In case you’ve forgotten, this is how Family Matters ends: NASA buys one Steve Urkel’s inventions, and he goes into space with them to test it. Of course, his gizmo malfunctions. Urkel nearly dies, but astronauts save him. And when our nasal hero returns to Earth, he’s a big hero. He and Laura share a kiss, and we’re to assume the girl and her nerd live happily ever after from there. Let’s be real, though: The minute everyone else stops worshiping Urkel, Laura will come back to her senses and remember why he repulses her.

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Steve and Laura are the worst couple in sitcom history. :mad:

Somebody's jealous. I think that Steve and Laura will last as a couple since they started off as friends. They were friends before they became lovers. I think and Steve and Laura was the best couple in TV history. Stop hating

In a humorous future of the Family Matters characters thread I've came across before, Steve Urkel eventually DOES cut Laura loose once he becomes CEO of his own science research company, and FINALLY realizes he need not be tied down to one woman, as he can now get any woman on the planet (much like his alter ego Stefan), so Laura haters will LOVE this (unfortunately, Myra also ends up old and alone, but at least she doesn't end up in an abusive relationship like Laura does in this story):

http://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/501276/was-laura-the-biggest-bitch-on-television/p3

Somebody's jealous. I think that Steve and Laura will last as a couple since they started off as friends. They were friends before they became lovers. I think and Steve and Laura was the best couple in TV history. Stop hating
Steve and Laura should have just stayed friends. And I hate whatever I want to. ;)

Furienna, everybody knows that you hate Laura Winslow with a passion, so it's no wonder why you don't like seeing them together. And yes, you ARE a hater. I think that Steve and Laura will make a good couple. You're just mad because Steve have Laura instead of Myra. Keep on hating. I knew that they will end up together long before Season 9. You're just a Laura hater who probably want Steve for herself.

Correction: I don't really hate Laura Winslow. I think she's shallow, bitchy and full of herself, but I don't know if I hate her. After all, she had a few good episodes. What I do hate though is how the writers had to shoehorn her and Steve together like that. Ugh...

I agree with furienna. There was nothing in seasons 7-8 (other than the kiss in "Dream Date") that suggested Laura would end up falling for Steve. It was kind of sudden in the last season. Laura could have gotten any guy she wanted, and I'm sure there were plenty of other guys who would have loved her for her (who weren't just trying to get in her pants), yet she somehow ends up falling for Steve, after years of making it clear he was not his type and she'd never go out with him. Myrtle did not get Eddie, but her ending was a lot more realistic, and between her, Steve, and Myra, Myrtle got the best ending out of the three because she was the only stalker who finally let her target crush go.

Furriena, true, she was a shallow bitch who treated Steve like crap IN THE BEGINNING, but in later seasons, she changed her attitude and realize that Steve was the one for him. I think that on the down low, she really liked Steve, and that's why she was jealous of seeing Steve with anybody else. She just don't want to admit that she likes Steve because he's a nerd, and her being popular in school, dating a nerd will ruin her reputation. I think that Steve and Laura make a good couple at the end of the day, and I'm not going to change my mind. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but I personally think that they were meant to be since they have a history together. I've been watching Family Matters since it came out in late 1989 (I'm 36), and even though Laura always say that she doesn't want to have anything to do with him, I had this feeling that they will end up together, and mind you, this was WAAAAAY before Season 9, so in my opinion, I think the writers did a great job. I like seeing black couples.

Um, I have to disagree with you. There were some very tiny hints of Laura falling for Steve in the future WAY before Season 9, but it wasn't as blatant as Season 9, and Season 9 brought it to fruition. Like I told Furriena, I think that she liked Steve on the down low but doesn't want to ruin her reputation since she was popular in her school. If she didn't like him a little bit, then she wouldn't be jealous of seeing Steve with other women. You have to understand that when you are a popular girl in school, it's like a rule that you are not suppose to date someone that's socially awkward and nerdy, and Steve fit that bill, and as a popular person in school, you're not suppose to date someone that's at the bottom of the social ladder.
Even if Laura said that she will never ever ever fall for him, deep down inside, she liked him, but care too much about what other people think to show it. Even Maxine made fun of her for liking Steve Urkel in Season 9. I like Steve and Laura together. Laura is proof that people do mature and change with time. It seems to me that you and Furriena don't think that Laura deserves a good man like Steve and will like to see her old and alone. I think that Laura made a wise choice to choose Steve over Stephan, and it shows that she matured and not shallow like she used to back then. She was an adult. Give her a break. Yes, she was a bitch to Steve in junior high and high school, but as she got older, she changed. You should get her some props.

