Family Matters
Season: 3
Episode: 1
Boom!
Air Date:20/09/1991
Urkel rescues an orangutan from laboratory experiments. Carl steps on a treadmill booby trapped with a bomb.
Crew
Episode: 2
Brain over Brawn
Air Date:27/09/1991
Urkel's future hangs in the balance during a rope-climbing contest pitting brains against brawn to win Laura's affections.
Episode: 3
The Show Must Go On
Air Date:04/10/1991
In the school play, Romeo Steve looks forward to kissing Juliet Laura when the original Romeo lands in the hospital with appendicitis.
Guest Stars
Name: Barry Jenner
Character: Lt. Lieu Murtaugh
Department: Acting
Name: Cherie Johnson
Character: Maxine Johnson
Department: Acting
Name: Bumper Robinson
Character: Daniel Wallace
Department: Acting
Name: Susan Krebs
Character: Ms. Steuben
Department: Acting
Name: Bethany McKinney
Character: Girl at Audition
Department: Acting
Episode: 4
Words Hurt
Air Date:11/10/1991
Sleepwalking Urkel undergoes hypnosis to uncover the cause of his anger: he thinks Carl hates his nerdy guts.
Crew
Episode: 5
Daddy's Little Girl
Air Date:18/10/1991
Laura's behavior suddenly changes when she meets Carl's younger new partner and surf's up for Steve.
Episode: 6
Citizen's Court
Air Date:25/10/1991
Urkel is so bugged when Carl squashes his pet beetle that he takes him to court - TV's Citizen's Court - to settle the matter.
Episode: 7
Robo-Nerd
Air Date:01/11/1991
Steve creates the Urkelbot, a mechanical Urkel that is all too much like its creator.
Episode: 8
Making the Team
Air Date:08/11/1991
When Laura gets snubbed by fellow cheerleaders, she seeks advice from Urkel, who tries out for the basketball team and ends up as equipment manager.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Barry Jenner
Character: Lt. Lieu Murtaugh
Department: Acting
Name: Kim Valentine
Character: Cassie Lynn
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Genovese
Character: Coach Westfield
Department: Acting
Name: Bennie Lee McGowan
Character: Mrs. Gherkin
Department: Acting
Name: Janine Jordae
Character: Beth
Department: Acting
Episode: 9
Born to be Mild
Air Date:15/11/1991
A street gang causes trouble for the Winslows, and things become personal when they vandalize Rachel's Place and attack Eddie. Carl wants to take matters into his own hands, but Urkel decides to infiltrate the gang and tricking them into confessing.
Episode: 10
The Love God
Air Date:22/11/1991
Steve thwarts Eddie's potential romance, while Carl is undercover in drag.
Guest Stars
Name: Lynn Swann
Character: Greg Johnston
Department: Acting
Name: Barry Jenner
Character: Lt. Lieu Murtaugh
Department: Acting
Name: Tammy Townsend
Character: Greta McClure
Department: Acting
Name: Danielle Nicolet
Character: Vonda Mahoney
Department: Acting
Name: Shawn Harrison
Character: Waldo Geraldo Faldo
Department: Acting
Episode: 11
Old and Alone
Air Date:29/11/1991
Laura may be sorry for banishing Urkel from her life: in her dreams, she's a 90-year-old spinster whose only visitor is a now-married Urkel.
Episode: 12
A Pair of Ladies
Air Date:06/12/1991
Rachel reluctantly hires a loudmouthed, pushy Harriette to help at the restaurant; and Urkel bets the ranch on Carl's cutthroat poker game at home with the guys.
Guest Stars
Name: Barry Jenner
Character: Lt. Lieu Murtaugh
Department: Acting
Name: Keone Young
Character: Fred Yamano
Department: Acting
Name: Bob Delegall
Character: George Randolph
Department: Acting
Name: Thom Curley
Character: The Coach
Department: Acting
Name: Daniel Faraldo
Character: Ramon
Department: Acting
Name: Malaika
Character: Lisa
Department: Acting
Episode: 13
Choir Trouble
Air Date:20/12/1991
Steve joins the Winslows at church with faith that he'll get into the choir, but he's kicked out by new choir director Rachel, whose position has gone to her head.
