Like a Virgin is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of Family Matters, which aired on ABC on January 14, 1994. It was directed by Richard Correll and written by David W. Duclon.
Synopsis[]
Eddie becomes the laughingstock of the boys' locker room after Urkel spills the beans that Eddie is still a virgin. He is humiliated until Laura wisely tells him not to let it bother him and points out Jerry's flaws. Meanwhile, Steve talks to Estelle about the same thing, as Myra is also pressuring him into premarital sex.
Plot[]
Harriette tells Carl about a love letter she found in Eddie’s pants pocket from a girl in his school named Latisha, while checking his clothes to be washed. He tries to get out of giving his son the talk because it makes him nervous about it. However, Harriette convinces him to do so because she's concerned that Eddie is being a playboy in having relationships with one girl after another. Later on, Carl confronts Eddie about it, only to learn that his son is still a virgin. He also learns that the letter in question was a thank-you note for taking her to her Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Eddie mentions that he was just being a friend to Latisha, who’s been trying to overcome her alcohol issues and her own family problems with her mother. He says there was nothing going on between them. Carl is proud of Eddie for telling him the truth and even Urkel.
Wisecracking Jerry blabs about his latest conquest until Urkel lets slip that Eddie has never had sex with anyone, leading to plenty of locker room teasing. Eddie is humiliated about it because Steve put his reputation on the line. Later on at the house, Eddie is still angry at Steve for humiliating him in front of his friends. Laura reminds him that it shouldn't matter if he's a virgin or not. She points out that one of those girls who is a virgin is someone's sister whom his friends are disrespecting. Laura mentions to Eddie that girls like him because he treats them with respect and doesn't take advantage of them. She also mentions that Jerry isn’t as popular with the girls like he believes himself to be and is the butt of their jokes. This gives Eddie a lot to think about and realizes Laura is right.
Meanwhile, Urkel hides in the Winslow family home and seeks advice from Estelle when he needs her help in avoiding Myra, who’s demanding he has sex with her. He doesn't like her at all and is in love with Laura. Estelle advises Urkel to tell her that he’s not ready to commit yet.
In the boys locker room, Eddie and his friends soon realize that still having your virginity as a teenager is just fine. When Jerry tries to rally the guys against him by claiming that playing the field is better and that keeping the virginity is a bad idea, the guys turn against him by using Eddie and Urkel as an example in keeping their virginity. Immediately, Eddie confronts him and points out just how unpopular he is with the girls at their school. He mentions that they think of Jerry as a joke in the terms of dating. Eddie mentions that if this is how he will treat them as though they’re accessories to him, then the former doesn’t want to be around him. He would rather be with a girl whose love and feelings he can respect. As the boys leave, Urkel appears from the laundry cart. Eddie asks him how long he had been inside there. Steve mentions as long as Myra has been looking for him and even claimed she actually came inside the boys' locker room. Urkel mentions he’s proud of Eddie again for standing up to Jerry.
Later on, as Urkel is finishing up the last of his laundry duty inside the locker room, Myra appears. When she comes asking for commitment, Steve recalls Estelle's advice and tries to convince her that he's not ready. Urkel's fears only turn Myra on and when he tries to hide in his locker, she follows him inside.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Reginald VelJohnson as Carl Winslow
- Jo Marie Payton as Harriette Winslow (credited as Jo Marie Payton-Noble)
- Rosetta LeNoire as Estelle Winslow
- Darius McCrary as Eddie Winslow
- Kellie Shanygne Williams as Laura Winslow
- Bryton James as Richie Crawford (credited as Bryton McClure, credit only)
- Jaleel White as Steve Urkel
- Shawn Harrison as Waldo Geraldo Faldo
Guest[]
Recurring[]
Cameo[]
- Mark Adair-Rios as Jerry (credited as Mark Adair Rios)
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- The episode title is a reference to the Madonna song "Like a Virgin", from the album of the same name.
