The BEST episodes of Family Matters season 8

Every episode of Family Matters season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Family Matters season 8!

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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Revenge of the Nerd
star
8.09
88 votes

#1 - Revenge of the Nerd

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1997

Laura plans to join a sorority and learns Steve is their favorite target.

Directors: Gregg Heschong
Writer: Jim Geoghan
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Getting Buff
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7.24
97 votes

#2 - Getting Buff

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1996

Eddie learns a revealing lesson when Greta gets a part-time job.

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Stevil
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7.17
75 votes

#3 - Stevil

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1996

Ventriloquist Steve's look-alike dummy comes alive on Halloween.

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
Love Triangles
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7.09
55 votes

#4 - Love Triangles

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1997

Best friends Laura and Maxine are attracted to the same guy.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Father Time
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7.07
88 votes

#5 - Father Time

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1997

Urkel invents a time machine, and he and Carl travel back to the 70s, where Carl takes advantage and changes the future to become a billionaire.

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
Nightmare at Urkel Oaks
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6.88
89 votes

#6 - Nightmare at Urkel Oaks

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1996

Eddie dreams that he is getting married to Myrtle Urkel, of all people, in her Southern plantation.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Paris Vacation (3)
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6.87
92 votes

#7 - Paris Vacation (3)

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1996

In the final part of the Paris trilogy, Carl comes to the rescue and saves Steve and the Winslows head back home... all except for Stefan.

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Jury
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6.83
89 votes

#8 - The Jury

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1996

Steve and Carl are called in on jury duty, and Steve proves without a shadow of a doubt that the accussed is innocent while everyone else thinks he is guilty.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Home Again
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6.82
97 votes

#9 - Home Again

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1996

A New Edition concert helps Stefan and Laura's long-distance relationship.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Movin' On
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6.80
96 votes

#10 - Movin' On

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1996

Urkel fits in with his new college friends but pines for Laura.

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
Flirting with Disaster
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6.76
89 votes

#11 - Flirting with Disaster

Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/28/1997

Eddie is most definitely flirting with disaster when he tries to date a woman much older than him. Meanwhile, Steve is causing Carl's homeowner insurance to skyrocket.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Paris Vacation (2)
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6.72
94 votes

#12 - Paris Vacation (2)

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1996

Turns out Nicole is a spy that is trying to get her hands on how the UrkPad works for her sinister cousin. Urkel is kidnapped and must either make them an UrkPad or die.

Directors: Richard Correll
Writer: Jim Geoghan
Watch Now:Apple TV
Paris Vacation (1)
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6.59
100 votes

#13 - Paris Vacation (1)

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1996

Steve does it yet again. He creates the UrkPad which allows him, the Winslows, and Stefan to travel to Paris. All goes well when Stefan learns he likes being a model and can actually speak French. Eddie unfortunately has to work during vacation for causing an accident at a restuarant. And Steve makes a new friend in Nicole. Or does he?

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
Chick-a-Boom
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6.58
90 votes

#14 - Chick-a-Boom

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1996

Steve invents some musically-activated gunpowder, but Myra mistakes it for pepper when she uses it to prepare a big dinner for Carl's commissioner!

Directors: Joel Zwick
Watch Now:Apple TV
Beauty and the Beast
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6.53
55 votes

#15 - Beauty and the Beast

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1997

Myrtle Urkel is back, and this time, she sabotages a beauty pageant so she can win.

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
3J in the House
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6.49
96 votes

#16 - 3J in the House

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1996

The Winslows realize their feelings for 3J when he runs away from the group home.

Directors: Richard Correll
Writer: Meg DeLoatch
Watch Now:Apple TV
Karate Kids
star
6.47
90 votes

#17 - Karate Kids

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1996

As a playground supervisor, Steve has a tough time controlling the bullies.

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
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6.35
92 votes

#18 - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1996

Laura finally gives Curtis the old heave-ho now that Stefan is back to stay. Meanwhile, Carl and Steve get lost in the woods looking for a Christmas tree.

Watch Now:Apple TV
The Brother Who Came to Dinner
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6.24
83 votes

#19 - The Brother Who Came to Dinner

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/2/1997

Carl learns his wayward brother Frank is in trouble with the law.

Directors: Richard Correll
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Odd Man In
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6.08
59 votes

#20 - Odd Man In

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1997

Harriette fills a spot at Carl's poker table while Steve does work for Eddie at a ballpark.

Directors: Joel Zwick
Watch Now:Apple TV
Pound Foolish
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5.85
84 votes

#21 - Pound Foolish

Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/25/1997

Donna Summer reprises her role as Urkel's Aunt Oona from Altoona, who has put on weight but anticipates taking it off in her nephew's new-fangled fat-compression chamber.

Directors: Jason Bateman
Watch Now:Apple TV
What Do You Know?
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5.82
62 votes

#22 - What Do You Know?

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1997

Eddie's plan misfires when he transforms into Urkel to compete on a game show.

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
Le Jour D'Amour
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4.88
82 votes

#23 - Le Jour D'Amour

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/1997

Urkel narrates romantic vignettes featuring the Winslows and friends.

Directors: Richard Correll
Watch Now:Apple TV
A Pirate's Life for Me
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4.63
79 votes

#24 - A Pirate's Life for Me

Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/9/1997

Steve's time machine sends him and Carl back to a pirate ship.

Directors: Joel Zwick
Watch Now:Apple TV