![]() Watch full episodes of Family Matters and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at TVGuide.com. Long-running Perfect Strangers (1986) spin-off series centering on the Winslow family and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. List of Family Matters characters. Clockwise from bottom- left: Steve (White), Laura (Williams), Myra (Thomas), Eddie (Mc. Crary) Harriette (Payton) and Carl (Vel. Johnson)Family Matters is an American sitcom revolving around the Winslow family, a middle- class African- American family living in Chicago; the series ran for nine seasons (eight on ABC and one on CBS). The series is a spin- off of Perfect Strangers. The series had a total of 1. Casting. Reginald Vel. Johnson later made one appearance on Perfect Strangers in the 1. Due to large popularity of Payton's character with audiences, the character was spun off to its own show, Family Matters. When Tate and Harrison were offered the chance to return to the show on a recurring basis, only Harrison took up the offer. Harrison eventually joined the main cast in the 1. Soon after, Michelle Thomas was cast in the role of Myra Monkhouse, love interest and later girlfriend of Steve Urkel. Initially cast on a recurring basis, Thomas joined the main cast as a regular in the 1. He is a short- tempered person, but still has a kind and humble nature. He mentioned in the season one episode . He holds his position as . ![]() Although Steve is relentlessly annoying, and has cost the Winslow family large amounts of time and money from his own clumsy demeanor, he has shown he's more mature than Eddie is in accepting responsibility. Carl is often there to back Steve up, and help him out in times of distress. Although he continues to be exasperated and irritated by his antics, over the progression of the show's run, Carl develops a fondness for Steve that surprises even himself. Carl is an officer for the Chicago Police Department. He takes his job seriously, and it is often suggested that he is very good at what he does, despite the fact that his boss, Lt. ![]() Murtaugh, is very incompetent. Fitting into the cop stereotype, he has an avid love for doughnuts and other junk food. This plays into the fact that he is overweight, and in several stories throughout the series, Carl's physical health plays a role (in the season 4 episode . Carl starts the series as a police sergeant; he is later promoted to lieutenant in season 5's . Carl is also the only character to appear in every single episode of the series. Harriette Baines- Winslow. Harriette is a very conservative and strong- willed woman.
![]() She holds her role in society as a mother and working woman with high regard. Harriette is very reluctant to tell people what they want to hear, as she is very frank and upfront about her feelings. She is very constructive in her demeanor and attitude. She first appeared in Perfect Strangers as a . She was later employed by Ferguson's Department Store beginning with the season six episode . He is the oldest child of Carl and Harriette Winslow, and their only son until they adopt 3. J in season eight. During the early years of the series, he was a high school student with stereotypical traits of a high school slacker. He had poor grades, irresponsible behavior, and is always pursuing beautiful girls. In the first season, he appeared to be more good- intended and responsible, despite being academically challenged. In the pilot episode, he approached his father to make an exception stay out past his curfew, and confessed to his father that his straight- A report card was a classmate's prank once he found out. But as the series progressed, Eddie gradually becomes more rebellious, making many poor choices that land him into trouble, and he avoids responsibility as often as he can. Eddie frequently had a stormy relationship with his father, especially concerning Carl's strict rules, but also because of Eddie's immature attitude and penchant for breaking rules. Being a rebel and hedonist, his viewpoint of adulthood is very childish, as he despises being treated like a kid and demands the total freedom from rules as an adult, but at the same time, fiercely avoids adult responsibilities and usually depends on his family and friends to take care of them for him. It was shown a few times that Eddie was prone to gambling and getting into trouble and refused to go to Carl for help, which got him into more trouble than not, such as dealing with a pool hustler in season 2's . When getting into trouble or debt, Eddie would often try to solve the problem himself, refusing to confess to his father at the risk of being punished, which would likely land him into trouble with his father anyways. Once damaging the family car in the Season 2 episode, . In the season 3 episode, . And when getting into gambling debt again and threatened by a tough bookie (Bubba Smith) in the season five episode . Once more, after getting scammed in season 7, . However, on a few occasions, he has shown he was willing to go to his father for help, such as when he was ripped off by Weasel's friend when he was sold a stolen stereo system in season four's . From the