Steve and shower him with gratitude. The incident also inspires Eddie and Laura to learn CPR. ||||||||
| 100 | 4 | "A Matter of Principle" | Richard Correll | Jim Geoghan | October 15, 1993 (1993-10-15) | 455355 | 21.0 |
| In the series' 100th episode, Harriette's employer, the Chicago Chronicle, is experiencing budget cuts, and Harriette's boss, Mr. Rollins, asks her to cut her workforce. Harriette doesn't want to fire anyone, and Carl gives her some advice on how to tell Mr. Rollins this. The end result has Harriette losing her job. Meanwhile, Myra transfers to Steve's school and asks Eddie and Laura for advice in winning Steve's heart. ||||||||
| 101 | 5 | "Money Out the Window" | Gary Menteer | Gary M. Goodrich | October 22, 1993 (1993-10-22) | 455353 | 17.8 |
| Weasel and Waldo entice Eddie into their football betting venture. A thug named Bones (Bubba Smith) pays him a visit when he loses a bundle, threatening him with serious injury if the debt is not settled in a timely manner. Refusing to listen to Steve's advice, Eddie sells Carl's precious stamp to settle the debt: a decision he will regret and wish Bones beat him up before his father finds out (which Carl does via Steve and the owner of the Stamp Emporium). Meanwhile, Laura adds a night job to her hectic schedule to try to get more money for a car, resulting in her being tired throughout the day. Soon Harriette convinces her to focus on her day job and let them come up with the other half of the money. ||||||||
| 102 | 6 | "Best Friends" | Gary Menteer | Fred Fox, Jr. | October 29, 1993 (1993-10-29) | 455356 | 21.7 |
| Harriette tries (a little too hard) to fit in with Laura's social group to bond with her daughter. Laura is embarrassed until KC and Maxine reminds her that their mothers aren't exactly close to them. Meanwhile, Waldo (who has been fired from a series of jobs) appears to be a failure at his new job as cashier at the Mighty Weenie until Eddie remembers that Waldo is a talented cook and rehires him as a chef. ||||||||
| 103 | 7 | "Grandmama" | Richard Corell | Story by : Jaleel White Teleplay by : Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | November 5, 1993 (1993-11-05) | 455357 | 22.7 |
| When Eddie dumps Steve as his partner in a prestigious 2-on-2 basketball tournament in favor of a star player (Darius McCrary's real-life brother, Donovan McCrary as Kenny "The Spider" Jackson), the nerd turns to Grandmama (NBA star Larry Johnson's alter ego) for retribution. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette quarrel over Laura's curfew. Laura sees this and decides to take responsibility for herself in the matter. ||||||||
| 104 | 8 | "Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool" | John Tracy | Jim Geoghan | November 12, 1993 (1993-11-12) | 455359 | 25.0 |
| After Laura gets fed up with Steve's clumsiness and nerdy behavior after accidentally spilling drinks on her, she tells him that he needs to change. So Steve devises the ultimate scheme to win her heart...a potion called "cool genes" that will make him cool. Steve drinks the potion and becomes Stefan Urquelle, an ultra-suave, good-looking ladies man, and quickly wins Laura's heart and becomes popular with other girls as well. However, when his arrogant, narcissistic traits begin to show, it isn't long before Laura gets fed up and asks to have the irksome nerd back. When Stefan questions why, she admits as annoying as Steve is, he is more caring towards others, and Stefan complies by eating a tablet (serving as the antidote). Afterwards, Laura is happy to have Steve back and swears she never want to see the shallow Stefan again. Steve tells her that his cool alter-ego just needs to be renovated. ||||||||
| 105 | 9 | "Car Wars" | Richard Correll | Sheila M. Anthony | November 19, 1993 (1993-11-19) | 455358 | 21.9 |
| Laura wants to buy a car, but finds the high-pressure salesman (Stuart Pankin) more than she can handle alone, given his sexist attitude. At Steve's suggestion, she dons a mustache and hat and poses as a man to buy a car. Steve is close to spoiling Eddie's love life, especially when Eddie's previous and current girlfriends meet. ||||||||
| 106 | 10 | "All the Wrong Moves" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. | November 26, 1993 (1993-11-26) | 455361 | 18.3 |
| Laura, Steve and Waldo each have dates at the drive-in movie theater. Laura's boyfriend wants to have sex, but doesn't seem to understand the meaning of the word "no". Myra wants to have sex with Steve, but when he too refuses, she decides perhaps it is a good idea to wait. Waldo, of course, is Waldo, what with his bringing lawn chairs to enjoy the show, much to an embarrassed Maxine's chagrin. Meanwhile, Harriette starts charging Carl for services after they fight over a credit card reward. Soon Carl realizes his behavior is wrong, apologizes to Harriette and buys her a new refrigerator. ||||||||
| 107 | 11 | "Christmas is Where the Heart Is" | Richard Correll | Stephen Langford | December 10, 1993 (1993-12-10) | 455363 | 21.2 |
| Steve and Carl become stranded on a subway car after a power outage on Christmas Eve. Carl and all of the car's passengers are ill-tempered, wanting to get home to celebrate the holidays with their families, leaving it up to Steve to remind them that Christmas can be celebrated anywhere with anyone. ||||||||
| 108 | 12 | "Scenes From a Mall" | Gary Menteer | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | December 17, 1993 (1993-12-17) | 455360 | 20.2 |
| Myra demands commitment from Steve or else. When he refuses and asks her to leave him alone by giving him space to decide, Myra leaves in a crying fit believing Steve wants her to go away. He must now turn to Laura for help in calming Myra down. Steve explains to Myra that while he had no intentions in breaking up with her, he also makes it clear that if they continue dating, she can't force him to commit to her right away and asks that she respects his decision when he asks her to give him space. Waldo constantly worries that other boys have their eyes on Maxine, causing him to go into a jealous fit. Meanwhile, Eddie learns that the store model he has a crush only dates guys her own age, like above 21 years old. Also, while Harriette is at a job interview, Carl gets burdened with having to watch Richie & his friend, Lil' G (Gary LeRoi Gray), as he just wants to relax. So, he feigns back pain and makes Richie and Lil' G get him stuff. James Avery makes a surprise visit in the end credits. ||||||||
| 109 | 13 | "Rock Enroll" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | January 7, 1994 (1994-01-07) | 455362 | 25.6 |
| Eddie considers postponing college in favor of a singing/songwriting career, particularly when Shanice performs the song he wrote. Shanice soon inspires him to go to college and get his degree when she reveals her plans to finish school. Meanwhile, Steve becomes depressed when no one seems to remember his birthday, unaware that Laura and Estelle are planning a surprise birthday party for him. ||||||||
| 110 | 14 | "Like a Virgin" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon | January 14, 1994 (1994-01-14) | 455364 | 24.4 |
| Wisecracker Jerry (Mark Adair-Rios) blabs about his latest conquest until Steve lets slip that Eddie has never had sex with anyone, leading to plenty of locker room teasing. He's embarrassed, until Laura reminds him that Jerry isn't popular with the girls and is the butt of their jokes. Eddie and his friends soon realize that still having your virginity as a teenager is just fine. Meanwhile, Steve seeks advice from Estelle when he needs her help in avoiding Myra, who wants Steve to commit to her. ||||||||
| 111 | 15 | "Good Cop, Bad Cop" | Richard Correll | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | January 21, 1994 (1994-01-21) | 455366 | 23.2 |
| Carl has warned Eddie about his late-night carousing before. So when Eddie is pulled over for a traffic violation, he says he was the victim of racial profiling by a pair of overzealous police. Carl is skeptical of his son's story of how he was "a black guy in a white neighborhood", but promises to sort things out. What he finds out is the ugly truth (all as Eddie had explained) when the senior of the two officers reveals himself to be a severe bigot. An angry Carl threatens to report the senior officer for his racial profiling, while also urging his rookie partner to re-examine his own attitude. Meanwhile, Steve gets more than he bargained for when he takes a worried Richie to the dentist. R&B group Shai have a cameo during a dream sequence in which Laura imagines the group singing to her in her living room. ||||||||
| 112 | 16 | "Presumed Urkel" | John Tracy | Felicia D. Henderson | February 4, 1994 (1994-02-04) | 455365 | 21.7 |
| Accident-prone Steve is accused of blowing up the school's chemistry lab following an accident. With his academic future on the line, Laura defends Steve against his rival, Dexter Thornhill (Robert DeCrevel), who seems a little too eager to have him expelled. Catching on to his motivation early, Laura proves Steve's innocence by revealing who was really at fault with a blacklight. Exposed, Thornhill reveals he framed Steve for the crime, because he wanted to win last year's science fair and has hated him for always doing better than him academically. Steve's reputation is restored and Thornhill faces expulsion for his crimes. ||||||||
| 113 | 17 | "Father of the Bride" | John Tracy | Stephen Langford | February 11, 1994 (1994-02-11) | 455369 | 25.6 |
| To get him out of his hair for the evening, Carl sends Steve on a bowling date with Laura, then watches a movie. Estelle warns him that they may fall in love, but he ignores her and dozes off. Carl quickly has a nightmare about how Steve and Laura fell in love, got married and gave birth to a brood of Urkel-kids in the year 2009. ||||||||
| 114 | 18 | "Psycho Twins" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | February 18, 1994 (1994-02-18) | 455368 | 18.4 |
| Steve invents some "snooze juice", which is intended to help police officers easily apprehend criminals. The potion is demonstrated at a professional wrestling event, and The Psycho Twins (one of whom is Carl's old high school friend) accidentally drinks the snooze juice, So Steve & Carl have to fill in for the Real Psycho Twins in the ring, The tag team's opponents, the WWF's Bushwhackers, find out Carl is one of something they hate; cops, which spells trouble for Steve and Carl and leads Eddie and Waldo having to rescue them. ||||||||
| 115 | 19 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Richard Correll | Sheila M. Anthony | March 4, 1994 (1994-03-04) | 455370 | 21.8 |
| Eddie earns a college scholarship, and everyone's cheering for him but Waldo, who feels like he'll lose his friendship with Eddie once he goes off to college. However, Eddie has a surprise for him: he got Waldo into an elite cooking school. Meanwhile, Carl refuses to tell his own family why he doesn't want to take a police test, which could make him a lieutenant. Steve quickly figures out why, he has a fear of failure and Estelle convinces him to overcome his fears by taking the test. He does and is promoted to lieutenant. ||||||||
