7.2/10128 votes#1 - Hell Toupee
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1993
Carl shops for a toupee, hoping to turn Harriette's head. Meanwhile love struck Myra accuses Laura of trying to take Urkel away from her and the two get into a food fight.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.4/10123 votes#2 - It Didn't Happen One Night
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1993
Laura oversleeps and misses her bus to Cincinnati for a cheerleading competition and Steve offers to take her in his Isetta. Laura is not pleasant company and Steve confronts her about it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10125 votes#3 - Saved by the Urkel
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1993
The Winslows find themselves - unbelievably - indebted to Urkel after he saves Carl's life with CPR. The family showers him with gratitude and feels obligated to put up with the nerdy, annoying dweeb.
Director: N/A
Writer: David W. Duclon
- 7.4/10127 votes
#4 - A Matter of Principle
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1993
Laura and Eddie's romantic tips have obsessive Myra entangled in a web of errors with Urkel when she invades Steve's school; Carl's sage advice leads Harriette to a confrontation with her boss - and a possible layoff.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10119 votes
#5 - Money Out the Window
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1993
A thug named Bones pays Eddie a visit after Waldo and Weasel enlist Eddie in their football-betting venture.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10133 votes
#6 - Best Friends
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1993
Harriette tries to fit in with Laura's friends but gets the cold shoulder from Laura. And Waldo's not so hot as Eddie's new hire at Mighty Weenie.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10171 votes
#7 - Grandmama
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1993
The NBA's Larry Johnson plays Grandmama (his TV-ad alter ego), who becomes Urkel's new partner in a city basketball competition after Eddie dumps Urkel for star player Kenny.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10168 votes
#8 - Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1993
A space-age potion turns Urkel into Stefan Urquelle suave, smooth-talking life of the party, but Laura finds she soon misses the old Urkel.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10141 votes
#9 - Car Wars
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1993
Laura believes that by donning a moustache and men's clothing she'll be better prepared to haggle with a sexist used-car dealer ; Steve is close to ruining Eddie's love life.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10126 votes
#10 - All the Wrong Moves
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1993
At the drive-in movie, Laura's new boyfriend (Kevin Mambo) has trouble getting the message that no really means no; and at home, Carl just doesn't get it when his insults drive Harriette to retaliate.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10143 votes
#11 - Christmas is Where the Heart Is
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1993
Urkel and Carl are stranded on a stalled subway with a car full of grouchy shoppers. Urkle teaches everyone, including Carl that Christmas is a state of the heart, and can be celebrated anywhere and with anyone.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: Stephen Langford
- 7.2/10125 votes
#12 - Scenes from a Mall
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1993
Urkel tells Myra that he needs some space and ends up breaking her heart, while Maxine is ready to break Waldo's neck for acting like a jealous fool.
Director: N/A
Writer: David W. Duclon
- 7.1/10122 votes
#13 - Rock Enroll
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1994
Eddie changes his mind about college at a concert fund-raiser after singer Shanice performs a song he wrote; and Urkel has no luck rallying friends to celebrate his birthday, but soon finds that Laura is his biggest cheerleader.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10124 votes
#14 - Like a Virgin
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1994
Eddie becomes the laughingstock of the boys' locker room after Urkel spills the beans that Eddie is still a virgin.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: David W. Duclon
- 7.7/10154 votes
#15 - Good Cop, Bad Cop
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1994
Carl refuses to accept Eddie's story that he got pulled over for speeding ""because he was a black in a white person's neighborhood"" ... until the portly cop finds out the ugly truth. Meanwhile, Urkel tells Richie that he has nothing to fear when going to the dentist, but the nerd soon regrets his move when he has cavities of his own that need filling.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10149 votes
#16 - Presumed Urkel
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/1994
When accident-prone Steve is blamed for a chemistry lab explosion, Laura represents him at a school trial.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Felicia D. Henderson
- 7.5/10126 votes
#17 - Father of the Bride
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/1994
Carl bribes Laura to go bowling with Urkel and dreams that they are married with four kids who look like Urkel.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10128 votes
#18 - Psycho Twins
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/1994
Carl and Urkel end up in the ring with the World Wrestling Federation's Bushwhackers after Urkel creates a ""snooze juice"" that knocks out the wrestling team's original opponents.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10118 votes
#19 - That's What Friends Are For
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1994
Everyone applauds Eddie on his college scholarship except Waldo, who fears he's losing a friend. Meanwhile, Carl' s fear of failure could keep him from a job promotion; and Urkel tortures Carl into telling him where Myra is by showing him slides of his cheese-tasting trip.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10127 votes
#20 - Opposites Attract
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 3/18/1994
Urkel develops hiccups after being robbed.
Director: N/A
Writer: Felicia D. Henderson
- 7.5/10128 votes
#21 - A-Camping We Will Go
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/1/1994
Urkel tags along on Carl's camping trip in Minnesota and an irritated Carl stubbornly refuses to listen to know- it-all Urkel's words of warning about bears and geysers; Harriette seeks a job.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10125 votes
#22 - Nunsense
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/1994
Urkel fears that his rejection has sent Myra to join a nunnery, so he enlists Eddie and Waldo to dress in habits and join him in a search for her at the convent.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10138 votes
#23 - Aunt Oona
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/6/1994
Urkel's accident-prone Aunt Oona visits shy, dowdy woman who get a confidence-building makeover from Harriette and then takes her new-found confidence to a karaoke bar, where chaos erupts when she holds a singing contest.
Director: N/A
Writer: David W. Duclon
- 7.4/10131 votes
#24 - Stefan Returns
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1994
Laura pleads with Urkel to step back into his transformation chamber and bring back her perfect guy the handsome, cool, caring Stefan Urquelle. Freddy Jackson sings You Are My Lady"".
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Family Matters Season 5
Every episode of Family Matters Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Family Matters Season 5!
A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A...
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Network:ABC
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Hell Toupee" is the best rated episode of "Family Matters" season 5. It scored 7.2/10 based on 128 votes. Directed by John Tracy and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/1993. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "It Didn't Happen One Night".