Where to watch Family Matters Season 1
Family Matters season 1 is streaming in Australia on HBO Max (subscription). You can also buy it on Apple TV from $24.99. Season 1 was released on 22 September 1989.
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Family Matters Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
The Mama Who Came to Dinner
30 mins · Fri, 22 Sep 1989
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.
S01 E02
Two-Income Family
30 mins · Fri, 29 Sep 1989
Hariette loses her job to automation, forcing the family into austerity measures while Carl stews over the family debts.
S01 E03
Short Story
30 mins · Fri, 6 Oct 1989
Rachel writes a short story with characters that seem all too familiar; Carl becomes obsessed with the family's out of proportion water bill.
S01 E04
Rachel's First Date
30 mins · Fri, 13 Oct 1989
The Winslows finally get to be alone together when Rachel accepts a date with a man from the church choir.
S01 E05
Straight A's
30 mins · Fri, 20 Oct 1989
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.
S01 E06
Basketball Blues
30 mins · Fri, 3 Nov 1989
Carl's efforts to get Eddie psyched for a pro basketball career is enhanced by a visit from basketball star Bolton.
S01 E07
Body Damage
30 mins · Fri, 10 Nov 1989
Rachel takes an unauthorized spin in the classic automobile that Carl plans to drive in the Columbus Day Parade.
S01 E08
Mr. Badwrench
30 mins · Fri, 17 Nov 1989
Self-proclaimed handyman Carl decides to install a shower in Mother Winslow's quarters while she's out of town.
S01 E09
Stake-Out
30 mins · Fri, 24 Nov 1989
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.
S01 E10
False Arrest
30 mins · Fri, 1 Dec 1989
The Winslows are aghast to discover that their TV idol has been arrested for assaulting a police officer - Officer Carl Winslow.
S01 E11
The Quilt
30 mins · Fri, 8 Dec 1989
Laura sells a quilt Grandmother Winslow considered an heirloom.
S01 E12
Laura's First Date
30 mins · Fri, 15 Dec 1989
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.
S01 E13
Man's Best Friend
30 mins · Fri, 5 Jan 1990
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.
S01 E14
Baker's Dozens
30 mins · Fri, 12 Jan 1990
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.
S01 E15
The Big Reunion
30 mins · Fri, 19 Jan 1990
Carl decides to lose weight before going to his high-school reunion.
S01 E16
The Party
30 mins · Fri, 2 Feb 1990
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.
S01 E17
The Big Fix
30 mins · Fri, 9 Feb 1990
Eddie persuades Laura to date a guy he's indebted to.
S01 E18
Sitting Pretty
30 mins · Fri, 16 Feb 1990
Laura's babysitting service floods the house with children at a bad time on the night Carl has invited his captain over.
S01 E19
In a Jam
30 mins · Fri, 16 Mar 1990
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.
S01 E20
The Candidate
30 mins · Fri, 23 Mar 1990
Eddie places image over integrity in his class president bid when image-maker Laura offers a thousand points of light to illuminate his campaign.
S01 E21
Bowl Me Over
30 mins · Fri, 13 Apr 1990
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.
S01 E22
Rock Video
30 mins · Fri, 27 Apr 1990
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.