| 116 | 20 | "Opposites Attract" | Gary Menteer | Felicia D. Henderson | March 18, 1994 (1994-03-18) | 455371 | 21.8 |
| Laura is editor of her school's newspaper, and quickly gets into a series of conflicts with one of the staff writers (Keith Amos). Meanwhile, Steve is robbed and gets the hiccups. Carl helps him with his hiccups and learns they were caused by the trauma he felt during the robbery. Note: Terrence Howard makes an appearance in the cold open as John, a customer at Mighty Weenie whose girlfriend Irene flirts with Steve. ||||||||
| 117 | 21 | "A-Camping We Will Go" | Richard Correll | Stephen Langford | April 1, 1994 (1994-04-01) | 455372 | 19.8 |
| Steve tags along on Carl's camping trip with Eddie and Waldo. Steve tries to give Carl some advice, but he refuses to listen...and everyone could soon regret it. ||||||||
| 118 | 22 | "Nunsense" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | April 29, 1994 (1994-04-29) | 455373 | 16.5 |
| Steve, offended that his privacy had been violated, tells Myra to get lost when she presents him with a nude drawing of himself. The next morning, Steve learns that Myra is going to a convent, causing the nerd to assume that she plans to join. He quickly enlists Eddie and Waldo to dress as nuns to find Myra and get her to reconsider her joining the nunnery. Of course, she had gone there to visit her aunt, but none of this comes out in the open until the guys are nearly arrested. Meanwhile, Carl becomes annoyed of Harriette's habit of leaving her wedding ring on the soapdish (located very close to the bathroom sink) when she puts on makeup. ||||||||
| 119 | 23 | "Aunt Oona" | Gary Menteer | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | May 6, 1994 (1994-05-06) | 455367 | 15.8 |
| Steve's shy Aunt Oona (Donna Summer) from Altoona visits. Harriette and the others help break Oona out of her shell – by taking her to a karaoke bar for a singing contest. Meanwhile, Eddie and Waldo need to win to pay for an accident caused by Waldo's snowmobile if Eddie needs to get his punishment lifted. ||||||||
| 120 | 24 | "Stefan Returns" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | May 20, 1994 (1994-05-20) | 455374 | 17.0 |
| Steve, still pining for Laura's heart, renovates his Stefan Urquelle alter ego by inventing a transformation chamber and a chemical to improve his boss sauce to allow him to maintain Steve's sensitivity towards others. He's a much friendlier person this time, but the formula soon wears off just as Laura professes her love for Stefan. Steve is resolved to one day make Stefan permanent. ||||||||

### Season 6 (1994–95)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 121 | 1 | "To Be or Not to Be, Part 1" | John Tracy | Jim Geoghan | September 23, 1994 (1994-09-23) | 456201 | 19.4 |
| Harriette asks Carl to go see an eye doctor after he complains about having problems seeing. However, he balks at the idea and takes Eddie's advice by asking Steve for some help. Steve, meanwhile, has been perfecting his machine to enable him to be Stefan all the time. Carl asks Stefan to let him step into the transformation chamber to fix his eyesight problems. However, a jealous Myra tampers with the machine by switching the dial thinking Stefan will use it to change back into Steve and ensnares him. Unbeknownst to her, Carl is really inside and once she learns the truth, she tells Stefan to stop the chamber. Sure enough, the chamber is broken and Myra realizes what she has done when Carl Urkel (instead of Carl Winslow) steps out! ||||||||
| 122 | 2 | "To Be or Not to Be, Part 2" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. | September 30, 1994 (1994-09-30) | 456202 | 18.8 |
| Carl spends the next few days walking a mile in Steve's shoes, while Myra explains herself to Stefan. Eventually, Stefan (who has kept Steve's scientific genius, though at a slower rate) repairs the machine, and has him changed back before he can wreak any more havoc on the Winslow household. Carl and Stefan had a better understanding how these two put up with each other. Carl eventually realizes he could have spared everyone so much grief by following his wife's advice and getting glasses. Stefan realize this isn't the real him, it would be a boring world if everybody is the same and he rather be Steve Urkel. Soon after, on Stefan and Laura's date, Stefan tells Laura that he must return as Steve because he felt like Stefan is a fake and Steve is real. When she tries to convince him not to, Stefan confesses he did not recharge before their date and soon reverts to Steve. ||||||||
| 123 | 3 | "Till Death Do Us Apartment" | Richard Correll | Sheila M. Anthony | October 7, 1994 (1994-10-07) | 456203 | 16.6 |
| College freshmen Eddie and Waldo move into their own apartment, but on their first night, Waldo and Maxine's relationship hits a huge misunderstanding when Eddie brings two girls (Kimberly Russell, Marita Stavrou) home with him, causing them to break up. The girls show sympathy to Waldo and leave Eddie when they learn how narcissistic and egotistical he is. Meanwhile, with Eddie now in college, Steve tries to be a son to Carl. Carl is displeased until he realizes that Steve knows how much he misses Eddie. Carl later makes a surprise visit to Eddie. ||||||||
| 124 | 4 | "The Looney Bin" | Richard Correll | Felicia D. Henderson | October 14, 1994 (1994-10-14) | 456205 | 17.4 |
| Carl, Steve and Mr. Looney (Tom Poston) become trapped in the school's old fallout shelter. Now Carl has another source of frustration ... Mr. Looney's (pronounced Lew-neigh, it is French; this becomes his catchphrase anytime someone pronounces it Loo-nee) penchant for singing show tunes. Alfred lost everything in a bad investment and was evicted from his apartment. He was staying in a fall out shelter. Carl and Steve talk to Looney about helping him out, but they accidentally lock themselves out of the fallout shelter. That is until Steve sets Carl straight and tells him that singing show tunes helps them pass time while Eddie is seeking help to free them from the shelter. Looney still does not have a home to go to, but Steve helped him out. He offered Looney to stay with him and his family until he gets back on his feet, which Looney accepted. Meanwhile, Harriette continues her search for a new job, and finds a job at the local clothing store in the Complaint Department. ||||||||
| 125 | 5 | "Beta Chi Guy" | Richard Correll | Jim Geoghan | October 21, 1994 (1994-10-21) | 456204 | 17.4 |
| Eddie is invited to join a prestigious fraternity, despite the fact that he has to ditch Steve in order to become a member. Laura immediately sets him straight and makes him realize his friendship with Steve is more important to him. Meanwhile, Carl orders a peanut helmet from a shopping network, where you're allowed to try a product for 30 days without paying a single cent. However, Richie and his friend, Lil' G go overboard when they order toys from the same shopping network. ||||||||
| 126 | 6 | "Dark and Stormy Night" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | October 28, 1994 (1994-10-28) | 456206 | 18.1 |
| On a stormy Halloween night, Richie is disappointed because he can't go trick-or-treating. To make it up, Steve, Waldo, and the Winslow clan cheer him up by weaving a 19th-century tale about the Duke of Urkel's battle against a vampire family, the Von Winslows. ||||||||
| 127 | 7 | "Par For the Course" | Richard Correll | Gary M. Goodrich | November 4, 1994 (1994-11-04) | 456208 | 18.8 |
| Carl's sharp-tongued boss, Capt. Savage (Sherman Hemsley), invites him along on a golf outing. Of course, Steve also gets invited by Savage to tag along (due to both of them being cheese fans), and the result is exactly what one would expect. Meanwhile, Harriette and Laura have it out when she starts coming in past curfew. The last straw came when Harriette showed up at a party, wearing a robe and curlers, to drag her daughter home and punished her. Maxine instantly sets Laura straight when she reveals how little her family cares about her well being. ||||||||
| 128 | 8 | "Sink or Swim" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. | November 11, 1994 (1994-11-11) | 456210 | 20.0 |
| Steve's straight-A record, as well as his high school graduation, are at risk since he can't pass physical education. And to pass physical education, he must pass a simple swimming test. And to pass the simple swimming test, he must get over his fear of water. And to get over his fear of water, he enlists Carl for help. However, Laura ends up being the real source of helping Steve get over his hydrophobia, when she plays a drowning victim. Meanwhile, Richie manages to join a roller skating hockey team, and in order to get equipment, Rachel must return an elegant dress. However, when she goes to return it, there seems to be a torn hole on it. Richie eventually confesses to the crime to stop Harriette and Rachel from fighting. ||||||||
| 129 | 9 | "Paradise Bluff" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | November 18, 1994 (1994-11-18) | 456209 | 19.9 |
| On a date to Paradise Bluff, Myra gives Steve an ultimatum – commit to her now, or else it is over. Steve is about to let her go by reaffirming his love for Laura, but then a near accident with his BMW Isetta puts both of their lives in danger. After quickly coming up with a way to save their lives, Steve agrees to commit to Myra for now. Meanwhile, Harriette tries to show Carl a barbecue article from a women's magazine that she borrowed from her hairstylist. However, he accidentally looks at the "Rate Your Mate" article and thinks that she surveyed him poorly. Harriette clears up the misunderstanding and reveals that her hairdresser did the quiz and rated her husband poorly. All she asked for Carl to do is look at barbecue recipes for inspiration and he apologizes for it. Harriette admits had she done the quiz herself, he would have ranked higher. ||||||||
| 130 | 10 | "Flying Blind" | Kelly Sandefur | Stephen Langford | November 25, 1994 (1994-11-25) | 456207 | 15.8 |
| Carl and Steve are passengers on a charter flight. The plane is hijacked by Tony The Farret, a crook that Carl put away several years ago and is back for revenge. He skydives out of the plane, leaving Carl and Steve to get a crash course in how to fly a plane. Also, Carl puts Eddie on a budget so he can pay off a $75 electric bill. Meanwhile, Laura is depressed that Carl and Steve won't be able to attend one of the last meetings they planned earlier on. ||||||||
| 131 | 11 | "Miracle on Elm Street" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | December 16, 1994 (1994-12-16) | 456211 | 18.3 |
| Richie brings home a homeless man (Art Evans) for Christmas, much to the Winslows' chagrin, but he winds up teaching them a holiday lesson about the meaning of the season. The Winslows helped him out and found a halfway house for him to live at until he gets back on his feet. The homeless man tells Carl that he is Santa Claus and remind him of a gift that he wanted was a kid, although Carl thinks the homeless man is crazy. Meanwhile, Eddie accidentally throws out Laura's rag doll from her childhood. Laura becomes heartsick over the doll's apparent fate, prompting Steve to visit a landfill in an all-out attempt to rescue the doll. Steve found the doll in a dumpster and give it to Laura and made a friend Howard the dog. Carl also got the gift that he wanted when he was a kid and realize the homeless man is Santa Claus. ||||||||
