Episode
Family Matters: Sink or Swim
Overview
It's no secret that Urkel is deathly afraid of the water and his heart sinks when he learns that he can't graduate from high school unless he can pass a pass a swimming test, so he asks Carl for lessons.
Details
- Series
- Family Matters
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1994-11-11
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Sink or Swim is Episode 8 in Season 6 of Family Matters. It aired on 1994-11-11. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 7: Par For the Course
Duffer Carl is reluctant to stand up to his cheating boss during a round of golf, but Harriette isn't reluctant to go looking for Laura when she misses her curfew.
Episode 9: Paradise Bluff
Urkel's life flashes before him atop Paradise Bluff, where Myra hands him an ultimatum; and Harriette rates her mate and finds Carl needs to spice up his technique - at barbecuing.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: Dark and Stormy Night
On a dark and stormy Halloween night Winslows play Pass the Ghost Story, in which Carl and Harriette are 19th-century vampires licking their chops over the wayfaring Sir Steven (Urkel).
Episode 10: Flying Blind
Carl and Urkel must land a plane after their vengeful pilot bails out on a charter flight to Detroit, leaving the m with only their emotional baggage.
Episode 5: Beta Chi Guy
His friendship with Urkel damages Eddie's reputation with a group of ultra cool fraternity brothers.
Episode 11: Miracle on Elm Street
Richie brings home a homeless person on Christmas.
Episode 4: The Looney Bin
A homeless janitor gets trapped in the school bomb shelter with Urkel and Carl.
Episode 12: Midterm Crisis
Carl loses points with Capt. Savage by telling him the truth about the woman he loves; and Eddie and Urkel cook up a lie about Waldo's midterm baking project, which they devoured.
Episode 3: Till Death Do Us Apartment
College man Eddie moves into an apartment with Waldo and promptly plans a hot night with two female guests which inflames Waldo's steady, Maxine.
Episode 13: An Unlikely Match
Urkel sets an example of forgiveness after getting harassed by a gang of ruffians at school - when he discovers the ringleader has leukemia, he organizes a bone marrow drive; and a police-auction bargain overshadows Carl's good judgment.
Episode 2: To Be or Not to Be (2)
After a vengeful Myra tampers with Urkel's transformation chamber, Carl steps into it and steps out as an Urkel-like nerd.
Episode 14: The Substitute Son
The transformation machine turns Urkel into a karate master who defends Laura's honor at a rough longshoreman's bar; Waldo becomes Carl's substitute son when Eddie starts taking his father for granted.