Episode

Family Matters: Brain over Brawn

Name: Family Matters: Brain over Brawn
Released: 1991-09-27
Duration: 24 min
Cast: Reginald VelJohnson, Darius McCrary, Kellie Shanygne Williams, Jaleel White, Jo Marie Payton

Family MattersSeason 31991-09-27

Overview

Urkel's future hangs in the balance during a rope-climbing contest pitting brains against brawn to win Laura's affections.

Details

Series: Family Matters
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 2
Air date: 1991-09-27
Runtime: 24 min

Episode context

Brain over Brawn is Episode 2 in Season 3 of Family Matters. It aired on 1991-09-27. The runtime is 24 min.

Previous / Next

Episode 1: Boom! 1991-09-20 | 24 min Urkel rescues an orangutan from laboratory experiments. Carl steps on a treadmill booby trapped with a bomb.

Episode 3: The Show Must Go On 1991-10-04 | 24 min In the school play, Romeo Steve looks forward to kissing Juliet Laura when the original Romeo lands in the hospital with appendicitis.

More episodes from this season

Episode 4: Words Hurt 1991-10-11 | 24 min Sleepwalking Urkel undergoes hypnosis to uncover the cause of his anger: he thinks Carl hates his nerdy guts.

Episode 5: Daddy's Little Girl 1991-10-18 | 24 min Laura's behavior suddenly changes when she meets Carl's younger new partner and surf's up for Steve.

Episode 6: Citizen's Court 1991-10-25 | 24 min Urkel is so bugged when Carl squashes his pet beetle that he takes him to court - TV's Citizen's Court - to settle the matter.

Episode 7: Robo-Nerd 1991-11-01 | 24 min Steve creates the Urkelbot, a mechanical Urkel that is all too much like its creator.

Episode 8: Making the Team 1991-11-08 | 24 min When Laura gets snubbed by fellow cheerleaders, she seeks advice from Urkel, who tries out for the basketball team and ends up as equipment manager.

Episode 9: Born to be Mild 1991-11-15 | 24 min A street gang causes trouble for the Winslows, and things become personal when they vandalize Rachel's Place and attack Eddie. Carl wants to take matters into his own hands, but Urkel decides to infiltrate the gang and tricking them into confessing.

Episode 10: The Love God 1991-11-22 | 24 min Steve thwarts Eddie's potential romance, while Carl is undercover in drag.

Episode 11: Old and Alone 1991-11-29 | 24 min Laura may be sorry for banishing Urkel from her life: in her dreams, she's a 90-year-old spinster whose only visitor is a now-married Urkel.

Episode 12: A Pair of Ladies 1991-12-06 | 24 min Rachel reluctantly hires a loudmouthed, pushy Harriette to help at the restaurant; and Urkel bets the ranch on Carl's cutthroat poker game at home with the guys.

Episode 13: Choir Trouble 1991-12-20 | 24 min Steve joins the Winslows at church with faith that he'll get into the choir, but he's kicked out by new choir director Rachel, whose position has gone to her head.