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Family Matters Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1992 - 1993
Episode 1
Surely You Joust
Fri, Sep 18, 199223 mins
Feuding neighbors Urkel and Carl decide to settle things on "American Gladiators."
Episode 2
Dance to the Music
Fri, Oct 2, 199230 mins
Urkel helps popular jock Ted Curran break the ice with homecoming queen nominee Laura.
Episode 3
Driving Carl Crazy
Fri, Oct 9, 199223 mins
"3-2-1, 1-2-3, what the heck is bothering me?" That's the advice Carl decides to heed as he tries to deal with stress-related high blood pressure. But will the tip work when Urkel - who shows off his new BMW Isetta to the Winslows - asks the cop to help him learn to drive?
Episode 4
Rumor Has It
Fri, Oct 16, 199223 mins
Rumors fly around school that Laura and Ted had sex on their date. Urkel confronts Ted and his buddies, but gets shoved into his locker, then Laura refuses to believe the nerd when he warns her about the rumors. When Maxine's story about the rumors match Urkel's, Laura decides she needs to salvage her new "easy" reputation and get the truth out in the open.
Episode 5
Number One with a Bullet
Fri, Oct 23, 199223 mins
When Urkel collapses in the living room, everyone thinks he's faking since Laura had just spurned him (again). However, Urkel's appendix is about to burst and he is rushed to the hospital. The Winslows think they'll have a few nerd-free days ... that is, until Carl is shot while trying to foil a robbery; he had managed to apprehend one suspect, but the other is still at large. Because all of the hospital rooms are full, Carl is placed in the only available room - the same one as Urkel! Naturally, the two mix like fire and water as they drive each other crazy. While Urkel is in the restroom trying to cool off, Then, an orderly comes into the room, but he turns out to be the robbery suspect's brother wanting revenge. Just before the bad guy is about to complete his mission, Urkel clonks him over the head with a bedpan. Carl and Urkel apologize and decide to get along for the rest of their hospital stays.
Episode 6
Whose Kid Is It Anyway?
Fri, Oct 30, 199223 mins
Eddie is told to take Richie trick-or-treating, but it interferes with a hot date. Richie gets lost after Waldo is asked to take him instead. When Eddie finds out, he goes on a frantic search to find the little tyke before everyone else finds out.
Episode 7
An Officer and a Waldo
Fri, Nov 6, 199223 mins
Waldo's fragile self-esteem takes a huge hit when a misunderstanding he caused results in Eddie's girlfriend leaving him. Waldo decides the only way he can cope is to join the Army Reserves. Urkel finds out and insists that Eddie go look for him and apologize before Waldo makes a big mistake. Of course, Urkel, Eddie and Waldo wind up causing a whole lot of hijinks and get on the wrong side of a tough drill sergeant before they can talk things out. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette deal with a shady repairman.
Episode 8
Just One Date
Fri, Nov 13, 199223 mins
Just as Richie is trying to deal with pushy 5-year-old vixen Gwendolyn, a determined Urkel pulls his biggest stunt yet in trying to get Laura to go out with him - by sitting on the roof of the Winslows' house and not coming down until she says yes.
Episode 9
The Oddest Couple
Fri, Nov 20, 199223 mins
Eddie becomes fed up with Carl's strict house rules, and he's not going to take it anymore. Urkel becomes frustrated when his parents make him cease with the scientific experiments (which always cause trouble), and he's not going to take it anymore. The solution? Pool their funds and become roommates in a run-down South Side apartment.
Episode 10
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel
Fri, Dec 11, 199223 mins
While Christmas shopping, Urkel breaks an expensive crystal ornament Laura just bought. Laura becomes really angry and tells the nerd to go away. As she fumes aloud her frustrations over Urkel and wishing he could see what it's like to be her, a man identifying himself as Laura's guardian angel decides to grant her wish. The catch: Laura must see what it's like to be Urkel!
Episode 11
Muskrat Love
Fri, Jan 8, 199323 mins
While Eddie tries to date a girl that his friends think is undesirable, Laura tries to get Maxine out of a date with Ted that she has set up. At the dance, Eddie firmly stands up for his decision to keep dating Melissa because he believes in the quality of the girl is far more important than the quantity and calls out Weasel for wanting a girl for her looks more. During the end credits, Steve and Maxine shares a dance together after Ted and Laura make up. Meanwhile, Carl gives Harriette exercise equipment for her birthday, to no surprise, it makes her feel worse. He immediately returns the trampoline and buys her a diamond bracelet to make up for his insensitivity.
Episode 12
Hot Wheels
Fri, Jan 15, 199323 mins
The two types of bonding take center stage. In the literal sense, Laura is trying to get back together with class hunk Ted Curran, but when Urkel tries out his new super glue (to repair Laura's broken earring), he accidentally gets his hand stuck on Laura's shoulder ... just as Ted shows up! In the relationship sense, Carl buys a used police car at auction, hoping a restoration project will be the key to bonding with Eddie. But Eddie wants his project partner to be Waldo instead, causing Harriette to set her son straight.
Episode 13
The Way the Ball Bounces
Fri, Jan 22, 199323 mins
A slick-talking college recruiter tries to woo Eddie to his college for his basketball skills (and certainly not his meager academic credentials). Harriette is skeptical about the college's academic program and gets a former college basketball player - who eventually flunked out of school where Eddie wants to go after he got injured - to help set an impressionable Eddie straight. Meanwhile, a sleep-famished Laura is determined to study for her SATs and get into Harvard Law School, so she gets Urkel to stand in for her while she sneaks off to the library. Laura eventually sees that her desire to get a perfect score is endangering her health.