| 132 | 12 | "Midterm Crisis" | Joel Zwick | Stephen Langford | January 6, 1995 (1995-01-06) | 456212 | 23.1 |
| Waldo baked a gourmet cake for his mid-term, which is sure to get a passing grade. However, he never turns his assignment in, thanks to a hungry Eddie and Steve, who quickly attempts to cover up the situation by baking the same cake for his mid-term (which is a lot harder than they expected since neither Eddie nor Steve have no experience in baking). Eventually, Waldo finds out and reprimands them for their greed. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette invite Capt. Savage over to their house, but Savage's date Lois (Mariann Aalda) makes Carl suspicious about where he's seen her before and realizes she used to work at a local strip club when he was out on patrol interviewing a potential informant. When Carl tells Capt. Savage about it, he is surprised to find out that Savage already knew and punishes him for it. So now he must confront Harriette for giving him the wrong advice. ||||||||
| 133 | 13 | "An Unlikely Match" | Gregg Heschong | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | January 20, 1995 (1995-01-20) | 456215 | 22.3 |
| Steve learns that a bully, Andre (Lamont Bentley), has become stricken with leukemia, due to smoking cigarettes. Steve does the right thing and puts aside the past and, with Laura's help, stages a bone marrow drive to save his life. When Andre discovers Steve's act of kindness, he is grateful that he gives up being Steve's bully and befriends him. Meanwhile, Harriette wants to get new furniture for the living room, despite the fact that it'll cost $3,000 to do so. Carl, in his usual skinflint form, learns from his boss Capt. Savage that he could get furniture for cheap at a police auction. Harriette is displeased with it and eventually Carl agrees to get their old furniture back. At the end of the episode, in a PSA message, Kellie Shanygne Williams and Jaleel White talk to the audience about bone marrow testing, to help out people diagnosed with leukemia. ||||||||
| 134 | 14 | "The Substitute Son" | Richard Correll | Story by : Reginald VelJohnson Teleplay by : Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | February 3, 1995 (1995-02-03) | 456216 | 20.0 |
| Eddie has no time to spend with Carl, so Waldo decides to spend time with him instead. Once he watches the two spend time with each other and leave for a Chicago Bulls basketball game, Eddie is jealous and takes his anger out on his dirty sack of laundry. When Harriette and Mother Winslow comes in, Eddie blames Waldo for interfering. A furious Harriette disagrees and admonishes her lame-brained son for being selfish. She points out that Eddie deserved to have the favor returned to him for his behavior. When Eddie tries to defend himself, she recalls two previous incidents that proves her point. The first time was when Eddie promised to go bowling with Carl, just to stand him up so the former can go out on his date with a girl from a college bookstore. She also recalls another incident with the car show in which he stood Carl up and never called him to cancel because he was out on a date (which she had found out about from Waldo). Harriette unsympathetically mentions that Eddie only has himself to blame and she wants him to stop taking his father for granted. Mother Winslow's words hit home to Eddie and he feels guilty when he learned the truth in why Carl wanted to spend time with him. After Carl comes home, Eddie apologizes for his actions and promises to spend more time with him. Meanwhile, Steve is beat up by a bunch of ruffians, so he gets his revenge as Bruce Lee Urkel! ||||||||
| 135 | 15 | "The Gun" | John Tracy | Joseph Cvar & Gary Menteer | February 10, 1995 (1995-02-10) | 456214 | 19.7 |
| Gang member Toni Procopio (Tracey Cherelle Jones) and her friends brutally beat Laura up over her jacket. After being arrested and let out on bail, Toni and her gang tell Laura that she can expect to get shot if she testifies against them again. Scared for her life, Laura decides she needs to buy a gun for self-defense, but Steve begs her to reconsider. Moments before Laura can go through with the gun purchase, Toni shoots her other best friend Josie (Trina McGee-Davis) because she refused to give Toni her shoes. Fortunately, the Winslows and Steve start "Save a Life, Turn In Your Gun" and Steve does a rap about saving your life by turning in a gun or other weapons. At the end of the episode, in a PSA message, Kellie Shanygne Williams and Jaleel White, along with the cast of the episode, talk to the audience about having a gun in school is dangerous and how everyone should work together to stop it. Freddie Prinze Jr appears as a tough guy who refuses to give up his gun and also appears in the PSA message at the end of the episode. ||||||||
| 136 | 16 | "Wedding Bell Blues" | Richard Correll | Sheila M. Anthony | February 17, 1995 (1995-02-17) | 456220 | 17.6 |
| Mr. Looney is engaged to be married, but on his wedding day, his bride leaves him at the altar thanks to a jilted ex-lover who comes up with a phony excuse for her to take him back. Humiliated, Mr. Looney contemplates suicide, leaving Steve and Carl to talk him out of it. They do with the help of an old friend of Looney's who works as a police officer and she shows interest in him. Meanwhile, Laura gets upset when her parents won't let her go with her friends to see Seal in Toledo for one night, despite letting Eddie go to Canada for 4 days with people Carl and Harriette don't know. The reason why Carl and Harriett let's Eddie go away for four days, because Eddie is in college and he is over 18 and he doesn't live in the Winslow house anymore and that is why. Soon they see the error of their ways and allow her to go to the concert providing that she keeps a cell phone with her. ||||||||
| 137 | 17 | "Ain't Nothing but an Urkel" | Kelly Sandefur | Stephen Langford | February 24, 1995 (1995-02-24) | 456218 | 18.2 |
| To impress an MIT college recruiter, Steve demonstrates his transformation chamber. Instead of turning into an Albert Einstein variant, he makes himself into Elvis Urkel by mistake. The hunka-hunka-burning Urkel and his blue suede shoes scare the daylights out of the recruiter, which threatens his acceptance into his childhood college. Meanwhile, Pastor Fuller (Johnny Brown) recruit Carl and Harriette to help out a young couple (Spencer Garrett, Heather Morgan) who are fixing to get married. However, while doing so, Carl and Harriette uncover their own problems. ||||||||
| 138 | 18 | "My Uncle, the Hero" | John Tracy | Gary M. Goodrich | March 3, 1995 (1995-03-03) | 456217 | 20.0 |
| Richie's class takes a field trip to the police station, with tour guide Carl trying desperately to keep the dull tour afloat. Soon the class are impressed when he shows a criminal the dangers of his actions if he kills an innocent police officer. Meanwhile, Steve and Laura plan a surprise birthday party for Myra. Of course, she thinks the two are fooling around behind her back. However, Myra soon ruins it when she learns from Waldo that they were planning her surprise birthday party in secret and owes both Steve and Laura an apology. ||||||||
| 139 | 19 | "My Bodyguard" | John Tracy | Felicia D. Henderson | March 17, 1995 (1995-03-17) | 456221 | 18.8 |
| After foiling a robbery attempt by accidentally knocking out the crook with a broom, Steve receives a series of threats from the crook's brother, prompting Carl to become his bodyguard. Meanwhile, Eddie gets a new girlfriend, Greta (Tammy Townsend), who happens to be the daughter of the hard-nosed owner of Mighty Weenie (Ron Canada). So, he tries to be a gentleman to Greta, who tries to seduce him. When he fires Eddie for seemingly seducing Greta into kissing him, she gives her father a piece of her mind and he eventually relents to let her date Eddie. ||||||||
| 140 | 20 | "Cheers Looking at You, Kid" | John Tracy | Bob Illes & James R. Stein | March 24, 1995 (1995-03-24) | 456213 | 17.2 |
| Steve spies on Laura during her latest trip to a cheerleading convention in Omaha, Nebraska. He suspects that her newest boyfriend has less than innocent intentions on her. Meanwhile, Waldo tries getting there by his own inventive way of surprising Maxine at the convention shipping himself to her room in a giant box. However, he needs proofreading skills since he wrote inaccurate mailing addresses and a delivery man shows up at the Winslow House to return the box. ||||||||
| 141 | 21 | "What's Up Doc?" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | March 31, 1995 (1995-03-31) | 456219 | 18.9 |
| After dealing with Steve's antics for six years, the Winslows visit a family psychiatrist (Thom Sharp) to air their grievances about Steve in this clip show... well, Carl, Eddie and Laura do, anyway. However, Harriette is dismayed and tells the psychiatrist that while Steve may seem bothersome at times, he's had plenty of virtues too. When Carl challenges her to name two times, Harriette points out every single kind thing Steve has done for the Winslows, which even Eddie and Laura agree with. ||||||||
| 142 | 22 | "We're Going to Disney World, Part 1" | Richard Correll | Jim Geoghan | April 28, 1995 (1995-04-28) | 456224 | 16.2 |
| Thanks to his transformation chamber, Steve is a semi-finalist in a science competition at Walt Disney World Resort and invites the Winslows along. During the final demonstrations, Steve changes into Stefan and Laura sabotages the machine, forcing the judging of the contest to be delayed three days while Stefan waits for repair parts. In the interim, he and Laura spend a romantic time together. Meanwhile, Carl, having the time of his life, decides to quit the police force and move the family to Orlando. Meanwhile in order to save money, Eddie rides in Waldo's truck from Chicago to Orlando. He ends up being angry at Waldo when he learns he had gone the wrong way and driving to towards Canada (due to Waldo's poor map-reading skills). During one night of the vacation, Stefan proposes to Laura, leading Myra to jolt awake 1,100 miles away in Chicago, sensing something is wrong. ||||||||
| 143 | 23 | "We're Going to Disney World, Part 2" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox Jr. | May 5, 1995 (1995-05-05) | 456225 | 17.8 |
| Myra arrives at Disney World to find Stefan engaged to Laura. Upset by Myra's heartbroken reaction, Laura confesses her sabotage and hoping Stefan would stay this way. He is angry at her for her selfish behavior in sabotaging his chamber and reprimands her for it. Stefan tells Laura, he can't marry her because of her actions in hurting both him and Myra. He later forgives her when she urges him to fix the chamber and turn back into Steve. Meanwhile, Carl weighs the gravity of his decision to move to Orlando, being relaxed in Disney World. Harriette tricks him into believing Capt. Savage has replaced him in his precinct and their neighbors wouldn't miss them. Aghast, he decides to return home, until he learns she tricked him. In Canada, Eddie and Waldo pick up a female hitchhiker who ends up stealing Waldo's truck. ||||||||