Steve and Laura would have more problems then other married people Steve would be ready to fight any guy that tried to talk with Laura, besides we find out in season 3 that steve urkel likes to play polka music late at night thats going to get on laura's nerves lol.

To be fair, Neutronman, by the time the last season rolled around, Steve had become more balanced that he probably would not play polka music at all hours of the day. In the final season, he was growing out of those interests somewhat, even though he obviously still did love polka. The man Laura fell in love with wasn't exactly the same person who annoyed her to no end early on.

I agree with this post. It's all about balance. I don't think that he gave up polka all the way because he and Laura went to the polka festival, and at first, Laura didn't dig polka like that, but when she went to the polka festival, she started to like it for herself, and when she find out that Steve contribute a lot for the polka community, she fell for him a whole lot more, and it doesn't have anything to do with the way he dressed. Steve didn't force Laura to like polka. She liked polka on her own. It's about give and take.

I'm sorry, but are we really supposed to believe that Laura started to like polka? That's just stupid!

People can't help but compare Steve and Laura's relationsip in "Family Matters" to Professor Oglivy and Miss Parker in "The Parkers". Years of distain and crushing insults result in true love.

It's possible, and it can happen. There are some things that I used to hate at first, but when I tried it for myself, I started to like it. At first, she hated polka, you're right, but when Steve took her to the polka festival, and he taught her how to polka, she started to enjoy it because she was having fun. Listen, you may not like Steve and Laura together, but you can't get mad at someone else that do. You just don't like Laura PERIOD, that's what it is, because no matter what I say about her in a positive way, you will still have a negative opinion about Laura. Well I think that they make a good couple, that's MY opinion.

I know, but like I've told RPM, people do grow up and fall in love. You can't judge what people did in the past and bring it to the future. What ever happen to forgiveness? People forgive and start all over. It's like nobody thinks that Laura deserves to be happy and she should be old and alone. That's not right.

Myra didn't deserve to be old and alone either though, and unlike Myra, Laura would have quickly moved on from Steve. After all, nearly every male non-Winslow was after Laura, and I'm pretty sure one of them would have been a good match for her. Curtis Williams from season seven comes to mind.

Again, Laura's sudden change in interests to fit Steve's interests more closely was kind of forced as well. The writers rushed Steve / Laura together.

Then Myra should've find somebody else. I don't think that Curtis is right for Laura. He seems like a bastard to me. He seems selfish. Yeah, you can say that the Steve and Laura situation was a little rushed because they should've start dating after the Dream Date episode, and in Season 9, it will be the wedding season. But I still think that Steve and Laura was perfect together, but it was bad timing, and it was too little time for them to just fall in love like that. I think that deep down inside Laura liked Steve as more than a friend, but because she was so damn worried about what her friends, family, and peers say, and because of her popularity in school, she didn't want to date him which was sad. I don't think her feelings for Steve in later seasons were phony though. I think that they should've dated two seasons ago, then it wouldn't be seem rushed. I just like see Steve and Laura together. They make a good pair. Myra could've find somebody else beside Steve. She's a very pretty woman. Both of these women are pretty. There's other nerds out there. And with her looks, what man will turn her down?

Of course I am!! Myra would have treated Steve a lot better than Laura would have, but Steve just couldn't see it because he was brainwashed by the whole idea of first love = true love, which rarely ever happens in real life. Every other character on the show moved on from bad relationships. After all, Laura and Eddie didn't end up with their first loves. Again, I'm not saying Laura was a bad person, but she just wasn't as excited around Steve as Myra was, not even when her and Steve were dating. Of course, maybe Steve is into those women who love but don't feel the need to show it. Whatever, for some weird reason, Steve felt happiest with Laura, and I guess that made the show a happy ending, even if Steve was mentally @#$#ed up.