Episode 14
A Thought in the Dark
Fri, Jan 29, 199323 mins
When Ted and Laura become tired of Urkel interfering in their relationship, they decide to set him up with a girlfriend of his own - the beautiful Myra Monkhouse. The foursome head off to a Dave Koz concert, where Urkel enlists the jazz saxophonist to help him redouble his resolve to win Laura's heart. Meanwhile, usher Waldo tries to sort out in his mind what various female celebrities new names would be if they were to remarry!
Episode 15
Tender Kisses
Fri, Feb 5, 199323 mins
Eddie, Waldo and Weasel plot to sneak into the hotel room of rhythm-and-blues singer Tracie Spencer to procure tickets for her sold-out concert. Meanwhile, Carl recruits Urkel to read Harriette's diary after he becomes suspicious that she has feelings for another man.
Episode 16
Heart Strings
Fri, Feb 12, 199323 mins
Steve becomes a shoulder for Laura to cry on after she and Ted agree to break up just before Valentine's Day; Richie tries to avoid his amorous neighbor.
Episode 17
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad House
Fri, Feb 19, 199323 mins
After Eddie causes a classroom prank that could get him thrown off the basketball team, he gives his teacher a sob story and claims that he has a bad home life. The teacher pours her sorrows out on Urkel and suggests that she pay this family a visit, unaware that it's the Winslows. What she sees is a highly chaotic household, particularly since Harriette (in the subplot) had gone on strike. Eddie has much explaining to do when the truth comes out.
Episode 18
Higher Anxiety
Fri, Feb 26, 199323 mins
Eddie becomes despondent when he learns that Oneshia is two-timing him. At a high-rise party, he goes onto the fire escape to sort his emotions out ... and considers suicide in jest but doesn't actually mean it. Urkel and Waldo, concerned for their friend, try to talk Eddie down, but all three of their lives are soon endangered when the fire escape begins to give way. Meanwhile, Fletcher Thomas proposes to Estelle, and her answer upsets Carl.
Episode 19
Mama's Wedding
Fri, Mar 5, 199323 mins
Carl and Fletcher quarrel over the wedding arrangements: Carl wants a big bash for his mother and stepfather-to-be, but they want a quiet wedding with just their family and closest friends. Carl might unwittingly get his wish after Waldo screws up the invitations to Eddie's house party (set for another weekend, when his folks were to be out of town).
Episode 20
Pulling Teeth
Fri, Mar 19, 199323 mins
While Carl helps Richie deal with pulling a loose tooth, a five-way phone conversation between the kids results in a new relationship - Waldo and Maxine!
Episode 21
Walk on the Wild Side
Fri, Mar 26, 199323 mins
Laura is desperately looking to shed her "nice girl" image, so she and Maxine obtain fake IDs and go to a male strip club for a wild evening on the town. Problem is, Harriette, Rachel and Estelle are there too (having their own "evening out") ... and Urkel, who gets wind of Laura's plans and in trying to stop her, accidentally performs onstage.
Episode 22
Hot Stuff
Fri, Apr 30, 199323 mins
Myra's looking for some "Hot Stuff" - namely, Urkel - and asks Laura for advice on breaking the ice with the reluctant nerd. Meanwhile, Weasel sells Eddie a discounted car stereo that literally may be "hot stuff."
Episode 23
Stormy Weather
Fri, May 7, 199330 mins
Laura's Junior Prom date, Jimmy is a complete, possessive jerk who thinks Steve Urkel is his competition for her love. She tells him that he already has a date and that they're friends. Jimmy has demanded her to stop talking to Jerkel. At the prom, Steve shocks and impresses his fellow classmates by bringing his beautiful girlfriend, Myra, as his date. Waldo and Maxine also are enjoying their time together and bonds with them. He gets over being protective of his sister, Quesidilla and lets her enjoy her date with Weasel. However, Laura is having a terrible time at the dance with Jimmy. She immediately tells him that she's better off with Steve as a friend over a possessive jerk like him. She leaves him out on the dance floor with him begging her to come back. Carl and Harriette, who both got early leave from their jobs, went to the Junior Prom and dance the night away.
Episode 24
Buds 'n' Buns
Fri, May 14, 199323 mins
Laura is finally fed up with Steve coming over her house, promoting his unrequited love for her and his constant ignoring of his girlfriend. She tells him to concentrate on his relationship with Myra and leave her alone. He takes this literally and begins spending more time with her. At first, Laura's really happy about not having Steve around, helps her mother out with the house, focused more at school in her class, cheer leading and even tries to work out her relationship with her ex-boyfriend. Two months later, she's real depressed about the whole thing. Ted has recently dumped her again for another girl, her high GPA suffered and Steve hasn't returned any of her calls. She has been crying herself to sleep more. Her aunt, Rachel reminds her that she told Steve to leave her alone and spend more time with Myra. Laura nodded her head and said she didn't expect him to listen to her. She expected him to keep coming over to the house without warning and annoy her with his love for her. Steve and Myra visit her from the opera as she was reading a romance novel. She was happy to see her friend again after two months of unreturned calls and hugs him. Myra comes out of the bathroom and falsely accuses Laura of trying to steal Steve away from her. She tells her to go find someone else. Steve tells his girlfriend that his friend, Laura is just happy to see him after after two months of leaving her alone and reaffirms his love for Myra, not her. Meanwhile, Carl has taken a part-time job at Mighty Weenie with his son, who work there full time. Together, they become the dynamic duo of weenies and they are successful. Until the manager tells Eddie that he's been promoted. The next day, he literally abuses his job and treats his father horribly. Later on, he learns a valuable lesson from Harriette that his co-workers either family or friend deserves respect.