| 144 | 24 | "They Shoot Urkels, Don't They?" | John Tracy | Story by : Stephen Langford Teleplay by : Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | May 12, 1995 (1995-05-12) | 456223 | 15.7 |
| Steve and Carl enter a dance marathon hosted by Fletcher (Whitman Mayo, replacing Arnold Johnson) and Estelle, but because the two are so competitive with each other, they both stay up all night dancing until one of them finally gives up. However, Harriette and Myra are sick of their competition and leave them on the dance floor. Soon Steve and Carl realize the consequences of their competitive nature and apologize to each other, even Harriette and Myra. Note: All-4-One appear as themselves and perform "(She's Got) Skillz". ||||||||
| 145 | 25 | "Home Sweet Home" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | May 19, 1995 (1995-05-19) | 456222 | 13.2 |
| Steve's father invents a microscopic camera that lets doctors insert it into patient's brains to search for brain damage. He is asked to showcase the camera in hospitals across Russia, prompting them to move. Steve, not wanting to move away from his friends, tries to think of an idea. Carl, not wanting the nerd to move in with him, convinces Eddie to let Steve move in with him and Waldo. However, when his mutant termites are a little too hungry, they break loose and eat the entire apartment (thanks to Waldo unwittingly dropping the container when trying to get his jacket). Once their apartment is destroyed, Eddie and Waldo are forced to move back home. Meanwhile as a reward for straight A's, Harriette and Maxine shop for a dress for Laura, but Laura dislikes it and learns to compromise with Maxine. When Eddie moves back home, Steve comes for a visit one last time to bid the Winslows farewell. Carl is excited at the prospects of having Steve move to Russia and greedily decides to bid him farewell. However, when Eddie uses the same convincing against him, Carl reluctantly decides to allow Steve to move in with them. Special Guest Star: Lark Voorhies ||||||||

### Season 7 (1995–96)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 146 | 1 | "Little Big Guy" | Richard Correll | Fred Rubin | September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22) | 457101 | 19.3 |
| Steve's transformation chamber is going berserk. He and Carl are shrunk to two inches tall, and as a result must work together to dodge hazards such as rolling fruit and large house cats. ||||||||
| 147 | 2 | "The Naked and the Nerdy" | Richard Correll | Stephen Langford | September 29, 1995 (1995-09-29) | 457102 | 17.2 |
| Steve and Laura accidentally see each other naked in the bathroom, and are embarrassed to speak to each other afterward. Eddie wisely helps them out by telling Steve and Laura of his own experience in catching Carl and Harriette naked as a child. Meanwhile, Carl does a favor for his neighbor, Larry Johnson (Spencer Garrett), in the form of keeping his wife's gift (a diamond bracelet) hidden at his home. However, when Harriette mistakes it as her anniversary gift, Carl must set things straight. ||||||||
| 148 | 3 | "Bugged" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. | October 13, 1995 (1995-10-13) | 457103 | 15.7 |
| Steve fights temptation as he fantasizes about a beautiful bug collector (Amy Hunter) he met in an online chat room. He worries that his desire to kiss her will interfere with his relationship with Myra and seeks Laura's advice. When Laura encourages him to tell Myra, he refuses imagining her anger and jealousy. Meanwhile, Harriette asks Carl to allow her boss, Nick Neidermeyer (Ron Orbach), to participate in his weekly poker game. However, he acts very rude when he keeps winning, testing Carl's patience particularly since her standing at work may be on the line. Harriette loses her patience with Nick and tells him off that she won't tolerate his disrespectful behavior. She dares him to fire her, only for him to reveal a shocking surprise: He can't fire Harriette! It turns out Nick had been transferred to the automotive department, allowing both her and Carl to get revenge on him by throwing a pie in his face. The other poker players applaud as Carl escorts Nick out of his home. Later on, Carl and his friends are enjoying playing poker with Harriette. ||||||||
| 149 | 4 | "Teacher's Pet" | Richard Correll | Stephen Langford | October 20, 1995 (1995-10-20) | 457108 | 16.3 |
| Steve is asked to supervise an English class for his absent teacher, but the students in the class are unruly and have no intention of learning. They eventually embarrass the nerd and push him to the point where he wants to quit. However, Steve has an ace up his sleeve – Stefan Urquelle, who immediately takes control of the class and helps one student with a date for the homecoming dance. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette bicker over each other's share of the household chores. However, hiring extra help, particularly, attractive members of the opposite sex only exacerbates matters. In the end, Carl and Harriette agree to divide the housework more fairly. ||||||||
| 150 | 5 | "Walking My Baby Back Home" | Richard Correll | Gary M. Goodrich | October 27, 1995 (1995-10-27) | 457107 | 14.6 |
| When Eddie brings new girlfriend Greta (Tammy Townsend) home after curfew, her father (Ron Canada) refuses to allow her to see him for a month. Eddie wants to see Greta again, so he arranges for Steve to act as his go-between, but that only lands Steve in trouble because of an unexpected flat tire. However, when Mr. McClure finds out again, Eddie is fired when he accepts responsibility for himself rather than let Steve take the fall. Steve calls out Mr. McClure for his brash actions and tells him off, saying that if Mr. McClure is the kind of person who fires people for being responsible for their actions, Steve refuses to work for him at Mighty Weenie again. Mr. McClure agrees to allow Eddie and Greta to date again, after one month. Meanwhile, Estelle is audited by the Internal Revenue Service, and Carl finds himself in trouble with the tax man as well when he tries to help her straighten the matter out. ||||||||
| 151 | 6 | "She's Back" | Joel Zwick | Jim Geoghan | November 3, 1995 (1995-11-03) | 457110 | 17.9 |
| Steve goes to Russia to visit his parents for a week, giving the Winslows a few days of not to be pestered by him. However, Myrtle shows up, hungrier than ever for Eddie's affections. Only this time, Myrtle has to get through Greta first. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette must deal with a broken garbage disposal. ||||||||
| 152 | 7 | "Hot Rods to Heck" | Joel Zwick | Fred Fox, Jr. | November 10, 1995 (1995-11-10) | 457111 | 17.9 |
| Steve finds himself competing with another in a long line of Laura's boyfriends, this time drag racer Curtis Williams. Eventually, the two get on each other's nerves so much that Steve is left with no choice but to tune up his Isetta (apparently, repaired from last season's accident) and challenge the big-talking Curtis to a winner-take-all race. Soon Myra is fed up with Laura's selfishness and reprimands her for it. She reveals Steve's real reason he's competing in the race, which makes Laura feel guilty for taking their friendship for granted. Even though Steve wins the race, he is nearly injured and she sets Curtis straight for not informing her of the dangers of drag racing. Afterwards, Laura apologizes to Steve and Myra for her poor judgment. Meanwhile, Eddie learns how to compromise between him living at home and inviting his friends over at home. ||||||||
| 153 | 8 | "Talk's Cheap" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | November 17, 1995 (1995-11-17) | 457113 | 17.5 |
| Steve, his southern belle cousin Myrtle Urkel, and the nerd's alter-ego, Stefan Urquelle, each appear on a talk show (the host played by Jo Marie Payton's Perfect Strangers co-star Melanie Wilson) to discuss relationships. Appearing with them are the objects of each one's affections: Myra, Eddie and Laura. Waldo also tags along, but this time, what he says actually makes sense. Also, Harriette believes Carl cares more about the news than her, but it's soon revealed that he only likes watching the news in order to cope with his lack of romantic drive. ||||||||
| 154 | 9 | "Struck By Lightning" | Joel Zwick | Jim Geoghan | November 24, 1995 (1995-11-24) | 457104 | 14.7 |
| For some reason, Steve becomes a human lightning rod and soon develops an intense fear of thunderstorms. Meanwhile, Laura and Myra both apply for sales clerk jobs at Ferguson's Dept. Store, but only one position is available. Both annoy each other as they audition for the job. Eventually, Mr. Waxman chooses Laura for the job. She refuses and believes her mother had something to do with his decision. Mr. Waxman explains that Harriette had nothing to do with his decision. He admits even though Myra had higher sales, she also got twice as many returned items because the customers perceive her as conceited and ignorant to their feelings with her lies. Waxman also tells Laura that she cares about the customers' feelings and therefore she deserves the job. At the house, Carl and Harriette encourage Steve to experiment on himself, which is later revealed that due to his constant uses of his transformation chamber that he has produced an unlimited quantity of iron. Despite warning Carl to leave the jar containing the iron inside the house, he ignores it and is electrocuted. Carl ends up chasing Steve around again. ||||||||
| 155 | 10 | "Best Years of Our Lives" | Joel Zwick | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | December 8, 1995 (1995-12-08) | 457106 | 18.0 |
| Steve is put in charge of the senior class homecoming float and despite some bumbling by the nerd and his classmates, the float becomes a huge success. Even better, everyone starts to get to really know one another, and that's something everyone can be proud of, even if Steve ruins the float when transporting it to school. Meanwhile, Estelle's constant activities fear Carl about her health until he learns why. ||||||||
| 156 | 11 | "Fa La La La Laagghh!" | Richard Correll | Meg DeLoatch | December 15, 1995 (1995-12-15) | 457114 | 17.7 |
| Just in time for Christmas, Carl gets in a sour mood and refuses to allow Steve to decorate the house with his crazy light displays. Then, at his poker game, one of his friends says there is a big cash prize for the neighborhood lighting contest, and Carl's mood instantly changes, which Steve has no idea about. Soon he learns the truth after they come crashing down in the kitchen. An angry Steve sets Carl straight for lying to him and being greedy in wanting to win the prize money, rather than make children happy. Meanwhile, Harriette wants a little more participation from Eddie and Laura in the family's holiday activities. Estelle teaches them the true meaning of Christmas when she stops making her batch of gingerbread cookies. Feeling guilty about their behavior, Eddie and Laura decide to help Harriette out with the activities. ||||||||
| 157 | 12 | "Friendship Cycles" | Joel Zwick | Sheila M. Anthony | January 5, 1996 (1996-01-05) | 457105 | 19.2 |