Yeah, but I think that Laura grew up and see what kind of a good man that Steve is, so I don't think that she's going to treat him terrible in recent years. I seriously doubt that. Now, if you are talking about the earlier seasons, then I can agree with you, but in later seasons, I seriously doubt that she will treat him like crap. Laura gave Steve a chance. I wish she would've done it sooner, but better now than never. I still think that people can forgive and move on with their lives, and who knows, they will fall in love, and it DOES happen in real life. It's like nobody feel that Laura deserves Steve or something.

I disagree when you said that Laura wasn't happy around Steve when they were dating. I don't believe it. So you're saying that Steve is messed up just because he's with Laura? That's wrong. Why can't you give Laura a chance? People DO grow up out of their flaws. And people DO grow up to appreciate what they've been rejecting all of these years. It's possible. You may not think that it's possible in the real world, but for some reason, there are people with the Steve and Laura type of relationships, and they stay married for years and years.

I'm pretty sure Laura was happy around Steve when they were dating, but not as happy as Myra was around him when he and Myra were dating though, or if Laura was, she didn't show it like Myra did.

You can't compare Myra to Laura. Those are two totally different women. Just because she didn't seem happy around Steve as Myra was doesn't mean that she wasn't excited to be around Steve. She sure as hell ain't miserable around Steve, I know that. You assume that she wasn't happy around Steve because she wasn't jumping on Steve like Myra did when she kissed him or she wasn't patting Steve in a butt like Myra did. Just because Laura didn't do that doesn't mean that she wasn't happy around Steve. Stop comparing Myra to Laura. They are different. Laura is more laid back with it, while Myra was more perky, energetic, and extra with it. It's still the same but different ways. You like Steve and Myra, and I like Steve and Laura. No matter what I say to you, you are still going to stick with Myra, and that's ok because I'm going to stick with Laura.

Myra didn't deserve to be old and alone either though, and unlike Myra, Laura would have quickly moved on from Steve. After all, nearly every male non-Winslow was after Laura, and I'm pretty sure one of them would have been a good match for her. Curtis Williams from season seven comes to mind.

Again, Laura's sudden change in interests to fit Steve's interests more closely was kind of forced as well. The writers rushed Steve / Laura together.
Right you are! :)

You're just saying it because you don't like Laura. :lol:

The thing is, I probably could have accepted Steve and Laura together, if it had been handled better. But what we did we get? We got a phony relationship, that was shoe-horned upon us viewers and pretty much came from nowhere. We had Steve dumping a girlfriend, who had really done everything for him for like four years, for a shallow bitch, who wouldn't give him a chance until he stopped wearing suspendors. Do I have to go on?

I don't think that she was REAL shallow in later seasons, not as much as the earlier seasons. If we are talking about earlier seasons, then I will agree with you that she was shallow. It's funny. Why is nobody jumping on Tia and Tamera, Lisa Turtle, Whitley Gilbert, Hillary Banks for being bitchy and shallow but will jump on Laura Winslow? They acted pretty much the same way, but it didn't stop Whitley from getting with Dwayne. Why is everybody so hard on Laura when these women did the same thing? That's not fair.

I do think that the Steve and Laura relationship should've handled a little better like they should've have feelings for each other on Season 7, then I don't think that Myra would be painted as possesive, and it wouldn't seem rushed, and Season 9 would be a wedding season between Steve and Laura, and Myra would moved on, and even attend the wedding, and probably become the bridesmaid. I think that the reason why that it was rushed was because of the cancellation of the show. I don't think that Laura was phony when it comes to having feelings for Steve though. I think that she always liked Steve but was too embarrassed to admit it because of peer pressure. Like that episode when she was voted for president in school, and Cassie blackmailed Laura saying that if she doesn't dropped out of the race, she will show the pictures that she took with Steve and they will never vote for her because who wants to vote for someone who's dating a reject? Laura was a teenaged girl that was popular in school who only cared about what people think, BUT when she got older, she wasn't as shallow as she was back then. Steve was still a nerd with or without suspenders, and he was still into polka when he was with Laura.

And speaking of suspenders, Steve was growing up. Who wants to continue to wear suspenders at 20-something years old? When you get older, you put away childish things.

I don't remember Tia and Tamera being that shallow or bitchy. Or if they were, the moral of the episode would teach them how wrong they had been. And even though Lisa Turtle and Hilary Banks were spoiled rich girls, their personalities still were better than Laura's.

