The BEST episodes of Family Matters season 4
Every episode of Family Matters season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Family Matters season 4!
The Winslows, a middle-class Black family living in Chicago, deal with various misadventures — many of which are caused by their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel.
#1 - It's a Mad, Mad, Madhouse
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1992
Eddie tries to cover for his poor record in school by claiming he has family problems at home - so his teacher arrives to evaluate his dysfunctional family environment.
#2 - Number One with a Bullet
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1992
Carl and Urkel are hospital roommates and Urkel, as usual, is a pain -until he gets the opportunity to save Carl's hide.
#3 - An Officer and a Waldo
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1992
Eddie's insult sends Waldo off to join the Army; Harriette and Carl set us a sting to catch a shady repairman.
#4 - Higher Anxiety
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/1993
At a party, Urkel, Eddie and Waldo get trapped on a fire escape. A heartbroken Eddie mourns his split with two-timing Oneisha, while Carl gives the cold shoulder to his mother's beau Fletcher, who has big plans for her future.
#5 - Pulling Teeth
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/19/1993
Waldo dates Laura's friend; Richie tries to get rid of a baby tooth.
#6 - Stormy Weather
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1993
Urkel's nerdiness gets under the skin of Laura's arrogant prom date (Ross Leon), who's itching to order Laura to write off Urkel as a friend.
#7 - Mama's Wedding
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/5/1993
Thanks to Eddie, Mother Winslow's "simple family wedding" brings more than the family bargained for 150 extra guests.
#8 - Whose Kid is it Anyway?
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1992
Richie is upset when Eddie's hot Halloween date conflicts with his promise to take his little brother trick or treating.
#9 - Muskrat Love
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1993
Eddie breaks a date with a smart and witty girl his friends disapprove of, while Laura regrets encouraging Maxine to date Ted; Carl gives Harriette fitness gear.
#10 - A Thought in the Dark
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1993
Laura and Ted momentarily derail Urkel's efforts to win Laura by fixing him up with Ted's brainy cousin Myra for a double date to a concert.
#11 - Hot Stuff
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/1993
Myra enlists Laura's help in snaring "hot stuff" Urkel; and Eddie asks Carl a lot of questions after buying a hot car stereo.
#12 - The Way the Ball Bounces
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/1993
A college woos athlete Eddie, who has only fame and fortune in mind after accepting a scholarship; meanwhile, Laura forgoes sleep to study for a Harvard entrance exam.
#13 - Just One Date
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1992
Urkel resorts to desperate measures to win a date with Laura by sitting on the roof and refusing to come down even though a blizzard is fast approaching Chicago.
#14 - The Oddest Couple
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1992
Eddie's sloppy habits and Steve's scientific experiments don't make for domestic bliss when the two become roommates.
#15 - Heart Strings
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1993
Laura becomes Steve's valentine; Steve arranges a date for Richie with Gwendolyn.
#16 - Walk on the Wild Side
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/26/1993
Laura has never been thought of as a wild and crazy gal. Rather, a white-bread, cut from her family's cloth Miss Goody Two-Shoes. So, giving into peer pressure and armed with fake ID's, Laura and her friends Maxine and K.C. go to Club Buff, a male strip club with a female clientile. Urkel gets wind of this and is sworn to secrecy ... until he finds out that Estelle, Harriet and Rachel are planning a night out - at the very same Club Buff. Urkel dashes down to the club to warn Laura and her friends. But the club owner mistakes him for one of the scheduled performers and herds him on-stage. Urkel actually improvises part of an act, before he makes an impassioned speech and then warns Laura that right across the room sit her mother, aunt and grandmother. An embarassed Harriet takes an even more embarassed Laura home.
#17 - Hot Wheels
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1993
Carl buys a hot rod for Eddie, hoping it will be the road to a father-son bonding session; and Urkel strengthens his bond with Laura using a new wonder glue he invented.
#18 - Driving Carl Crazy
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1992
Carl hopes to practice stress management by keeping his cool, but he nearly blows a gasket teaching Urkel to drive.
#19 - Tender Kisses
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1993
Eddie gets more than he bargained for when he and his pals sneak into R&B singer Tracie Spencer's hotel room in search of tickets to her concert; and Carl is in for a big surprise when he discovers Harriette's diary.
#20 - Rumor Has It
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1992
As rumors begin to fly that Ted has "scored" with Laura, Urkel must warn her that the guy she's dating means to boost his rep by ruining hers.
#21 - Dance to the Music
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1992
Home-coming Queen Laura gets the royal treatment from Urkel, who gets popular jock Ted to ask her to the dance; Carl meets Harriette's new piano teacher..
#22 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1992
Laura's guardian angel shows Laura what it's like to be Urkel.
#23 - Surely You Joust
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1992
Feuding neighbours "Hurricane" Urkel and "Bonecrusher" Carl take a not-so-neighborly, macho grudge match to TV's American Gladiators.
#24 - Buds 'n' Buns
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1993
As a part-timer at the Mighty Weenie fast food joint, Carl doesn't relish answering to the top dog - Eddie; Urkel takes Laura's advice and commits to Myra.