third season onwards, Eddie's best friends were Waldo Faldo and Steve Urkel. He also on occasion, would hang out with . Initially, his relationship with Steve . Eddie remained loyal to Steve, and he eventually accepted him as a true friend. Eddie has dated a large number of girls throughout the series, with very few of them reappearing as his girlfriend. Sometimes he would even have relationships with more than one girl at the same time. Even Steve has remembered the names of many of Eddie's girlfriends, but cannot keep track of which one Eddie currently dates. When he met a current one and attempted to guess her name, Steve foolishly blurted out many names, likely the names of Eddie's past girlfriends, which leads to Eddie chasing after the nerd. However, Eddie has shown that he is not beyond desiring true love and pursuing an honest and serious relationship. His most enduring, successful, and ultimately final relationship is with Greta Mc. Clure. His relationship with Greta developed throughout the series and faced many obstacles, most notably in the forms of Myrtle Urkel, and Greta's father Dave Mc. Clure (owner of Eddie's employer Mighty Weenie). Eddie has two main adversaries on the show. The first was his former boss, Dave Mc. Clure, who did not approve of Eddie dating his daughter and tried to keep them apart in three episodes (including . As of the series finale, Eddie and Greta are still dating and are living together in an apartment, in spite of Mr. Mc. Clure having disowned her. Eddie's second main adversary is Myrtle Urkel, the cousin of Steve Urkel and a rich Southern belle whose infatuation with Eddie mirrored Steve's infatuation to Laura. However, unlike Steve, Myrtle never respected Eddie's personal space and kept pursuing him much to his extreme terror. She waited until season seven (beginning with the episode . Unlike Laura's would- be boyfriends when it came to Steve, Greta was more successful in warding Myrtle off. Undaunted, Myrtle made her last push to win Eddie's heart by getting a makeover, but he was still not impressed. She soon relinquished her love for him in season nine's . Though he started as a poor student, he got accepted into college. He worked at a Mighty Weenie restaurant and became its manager. But when his academic challenges restarted in college, Eddie switched his focus to become a police officer like his father. Eddie enrolled at the police academy in the season nine episode . In school, Laura was essentially the ideal girl; beautiful, popular, and received very good grades. Unlike her brother, who was a slacker and more into sports, Laura was very independent and focused with her education, and was even distraught when her straight- A streak was broken by a mere B+. She often tried to do everything to succeed by herself, which was not always the right choice. She tried to start a babysitting business when she was a child, sneaked out of the house to burn herself out studying for a test despite her parents' insistence to rest, and worked a graveyard shift to save money to buy a car. She eventually got accepted to Harvard University in season seven's . She was not always a good judge of character, as a majority of her would- be boyfriends were antagonists in their appearances. She had many boyfriends who would bully Steve and who would cheat on her, but would ultimately end with Steve warding them off. Laura generally had little patience for Steve's antics, but her seeming dislike of him only seemed to egg him on further. She eventually grew wiser and demonstrated better judgement. She has shown appreciation to Steve when he selflessly helped her and the Winslows out when they needed him. Laura eventually learned to love Steve. They became a couple in the final (ninth) season episode . Estelle is a very wise woman and always very defensive of her grandchildren. Estelle moves into her son's household at the start of the series. She (unlike all of the other Winslows) was a friend of Steve Urkel for the entire series and loved him like a grandson. She loved when Steve came to the Winslow house and instead of trying to make him leave, she wanted him to stay. Steve always affectionately called her . Estelle is street- wise and keeps up to date with the latest pop culture and trends, much to the surprise of her family. In later seasons (beginning with season two's . The two later got married at the Winslow home in season four's . Estelle would often say her catchphrase . Her middle name is unknown (Laura's middle name is Lee and Eddie's middle names are James and Arthur). She is nine years old as the series begins, and remains in the series until she is thirteen. It is suggested that she enjoys a close relationship with her sister Laura. She attended elementary school, and later middle school (in sixth grade). During the series' fourth season (in . Her existence in the show from that point on was retconned to make it seem as though she never existed. Series co- creator and executive producer William Bickley said she was cut due to a . He first appeared in the season one episode . He became known for his signature .
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