Season 4 (1992/93)
- Jaimee Foxworth departs from the series after the episode "Mama's Wedding", although she is credited until episode 96.
- Shawn Harrison becomes a series regular with the episode "Surely, You Joust".
- Michelle Thomas begins a recurring role as Myra Monkhouse with the episode "A Thought in the Dark".
- Jaimee Foxworth is absent for 14 episodes.
- Telma Hopkins is absent for 12 episodes.
- Bryton McClure is absent for 9 episodes.
- Rosetta LeNoire is absent for 7 episodes.
- Shawn Harrison is absent for 3 episodes.
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 73 | 1 | "Surely You Joust" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | September 18, 1992 | 447801 |
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Carl and Urkel get into a feud, and decide the only way to settle their grievances is to compete on American Gladiators, thanks to Waldo's cousin American Gladiator Sabre. Guest Stars: Mike Adamle and Larry Csonka |
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| 74 | 2 | "Hot Wheels" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart | September 25, 1992 | 447802 |
| Carl buys Eddie a used police car at an auction, hoping the two can restore it together. Only thing is, he would rather bond with Waldo while restoring the beat-up car into a hot rod. Harriette soon sets Eddie straight for it. Meanwhile, Laura meets a guy named Ted selling candy, they quickly attract, and they agree to go out on a date. Soon, there seems to be a little problem with Urkel's new superglue, when it causes the nerd's hand to become bonded with Laura's shoulder. | ||||||
| 75 | 3 | "Dance to the Music" | John Tracy | Joseph Cvar & Gary Menteer | October 2, 1992 | 447804 |
| Laura, a nominee for homecoming queen, sets her sights on a popular jock named Ted. Urkel, wanting to make Laura happy, helps Ted break the ice with her. Meanwhile, Carl becomes jealous of Harriette's piano teacher. | ||||||
| 76 | 4 | "Driving Carl Crazy" | John Tracy | Stephen Langford | October 9, 1992 | 447803 |
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Carl is trying to deal with high blood pressure, but instead of listening to his doctor, he takes waiting room advice ("3–2–1, 1–2–3, what the heck is bothering me?"). It's put to the test when Urkel asks him to give him some driving lessons to impress Laura. Note: This episode introduced Urkel's vehicle, a BMW Isetta, which he would drive through the end point of the 9th season. |
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| 77 | 5 | "Rumor Has It..." | Gary Menteer | Gary M. Goodrich | October 16, 1992 | 447805 |
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Rumor has it that Ted went all the way with Laura on their date. Urkel knows this isn't true and tries to warn Laura about the fast-spreading rumor around school. Laura tells the nerd never to speak to her again, but then Maxine tells her she heard the very same rumors about her and Ted. Laura then enlists Urkel and Eddie to get the truth out into the open. Note: This episode marks the first appearance of Shavar Ross as Weasel (although he is referred to by his proper name, Alex). |
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| 78 | 6 | "Number One With a Bullet" | Gary Menteer | Fred Fox, Jr. | October 23, 1992 | 447806 |
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When Steve has to have an emergency appendectomy, Carl thinks he's in store for a few nerd-free days until he is shot in the butt while trying to foil a robbery and winds up sharing the same hospital room as Urkel. But the nerd may prove a helping hand when one of the robbers wants revenge on Carl for having one of his buddies captured. Note: This episode marks the final appearance of Barry Jenner as Lt. Murtaugh. |
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| 79 | 7 | "Whose Kid Is It Anyway?" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | October 30, 1992 | 447807 |
| Eddie would rather go out on a date than take Richie trick-or-treating, and Waldo accidentally brings home another child. Also, Steve tries to cure Harriette's insomnia. However, he accidentally records a telephone conversation he has with Waldo about Carl's back problems. | ||||||
| 80 | 8 | "An Officer and a Waldo" | John Tracy | David W. Duclon | November 6, 1992 | 447808 |
| When Eddie yells at Waldo over a misunderstanding, Waldo's fragile self-esteem takes a huge hit. His response: Join the US Army reserves. Urkel doesn't hesitate to set Eddie straight and they promptly to go after him just to get him to change his mind. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette deal with a repairman who has a habit for overcharging his clients. | ||||||
| 81 | 9 | "Just One Date" | Gary Menteer | Fred Fox, Jr. | November 13, 1992 | 447812 |
