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.
#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.
#2 - Getting Buff
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1996
Eddie learns a revealing lesson when Greta gets a part-time job.
#3 - Love Triangles
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1997
Best friends Laura and Maxine are attracted to the same guy.
#4 - Stevil
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1996
Ventriloquist Steve's look-alike dummy comes alive on Halloween.
#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.
#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.
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#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.
#8 - Movin' On
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1996
Urkel fits in with his new college friends but pines for Laura.
#9 - 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.
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#10 - Home Again
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1996
A New Edition concert helps Stefan and Laura's long-distance relationship.
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#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.
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#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.
#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?
#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!
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Karate Kids
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1996
As a playground supervisor, Steve has a tough time controlling the bullies.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#23 - Le Jour D'Amour
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/1997
Urkel narrates romantic vignettes featuring the Winslows and friends.
#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.