Episode
Family Matters: It Didn't Happen One Night
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Family Matters
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1993-10-01
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
It Didn't Happen One Night is Episode 2 in Season 5 of Family Matters. It aired on 1993-10-01. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 1: Hell Toupee
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.
Episode 3: Saved by the Urkel
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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: A Matter of Principle
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.
Episode 5: Money Out the Window
A thug named Bones pays Eddie a visit after Waldo and Weasel enlist Eddie in their football-betting venture.
Episode 6: Best Friends
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.
Episode 7: Grandmama
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.
Episode 8: Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool
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.
Episode 9: Car Wars
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.
Episode 10: All the Wrong Moves
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.
Episode 11: Christmas is Where the Heart Is
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.
Episode 12: Scenes from a Mall
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.
Episode 13: Rock Enroll
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.