| Urkel, determined to go out with Laura, resorts to his most outlandish trick yet: Camping out on the rooftop of the Winslow home. Meanwhile, Richie tries to fight off the advances of the young girl, Gwendolyn (Naya Rivera), who has just moved to the neighborhood. | ||||||
| 82 | 10 | "The Oddest Couple" | John Tracy | Jim Geoghan | November 20, 1992 | 447810 |
| Eddie gets into a fight with Carl over house rules, while Urkel gets into a quarrel with his parents over his scientific experiments constantly going awry. The result: The two become roommates in a run-down apartment. They soon realize it's harder than they think when Eddie's irresponsibility and Steve's science collide! | ||||||
| 83 | 11 | "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad House" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart | November 27, 1992 | 447811 |
| After Eddie pulls a classroom prank, his teacher (Debra Jo Rupp) wants to refer him to the principal. Knowing he could face dismissal from the basketball team for this offense, he relates a sob story about how he comes from a dysfunctional family. The teacher is so upset that she later confides in Urkel, who recommends that she pay a visit to this family, unaware that she is talking about the Winslows. What Miss Connors observes is excatly what Eddie described: she sees a highly chaotic household, thanks in part to Harriette having gone "on strike" after she became frustrated with her family constantly henpecking her. Having ignored Mother Winslow's warning not to push her, they must endure fending for themselves. | ||||||
| 84 | 12 | "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel" | John Tracy | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | December 11, 1992 | 447815 |
| While Christmas shopping, Laura really snaps at Urkel for accidentally breaking an expensive crystal ornament, which she had intended to give Harriette as a Christmas gift. She fumes that she wishes he could only see what it's like to be her, then maybe he'd understand. So, Laura's guardian angel, Tyrone (T. K. Carter) grants her wish and Urkel becomes Steve Winslow(in the alternate reality version). However there's a catch to her wish: she must walk a mile in his shoes as Laura Urkel so she'll find out what's it like to have her feelings hurt and teach her a lesson. | ||||||
| 85 | 13 | "Muskrat Love" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart | January 8, 1993 | 447813 |
| While Eddie tries to date a girl that his friends think is undesirable, Laura tries to get Maxine out of a date with Ted that Laura set up. Meanwhile, thinking it would boost her self-esteem, Carl gives Harriette exercise equipment for her birthday, to no surprise, it makes her feel worse. | ||||||
| 86 | 14 | "The Way the Ball Bounces" | Jeffrey Ganz | Stephen Langford | January 22, 1993 | 447817 |
| Eddie is wooed by a slick-talking college recruiter, who wants him only for his basketball skills and not his meager academic credentials. In order to teach him that education is more important than sports, Harriette invites a college student working at a grocery store to explain the dangers of putting basketball over education. Meanwhile, a sleep famished Laura enlists Urkel to cover as her so she can go to the library to study for the PSAT. | ||||||
| 87 | 15 | "A Thought in the Dark" | Gary Menteer | Bob Illes & James R. Stein | January 29, 1993 | 447814 |
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Wanting to get Urkel off her back once and for all, Laura asks Ted to set the nerd up. He chooses his cousin, the beautiful Myra Monkhouse, someone who just loves Steve. The foursome head off to a Dave Koz concert, where Waldo is working as an usher. Meanwhile, Harriette discovers that Carl is covering for Judy after she ruined her expensive dress. Soon they discuss when to help out their kids. Note: This episode marks the first appearance of Michelle Thomas as Myra Monkhouse. |
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| 88 | 16 | "Tender Kisses" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | February 5, 1993 | 447818 |
| Unable to get tickets to a Tracie Spencer concert, Eddie, Waldo and Weasel plot to sneak into the singer's hotel room to procure them. Meanwhile, Carl is suspicious when he constantly sees Harriette writing in her diary and gets Urkel to read it to him, only to discover that she had planted a fake diary because she was aware he'll read it anyway. | ||||||
| 89 | 17 | "Heart Strings" | John Tracy | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | February 12, 1993 | 447819 |
| Laura and Ted agree to end their relationship, and a heartsick Laura has no one to love for Valentine's Day until Urkel pays her a visit. Meanwhile, Richie tries to fight off Gwendolyn who wants him to be her "Daddy Mac"! | ||||||
| 90 | 18 | "Higher Anxiety" | Richard Correll | Jim Geoghan | February 19, 1993 | 447816 |
