Season 5 (1993/94)
- Telma Hopkins and Jaimee Foxworth are no longer series regulars.
- Bryton McClure is absent for 12 episodes.
- Rosetta LeNoire is absent for 9 episodes.
- Shawn Harrison is absent for 6 episodes.
- Jo Marie Payton and Kellie Shanygne Williams are both absent for the same episode.
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 97 | 1 | "Hell Toupee" | John Tracy | Regina Stewart | September 24, 1993 | 455351 |
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Myra visits Urkel at school for lunch, and once again accuses Laura of trying to vie for his affections. The end result is a huge food fight. Meanwhile, Carl – feeling he has lost his romantic touch with Harriette – decides to invest in a toupee. Note: Jaimee Foxworth and Telma Hopkins no longer appear in the opening credits. Starting with this season, there will be a lot of continuity errors, e.g. Eddie's birth date, Harriette and Carl's marriage, and Laura's age. |
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| 98 | 2 | "It Didn't Happen One Night" | Gary Menteer | Joseph Cvar & Gary Menteer | October 1, 1993 | 455352 |
| Laura oversleeps on the morning of a huge cheerleader competition in Cincinnati, Ohio, and asks Urkel to drive her there in his BMW Isetta. She quickly becomes frustrated with the car's slow speed, and in trying to get Steve to drive faster, causes it to break down. The two are eventually forced to bunk together in a low-rent motel, where Laura really gets frustrated. Eventually, Urkel becomes a little too irked and stands up to her. Meanwhile, Carl gets annoyed as Fletcher and Estelle continually express love for each other in public, which is something he never does with Harriette. He also makes an inept attempt to fix the kitchen window after Steve broke it by jumping through it. | ||||||
| 99 | 3 | "Saved by the Urkel" | Gary Menteer | David W. Duclon | October 8, 1993 | 455354 |
| Carl is trying to repair a lamp and refuses to listen to Urkel's advice: unplug it. Carl electrocutes himself, and only Urkel knows CPR. Steve ends up saving Carl's life. The Winslows find themselves indebted to Urkel and shower him with gratitude. The incident also inspires Eddie and Laura to learn CPR. | ||||||
| 100 | 4 | "A Matter of Principle" | Richard Correll | Jim Geoghan | October 15, 1993 | 455355 |
| In the series 100th episode, Harriette's job at the Chicago Chronicle as manager of security has taken a back seat to Urkel's antics in the series' four years, but it takes center stage here. The newspaper is experiencing budget cuts, and Harriette's boss, Mr. Berger, asks her to cut her workforce. Harriette doesn't want to fire anyone, and Carl gives her some advice on how to tell Mr. Berger this. The end result has Harriette losing her job. Meanwhile, Myra transfers to Urkel's school, all to snare herself a certain nerd. She eventually asks Eddie and Laura for advice in winning Urkel's heart, resulting in a wild comedy of errors. | ||||||
| 101 | 5 | "Money Out the Window" | Gary Menteer | Gary M. Goodrich | October 22, 1993 | 455353 |
| Eddie still hasn't gotten over the gambling habit, and Weasel and Waldo entice him in their football betting venture (even though Urkel warns him about the risks of gambling since he was the only one who did learn his lesson). When Eddie loses a bundle, a thug named Bones (Bubba Smith) pays him a visit, threatening him with serious injury if the debt is not settled in a timely manner. Refusing to listen to Steve, Eddie sells Carl's precious stamp to settle the debt: a decision he will regret and simply wish Bones beat him up before his father finds out. Meanwhile, Laura adds a night job to her hectic schedule to try to get more money for a car, resulting in her being tired throughout the day. Soon Harriette convinces her to focus on her day job and let them come up with the other half of the money. | ||||||
| 102 | 6 | "Best Friends" | Gary Menteer | Fred Fox, Jr. | October 29, 1993 | 455356 |
| Harriette tries (a little too hard) to fit in with Laura's social group to bond with her daughter. Laura is embarrassed until KC and Maxine reminds her that their mothers aren't exactly close to them. Meanwhile, Waldo (who has been fired from a series of jobs) appears to be a failure at his new job as cashier at the Mighty Weenie ... until Eddie remembers that Waldo is a talented cook. | ||||||
| 103 | 7 | "Grandmama" | Richard Corell | Story by: Jaleel White Teleplay by: Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan |
November 5, 1993 | 455357 |
| When Eddie dumps Urkel as his partner in a prestigious 2-on-2 basketball tournament in favor of a star player (Darius McCrary's real life brother, Donovan McCrary as Kenny "The Spider" Jackson), the nerd turns to Grandmama (NBA star Larry Johnson's alter ego). Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette quarrel over Laura's curfew. | ||||||
| 104 | 8 | "Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool" | John Tracy | Jim Geoghan | November 12, 1993 | 455359 |
