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Season released 24th Sep, 1993Rated G24 episodes

Where to watch Family Matters Season 5

Family Matters season 5 is streaming in Australia on HBO Max (subscription). You can also buy it on Apple TV from $24.99. Season 5 was released on 24 September 1993.

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Family Matters Season 5 episodes

  1. S05 E01

    Hell Toupee

    30 mins · Fri, 24 Sep 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.

  2. S05 E02

    It Didn't Happen One Night

    30 mins · Fri, 1 Oct 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.

  3. S05 E03

    Saved by the Urkel

    30 mins · Fri, 8 Oct 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.

  4. S05 E04

    A Matter of Principle

    30 mins · Fri, 15 Oct 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.

  5. S05 E05

    Money Out the Window

    30 mins · Fri, 22 Oct 1993

    A thug named Bones pays Eddie a visit after Waldo and Weasel enlist Eddie in their football-betting venture.

  6. S05 E06

    Best Friends

    30 mins · Fri, 29 Oct 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.

  7. S05 E07

    Grandmama

    30 mins · Fri, 5 Nov 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.

  8. S05 E08

    Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool

    30 mins · Fri, 12 Nov 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.

  9. S05 E09

    Car Wars

    30 mins · Fri, 19 Nov 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.

  10. S05 E10

    All the Wrong Moves

    30 mins · Fri, 26 Nov 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.

  11. S05 E11

    Christmas is Where the Heart Is

    30 mins · Fri, 10 Dec 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.

  12. S05 E12

    Scenes from a Mall

    30 mins · Fri, 17 Dec 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.

  13. S05 E13

    Rock Enroll

    30 mins · Fri, 7 Jan 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.

  14. S05 E14

    Like a Virgin

    30 mins · Fri, 14 Jan 1994

    Eddie becomes the laughingstock of the boys' locker room after Urkel spills the beans that Eddie is still a virgin.

  15. S05 E15

    Good Cop, Bad Cop

    30 mins · Fri, 21 Jan 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.

  16. S05 E16

    Presumed Urkel

    30 mins · Fri, 4 Feb 1994

    When accident-prone Steve is blamed for a chemistry lab explosion, Laura represents him at a school trial.

  17. S05 E17

    Father of the Bride

    30 mins · Fri, 11 Feb 1994

    Carl bribes Laura to go bowling with Urkel and dreams that they are married with four kids who look like Urkel.

  18. S05 E18

    Psycho Twins

    30 mins · Fri, 18 Feb 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.

  19. S05 E19

    That's What Friends Are For

    30 mins · Fri, 4 Mar 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.

  20. S05 E20

    Opposites Attract

    30 mins · Fri, 18 Mar 1994

    Urkel develops hiccups after being robbed.

  21. S05 E21

    A-Camping We Will Go

    30 mins · Fri, 1 Apr 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.

  22. S05 E22

    Nunsense

    30 mins · Fri, 29 Apr 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.

  23. S05 E23

    Aunt Oona

    30 mins · Fri, 6 May 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.

  24. S05 E24

    Stefan Returns

    30 mins · Fri, 20 May 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"".

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