Family Matters: Season 5

1993 · 24 episodes · ★ 9.5

What Season 5 of Family Matters

Season 5 of Family Matters Has 24 episodes and premiered on September 24, 1993. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

24episodes

Sep 24, 1993premiered

May 20, 1994latest episode

8.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Hell Toupee
Sep 24, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: John Tracy · Starring: Charlie Dell, Michelle Thomas, Shawn Harrison
5x02 It Didn't Happen One Night
Oct 1, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Starring: Arnold Johnson
5x03 Saved by the Urkel
Oct 8, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Written by: David W. Duclon · Starring: Shawn Harrison
5x04 A Matter of Principle
Oct 15, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: Richard Correll · Starring: Michelle Thomas, Shawn Harrison, Michael Kaufman, William Joseph Barker
5x05 Money Out the Window
Oct 22, 1993 · 22 min
A thug named Bones pays Eddie a visit after Waldo and Weasel enlist Eddie in their football-betting venture.
Starring: Bubba Smith, Shavar Ross, Shawn Harrison
5x06 Best Friends
Oct 29, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Starring: Cherie Johnson, Venus DeMilo Thomas, Shawn Harrison
5x07 Grandmama
Nov 5, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Directing: Richard Correll · Starring: Donovan McCrary, Larry Johnson, Sam Scarber, Shavar Ross
5x08 Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool
Nov 12, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: John Tracy · Starring: Cherie Johnson, Venus DeMilo Thomas, Shawn Harrison, Charles Carpenter
5x09 Car Wars
Nov 19, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: Richard Correll · Starring: Elise Neal, Valarie Rae Miller, Stuart Pankin, Jonas Chaka
5x10 All the Wrong Moves
Nov 26, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: Richard Correll · Starring: Cherie Johnson, Kevin Mambo, Michelle Thomas, Shawn Harrison
5x11 Christmas is Where the Heart Is
Dec 10, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: Richard Correll · Written by: Stephen Langford · Starring: Rick Hurst, Meg Wyllie, Peter Iacangelo, Evonne Kezios
5x12 Scenes from a Mall
Dec 17, 1993 · 22 min
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.
Writing: David W. Duclon · Starring: J. August Richards, Cherie Johnson, Ellen Albertini Dow, Shavar Ross
5x13 Rock Enroll
Jan 7, 1994 · 22 min
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.
Directing: John Tracy · Starring: Shanice Wilson, Shavar Ross, Shawn Harrison, Raymond D. Turner
5x14 Like a Virgin
Jan 14, 1994 · 22 min
Eddie becomes the laughingstock of the boys' locker room after Urkel spills the beans that Eddie is still a virgin.
Directed by: Richard Correll · Written by: David W. Duclon · Starring: Shavar Ross, Michelle Thomas, Shawn Harrison, Mark Adair-Rios
5x15 Good Cop, Bad Cop
Jan 21, 1994 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: Richard Correll · Starring: Robert Hooks, Shawn Harrison, Barry Cullison, Joe Chrest
5x16 Presumed Urkel
Feb 4, 1994 · 22 min
When accident-prone Steve is blamed for a chemistry lab explosion, Laura represents him at a school trial.
Directing: John Tracy · Writing: Felicia D. Henderson · Starring: Tom Poston, Clyde Kusatsu, Shavar Ross, Michelle Thomas
5x17 Father of the Bride
Feb 11, 1994 · 22 min
Carl bribes Laura to go bowling with Urkel and dreams that they are married with four kids who look like Urkel.
Directed by: John Tracy · Starring: Mitchah Williams, Marcus Owens Jr., Ryan Doss
5x18 Psycho Twins
Feb 18, 1994 · 22 min
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.
Directing: Richard Correll · Starring: Shawn Harrison, Robert Miller, Brian Wickens, Lydell M. Cheshier
5x19 That's What Friends Are For
Mar 4, 1994 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: Richard Correll · Starring: Ellen Albertini Dow, Shawn Harrison, Susan Scott Dawkins, Lee Wessof
5x20 Opposites Attract
Mar 18, 1994 · 22 min
Urkel develops hiccups after being robbed. School newspaper reporter Laura and editor Ziggy engage in a series of conflicts ... before falling for each other.
Writing: Felicia D. Henderson · Starring: Cherie Johnson, Terrence Howard, Sylver Gregory, Keith Amos
5x21 A-Camping We Will Go
Apr 1, 1994 · 22 min
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.
Starring: Shawn Harrison
5x22 Nunsense
Apr 29, 1994 · 22 min
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.
Directed by: John Tracy · Starring: Judyann Elder, Michelle Thomas, Shawn Harrison, Cherie Franklin
5x23 Aunt Oona
May 6, 1994 · 22 min
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.
Written by: David W. Duclon · Starring: Donna Summer, Shawn Harrison, Jim Geoghan, Fred Fox, Jr.
5x24 Stefan Returns Season Finale
May 20, 1994 · 22 min
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"".
Directing: John Tracy · Starring: Cherie Johnson, Freddie Jackson