| Carl is once again pressed into service to teach Steve how to do something simple this time: riding a bicycle. The usual hijinks ensue. Maxine ponders cosmetology school and although Laura is against it, she realizes her friend's happiness is more important. Note: This episode is dedicated to Palmer Brown, Men's costume department who passed away from AIDS. ||||||||
| 158 | 13 | "South of the Border" | Richard Correll | Joseph Cvar & Gary Menteer | January 12, 1996 (1996-01-12) | 457109 | 20.0 |
| Waldo learns about the laws of a tiny island nation the hard way. It lands him in jail and causes Eddie, Steve, and Carl to have to make a long-distance trip to bail their buddy out, and Carl won't pay a $10,000 bail which he thinks is $10,000 American dollars, which is really $30 American dollars (which nobody learns until much later, when Steve asks the leader about it). Meanwhile, Harriette organizes a blind date for Laura with a guy majoring in Geology, Junior. She refuses to go on the date and believes he will be a nerd (due to her own relationship with Steve). Later, she meets a handsome pizza delivery guy named David, whom she wishes that she was on a date with instead of Junior. However, when Junior arrives, it is revealed that he is David. Laura happily goes out with him. ||||||||
| 159 | 14 | "Life in the Fast Lane" | Joel Zwick | Gregory Thomas Garcia | January 26, 1996 (1996-01-26) | 457112 | 19.2 |
| Laura, concerned about her figure, begins taking diet pills because the new head cheerleader told her she was fat and needs to lose weight. One day, Steve mistakes the pills for Vitamin C, which he had been borrowing from Laura, and goes into a stupor that nearly results in the Winslow garage being destroyed and the nerd almost seriously injuring himself. Soon, Harriette tells her to drop the diet pills because she thinks the cheerleaders are just jealous of how great she looks. ||||||||
| 160 | 15 | "Random Acts of Science" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | February 2, 1996 (1996-02-02) | 457116 | 20.4 |
| When Steve's contraptions go haywire once too often, Carl demands that the nerd must put every single invention in storage. On the night that they go about putting everything away at the Chicago Police Warehouse, a street gang (known as Satan's Serpents) breaks in in an attempt to steal the stored weapons and holds both Carl and Steve hostage. Steve tells the gang that the transformation chamber works with the green liquid, "Bruce Juice", but he tricked them into thinking that it was anyone other than Bruce Lee. Both Carl and Steve enter the chamber and are transformed into figures similar to Bruce Lee (Bruce Lee Urkel and Bruce Lee Winslow). Meanwhile, Laura weighs in the possibility of getting a Nose ring, but later decides she's better off without one. ||||||||
| 161 | 16 | "Tips for a Better Life" | Joel Zwick | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | February 9, 1996 (1996-02-09) | 457121 | 16.6 |
| After Steve accidentally damages Carl's master bedroom floor with his latest invention, Carl selfishly yells at Steve. Steve decides to takes a second job at Cafe Java in order to pay for it and transforms into his alter ego Stefan Urquelle, not wanting to be banished by Carl, and playing smooth jazz, giving the Winslows a few nights of not being pestered by him. Meanwhile, Eddie battles the bottle as he begins coming home drunk from frat parties. After doing so one too many times, Carl kicks him out. His situation turns worse when Waldo refuses to let Eddie to move in with him, as he had previously insulted and hurt Waldo while intoxicated. Waldo tells Eddie off for this and breaks off their friendship until he agrees to stop drinking, saying that anyone who drinks and insults others are no friends of his. This causes Eddie to finally get the message and vow to give up drinking; he reconciles with Waldo, and Carl allows him to stay home again. ||||||||
| 162 | 17 | "Swine Lake" | Joel Zwick | Stephen Langford | February 16, 1996 (1996-02-16) | 457120 | 18.1 |
| To improve his basketball skills, Eddie (with Greta's encouragement) takes ballet lessons. Steve and Waldo are enjoying a few yuks, which embarrasses Eddie. The two are all set to perform as partners in a recital, but there's one problem: Steve's cousin Myrtle. Later on, Greta soon shows up with her hands cuffed to a sink, due to Myrtle's tampering. Meanwhile, after accidentally being called "grandmother" by Laura's latest boyfriend, Curtis, Harriette tries dressing herself in youthful clothes in order to feel young, but later decides to dress like herself when Carl tells her she still looks young in his eyes. ||||||||
| 163 | 18 | "My Big Brother" | Richard Correll | Fred Rubin | February 23, 1996 (1996-02-23) | 457122 | 18.6 |
| Steve becomes a Big Brother to a smart-talking, streetwise nine-year-old named 3J (Orlando Brown). However, 3J's bravado is a cover for an embarrassing secret: The boy cannot read. So Steve decides to teach him, but 3J refuses, fearing he will break his promise like the other Big Brothers he had. Steve reassures him that isn't like the others and he always kept his promises. Meanwhile, Carl finds out that Harriette has a separate savings account, making him question his faith in his own wife and later regrets it when he learns about his surprise present she bought for him. ||||||||
| 164 | 19 | "Eau de love" | Richard Correll | Fred Rubin | March 8, 1996 (1996-03-08) | 457117 | 18.8 |
| Steve accidentally pours his aphrodisiac potion (a.k.a. Woo Woo Juice) on himself, causing Laura to fall in love with him. However, Steve knows he still has plenty of work to do to make the girl of his dreams truly fall in love with him once the potion wears off in a week. Until that time, he must hide the smell and Laura's amorous affections from Myra. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette are having trouble trying to get to their second honeymoon thanks to a bankrupt airline and a lot of snow. ||||||||
| 165 | 20 | "Twinkle Toes Faldo" | Joel Zwick | Felicia D. Henderson | March 15, 1996 (1996-03-15) | 457115 | 17.5 |
| In the second ballet-based episode of the season, this time it is klutzy Waldo who learns tap dance, which in turn will help him in 3-on-3 basketball with Eddie and Steve. Meanwhile, Laura's high ambitions of going to Harvard University are in jeopardy when Carl's unable to pay the tuition. However, Laura soon realizes the truth and offers to go to another college just to be closer to home. ||||||||
| 166 | 21 | "Scammed" | Richard Correll | Gary M. Goodrich | March 29, 1996 (1996-03-29) | 457118 | 15.8 |
| A smooth-talking scam artist (Mark L. Taylor) cons Eddie and Waldo into patronizing an exclusive sports bar (the Ace High Lounge) where the Chicago Bulls hang out. After ignoring Steve's warning not to go inside because he suspected foul play, the con-man leaves them with an expensive bill and Eddie must get help from Carl, but not without instructing Waldo to lie to him to borrow money instead, hoping to avoid confessing to his father. Carl, however, is smart enough to know better and forces Waldo to confess to what happened. He has the con-man and his employees arrested. Meanwhile, Myra tries to help Laura with an all-natural zit-removal mask using cooking ingredients, but mistakes Steve's super glue for milk. When Steve comes home and finds out, he and Myra must get the mask removed from Laura's face before her date arrives. ||||||||
| 167 | 22 | "Dream Date" | Joel Zwick | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | April 26, 1996 (1996-04-26) | 457124 | 13.7 |
| While getting ready for the senior prom, Vice Principal Mallet requests to Steve that he not come to the prom since he ruined the last one, but Steve decides to go anyway. Meanwhile, Laura is excited about going to the prom. However, since Curtis' grandmother had just died and Myra fell ill at the last moment, Steve and Laura are unable to go to the prom. So, they decide to go together and it proves to be Laura's dream come true—and a once-in-a-lifetime night for Steve as well. Meanwhile, Harriette's obnoxious former boss, Nick Neidermeyer, returns. This time, he's the Winslows' next-door neighbor. He orders Carl to take down his fence, but Carl won't do it. This leads into a neighbor vs. neighbor battle, until Harriette sets them straight by telling them to help each other instead of fighting. Nick insults Carl, leading the former to be covered in manure. ||||||||
| 168 | 23 | "A Ham Is Born" | Joel Zwick | Gregory Thomas Garcia | May 10, 1996 (1996-05-10) | 457119 | 11.7 |
| To bring in extra income into the Winslow household, Carl gets a job as a security guard at a movie studio. In the process, he lands a leading role in a movie, but then has a moral dilemma on his hands: With a passionate kissing scene in the script, should he risk developing real feelings for his gorgeous co-star (Garcelle Beauvais). Meanwhile, Steve helps Richie with his science project. ||||||||
| 169 | 24 | "Send In the Clone" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | May 17, 1996 (1996-05-17) | 457123 | 12.0 |
| Steve's cloning machine can make exact duplicates of anything; including himself, causing double trouble throughout the household and putting Myra in a frenzy. When Laura shows up and puts the two Steves in place, she gives out her own opinion in how Steve created a monster with his cloning machine. When the real Steve thinks there is no solution, Laura offers him a smart idea. Still missing Stefan, she suggests that Steve put the clone into the transformation chamber and make the alter-ego Stefan a permanent human. Steve likes this idea and puts the clone in the chamber. The idea is successful with Laura getting Stefan back, while Steve is able to save his own relationship with Myra. ||||||||

### Season 8 (1996–97)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 170 | 1 | "Paris Vacation, Part 1" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | September 20, 1996 (1996-09-20) | 465301 | 15.4 |
| 171 | 2 | "Paris Vacation, Part 2" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | September 20, 1996 (1996-09-20) | 465302 | 15.4 |
| The Winslows travel to Paris, France with the help of Steve's teleportation device, the Urk-Pad. There, Eddie has to work at a restaurant to avoid going to jail, while Stefan and Laura become models. Meanwhile, Steve is seduced by Nicole, a lovely French girl, whose cohort (Gilbert) is out to steal the teleporter.Stefan and Laura participate in a fashion show, while Nicole and Gilbert capture Steve and hold him hostage inside the Paris Opera House, where he is forced to build a new teleporter. ||||||||
| 172 | 3 | "Paris Vacation, Part 3" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | September 27, 1996 (1996-09-27) | 465303 | 15.1 |
| When Steve finds out he will be killed when the Urk-Pad is finished, Nicole turns for Steve, and Carl rescues Steve. Soon after, Gilbert chases Carl, Nicole, and Steve throughout the city. They split up at the Eiffel Tower and Steve is thrown off by Gilbert, who is arrested by the French police. Down on the ground Carl and Nicole activate the Urk-pad under Steve while he is falling to teleport him to Chicago and save him. After going back to the Winslows' house, Myra tells Steve that it is a dream come true. At the end, Stefan decides to fulfill his career as a model, and stays in Paris. ||||||||