- It's heavily implied that Myra has sex with Steve against his will at the end of this episode, but the event is never mentioned by Steve nor anyone else afterward, leaving Steve's virginity up in the air.
Goofs[]
- Eddie is shown to still be in high school, despite the fact that he was in his senior year in the previous season, which is set a year before this season.
- When Urkel runs around towel-whipping the guys, he is wearing boxer shorts under the towel around his waist, even though he's supposed to have just come from the shower.
- When Eddie storms out of the locker room, he leaves without closing his locker. In the long shot of Waldo getting towels thrown at him, the locker is suddenly closed.
- When Urkel tells Eddie he's proud of him for standing up to Jerry, a towel disappears from Urkel's shoulder between shots, then suddenly reappears when Waldo and Weasel come after them with towels.
Quotes[]
- Carl: [reading a note to Eddie from a girl] "Eddie, we were foolish to wait. Last night was so special and now I want us to share this as often as possible?"
- Harriette: Carl, do you think this means Eddie is sexually active?
- Carl: Well, when was this written? By now, he could be sexually exhausted.
- Carl: Sit down, son. We need to talk.
- Eddie: Well, what about?
- Carl: Well, uh... Um... It's about, um...
- Eddie: Oh... about sex.
- Carl: Yeah.
- Eddie: But, dad, you gave me the birds and the bees rap a long time ago.
- Carl: Right, but what I want to know now is if you've become an active bee, and if so, how much buzzing have you done?
- Carl: Are you still a virgin?
- Eddie: ...Yeah.
- Carl: Yes, yes, yes, yes! Fine, son. Good son.
- Eddie: You know, I'm glad one of us is happy about it.
- Carl: What? You're not?
- Eddie: How can I be? I'm probably one of the only guys I know who hasn't scored.
- Carl: Well, what's wrong with sitting on the bench?
- Eddie: Plenty. It means I'm not even in the game.
- Carl: But, son, that's just it. Sex isn't a game. It's an important step. A milestone in everyone's life, and considering AIDS and unwanted pregnancies it can be a downright dangerous step.
- Eddie: Dad, I'm not stupid. I'd always protect myself.
- Carl: Well, I'm very glad to hear that, son. But, you know, there really is only one fool-proof way to eliminate all the risks. And that's abstinence.
- Urkel A real man doesn't have to have sex to prove that he is a man.
- Jerry: Well, your opinion doesn't count since technically, you're not a man.
- Urkel: Well, say what you will about me, but no one here will deny that my best bud Eddo here is a real man. Well, it just so happens that he's a virgin, too!
- Urkel: [to Eddie] Just yesterday you were talking to your dad and I distinctly overheard you say that you were a virgin.
- Jerry: Hey man, who are you saving yourself for? Miss Right?
- Waldo: Miss Wright? Miss Wright is our math teacher. Great Caesar's ghost, Eddie! She's 67 years old.
- Laura: Eddie, uh, lemme ask you something. Why are you so upset that the guys know you're a virgin?
- Eddie: Laura, guys are expected to fool around.
- Laura: Oh, okay. So you're saying that guys are supposed to have sex and girls aren't?
- Eddie: Well, it...
- Laura: 'Cause that would be the end of mankind. Eddie, why is it okay for me to be a virgin but it's not okay for you?
- Eddie: Well, because you're my sister.
- Laura: Well, think about this... all those other girls out there are somebody's sister too.
- Jerry: You know, Winslow, I'm disappointed in you. We all thought you were a real ladies' man. Now, the whole school knows that the dude is just a dud.
- Eddie: Yeah, well, you disappoint me too, Jerry.
- Jerry: Oh, yeah?
- Eddie: Yeah. Man, you're a user. Girls aren't people to you. They're points on a score card.
- Jerry: Sounds like sour grapes to me.
- Eddie: Nope. You see, I used to think just like you. Until I realized that making sweet love with a fine lady is all about feelings, and those feelings should be shared. So, if quantity is your thing, man, knock yourself out, buddy. But me, I'm going for quality.