Episode: 14
A Test of Friendship
Air Date:10/01/1992
The Winslows are ripped off when Carl dozes off; Urkel takes the heat after helping Eddie cheat on a chemistry test.
Guest Stars
Name: Barry Jenner
Character: Lt. Lieu Murtaugh
Department: Acting
Name: Howard George
Character: Langweaver
Department: Acting
Name: Shawn Harrison
Character: Waldo Geraldo Faldo
Department: Acting
Name: Gregory White
Character: Al
Department: Acting
Name: Patrick Cronin
Character: Mr. Howard
Department: Acting
Name: Gary McGurk
Character: Ned
Department: Acting
Episode: 15
Jailhouse Blues
Air Date:17/01/1992
Visiting cousin Clarence is a slick dude ready for some action in the Winslow 'hood and a bad influence on a vulnerable Eddie, who winds up being arrested together with Steve.
Episode: 16
Brown Bombshell
Air Date:31/01/1992
Mother Winslow regales Eddie's classmates with tales of her late fighter-pilot husband and of World War II's Tuskegee Airmen.
Episode: 17
Food, Lies and Videotape
Air Date:07/02/1992
Urkel enrolls in a home economics class with Laura, thinking it'll be a piece of cake, but he soon learns he less than an A-student.
Episode: 18
My Broken-Hearted Valentine
Air Date:14/02/1992
Urkel again tries to intervene in Laura's budding romance with Daniel Wallace, whom Steve has learned is nothing but trouble. Laura believes Urkel is meddling in her love life and tells him to go away.
Episode: 19
Woman of the People
Air Date:21/02/1992
When squeaky-clean Laura enters the race for student-council president, snooty rival Cassie Lynn vows to gather dirt on her. Meanwhile, neighbors elect Harriet Neighborhood Watch leader and Carl is down in the dumps about it.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Marley Shelton
Character: Becky Sue
Department: Acting
Name: Kim Valentine
Character: Cassie Lynn
Department: Acting
Name: Clyde Kusatsu
Character: Principal Edgar Shimata
Department: Acting
Name: Cal Gibson
Character: Al
Department: Acting
Name: Loretta Jean
Character: Gloria
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Noble
Character: Bernie
Department: Acting
Episode: 20
Love and Kisses
Air Date:28/02/1992
Hoping to win Laura, Urkel strikes a deal with R&B singer Johnny Gill: his treasured baseball card in exchange for serenading her; Carl and Harriette discover that their honeymoon love nest is of the outdoor type.
Guest Stars
Episode: 21
Stop, in the Name of Love
Air Date:13/03/1992
Laura's encouraging words cast a love spell on Waldo; Carl and Lt. Murtagh trade insults in a food fight over Mother Winslow's bad driving.
Episode: 22
The Urkel Who Came to Dinner
Air Date:03/04/1992
Urkel's stay at the Winslows brings chaos when he swallows a fish that Carl was "fish-sitting," urges Richie to fight a preschool bully and drives away Laura's study mate.
Episode: 23
Robo-Nerd II
Air Date:24/04/1992
It's hasta la vista to the criminal element and hello Urkelbot after Urkel revives his robot for law-enforcement use in solving a rash of convenience store robberies on Carl's beat; meanwhile new shampoo changes the women.
Guest Stars
Name: Barry Jenner
Character: Lt. Lieu Murtaugh
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Chambers
Character: Urkelbot
Department: Acting
Name: Annie Gagen
Character: Customer
Department: Acting
Name: Matt Landers
Character: Robber
Department: Acting
Name: Shawn Harrison
Character: Waldo Geraldo Faldo
Department: Acting
Name: Ron Smith
Character: Laurabot
Department: Acting
Episode: 24
Dudes
Air Date:01/05/1992
Laura sees red when Urkel, Eddie and Waldo appear on Dudes, a TV dating show that Laura claims is sexist; Carl's birthday gets little attention from his family.
Episode: 25
Farewell, My Laura
Air Date:08/05/1992
Urkel plays bumbling, hard-boiled gumshoe Johnny Danger in a 1940s film noir spoof with Laura as a sultry client who needs protection for her aunt Rachel singer and supper-club owner marked for murder.