| 173 | 4 | "Movin' On" | Richard Correll | Gregory Thomas Garcia & Fred Rubin | October 4, 1996 (1996-10-04) | 465304 | 14.3 |
| Steve finally enrolls in BIT, the Boston Institute of Technology, a fictional prestigious college (a spoof of MIT), which is miles away from Chicago. At first, the Winslows are happy to finally be get rid of the pesky nerd by giving themselves the whole nerd-free days again since Carl is sick and tired of Steve damaging his house and bothering him countless times, but then take pity on him when they learn he is homesick. Meanwhile, Laura (who has recently reached adulthood) moves into an apartment with Myra, but Myra's strange personality makes it hard for Laura to live with her. ||||||||
| 174 | 5 | "3J in the House" | Richard Correll | Meg DeLoatch | October 11, 1996 (1996-10-11) | 465305 | 13.2 |
| Orphaned 3J sneaks into the Winslows' attic, afraid that he may be forced to move to another orphanage. Harriette suggests to Carl that they adopt 3J, noting that beneath that sometime smart-mouthed demeanor lies a sweet, innocent young boy who is pining for a family. ||||||||
| 175 | 6 | "Getting Buff" | Richard Correll | Stephen Langford | October 18, 1996 (1996-10-18) | 465306 | 14.7 |
| Eddie argues to his girlfriend about her modeling when Steve sees Greta nude in Laura's art class, only for Laura to reveal the shocking truth that Greta's father cut her off financially if she continues dating Eddie, so she chose Eddie over her father's money. Meanwhile, Neidermeyer takes Richie and 3J's football and he refuses to give it back. Nick is soon in for a hard lesson in respecting people's property when he is nearly arrested for trying to break into his own home. ||||||||
| 176 | 7 | "Stevil" | Richard Correll | Gregory Thomas Garcia & Fred Rubin | October 25, 1996 (1996-10-25) | 465309 | 15.2 |
| A ventriloquist's dummy, which looks exactly like Steve, comes to life and terrorizes the Winslows, and Steve must stop it. ||||||||
| 177 | 8 | "Karate Kids" | Richard Correll | Joseph Cvar & Gary Menteer | November 1, 1996 (1996-11-01) | 465307 | 14.6 |
| A street gang, known as "The Piranhas", has intimidated Richie and 3J from playing at the local park, and when Steve tries to intervene, he is quickly roughed up. The street gang begin celebrating their possible new place to deal drugs and play rap music until Bruce Lee Urkel (and similar Richie and 3J variants) show up to even the score. Meanwhile, after slipping in the Winslows home, Nick fakes needing a wheelchair and threatens to sue Carl. However, his plans are foiled when Harriette and Eddie exploit his scam, via a recording of him running out of the house in a fake fire. After being exposed for his scam, the Winslows send Nick on his way out. ||||||||
| 178 | 9 | "Home Again" | Richard Correll | Story by : Stephen Langford & Jaleel White Teleplay by : Stephen Langford | November 8, 1996 (1996-11-08) | 465308 | 15.4 |
| Steve reunites Stefan and Laura. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette try to spend time alone but are constantly interrupted by Richie and 3J. New Edition guest stars. ||||||||
| 179 | 10 | "Nightmare at Urkel Oaks" | Kelly Sandefur | Gary M. Goodrich | November 15, 1996 (1996-11-15) | 465310 | 15.2 |
| Eddie has a nightmare where he's the reluctant groom to Myrtle Urkel. When Eddie refuses to marry Myrtle, her wealthy father (Reginald VelJohnson in a dual role) steps in and bribes him with $10 million. Greta comes and crashes the wedding. After the nightmare, Eddie tells Steve that he will not marry anyone for money, no matter how much he's bribed. Meanwhile, Harriette tries to get Carl to go on a diet again. ||||||||
| 180 | 11 | "Chick-a-Boom" | Joel Zwick | Fred Rubin | November 22, 1996 (1996-11-22) | 465311 | 14.4 |
| Carl once again hopes to impress Police Commissioner Geiss (Dick O'Neill) with a full-course banquet. Myra steps forward and volunteers to cook a stuffed chicken-type dish for dinner. However, things start to get explosive when she mistakes Steve's mini fireworks for pepper, causing the Chickens to blow up after Eddie's band plays "Roll out the Barrel", triggering the explosions. Harriette chastises Carl for holding the dinner only to impress Geiss as well as cutting corners like making the kids work. Meanwhile, 3J encourages Richie to perform a scam to get enough money to go to the movies. ||||||||
| 181 | 12 | "The Jury" | Joel Zwick | Gregory Thomas Garcia | December 6, 1996 (1996-12-06) | 465312 | 13.4 |
| Steve and Carl are selected to serve on a jury for a store robbery suspect. Steve is the only one who is convinced that the evidence is not what it seems and proves whose really guilty of robbing the store that leads to the head of security's arrest. Meanwhile, 3J believes he is being sent back to the orphanage, so he begins working in the house and causes problems. Harriette convinces him that when she and Carl adopted him, he'll always have a home with them. ||||||||
| 182 | 13 | "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" | Gregg Heschong | Meg DeLoatch & Gary M. Goodrich | December 13, 1996 (1996-12-13) | 465313 | 14.8 |
| Steve and Carl search for a Christmas tree from within the Wisconsin woods, but wind up getting lost. Carl is annoyed and freezing, but Steve's knowledge of astronomy saves the two from becoming icicles on Christmas. Meanwhile, Laura is caught in a love triangle with Stefan and Curtis and must decide once and for all to whom she is most loyal. ||||||||
| 183 | 14 | "Revenge of the Nerd" | Gregg Heschong | Jim Geoghan | January 3, 1997 (1997-01-03) | 465314 | 15.17 |
| Laura is invited to join a sorority and is excited about becoming a member, until she learns that they constantly ridicule Steve (and all nerds for that matter) and plan to crown him "king geek" at their annual "Geek Party". Laura refuses to join the sorority until they change their policy around Steve. Also, after realizing how his feud with Nick Neidermeyer has become a bad influence on the kids, Carl attempts to see how well they can be as friends. This eventually reveals Nick's own jealousy over Carl for having a wonderful family, while he was ditched by his wife. Meanwhile, Steve breaks up with Myra, believing that she's moving their relationship too fast and demanding a marriage. He learns a hard lesson in staying true to his current steady after being tempted with a beautiful woman named Allison (Sanaa Lathan). ||||||||
| 184 | 15 | "Love Triangle" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | January 17, 1997 (1997-01-17) | 465316 | 16.88 |
| With Waldo having broken off his long-standing relationship with Maxine, Laura encourages her heartbroken best friend to begin dating once again. Maxine soon comes home with none other than Curtis, Laura's ex. The two get into a huge pie fight as a result, and Steve, Carl, and Eddie get in it too, but then Stefan and Steve convinces them to compromise. Meanwhile, Carl becomes concerned about Estelle's babysitting habits and tries to get her to compromise. Estelle reminds him of his childhood when his own grandparents spoiled him and his brothers. Carl learns a valuable lesson in respecting her decision when he is reminded that parents have to be firm with their children, but grandparents are allowed to bend the rules and spoil them. ||||||||
| 185 | 16 | "Father Time" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | January 31, 1997 (1997-01-31) | 465317 | 13.45 |
| Steve and Carl use a time transporting device to travel back in time. Despite Steve's warnings not to tamper with the past, Carl leaves a note for himself to make investments in stocks that will skyrocket. When Carl and Steve return to the present, they find out that Carl is the richest man in the world, worth about $247 billion. Although excited at first when he comes inside the penthouse, Carl quickly learns there are consequences in altering the past, especially when he finds out that the Winslows are more miserable than before. He finds out that he has not hugged Estelle in years and Harriette is divorcing him due to his negligence. Carl sees Steve depressed over learning that not only Eddie and Laura have never existed, but also that the Winslows never adopted 3J. After fixing the past, Carl learns a valuable lesson in being the richest man because of his family and not out of money. ||||||||
| 186 | 17 | "Beauty and the Beast" | Richard Correll | Meg DeLoatch & Gary M. Goodrich | February 7, 1997 (1997-02-07) | 465320 | 13.88 |
| The ladies (including Myrtle Urkel) enter the 4th Annual Miss Downtown Chicago Beauty Pageant, hosted by Emmanuel Lewis. Cutthroat tactics and all sorts of similar antics ensue, especially by Myrtle to get Eddie's heart. ||||||||
| 187 | 18 | "Le Jour d'amour" | Richard Correll | Stephen Langford | February 14, 1997 (1997-02-14) | 465321 | 13.61 |
| Steve hosts three Valentine's Day short stories involving various members of the cast going through the three stages of love. At the end of the episode, he gets his own Valentine's surprise in Myra dressed as Cupid. First Love: Richie and 3J vie for the affections of the same girl (Kyla Pratt).True Love: Eddie and Greta run into, Oneisha, one of Eddie's ex-girlfriends from high school. Eddie then performs a love song he wrote for Greta.Lasting Love: Carl is accused of buying Harriette the same gifts for Valentine's Day as in years past. To make it up, Carl bakes Harriette's favorite chocolate chip cookies, drives cross-country to buy actual flowers and make a homemade Valentine's Day card. ||||||||
| 188 | 19 | "What Do You Know?" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | February 28, 1997 (1997-02-28) | 465319 | 14.18 |
| After Steve refuses to attend a game show called "What Do You Know?" in Eddie's place and tells him off to study for the show, he pays Steve back by getting into the transformation chamber to transform Eddie Winslow into Eddie Urkel to gain Steve's smarts to clean up on the show. However, Eddie learns a hard lesson about studying and working hard when Steve shows up as one of his opponents to stop him. Meanwhile, Maxine invites Laura to see Blackstreet & Dr. Dre in concert, but it just so happens to be on the same night that Laura promised Carl that she would spend some time with him. When Carl finds out and with his feelings are hurt, Maxine wisely gives up her ticket so he and Laura can go to see Blackstreet together. ||||||||
| 189 | 20 | "Odd Man In" | Joel Zwick | Fred Fox, Jr. | March 14, 1997 (1997-03-14) | 465315 | 14.24 |
| Both father and son have a lesson in appreciation for others. Harriette is invited to participate in Carl's poker night and cleans up. When he refuses to let her play again, he learns a hard lesson in showing appreciation for Harriette. Meanwhile, Steve fills in for Eddie as peanut vendor at Soldier Field (while the latter is at a bikini model shoot), but thanks to the nerd's clumsiness, things go as one would expect. In the aftermath, Eddie loses his job and blames Steve (even going as far as to break off their friendship). When Steve is hurt, Laura is furious and talks with him about it. When Eddie tries to defend himself, she reprimands him for being selfish and points out Steve was nice enough to take time off his own schedule to cover for Eddie. Laura mentions if this is how he will continue behaving and refuse to take responsibility for himself in the loss of his job, then he doesn't deserve Steve as a friend. She ends the argument by mentioning that Steve is better off with having her as a friend because at least she does appreciate him. Eddie realizes his actions was wrong and apologizes for his actions. ||||||||