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After Laura gets fed up with Urkel's mischevious behavior, she tells him that he needs to change. So Urkel devises the ultimate scheme to win her heart...a potion that will turn him into an ultra-suave, good-looking ladies man. Steve drinks the potion and becomes Stefan Urquelle and quickly wins Laura's heart, but it isn't long before she's fed up with his arrogant narcisstic nature and rather have the irksome nerd back. Note: This is the first appearance of Urkel's alter-ego, Stefan Urquelle, played by Jaleel White in a dual role. |
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| 105 | 9 | "Car Wars" | Richard Correll | Sheila M. Anthony | November 19, 1993 | 455358 |
| Laura wants to buy a car, but finds the high-pressure salesman more than she can handle alone, given his sexist attitude. At Urkel's suggestion, she dons a mustache and hat and poses as a man to buy a car. Steve is close to spoiling Eddie's love life. | ||||||
| 106 | 10 | "All the Wrong Moves" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. | November 26, 1993 | 455361 |
| Laura, Urkel and Waldo each have dates at the drive-in movie theater. Laura's boyfriend wants to have sex, but doesn't seem to understand the meaning of the word "no". Myra wants to have sex with Urkel, but when he too refuses, she decides perhaps its a good idea to wait. Waldo, of course, is Waldo, what with his bringing lawn chairs to enjoy the show, much to an embarrassed Maxine's chagrin. Meanwhile, Harriette starts charging Carl for services after they fight over a credit card reward. Soon Carl realises his behavior is wrong, apologizes to Harriette and buys her a new refrigerator. | ||||||
| 107 | 11 | "Christmas is Where the Heart Is" | Richard Correll | Stephen Langford | December 10, 1993 | 455363 |
| Urkel and Carl become stranded on a subway car after a power outage on Christmas Eve. Carl and all of the car's passengers are ill-tempered, wanting to get home to celebrate the holidays with their families, leaving it up to Urkel to remind them that Christmas can be celebrated anywhere with anyone. | ||||||
| 108 | 12 | "Scenes From a Mall" | Gary Menteer | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | December 17, 1993 | 455360 |
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Myra demands commitment from Urkel or else. When he refuses and asks her to give him his space, she ends up leaving in a crying fit. Steve must now turn to Laura for help. Waldo constantly worries that other boys have their eyes on Maxine, causing him to go into a jealous fit. Meanwhile, Eddie learns that the store model he has a crush on is married. Also, while Harriette is at a job interview, Carl gets burdened with having to watch Little Richie & his friend, Lil' G (Gary LeRoi Gray). Guest Star: James Avery from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air made a surprise guest appearance during the closing credits. |
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| 109 | 13 | "Rock Enroll" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | January 7, 1994 | 455362 |
| Eddie considers postponing college in favor of a singing/songwriting career, particularly when Shanice performs the song he wrote. Shanice soon inspires him to go to college and get his degree when she reveals her plans to finish school. Meanwhile, Urkel becomes depressed when no one seems to remember his birthday, unaware that Laura is planning a surprise birthday party for him. | ||||||
| 110 | 14 | "Like a Virgin" | Richard Correll | David W. Duclon | January 14, 1994 | 455364 |
| Wisecraking, Jimmy blabs about his latest conquest until Urkel lets slip that Eddie has never had sex with anyone, leading to plenty of locker room teasing. He's embarrassed, until Laura reminds him that Jimmy isn't popular with the girls and is the butt of their jokes. Eddie and his friends soon realize that still having your virginity as a teenager is just fine. Meanwhile, Urkel seeks advice from Estelle when he needs her help in avoiding Myra. | ||||||
| 111 | 15 | "Good Cop, Bad Cop" | Richard Correll | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | January 21, 1994 | 455366 |
| Carl has warned Eddie about his late-night carousing before. So when Eddie is arrested for a traffic violation, he says he was the victim of racial profiling by a pair of overzealous patrolmen. Carl refuses to accept his son's story of how he was "a black in a white person's neighborhood", and a huge argument ensues. But then Carl sees the two officers at a coffee shop and decides to get their side of the story. What he finds out is the ugly truth (it's all like Eddie explained) when the seinor officer is revealed to be a severe racist. An angry Carl threatens to report the senior officer for his racial profiling, while also urging his rookie partner to re-examine his own attitude. Meanwhile, Urkel gets more than he bargained for when he takes a worried Richie to the dentist. | ||||||
| 112 | 16 | "Presumed Urkel" | John Tracy | Felicia D. Henderson | February 4, 1994 | 455365 |