As for the suspendors, they had become a part of Steve's personality. That's why it was so weird that he stopped wearing them. It was like he was turning into a completely different person. And sure enough, Laura suddenly gave him a chance... :rolleyes:

Are you kidding me? Lisa Turtle was waaaaaay worse toward Screech than Laura was towards Steve. At least Laura didn't tell Steve that she's allergic to nerds. Lisa Turtle was very verbally abusive towards Screech. I remember this. Tia and Tamera used to look down at Roger, but they weren't as harsh towards him though, so I take it back. Whitley Gilbert tops them all when it comes to bitchiness. She will give Laura, Lisa, and Hillary a run for their money when it comes to shallowness and bitchiness. She's the queen of that. I think that the reason why Lisa, Hillary, and Whitley were not jumped on for being bitchy and shallow is because of the way they look. Let's be honest here. Because if Laura Winslow was light-skinned or biracal (Lisa is brown skinned, but she's mixed, biracial), I don't think that they would be as harsh towards her but because she looks like an everyday unmixed brown skinned black woman (she's not that dark, but she's not a light bright either), they will tear her apart. It's like Lisa, Hillary, and Whitley get a pass for being shallow bitches. It's called light skinned or biracial privilege for women, meaning the only black woman that can get away with murder are those that look almost like a white woman. Laura Winslow is an unapologetic unmixed black woman with African facial features and no biracial makeup, so she's not suppose to be shallow and bitchy, and that's not right. It's favoritism and colorism. Laura Winslow is not as bad as people make it seem.



I liked Steve whether if he had suspenders or not, and Steve was just proving himself, and it's not for Laura. It's for himself, and Laura just happen to notice. Shoot, I've rather see that than a fake ass clone called Stephan. I disagree that she was still shallow in Season 9. I do agree though that she should've fallen for him earlier than Season 9, then it wouldn't be so rushed, and Myra wouldn't be painted as the possessive, jealous, obsessive woman. She would be more like how she was in Season 4 when they went to that Dave Koz concert. She would've moved on to someone that resembled Steve since she's attracted to nerdy guys. It's the writer's fault for that one. if it was season 7, it would be different, but because they fell for each other in the FINAL season, yes it was rushed because of cancellation and the writing. They should've taking their time like they did Whitley and Dwayne.

I don't remember Tia and Tamera being that shallow or bitchy. Or if they were, the moral of the episode would teach them how wrong they had been. And even though Lisa Turtle and Hilary Banks were spoiled rich girls, their personalities still were better than Laura's.

Furienna have you seen every single episode of Sister Sister they were pretty cruel and nasty to that manager kid Stinky Steve thats what they called him for a nickname, they did not want to go out with him because of his strange personality they were mean Laura never called Steve bad names atleast not the way he smelled Tia or Tamera did go out with him on a date out of pity Stinky Steve started crying Laura still would not go out wit Urkel even when he begged and cried lol.

Like I said, if Tia and Tamera were shallow, the moral of the episode would be that they had been wrong.

Yeah Lisa Turtle was harsh towards Screech he had a ego he would always get offended when ever she would turn him down dont blame the kid she did it in a rude way, Steve Urkel could care less by the constant rejections he got from Laura because she did it in a nice way their were episodes where she could be a cruel as Lisa from Saved By the Bell .

Furienna, I gave Tia and Tamera a pass because they weren't as mean to Roger.
Lisa and Whitley are the WORST though, but everybody trash on Laura though, and that's not right.

Tia and Tamera were mean to Roger but it was just because he was short and had not matured yet, Roger never got to have a relationship with one of the twins.

Yeah Lisa Turtle was harsh towards Screech he had a ego he would always get offended when ever she would turn him down dont blame the kid she did it in a rude way, Steve Urkel could care less by the constant rejections he got from Laura because she did it in a nice way their were episodes where she could be a cruel as Lisa from Saved By the Bell .
I haven't followed "Saved by the bell" as closely as I've followed many other shows from that era, but still, it feels like Screech annoyed Lisa even more than Steve annoyed Laura. Is that because Screech was more annoying than Steve, or because Lisa was more shallow than Laura? That's hard to say.