| 190 | 21 | "Flirting With Disaster" | Richard Correll | Story by : Darius McCrary Teleplay by : Fred Rubin | March 28, 1997 (1997-03-28) | 465318 | 12.57 |
| Steve becomes dismayed after learning he is responsible for Carl's homeowner's insurance skyrocketing (thanks to the nerd's clumsiness), and decides to move out. However, Carl saves the day when he makes his insurance agent (George Wyner) believe that Steve will be his next door neighbor in an apartment complex that he lives in. Meanwhile, Eddie learns that it is best to act your age and remain loyal to your current steady when he falls head over heels in love with an older woman. ||||||||
| 191 | 22 | "Pound Foolish" | Jason Bateman | Stephen Langford & Fred Rubin | April 25, 1997 (1997-04-25) | 465323 | 10.71 |
| Steve's Aunt Oona (Donna Summer) returns from Altoona for another visit, this time seeking help in losing weight in order to impress Reverend Fuller (Rif Hutton). It turns out that she had gained a high amount of weight from eating so much at the ham shop she worked at. The nerd suggests his new weight compression chamber, and she loses weight, but soon, Oona regains her weight in an instant. However, when the Reverend visits the Winslow household, he tells Oona that he had liked her just the way she was, admitting his preference for BBWs. Meanwhile, Eddie teaches 3J his methods for getting a girl to notice him. ||||||||
| 192 | 23 | "The Brother Who Came to Dinner" | Richard Correll | Reginald VelJohnson | May 2, 1997 (1997-05-02) | 465322 | 10.68 |
| Carl's estranged brother Frank (Ted Lange) comes to visit with a devastating secret: He's in trouble with the law. Even worse, Carl is the one who's assigned to bring him into custody. Carl faces a big moral dilemma as he considers loyalty to his job over fixing a long-broken relationship with his brother whom he's still angry with for not attending their father's funeral. Eventually, he realizes family comes first and decides to help Frank out. Meanwhile, after accidentally breaking Laura's laptop computer, Steve and Eddie try to win $3,000 towards getting a new laptop at the carnival. Steve's latest invention a belt shield, might give Eddie a boost against "Butterball" (Tony Longo). However when his latest invention overheats and Eddie is knocked out, Steve challenges "Butterball" himself and subsequently wins (using the techniques to outwit bullies). ||||||||
| 193 | 24 | "A Pirate's Life for Me" | Joel Zwick | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | May 9, 1997 (1997-05-09) | 465324 | 11.39 |
| Steve gives Carl the opportunity to sail a 1700s vessel through Steve's time travel watch. Unfortunately, the vessel they boarded was owned by pirates. Carl was promoted to captain due to the previous captain's lack of hygiene. However, Steve accidentally drops his time travel watch overboard. Fortunately, Myra (along with Maxine and Laura) comes to the rescue with a copy of Steve's time travel watch. However, the crew turns on Steve and Carl after Carl's rules for the pirates. They all engage in a sword duel and are prompted to walk the plank but escape through the watch at the right time and return home where they are late for dinner. This was the last episode on ABC, as the show would move to CBS the next season. ||||||||

### Season 9 (1997–98)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 194 | 1 | "Out With the Old" | Joel Zwick | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19) | 466451 | 8.40 |
| Steve decides that he needs to give himself a whole new look, somewhat similar to alter ego Stefan Urquelle, in order to win Laura's heart. The makeover comes just in time for Laura's charity auction, where bachelors' kisses are auctioned. Eddie makes $5,000 because of Myrtle's bids. When nobody bids on the nerd, Laura, reluctantly, makes the one and only bid on Steve's kisses. This ending foreshadows the changing relationship between Steve and Laura as Laura seems to enjoy the kiss much more than she expected. Meanwhile, Carl gets upset when he learns Harriette is making more money than him after a promotion, so Carl takes a second job to become the breadwinner again. However, he once again regrets it when he learns that Harriette had been planning a birthday gift surprise. This was the first episode on CBS, after eight seasons on ABC. ||||||||
| 195 | 2 | "They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?" | Joel Zwick | Jim Geoghan | September 26, 1997 (1997-09-26) | 466452 | 8.07 |
| Carl promises to go hunting with Steve but would rather go hunting with Commissioner Geiss. Unbeknownst, Steve meets with them at a small pond. Steve refuses let Carl or Geiss kill the ducks which angers Carl and disappoints Geiss. That is until Geiss sees the ducks escorting their duckings across the pond and realized Steve was right to stop them. Meanwhile, Laura "borrows" her mom's diamond earrings for a night at the Sizzle Club, yet comes home shocked to find out that one of the earrings is missing. Harriette later picks up the missing earring and reprimands Laura for not confessing to using her earrings without permission. When Myra learns that Steve had gotten a makeover against her wishes, she tells him to return to the sexy nerd she loves so much. ||||||||
| 196 | 3 | "Dumb Belle of the Ball" | Joel Zwick | Fred Fox, Jr. | October 3, 1997 (1997-10-03) | 466453 | 8.58 |
| Ending up in the hospital after saving Eddie from getting hit by an oncoming car, Myrtle is thrilled when Eddie promises to take her to the Biloxi Debutante Ball, and teaching the others, including Big Daddy, why Myrtle deserves to be there. Meanwhile, Laura upsets Carl when she goes out to the Sizzle Club in a thin, tight dress after promising to change into anything that was less revealing. She soon realizes how much she has hurt Carl after watching an episode of Extra. ||||||||
| 197 | 4 | "Drinking and Jiving" | Joel Zwick | Gary M. Goodrich | October 10, 1997 (1997-10-10) | 466454 | 8.68 |
| Laura and Maxine go to a fraternity party and Laura ditches her goody-two-shoes reputation by having her first beer, along with her second and third. Steve arrives to stop this nonsense and gets a drunken Laura home. There, she gives Steve a huge kiss. In the morning, Steve mentions the kiss to Laura, yet she claims that she doesn't remember. When Maxine asks about it, Laura admitted she lied and remembered the kiss. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette have separate wedding anniversary plans and both tell Eddie about their plans. Then, once they both find out about each other's plans, they start to fight, forcing one of them to reconsider their plans. Eddie wisely tells them to compromise instead of fighting with one another. This leads to Carl hiring a blimp to pronounce his love for Harriette and wishing her a Happy Anniversary while they're on a cruise. ||||||||
| 198 | 5 | "Who's Afraid of the Big Black Book?" | Joel Zwick | Stephen Langford & Laura M. Stein | October 17, 1997 (1997-10-17) | 466455 | 9.17 |
| Eddie and Laura play a series of "get even" tricks on each other. Eddie invites Laura's ex, Rick, over on a night she wants to spend with Stefan, who easily gets rid of his tormentor. An angry Laura decides to get even by tricking Steve into inviting Eddie's ex-girlfriends to a surprise birthday party. Infuriated, Steve and Greta sets them straight by making Eddie and Laura realize that their immature tricks are just that. Meanwhile, Carl is upset that Commissioner Geiss promotes his son (Joel Higgins) instead of him, especially when Geiss' indecisiveness soon becomes apparent. Carl proves to the commissioner his worth when he is able to defuse a potentially deadly gangfight, and the son also informs his father that he's not cut out for being a captain and was perfectly content with his old job of evidence lockup, allowing Carl to gain the position. During the end credits, Greta confronts Eddie for keeping a black book containing his ex-girlfriends' names and phone numbers on it and brings a blender filled with water to the kitchen table. She gives him a choice: surrender his black book so they can shred it in pieces or keep it which will likely end their relationship and take his chances with one of them whom will leave him dealing with Myrtle alone. Eddie reluctantly, but wisely chooses Greta and surrenders his black book to the blender. ||||||||
| 199 | 6 | "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read" | Joel Zwick | Timothy Stack | October 24, 1997 (1997-10-24) | 466457 | 8.18 |
| While testing an invention to improve memory in a school-funded laboratory, Steve gains the ability to read minds, but soon gives up his newfound powers when the Winslows feel their privacy has been invaded (But not before hearing that as of late, Laura has been attracted to him. After giving up his mind reading powers, Steve suffers a brief moment of short term memory loss. Meanwhile, Carl fills in as a Head Scoutmaster to Richie, 3J and their fellow Junior Woodsmen. ||||||||
| 200 | 7 | "Stevil II: This Time He's Not Alone" | Richard Correll | Jim Geoghan | October 31, 1997 (1997-10-31) | 466456 | 9.15 |
| The follow-up to last season's Halloween episode "Stevil", an evil ventriloquist dummy that looks just like Steve. In this episode, Carl dreams of Stevil only this time, he is accompanied by Carlsbad, an equally evil dummy that looks like Carl. ||||||||
| 201 | 8 | "Trading Places" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. | November 7, 1997 (1997-11-07) | 466458 | 10.21 |
| Stefan, wondering if Laura had developed some loving feelings for Steve, swaps identities with Steve to find out. Though they are successful, Laura confronts both Steve and Stefan for their behavior and says she doesn't know which one of them is a better choice for their behavior. Meanwhile, Eddie shoots a class-project video about Carl and what he does as an officer for the Chicago Police Department. Though the first video comes off as a failure, Eddie comes up with another video with his community kindly contributing to it. ||||||||
| 202 | 9 | "A Pain in Harassment" | Joel Zwick | Beverly D. Hunter & Meg DeLoatch | November 14, 1997 (1997-11-14) | 466459 | 11.69 |
| Harriette and her co-workers get a new boss Mr. Benner (Mark Linn-Baker, Jo Marie Payton's Perfect Strangers co-star) who uses verbal abuse to try to make his employees perform better. Soon, she confronts him and tells him unless he treats her and the other co-workers better, she quits. This causes Mr. Ferguson to take immediate action and fires Benner for his abuse. Harriette is soon rehired and has a VP/Head of Sales job. Meanwhile, Steve wins a chance to win $1 million by making a half-court shot during the halftime portion of a Los Angeles Clippers game. Steve does win the $1 million only to lose nearly all of it when he throws the ball up in celebration and inadvertently destroys the scoreboard. ||||||||
