Family Matters: Season 1

1989 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 1 of Family Matters

Season 1 of Family Matters Has 22 episodes and premiered on September 22, 1989. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

22episodes

Sep 22, 1989premiered

Apr 27, 1990Latest episode

8.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 The Mama Who Came to Dinner
Sep 22, 1989 · 24 min · ★ 7.8
Mother Winslow moves in and immediately begins to usurp Carl's authority. Eddie wants to go out with his friends, but he has a strict curfew that complicates things with Carl.
Directing: Joel Zwick · Writing: Michael Warren, William Bickley · Starring: Valerie Jones
1x02 Two-Income Family
Sep 29, 1989 · 24 min
Hariette loses her job to automation, forcing the family into austerity measures while Carl stews over the family debts.
Directed by James O'Keefe · Written by Robert Blair · Starring Larry Block
1x03 Short Story
Oct 6, 1989 · 24 min
Rachel writes a short story with characters that seem all too familiar; Carl becomes obsessed with the family's out of proportion water bill.
Directed by Joel Zwick · Written by Michael Warren, William Bickley
1x04 Rachel's First Date
Oct 13, 1989 · 24 min
The Winslows finally get to be alone together when Rachel accepts a date with a man from the church choir.
Directed by John Bowab · Written by Pamela Eells, Sally Lapiduss · Starring Jaleel White, Peter Fitzsimmons
1x05 Straight A's
Oct 20, 1989 · 24 min
Eddie comes home with straight A's on his report card and the whole family is proud of him. Rodney comes over and tells him that he changed the grades on the report cards on the school computer. Eddie doesn't want to tell the truth because he fears that he will hurt Carl's feelings.
Directing: John Bowab · Writing: Geoff Gordon, Gordon Lewis · Starring: Randy Josselyn
1x06 Basketball Blues
Nov 3, 1989 · 24 min
Carl's efforts to get Eddie psyched for a pro basketball career is enhanced by a visit from basketball star Bolton.
Directed by James O'Keefe · Written by Barry Gold · Starring Jacques Apollo Bolton
1x07 Body Damage
Nov 10, 1989 · 24 min
Rachel takes an unauthorized spin in the classic automobile that Carl plans to drive in the Columbus Day Parade.
Directing: James O'Keefe · Writing: Ken Kuta · Starring: Jaleel White
1x08 Mr. Badwrench
Nov 17, 1989 · 24 min
Self-proclaimed handyman Carl decides to install a shower in Mother Winslow's quarters while she's out of town.
Directed by John Bowab · Written by Larry Mintz, Alan Eisenstock · Starring Jaleel White, Susan Merson
1x09 Stake-Out
Nov 24, 1989 · 24 min
After Carl is on an all-night stakeout with his attractive new partner, Harriette finds a room key to Louie's Love Grotto in his pocket.
Directing: Peter Baldwin · Writing: Pamela Eells, Sally Lapiduss · Starring: Olivia Brown, Ken Foree, J.W. Smith
1x10 False Arrest
Dec 1, 1989 · 24 min
The Winslows are aghast to discover that their TV idol has been arrested for assaulting a police officer - Officer Carl Winslow.
Directing: Peter Baldwin · Starring: Jaleel White, Justin Gocke, Shawn Phelan, Ron Glass
1x11 The Quilt
Dec 8, 1989 · 24 min
Laura sells a quilt Grandmother Winslow considered an heirloom.
Directed by Peter Baldwin · Starring Ann Ryerson
1x12 Laura's First Date Mid-Season Finale
Dec 15, 1989 · 24 min
Laura wants to go to an upcoming dance with a good-looking boy. Carl and Eddie try to find Laura a date. Carl asks Steve Urkel to take Laura to the dance, while Eddie asks one of his friends to take her out. When Laura finds out what happened, she is humiliated.
Directed by Richard Correll · Starring Jaleel White, Ebonie Smith, Keith Williams, Adam Jeffries
1x13 Man's Best Friend
Jan 5, 1990 · 24 min
Carl has a rule he intends to enforce not pets in the house until he meets a big, playful puppy who follows the kids home from school.
Directed by: Richard Correll · Starring: Jaleel White
1x14 Baker's Dozens
Jan 12, 1990 · 24 min
Thanks to Rachel's brainstorm, Carl could become the "king of tarts" if he shares his secret recipe for lemon tarts, which were a big hit at a local restaurant.
Starring Jaleel White, Robert G. Lee
1x15 The Big Reunion
Jan 19, 1990 · 24 min
Carl decides to lose weight before going to his high-school reunion.
Directed by Richard Correll · Starring Jaleel White, Ellen Albertini Dow, Ron Taylor, Ken Page
1x16 The Party
Feb 2, 1990 · 24 min
A "No Guests" rule spells no fun for Eddie, who's left in charge of the house while the adults are away for the weekend.
Directed by Richard Correll · Starring Jaleel White, Randy Josselyn, John Lacy, Ebonie Smith
1x17 The Big Fix
Feb 9, 1990 · 24 min
Eddie persuades Laura to date a guy he's indebted to.
Directed by Richard Correll · Written by Pamela Eells, Sally Lapiduss · Starring Jaleel White, Gino Conforti
1x18 Sitting Pretty
Feb 16, 1990 · 24 min
Laura's babysitting service floods the house with children at a bad time on the night Carl has invited his captain over.
Directed by Richard Correll · Starring Jaleel White, Teddy Wilson, Ebonie Smith, Tim Russ
1x19 In a Jam
Mar 16, 1990 · 24 min
Eddie wants to do the right thing when faced with protecting Steve from a bully who threatens to beat him up, which could get Eddie creamed as well.
Directing: Richard Correll · Starring: Jaleel White, Rick Scarry, Randy Josselyn, Ebonie Smith
1x20 The Candidate
Mar 23, 1990 · 24 min
Eddie places image over integrity in his class president bid when image-maker Laura offers a thousand points of light to illuminate his campaign.
Starring Jaleel White, Randy Josselyn, Rachel Griffin, Deonca Brown
1x21 Bowl Me Over
Apr 13, 1990 · 24 min
The men vie with the women in a bowling match and Carl's philosophy about accepting defeat gracefully ends up in the gutter when Harriette aces him out.
Directed by: Richard Correll · Starring: Jaleel White
1x22 Rock Video Season Finale
Apr 27, 1990 · 24 min
When Eddie's big ego threatens to disband his group during the making of a rock video for a contest, the rest of the Winslows offer some ideas.
Directed by Richard Correll · Starring Jaleel White, Randy Josselyn, Bumper Robinson, Chance Quinn