Season 5 Highlights

• Michelle Thomas continues her recurring role as Myra Monkhouse.
• Jaleel White plays Steve Urkel's alter-ego Stefan Urquelle for the first time.
• Jaimee Foxworth no longer was on the series and the character of Judy was written out with no explanation.

Season 5 Episodes

97. "Hell Toupee"
    Dude, it's Rick James! Carl tries out some new wigs when Harriette jokes a little on his receding hairline. Myra visits Urkel at lunch but sees him with Laura. A food fight begins and Urkel decides to settle the Winslow-Monkhouse feud once and for all.

98. "It Didn't Happen One Night"
    Steve finally stands up to Laura! Laura oversleeps and misses her bus to a cheerleading competition so Steve takes her. She is a nuisance the entire way and Steve finally tells her that he is a person with feelings and that she can't just treat him any old way.

99. "Saved By The Urkel"
    Steve gives Carl CPR and saves his life. In gratitude, Carl allows Steve to come over as much as he likes, but Steve actually starts to miss the good old days of being yelled at.

100. "A Matter Of Principle"
     Myra gets some advice from Laura and Eddie on how to get Steve to kiss her again now that she has completely transferred to his school (Little obsessed, aren't we?). Harriette has to fire someone and doesn't want to. She tells her boss and he fires her instead.

101. "Money Out The Window"
     Eddie makes a huge bet with a loan shark on a football game and loses. Now he has to sell one of Carl's stamps just to pay him back. Bubba Smith guest stars as the collector, and we still try to answer the enternal questions: What do ugly women have to do with football?

102. "Best Friends"
     Harriette tries to act a little hipper in front of Laura and her friends and ends up embarrassing her. Maxine tells her she's lucky to have a mother like that. And Waldo is doing terrible as the new employee at Mighty Weenie, until Eddie puts him on the grill.

103. "Grandmama"
     If you remember the Larry Johnson Grandmama commercials, then you will love this episode. Larry Johnson reprises the role of the sneaker-wearing granny and as Steve's partner in a basketball tournament when Eddie ditches on him. Darius McCrary's real brother guest stars as Spider.

104. "Dr. Urkel And Mr. Cool"
     Laura wishes Steve could change, so he makes an elixir to alter his genes, creating, for the first time, Stefan Urquelle. Unfortunately, the original Stefan was cocky, egotistical, and self-centered, and so Laura wanted the real Steve back.

105. "Car Wars"
     If Steve changing his genes was not enough, how about Laura changing her sex? When a car Laura wants is being sold by a cheauvanist pig, Steve teaches her how to walk, talk, and act like a man, and Laura Winslow becomes Larry Winzelclincker.

106. "All The Wrong Moves"
     Everything goes wrong at the local drive in. Laura's date wants a little more action than Laura is ready to give. Myra wants some action, too, from Steve. And Waldo's car is in the shop, so he and Maxine come to the drive-in with lawn chairs! Like they say, wackiness ensues.

107. "Christmas Is Where The Heart Is"
     Carl and Steve are stuck on the subway on Christmas Eve and Steve has to try to bring the spirit of Christmas to the dark subway. Meanwhile, Harriette is sad that her children do not want to do any Christmas activities with her anymore.

108. "Scenes From A Mall"
     A very funny episode explores three different stories happening in Chicago's mall. Eddie falls for a store model, who is older than him. Myra requests her relationship with Steve goes further or its splitsville. And Waldo gets insanely jealous when a guy flirts with Maxine.

109. "Rock Enroll"
     Eddie sings again, this time with Shanice, and is seriously considering not going to college to pursue a song career. Shanice talks him out of it. And Steve's birthday is coming up but no one will come to the party Laura has planned for him.

110. "Like A Virgin"
     Eddie is the joke of the locker room when Steve blurts out he is a virgin. He feels upset until he finds out he is actually commended in the girls' locker room. Towel fights ensue as well as Steve trying to hide from Myra.

111. "Good Cop, Bad Cop"
     Eddie is pulled over and treated badly by cops for being a black man in a white neighborhood at night and Carl feels he made the story up because he was in trouble before. But he feels guilty when he finds out it was true, and has a nice little chit-chat with the officer who did this to his son. Meanwhile, Steve takes Richie to the dentist and gets a check-up to prove there's nothing to worry about, but now he has to go under the drill. Just think... Steve Urkel... on nitrus oxide!!!

112. "Presumed Urkel"
     The chemistry lab has blown up at school, and everyone is blaming Urkel. He goes on trial, facing expulsion, but he claims he didn't do it. Did he, or was one of his archnemesis behind all this?

113. "Father Of The Bride"
     Carl has a bad dream (that is acutally going to come true) that Laura and Steve get married and have four kids, well, one of them was adopted. Watch the episode to figure out which one. The kids were winners of a contest for the best Urkel impressions.

114. "Psycho Twins"
     Steve accidentally puts a sleeping pill in wrestlers the Psycho Twins' drinks. They're out cold and now Steve and Carl have to take their place in the ring as wrestlers. The Bushwackers guest star and the Tenison twins make a cameo appearance as "nurses."

115. "That's What Friends Are For"
     Eddie has finally graduated high school and is going to college. Waldo is not happy, however, because he feels his best friend is going to find new college friends and forget all about him.

116. "Opposites Attract"
     Laura, school paper editor, can never get along with Ziggy, one of the staff writers. So is that why they are in lip-lock? Urkel also gets robbed.

117. "A-Camping We Will Go"
     Carl, Eddie, and Waldo have fun camping until Urkel comes along. Urkel knows the spot well but Carl is reluctant to listen and ends up starving Eddie and Waldo because of it.

118. "Nunsense"
     Steve and Myra have a big fight over privacy. When Myra goes to visit a nunnery the next day, Steve thinks she's joined the convent, so he, Eddie, and Waldo dress up as nuns to go find her. Interesting fact: Playing Sister Burnadette, head nun in this episode is Judyann Elder, who later goes on to play the new Harriette Winslow.

119. "Aunt Oona"
     Steve gets a visit from his Aunt Oona from Altoona. Harriette gives her a makeover and she sings a song to win Eddie some money (as usual) at a karaoke bar. Diva Donna Summer guest stars as Aunt Oona.

120. "Stefan Returns"
     Steve works hard and makes himself a better Stefan Urquelle. Unfortunately, as soon as Laura tells him she loves him, he turns back to Steve Urkel. Steve vows not to rest until Stefan is here forever.