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Accident-prone Urkel is accused of blowing up the school's chemistry lab following an accident. With his academic future on the line, Laura defends Steve against someone who seems a little too eager to have him expelled. Soon Laura proves Urkel's innocence by revealing who was really at fault with a blacklight. Exposed, Dexter Thornhill revealed he framed Steve for the crime because he wanted to win last year's science fair and hated him for it since. Note: This episode marks the final appearances of Shavar Ross as Weasel & Clyde Kusatsu as Principal Edgar Shimata. |
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| 113 | 17 | "Father of the Bride" | John Tracy | Stephen Langford | February 11, 1994 | 455369 |
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To get him out of his hair for the evening, Carl sends Urkel on a bowling date with Laura, then watches a movie. Estelle warns him that they may fall in love, but he ignores her and dozes off. Carl quickly has a nightmare about how Urkel and Laura fell in love, got married and gave birth to a brood of Urkel-kids in the year 2009. Goof: In the beginning of this episode, Steve says that Carl promised to do certain activities with him. One of these included a date before 1989, which was the year in which Carl and Urkel had met. This was either an accidental or deliberate series error. |
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| 114 | 18 | "Psycho Twins" | Richard Correll | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | February 18, 1994 | 455368 |
| Urkel invents some "snooze juice", which is intended to help police officers easily apprehend criminals. The potion is demonstrated at a professional wrestling event, and The Psycho Twins (one of whom is Carl's old high school friend) accidentally drinks the snooze juice, So Steve & Carl have to fill in for the Real Psycho Twins in the ring, The tag team's opponents, the WWF's Bushwhackers, find out Carl is one of something they hate; cops, which spells trouble for Urkel and Carl. | ||||||
| 115 | 19 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Richard Correll | Sheila M. Anthony | March 4, 1994 | 455370 |
| Eddie earns a college scholarship, and everyone's cheering for him but Waldo, who feels like he'll lose his friendship with Eddie once he goes off to college. Meanwhile, Carl refuses to tell his own family why he doesn't want to take a police test, which could make him a lieutenant. Steve quickly figures out why, he has a fear of failure and Estelle convinces him to overcome his fears by taking the test. He does and becomes lieutenant. | ||||||
| 116 | 20 | "Opposites Attract" | Gary Menteer | Felicia D. Henderson | March 18, 1994 | 455371 |
| Laura is editor of her school's newspaper, and quickly gets into a series of conflicts with one of the staff writers – whom fall for each other! Meanwhile, Urkel is robbed and gets the hiccups. | ||||||
| 117 | 21 | "A-Camping We Will Go" | Richard Correll | Stephen Langford | April 1, 1994 | 455372 |
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Urkel tags along on Carl's camping trip with Eddie and Waldo. Urkel tries to give Carl some advice, but he refuses to listen ... and everyone could soon regret it. Note: Only Carl, Eddie, Waldo and Urkel are featured in this episode. |
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| 118 | 22 | "Nunsense" | John Tracy | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | April 29, 1994 | 455373 |
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Urkel, offended that his privacy had been violated, tells Myra to get lost when she presents him with a nude drawing of himself. The next morning, Urkel learns that Myra is going to a convent, causing the nerd to assume that she plans to join. He quickly enlists Eddie and Waldo to dress as nuns to find Myra and get her to reconsider her joining the nunnery. Of course, she had gone there to visit her aunt, but none of this comes out in the open until the guys are nearly arrested. Meanwhile, Carl becomes annoyed of Harriette's habit of leaving her wedding ring on the soapdish (located very close to the bathroom sink) when she puts on makeup. Note: Judyann Elder guest-stars as one of the nuns; she would eventually take over the role of Harriette following Jo Marie Payton's departure halfway through Season 9. |
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| 119 | 23 | "Aunt Oona" | Gary Menteer | David W. Duclon & Gary Menteer | May 6, 1994 | 455367 |
| Urkel's shy Aunt Oona (Donna Summer) from Altoona visits. Harriette and the others help break Oona out of her shell – by taking her to a karaoke bar for a singing contest. Meanwhile, Eddie & Waldo need to win to pay for an accident caused by Waldo's snowmobile. | ||||||
| 120 | 24 | "Stefan Returns" | John Tracy | Fred Fox, Jr. & Jim Geoghan | May 20, 1994 | 455374 |
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Urkel, still pining for Laura's heart, renovates his Stefan Urquelle alter-ego, inventing a transformation chamber to do so. He's a much friendlier person this time, but the formula soon wears off just as Laura professes her love for Stefan. Urkel is resolved to one day make Stefan permanent. Guest Star: Freddie Jackson |
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