List of episodes of the series «Family Matters»

The Mama Who Came to Dinner

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Mother Winslow moves in and immediately begins to usurp Carl's authority. Eddie wants to go out with his friends, but he has a strict curfew that complicates things with Carl.

Two-Income Family

• User score: 10
• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Hariette loses her job to automation, forcing the family into austerity measures while Carl stews over the family debts.

Short Story

• User score: 10
• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Rachel writes a short story with characters that seem all too familiar; Carl becomes obsessed with the family's out of proportion water bill.

Rachel's First Date

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  The Winslows finally get to be alone together when Rachel accepts a date with a man from the church choir.

Straight A's

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Eddie comes home with straight A's on his report card and the whole family is proud of him. Rodney comes over and tells him that he changed the grades on the report cards on the school computer. Eddie doesn't want to tell the truth because he fears that he will hurt Carl's feelings.

Basketball Blues

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Carl's efforts to get Eddie psyched for a pro basketball career is enhanced by a visit from basketball star Bolton.

Body Damage

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Rachel takes an unauthorized spin in the classic automobile that Carl plans to drive in the Columbus Day Parade.

Mr. Badwrench

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Self-proclaimed handyman Carl decides to install a shower in Mother Winslow's quarters while she's out of town.

Stake-Out

• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  After Carl is on an all-night stakeout with his attractive new partner, Harriette finds a room key to Louie's Love Grotto in his pocket.

False Arrest

• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  The Winslows are aghast to discover that their TV idol has been arrested for assaulting a police officer - Officer Carl Winslow.

The Quilt

• Episode number: 11
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Laura sells a quilt Grandmother Winslow considered an heirloom.

Laura's First Date

• Episode number: 12
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Laura wants to go to an upcoming dance with a good-looking boy. Carl and Eddie try to find Laura a date. Carl asks Steve Urkel to take Laura to the dance, while Eddie asks one of his friends to take her out. When Laura finds out what happened, she is humiliated.

Man's Best Friend

• Episode number: 13
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Carl has a rule he intends to enforce not pets in the house until he meets a big, playful puppy who follows the kids home from school.

Baker's Dozens

• Episode number: 14
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Thanks to Rachel's brainstorm, Carl could become the "king of tarts" if he shares his secret recipe for lemon tarts, which were a big hit at a local restaurant.

The Big Reunion

• Episode number: 15
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Carl decides to lose weight before going to his high-school reunion.

The Party

• Episode number: 16
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  A "No Guests" rule spells no fun for Eddie, who's left in charge of the house while the adults are away for the weekend.

The Big Fix

• Episode number: 17
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Eddie persuades Laura to date a guy he's indebted to.

Sitting Pretty

• Episode number: 18
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Laura's babysitting service floods the house with children at a bad time on the night Carl has invited his captain over.

In a Jam

• Episode number: 19
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Eddie wants to do the right thing when faced with protecting Steve from a bully who threatens to beat him up, which could get Eddie creamed as well.

The Candidate

• Episode number: 20
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  Eddie places image over integrity in his class president bid when image-maker Laura offers a thousand points of light to illuminate his campaign.

Bowl Me Over

• Episode number: 21
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  The men vie with the women in a bowling match and Carl's philosophy about accepting defeat gracefully ends up in the gutter when Hariette aces him out.

Rock Video

• Episode number: 22
• Episode duration: 24 min.
• Episode description:
  When Eddie's big ego threatens to disband his group during the making of a rock video for a contest, the rest of the Winslows offer some ideas.