A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.
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- Seasons
- 9
- Episodes aired
- 215
- Latest aired
- S09E22
- Total runtime
- 3d 9h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1989 – April 1990 22 episodes
- Season 2 September 1990 – April 1991 25 episodes
- Season 3 September 1991 – May 1992 25 episodes
- Season 4 September 1992 – May 1993 24 episodes
- Season 5 September 1993 – May 1994 24 episodes
- Season 6 September 1994 – May 1995 25 episodes
- Season 7 September 1995 – May 1996 24 episodes
- Season 8 September 1996 – May 1997 24 episodes
- Season 9 September 1997 – July 1998 22 episodes
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S05E01 Hell Toupee
September 24 · 22min find the promo
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Carl shops for a toupee, hoping to turn Harriette's head. Meanwhile love struck Myra accuses Laura of trying to take Urkel away from her and the two get into a food fight.
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S05E02 It Didn't Happen One Night
October 1 · 22min find the promo
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Laura oversleeps and misses her bus to Cincinnati for a cheerleading competition and Steve offers to take her in his Isetta. Laura is not pleasant company and Steve confronts her about it.
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S05E03 Saved by the Urkel
October 8 · 22min find the promo
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The Winslows find themselves - unbelievably - indebted to Urkel after he saves Carl's life with CPR. The family showers him with gratitude and feels obligated to put up with the nerdy, annoying dweeb.
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S05E04 A Matter of Principle
October 15 · 22min find the promo
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Laura and Eddie's romantic tips have obsessive Myra entangled in a web of errors with Urkel when she invades Steve's school; Carl's sage advice leads Harriette to a confrontation with her boss - and a possible layoff.
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S05E05 Money Out the Window
October 22 · 22min find the promo
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A thug named Bones pays Eddie a visit after Waldo and Weasel enlist Eddie in their football-betting venture.
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S05E06 Best Friends
October 29 · 22min find the promo
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Harriette tries to fit in with Laura's friends but gets the cold shoulder from Laura. And Waldo's not so hot as Eddie's new hire at Mighty Weenie.
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S05E07 Grandmama
November 5 · 22min find the promo
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The NBA's Larry Johnson plays Grandmama (his TV-ad alter ego), who becomes Urkel's new partner in a city basketball competition after Eddie dumps Urkel for star player Kenny.
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S05E08 Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool
November 12 · 22min find the promo
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A space-age potion turns Urkel into Stefan Urquelle suave, smooth-talking life of the party, but Laura finds she soon misses the old Urkel.
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S05E09 Car Wars
November 19 · 22min find the promo
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Laura believes that by donning a moustache and men's clothing she'll be better prepared to haggle with a sexist used-car dealer ; Steve is close to ruining Eddie's love life.
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S05E10 All the Wrong Moves
November 26 · 22min find the promo
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At the drive-in movie, Laura's new boyfriend (Kevin Mambo) has trouble getting the message that no really means no; and at home, Carl just doesn't get it when his insults drive Harriette to retaliate.
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S05E11 Christmas is Where the Heart Is
December 10 · 22min find the promo
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Urkel and Carl are stranded on a stalled subway with a car full of grouchy shoppers. Urkle teaches everyone, including Carl that Christmas is a state of the heart, and can be celebrated anywhere and with anyone.
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S05E12 Scenes from a Mall
December 17 · 22min find the promo
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Urkel tells Myra that he needs some space and ends up breaking her heart, while Maxine is ready to break Waldo's neck for acting like a jealous fool.
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S05E13 Rock Enroll
January 7 · 22min find the promo
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Eddie changes his mind about college at a concert fund-raiser after singer Shanice performs a song he wrote; and Urkel has no luck rallying friends to celebrate his birthday, but soon finds that Laura is his biggest cheerleader.
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S05E14 Like a Virgin
January 14 · 22min find the promo
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Eddie becomes the laughingstock of the boys' locker room after Urkel spills the beans that Eddie is still a virgin.
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S05E15 Good Cop, Bad Cop
January 21 · 22min find the promo
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Carl refuses to accept Eddie's story that he got pulled over for speeding ""because he was a black in a white person's neighborhood"" ... until the portly cop finds out the ugly truth. Meanwhile, Urkel tells Richie that he has nothing to fear when going to the dentist, but the nerd soon regrets his move when he has cavities of his own that need filling.
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S05E16 Presumed Urkel
February 4 · 22min find the promo
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When accident-prone Steve is blamed for a chemistry lab explosion, Laura represents him at a school trial.
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S05E17 Father of the Bride
February 11 · 22min find the promo
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Carl bribes Laura to go bowling with Urkel and dreams that they are married with four kids who look like Urkel.
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S05E18 Psycho Twins
February 18 · 22min find the promo
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Carl and Urkel end up in the ring with the World Wrestling Federation's Bushwhackers after Urkel creates a ""snooze juice"" that knocks out the wrestling team's original opponents.
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S05E19 That's What Friends Are For
March 4 · 22min find the promo
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Everyone applauds Eddie on his college scholarship except Waldo, who fears he's losing a friend. Meanwhile, Carl's fear of failure could keep him from a job promotion; and Urkel tortures Carl into telling him where Laura is by showing him slides of his cheese-tasting trip.
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S05E20 Opposites Attract
March 18 · 22min find the promo
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Urkel develops hiccups after being robbed. School newspaper reporter Laura and editor Ziggy engage in a series of conflicts ... before falling for each other.
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S05E21 A-Camping We Will Go
April 1 · 22min find the promo
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Urkel tags along on Carl's camping trip in Minnesota and an irritated Carl stubbornly refuses to listen to know- it-all Urkel's words of warning about bears and geysers; Harriette seeks a job.
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S05E22 Nunsense
April 29 · 22min find the promo
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Urkel fears that his rejection has sent Myra to join a nunnery, so he enlists Eddie and Waldo to dress in habits and join him in a search for her at the convent.
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S05E23 Aunt Oona
May 6 · 22min find the promo
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Urkel's accident-prone Aunt Oona visits shy, dowdy woman who get a confidence-building makeover from Harriette and then takes her new-found confidence to a karaoke bar, where chaos erupts when she holds a singing contest.
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S05E24 Stefan Returns
May 20 · 22min find the promo
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Laura pleads with Urkel to step back into his transformation chamber and bring back her perfect guy the handsome, cool, caring Stefan Urquelle. Freddy Jackson sings You Are My Lady"".