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.

Last Updated: 9/4/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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It's a Mad, Mad, Madhouse
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8.33
110 votes

#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.

Directors: John Tracy
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Number One with a Bullet
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8.02
58 votes

#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.

Directors: Gary Menteer
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An Officer and a Waldo
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7.92
95 votes

#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.

Directors: John Tracy
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Higher Anxiety
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7.91
82 votes

#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.

Directors: Richard Correll
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Pulling Teeth
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7.73
81 votes

#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.

Directors: Gary Menteer
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Stormy Weather
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7.64
80 votes

#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.

Directors: John Tracy
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Mama's Wedding
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7.63
81 votes

#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.

Directors: Gary Menteer
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Whose Kid is it Anyway?
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7.57
79 votes

#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.

Directors: John Tracy
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Muskrat Love
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7.55
80 votes

#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.

Directors: John Tracy
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The Way the Ball Bounces
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7.50
98 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Jeffrey Ganz
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A Thought in the Dark
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7.49
76 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Gary Menteer
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Hot Stuff
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7.48
71 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Gary Menteer
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Heart Strings
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7.44
73 votes

#13 - Heart Strings

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1993

Laura becomes Steve's valentine; Steve arranges a date for Richie with Gwendolyn.

Directors: John Tracy
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Just One Date
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7.42
81 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Gary Menteer
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Tender Kisses
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7.42
84 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: John Tracy
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Driving Carl Crazy
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7.40
87 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: John Tracy
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The Oddest Couple
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7.39
82 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: John Tracy
Writer: Jim Geoghan
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Walk on the Wild Side
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7.38
71 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: John Tracy
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Hot Wheels
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7.38
77 votes

#19 - 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.

Directors: John Tracy
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Dance to the Music
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7.36
90 votes

#20 - 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..

Directors: John Tracy
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Rumor Has It
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7.35
81 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Gary Menteer
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Surely You Joust
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7.32
117 votes

#22 - 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.

Directors: John Tracy
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel
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7.30
79 votes

#23 - 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.

Directors: John Tracy
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Buds 'n' Buns
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7.24
62 votes

#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.

Directors: John Tracy
Writer: Jim Geoghan
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