Season 8

September 27, 1996

Thieves hold Urkel hostage at the Paris Opera House; Carl saves a life at the Eiffel Tower; Laura bids adieu to a friend.

October 4, 1996

Urkel suffers from "Winslow withdrawal" at BIT; back home, roommates Myra and Laura find they are from "different worlds."

October 11, 1996

The Winslows realize their feelings for 3J when he runs away from the group home.

October 18, 1996

Eddie learns a revealing lesson when Greta gets a part-time job.

October 25, 1996

Ventriloquist Steve's look-alike dummy comes alive on Halloween.

November 1, 1996

As a playground supervisor, Steve has a tough time controlling the bullies.

November 8, 1996

A New Edition concert helps Stefan and Laura's long-distance relationship.

November 15, 1996

Eddie dreams that he is getting married to Myrtle Urkel, of all people, in her Southern plantation.

November 22, 1996

Steve invents some musically-activated gunpowder, but Myra mistakes it for pepper when she uses it to prepare a big dinner for Carl's commissioner!

December 6, 1996

Steve and Carl are called in on jury duty, and Steve proves without a shadow of a doubt that the accussed is innocent while everyone else thinks he is guilty.

December 13, 1996

Laura finally gives Curtis the old heave-ho now that Stefan is back to stay. Meanwhile, Carl and Steve get lost in the woods looking for a Christmas tree.

January 3, 1997

Laura plans to join a sorority and learns Steve is their favorite target.

January 17, 1997

Best friends Laura and Maxine are attracted to the same guy.

January 31, 1997

Urkel invents a time machine, and he and Carl travel back to the 70s, where Carl takes advantage and changes the future to become a billionaire.

February 7, 1997

Myrtle Urkel is back, and this time, she sabotages a beauty pageant so she can win.

February 14, 1997

Urkel narrates romantic vignettes featuring the Winslows and friends.

February 28, 1997

Eddie's plan misfires when he transforms into Urkel to compete on a game show.

March 14, 1997

Harriette fills a spot at Carl's poker table while Steve does work for Eddie at a ballpark.

March 28, 1997

Eddie is most definitely flirting with disaster when he tries to date a woman much older than him. Meanwhile, Steve is causing Carl's homeowner insurance to skyrocket.

April 25, 1997

Donna Summer reprises her role as Urkel's Aunt Oona from Altoona, who has put on weight but anticipates taking it off in her nephew's new-fangled fat-compression chamber.

May 2, 1997

Carl learns his wayward brother Frank is in trouble with the law.

May 9, 1997

Steve's time machine sends him and Carl back to a pirate ship.