| 203 | 10 | "Original Gangsta Dawg" | John Tracy | Meg DeLoatch | December 5, 1997 (1997-12-05) | 466460 | 10.13 |
| Cornelius Eugene Urkel aka Original Gangsta Dawg (O.G.D.) (Steve's hip-hop cousin from Detroit, Michigan) has an unwelcome visit to the Winslow household while Steve is away visiting his uncle. His gangster ways and behavior enrages both Carl and Harriette. Little does O.G.D. know is that he'll need the Winslows' help on evading a titanic thug (known as Fresh Squeeze), to whom he owes $4,000. Meanwhile after getting a rude answer from O.G.D, Stefan and Steve conference call O.G.D. to let him know that his behavior is unacceptable and that Steve will be dealing with him tomorrow. Later, Carl has an encounter with Fresh Squeeze and after recognizing him, sneakily escorts the thug to jail. ||||||||
| 204 | 11 | "Deck the Malls" | Gary Menteer | Stephen Langford | December 19, 1997 (1997-12-19) | 466461 | 7.49 |
| During the Christmas season, the Winslows and Steve get jobs at the mall. Steve becomes a gift-wrapper with Myra (which frustrates him after being pressured by his customers), Carl becomes a department store Santa Claus and Laura becomes an elf (which too frustrates them because of their dorky styles). Meanwhile, Richie is disappointed finds out that his mom, Rachel, is unable to come home for the holiday. When one kid makes a wish to help his father find a job, Carl as Santa, gives him a business card to give to his father to call of himself. The next morning, the Winslows are confused that Eddie is not home on Christmas morning just to pick up a present. When Eddie arrives, the Winslows learn he drove all night to Detroit to pick up Rachel and light up Richie's spirits. This is the last episode to feature Estelle Winslow (Rosetta LeNoire), Richie (Bryton James) and Rachel Crawford (Telma Hopkins). This is also the last episode with (Jo Marie Payton) as Harriette Winslow. ||||||||
| 205 | 12 | "Grill of My Dreams" | Gary Menteer | Michael Dawson & Ron Geiger | January 9, 1998 (1998-01-09) | 466462 | 8.00 |
| In an effort to decrease his clumsiness, shenanigans and to keep him away from bothering the Winslows too many times, Steve gets a job at Tanaka Gardens (a Japanese restaurant) as a master teppanyaki chef (The owner was played by Pat Morita). His training is put to the test when Laura and Maxine drop by for a visit. Meanwhile, while Commissioner Geiss is away on a second honeymoon, Carl must watch his pet parrot, Andre (voiced by Neil Ross). However, when Andre starts to repeatedly say "Geiss is an idiot," Carl must try to make the parrot stop saying that phrase before Geiss comes home. When Geiss comes home, he explains to Carl that his wife taught Andre to say that line and admits that he thinks Blanche can be a real pain in the butt. It isn't long until Andre starts trouble by repeatedly saying "Blanche is a pain in the butt." and now Geiss must stop the parrot from saying that phrase. ||||||||
| 206 | 13 | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | Richard Correll | Gary M. Goodrich | January 16, 1998 (1998-01-16) | 466463 | 8.57 |
| Steve decides to end his relationship with Myra when he becomes aware that Laura is beginning to gain romantic interest on him and the fact that Myra hates his makeover and wanted him to go back to the sexy nerd she loves. He becomes surprised at dinner that she breaks up with him first. However, Steve is unaware that it was just Myra's futile attempt to try to keep the relationship going by trying to get him to renounce his love for Laura. Myra walks in to find Steve and Laura locking lips and attempts to set Steve straight for his betrayal. Steve becomes frightened and Laura engages in an argument with Myra. After Steve breaks it up, he tells her off to leave and never come back. Meanwhile, Carl attempts to set Eddie straight for his mediocre grades. Eddie stays up all night to find a way to fix his grades and he decides to dropout of school to make a clear path to becoming a cop. Johnnie Cochran made a special appearance as Myra's attorney. ||||||||
| 207 | 14 | "Crazy For You" | Richard Correll | Jim Geoghan | January 23, 1998 (1998-01-23) | 466464 | 8.67 |
| Myra begins her attack on Steve and Laura's relationship with the help of her "Stevie-Glasses-Cam" (placed on Steve's glasses unbeknownst to him) and enlists the help of Stefan Urquelle to try to spoil an upcoming Saturday night date. However, Stefan soon feels guilty about the whole thing and stops after realizing how insane Myra really is. Meanwhile, Carl tries to show a trigger-happy Eddie a lesson in good judgment during police training. He uses a cardboard picture of Laura as part of the training and Eddie realizes how his lack of gun control could have negative consequences if he were to accidentally shoot an innocent bystander. Part 1 of 2. This is the first episode with Judyann Elder replacing Jo Marie Payton as Harriette Winslow. ||||||||
| 208 | 15 | "Crazier For You" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. | January 30, 1998 (1998-01-30) | 466465 | 8.82 |
| Steve finds out that Myra has been using his glasses to spy on him and knows that she's really "snapped her cap" when she dresses like Laura and interrupts their romantic evening. Despite getting Laura arrested for "stealing her watch", Steve is able to get the charges dropped by exposing Myra's stalking that leads to both her arrest and possible charges. Meanwhile, Harriette finds out that her engagement ring was originally intended for another woman that Carl used to date. Conclusion of a two-parter. Note: This was the last episode to air during the regular 1997-98 Nielsen season; the rest of the episodes had already been filmed and were aired during the summer "burn off" period. ||||||||
| 209 | 16 | "Whose Man Is It Anyway?" | Richard Correll | Meg DeLoatch | June 5, 1998 (1998-06-05) | 466466 | 6.38 |
| Myrtle is willing to fight for her man, Eddie, so she decides to challenge Greta to a boxing match at Silver's Gym (the same one that Steve fought Willie Fuffner back in Requiem for an Urkel). Meanwhile, 3J begins asking questions about his biological mother, prompting Carl and Harriette to track the woman down. When Carl finds her, she mentions that 3J shouldn't know who she is. ||||||||
| 210 | 17 | "Polkapalooza" | Joel Zwick | Stephen Langford & Saundra Stein-Langford | June 12, 1998 (1998-06-12) | 466467 | 5.94 |
| Laura has never been a fan of polka music; she finally decides she has nothing to lose and decides to accompany Steve to a polka jamboree. But instead of being bored and annoyed by the larger-than-life festival-goers, she actually has a great time and finally realizes that, after all these years, Steve may indeed be the guy she was looking for all along. While the two are dancing to some slow, more romantic tunes, she finally tells him "I love you too" after one more of his love "confessions". Meanwhile, Eddie gets a room at an apartment building and even allows Carl to come see him anytime. Little does Eddie know is that he'll regret those words when he tries to have some alone time with Greta. When Carl gets the idea, he apologizes and Eddie decides to compromise in letting him come when he's not with Greta. ||||||||
| 211 | 18 | "Throw Urkel from the Train" | Joel Zwick | Michael Dawson & Ron Geiger | June 19, 1998 (1998-06-19) | 466468 | 7.53 |
| Carl fumes about not accepting a promotion five years ago that would have transferred him to Washington, D.C. While boarding a train to travel to the nation's capital for a seminar, luggage boy Steve accidentally stows away. The usual antics result, but the nerd helps Carl realize that "the road not taken" was perhaps the right decision after all. Meanwhile, Laura becomes suspicious about Maxine's new boyfriend D'Andre (Kristoff St. John), especially after he asks her to deliver a package for him and Eddie helps her prove it. ||||||||
| 212 | 19 | "Don't Make Me Over" | Joel Zwick | Beverly D. Hunter & Meg DeLoatch | June 26, 1998 (1998-06-26) | 466469 | 5.73 |
| Myrtle, making her last push for Eddie, enlists Laura and Maxine to make her over head to toe. But Eddie, firmly in love with Greta, still is not impressed, so Myrtle decides to pursue someone else, which makes Eddie realize he'll somewhat miss her annoying attempts to win him, and asks her what is he supposed to do now that she's leaving for good. Myrtle replies with a famous movie quote from Gone with the Wind – "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn". Meanwhile, Carl doesn't want Harriette to worry about his beautiful new masseuse, so he fibs about her appearance, claiming the masseuse is a "big, beefy sistea". ||||||||
| 213 | 20 | "Pop Goes the Question" | Joel Zwick | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | July 3, 1998 (1998-07-03) | 466470 | 6.81 |
| Carl tells a fellow police officer about the saga that led to Laura's engagement. Both Steve and Stefan propose to Laura. Her past adventures with both the nerd and the one-time "man of her dreams" are replayed through flashbacks (Steve in "Marriage 101," and Stefan in "We're Going to Disney World"). Laura is conflicted between the two, and when Steve feels Stefan is better, he plans to move to Russia to be with his parents, but Laura stops Steve when she realizes she couldn't live without him, and tearfully accepts his marriage proposal, saying that she is sure that he is the one for her, a promise which the two seal with a kiss. ||||||||
| 214 | 21 | "Lost in Space, Part 1" | Joel Zwick | Gary M. Goodrich & Timothy Stack | July 10, 1998 (1998-07-10) | 466471 | 7.1 |
| After NASA buys the patent to one of Steve's inventions, he's sent into space with a pair of astronauts to test it out. However, Steve's invention unintentionally causes a nearby satellite to crash into the space shuttle, and before long he sends himself hurtling through outer space. Meanwhile, Harriette (worried for the well-being of rookie officer Eddie) demands to have him assigned to giving out tickets for parking meter violations. Myra attempts to use the media to pose as Steve's fiancée, but is caught by Stefan who finally forces her to relinquish her love for him. ||||||||
| 215 | 22 | "Lost in Space, Part 2" | Joel Zwick | Gary M. Goodrich & Timothy Stack | July 17, 1998 (1998-07-17) | 466472 | 6.44 |
| In the series finale, NASA struggles to recover its astronauts and save Steve's life. However, all ends well, and Steve returns to Earth a national hero. Meanwhile, while on meter duty, Eddie finds himself in the middle of a shootout. Eddie survives thanks to the lucky bullet-proof vest that Carl gave him. During that time, Carl and Eddie help Harriette realize that the job is dangerous and she needs to support them no matter what. Steve sees Laura at the end of the episode and says "You get more beautiful every time I see you." Laura then says she will kiss him only on one condition, Steve will have to promise to "never go into outer space again." Steve replies with "Only when we kiss, Laura Lee, only when we kiss" and they do, much to the delight of the audience, who joyfully cheer in approval. ||||||||