Yes

Screech was not even close to be as annoying as Steve Urkel most of the time he asked Lisa out on dates just to tease her he already knew before he asked her out she was going to say no but in the back of his mind he was hoping she would change her mind about him and his personality and say yes, Screech did not have the confidence like Steve Urkel, Steve Urkel asked Laura out every single day of his life from the time they were 5-22 years old, even if Laura had gotten married he Steve still would not leave her alone he would be asking her to get a divorce and marry him lol.

LMAO, no way!!!!! Steve may be a stalker, but I doubt if he's going to tell Laura to divorce so she can be with him because there's no guarantee that she will end up with him. She probably be with someone else. I can tell you by experience. The guy that left me for another woman to marry was separated from this woman, and we were dating. I have to break it off because he was still married. To me, separation is still married. When we were together again, he didn't have a job, so I have to go dutch. I have to pay for our dates, but now that we broke up, he finally go himself together, got a job, got a divorce, and left to go to another town. He's probably with another woman by now. It's funny. When he was separated and jobless, he was all up on me, but now that he got himself together and got a divorce, he bounced.

I say this to tell you that there are no guarantees in life. If Laura do divorce her husband, there will be no guarantee that she be with him. Trust me, I've been there.

Right you are, Nicole. Even though Steve was a stalker in the early seasons, deep down, he really did love Laura and just wanted her to be happy, even if it wasn't with him, and, as evidenced in the third to last episode of Family Matters, he had completely grown out of stalking Laura, because he was willing to let her go so she could be happy with his clone. That is funny though, after all those years Steve tried to get Laura to love him back, after all those times Laura said they'd never be together, just when Steve was FINALLY going to walk out of Laura's life for good, Laura wanted to marry him!

I know. I knew that she's going to say yes because she couldn't see her life without him. I mean, after all these years of them constantly being around each other, I can see why she chose Steve. You better be lucky that she chose Steve while she's still young.

Laura chose Steve Urkel because he made a speech if Steve had not come up with that Depressing speech to make Laura fall in love with him and decide to marry him Laura would have turned down both Steve and Stefan so not to hurt the other guy if she picked one guy to marry, i think even tho she agreed to marry Steve deep down in her soul she still had feelings for Stefan, i hope Stefan would not try to ruin Steve and Laura's big wedding day he was also addicted to Laura.

I don't believe it. She knew that Steve was the one before she said yes, so he didn't force her to fall in love with him, and he didn't make her say yes. Stephan made love Laura, but he wasn't addicted to her, not like Myra.

Laura chose Steve Urkel because he made a speech if Steve had not come up with that Depressing speech to make Laura fall in love with him and decide to marry him Laura would have turned down both Steve and Stefan so not to hurt the other guy if she picked one guy to marry, i think even tho she agreed to marry Steve deep down in her soul she still had feelings for Stefan, i hope Stefan would not try to ruin Steve and Laura's big wedding day he was also addicted to Laura.

I wonder, what if Stefan made a depressing speech like Steve did, if Laura would have married him instead LOL? Then again, Stefan would never have done that, because he never thought in a million years that anyone other than Myra would choose Steve over him. One can't help but feel bad for Stefan in the end though, because since he was Steve's clone, that made his feelings for Laura just as real as Steve's.

Yeah i blame Carl he never gave the viewers the word on what happened to Stefan after he was dumped by Laura lol this is rare popular guys getting dumped by average guys like Steve Urkel this barely happens in real life lol,Stefan would never degrade himself to neediness to Laura even if he was desperate he did not have the feelings Steve had for other people, remember that episode from season 5 when Stefan makes his first appearance on the show Laura is mad at Stefan because he does not care about her fathers friend getting hurt, Stefan was stuck up and self centered, Stefan was a male model and ladies man i am sure plenty of women would marry Stefan, i am not saying Laura was a bimbo but she was confused and would have chosen Stefan as her husband if he made the first move instead of Steve Urkel he was cool guy his speech would have to be more romantic, i think Laura really loved Stefan but she rejected Steve millions of times in her life and most likely did not want to do that to him again with the proposal, the episode is similar to that 1991 movie Beauty and the beast where the queen chose the ugly beast over the good looking guy, just because Laura was engaged did not mean she would continue to marry Steve,Stefan could still be trying to convince Laura to marry him instead of Steve Urkel this is just a theory.