| Urkel reveals to Eddie that his girlfriend, Oneshia (Mari Morrow), is a two-timer. After he breaks off the relationship, Eddie goes into a week long depression. Waldo and Urkel try to cheer him up by taking him to a party. When Eddie steps outside to get some air, Waldo and Urkel find him on the fire escape, and their combined weight breaks it. With teamwork, Eddie, Urkel, and Waldo manage to get back inside, and Eddie realizes that his friends are more important than a girl. However, he does take comfort knowing that Oneisha's current boyfriend had his car crushed by a fire escape ladder. Meanwhile, Estelle and her beau, Fletcher, have really advanced their relationship and are contemplating marriage, much to Carl's chagrin, after a white water rafting trip. When Harriette calls him out for hurting his mother, she learns Carl's real reason for not accepting their relationship. | ||||||
| 91 | 19 | "Mama's Wedding" | Gary Menteer | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | February 26, 1993 | 447820 |
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Carl finally comes to terms with his mother's impending marriage to Fletcher, but the two get into a fight over the wedding arrangements. He wants a big wedding bash for them. However, Estelle just wants a small, family wedding, which Carl eventually agrees to. But his original plan for a huge bash might come to fruition anyway, since Eddie had planned a huge house party for a weekend his parents would be out of town. Only thing is, Waldo needs proof reading skills because he wrote inaccurate invitations to the house party, advertising the gathering as the same night as the wedding. End result, Estelle and Fletcher gets a wedding they'll remember for a long time and Eddie is grounded by Carl to serve time in his room for his plans to have a party. Note: This episode marks Jaimee Foxworth's last appearance as Judy Winslow, but she was still credited until episode 96. |
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| 92 | 20 | "Pulling Teeth" | Gary Menteer | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | March 5, 1993 | 447822 |
| A five-way phone conversation between Eddie, Waldo, Urkel, Laura and Maxine results in the unlikeliest of couples – Waldo and Maxine. And the two really hit it off! Meanwhile, Richie struggles with getting rid of a loose baby tooth, prompting Carl to help get it out. | ||||||
| 93 | 21 | "Walk on the Wild Side" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | March 26, 1993 | 447809 |
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Armed with fake ID's and a desire to dump her "Miss Goody Two-Shoes" image, Laura and her friends go to Club Buff (a male strip club) the same nightclub that Harriette, Estelle and Rachel go to frequently. Urkel learns of this and winds up accidentally performing a striptease. Note: Judy was mentioned in this episode when Harriette says that they had to trick Eddie and Judy into doing chores. |
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| 94 | 22 | "Hot Stuff" | Gary Menteer | Stephen Langford | April 30, 1993 | 447821 |
| Myra asks Laura for advice in snaring the man of her dreams – Steve "Hot Stuff" Urkel. Meanwhile, Eddie buys a discounted car stereo from Weasel. However, he gets suspicious when Steve reveals that it had been stolen and Carl takes action by taking his car to the precinct to get it removed. | ||||||
| 95 | 23 | "Stormy Weather" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. | May 7, 1993 | 447823 |
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Laura casts potential prom date Steve aside in favor of another class hunk, Jimmy, at the junior prom. However, she soon regrets it when she learns that her date is possessive and jealous. He demands that she ends her friendship with Urkel by telling him to get lost or else. Laura is fed up with Jimmy's demanding and tells him off what she really thinks of him. She immediately ditches him on the dance floor, prefering to keep her friendship with Steve intact. Meanwhile, Urkel attempts to hide his nerdy reputation from Myra as he takes her to the dance, but ends up impressing his peers with her. Carl and Harriette show up to dance the night away. Guest Stars: Portrait |
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| 96 | 24 | "Buds 'n' Buns" | John Tracy | Jim Geoghan | May 14, 1993 | 447824 |
| Urkel decides to at least advance his budding relationship with Myra. Laura soon misses him when he stops visiting her. Steve is horrorified when he sees how jealous and possessive Myra is during their visit to the Winslow home. She somehow has concluded that Laura is serious competition for the nerd's affections, even though she maintains that she and Steve are friends. Meanwhile, Eddie is promoted to supervising manager at the Mighty Weenie, where Carl has taken a part-time job and soon finds himself answering to his son. They get into a serious fight until Harriette reminds them not to let that interfere with their close relationship. |
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