Season 3 Highlights

• Shawn Harrison becomes a regular cast member.
• Family Matters has a back-to-back cross-over episode with Step By Step.

Season 3 Episodes

48. "Boom!"
    Steve saves a monkey from the school lab when they plan to 86 him, while Carl might gets 86ed himself when his treadmill has a bomb attached. This is the first episode where Shawn Harrison becomes a regular cast member, turning from Willie's evil sidekick to Eddie's best friend. Only on television.

49. "Brain Over Brawn"
    Steve competes against a major class athlete for his love Laura. Laura is surprised to see Steve act like this... without his brain. So Urkel, and a jet pack, help him win a rope climbing contest. This episode was special because it was a cross-over episode between Family Matters and Step by Step (The two series that crossed over to CBS before being cancelled).

50. "The Show Must Go On"
    Laura is Juliet in a school play, but her Romeo has caught deathly ill, so looks like the understudy has to be Romeo. Who is the understudy? Do you need to ask? Steve looks forward to kissing Laura, as well as crashing down the stage and causing drama teacher Ms. Steuben to change to Home Ec.

51. "Words Hurt"
    Steve is sleepwalking... right into Carl's bedroom, and hitting him with a newspaper. A hypnotist looks at his past to find out the reason for hitting Carl was because he yelled at him all the time.

52. "Daddy's Little Girl"
    Laura tries to act all grown up when Carl gets a new, young, male partner. But her feelings are completely hurt when Carl makes fun at her in front of the guy.

53. "Citizen's Court"
    Steve buys a rare and expensive bug and Carl accidentally kills it. Carl won't apologize so the two take it to court. The Citizen's Court. Judge Wapner couldn't be there. He's too busy defending animals.

54. "Robo-Nerd"
    Steve tries to win Laura a computer by creating UrkelBot, a mechanical Urkel that walks, talks, and thinks like Urkel, especially when it comes to the love for Laura. But how far will this machine go to get what it wants?

55. "Making The Team"
    Steve has to prove to the basketball team that size doesn't matter and that he really can play and Laura has to prove to the cheerleading squad that she can be a great cheerleader even though she is a freshman and they are juniors and seniors.

56. "Born To Be Mild"
    Steve Urkel Undercover? he may be no Malik Yoba, but when the Dragons, a vicious gang beats up Eddie, vadalizes Rachel's Place, and flirts wrongly at Laura, Steve goes undercover as a thug to prove they're the culprits. This episode is actually pretty funny, except for the scene when Eddie is shown beat up. Here's a Family Matters fact for you. J. Lamont Pope played the leader of the gang in this episode, yet he also was in the army in another episode and soon became one of Laura's boyfriends, Curtis. Next to Jaleel, he's played quite a few different characters on the show himself.

57. "The Love God"
    Steve teaches an "easy" girl named Vonda for Eddie. And when Vonda passes a test thanks to Steve, she wants to really thank him... if you know what I mean. Unfortunately, silly Steve doesn't take the chance and instead teaches Vonda to respect herself and they become good friends and Eddie gets zip. Look for Carl to dress in drag in this episode.

58. "Old And Alone"
    Laura tells Steve to get out of her life because he ruined a potential date with a guy and doesn't talk to the family. After the stern word from Harriette that she was developing a bad habit, Laura dreams of growing up and old woman with a BIG BUTT! Everyone else grows old, too, except for Mother Winslow for some reason, and when old Laura confronts old Steve and asks him out on a date, she finds out he's married to a very attractive woman.

59. "A Pair Of Ladies"
    Steve and Lieu. Murtaugh go into war on the polka table. First, Murtaugh cons Urkel, and then Urkel comes back strong and takes everything from Lieu, submitting him to tears.

60. "Choir Trouble"
    Rachel is the new choir director at church at the same time the Winslows try to get Steve into religion, something his parents never did. But his hope is almost shattered when Rachel becomes power hungry over the choir and kicks Steve out for his "unique" singing voice. Rachel is then taught that it's not how you sing but what you are singing about in this field, and good spirits prevail.

61. "A Test Of Friendship"
    Steve and Eddie cheat on a test, but only Steve gets caught. Eddie must decide to fess up. Unfortunately, a robber is using sleeping gas to rob the Winslow house blind and Carl feels its his fault when he is not aware of the gas.

62. "Jailhouse Blues"
    Eddie's bad cousin, Clarence, makes a pit stop in the Winslow home and decides to cruise Eddie and Steve around in his new porsche. I'm sorry, did I say HIS new porsche? Mistaken on that one, because the guys were thrown in jail for a stolen car and Harriette really scolds Clarence.

63. "Brown Bombshell"
    What's worse, learning history or meeting a prison pen pal? This episode gives a dose of both when Mother Winslow tries teaching the children about their family history while Carl has to pretend to be Steve for his prison pal that was just released and wants some lovin'. LaWanda Page of Sanford and Son guest stars as Elmareeta Puckerwood.

64. "Food, Lies, And Videotape"
    Home Ec goes wild when Laura learns not to cook so fast, Steve learns he can't always get an A, and Waldo finds out he has a hidden talent for cooking.

65. "My Broken-Hearted Valentine"
    Urkel tries to warn Laura her date is nothing but trouble but she doesn't listen. She wish she would have when her date calls her a baby for not putting out more than he wanted. Harriette and Laura have a heart to heart talk.

66. "Woman Of The People"
    Laura runs to student council president, and her opponent, Cassie Lynn, tries using a scandalous picture of Steve catching Laura from falling to make gossip, that is, until Steve plants a kiss on Cassie Lynn. Meanwhile, Carl is in a funk because Harriette is chosen to be neighborhood watch leader even though it was his idea to have the watch.

67. "Love And Kisses"
    Johnny Gil guest stars as himself when Steve uses his baseballl cards to convince him to sing for Laura, all in return for a kiss which he misses from fainting. Meanwhile, Carl and Harriette try to go on a second honeymoon and have fun, but a wall is missing from their cabin.

68. "Stop, In The Name Of Love"
    Steve asks Laura to give Waldo some compliments so that he won't feel bad about being hurt by women, but it turns out he starts to like her and asks her out. And she says yes! For those that did not see this episode, you have to see Laura and Waldo actually go out on a date, and see how Steve reacted to the whole thing.

69. "The Urkel Who Came To Dinner"
    When Steve stays with the family while his folks are away, he tries to do his part, but instead he ruins the lives of everyone in the house... his first day there!

70. "Robo-Nerd II"
    I'll be back! UrkelBot returns as UrkelCop and helps Carl bag a conveince store thief. And look for LauraBot to appear in the final dance number.

71. "Dudes"
    Steve, Waldo, and Eddie go onto Dudes, a sexist game show where guys try to win dates. Steve is the actually winner and gets to go on a date to Hawaii with a beautiful woman, but gives it all up for Laura.

72. "Farewell, My Laura"
    Steve writes a gritty detective novel. When Rachel is murdered, detective Johnny Danger (Urkel) has to find out who done it. Was it Waldo the cook? Carl the flatfoot? Harriette the jealous sister? Everyone will have to be shot before he finds out.

Cross-over Episode

• Step By Step: "The Dance"
  It's a school dance and tomboy Al doesn't want to show off a feminine side except that a boy that she wants to go with will not ask her out. Steve Urkel, who crashlands at their home after the episode "Brain Over Brawn" knows what it feels like to be not asked and agrees to be her date. After seeing her dressed up and doing The Urkel Dance, the boy finally gets the guts to ask her out.