Random Acts of Science is the fifteenth episode of the seventh season in this television sitcom on Family Matters, which was aired from ABC on February 2, 1996. It was directed by Richard Correll and written both by David W. Duclon and Gary Menteer.
Plot[]
When Steve's inventions go haywire once again, Carl furiously demands that he must put all his scientific inventions in storage. On the night that they are about to put everything away at the Chicago Police Warehouse, a street gang (known as Satan's Serpents) breaks in and attempt to steal the stored weapons and holds both Carl and Steve hostage. Steve tells the gang that the transformation chamber works with the green liquid, "Bruce Juice", but he tricked them into thinking that it was anyone other than Bruce Lee. Both Carl and Steve enter the chamber and are transformed into figures similar to Bruce Lee. Meanwhile, in the backstory, Laura weighs in the possibility of getting a nose ring, much to her mother's disapproval (she is unaware of her father's demands that Steve put the Transformation Chamber in storage, as this would mean no more dates with Stefan).
Synopsis[]
When Carl had enough with the constant backfiring of Steve's scientific inventions, he demands they be placed in the Police Storage Warehouse. One night while they are putting everything away, The Serpents break in and demand everything. They also hold Steve and Carl as their hostages until they get whatever they want.
Meanwhile, one of Laura's classmates shows her, her nose piercing that she had done at the mall. This causes Laura to weigh in the pros and cons about having her nose pierced. One night she uses a fake nose ring and a scarf to tried to ask Harriette for one. Soon she realizes she's better off without one but decides to get a navel ring instead.
At the Police Storage Warehouse, Carl and Steve trick the thugs into letting them demonstrate the transformation chamber. Steve claims the gang could rob the store as Elvis impersonators one day and in the next the cast of Happy Days. He suggests they pair the chamber up with Bruce Juice (which Steve only knows is Bruce Lee) but unbeknownst to everyone else. The Serpents allow them to demonstrate it and it ends up being a trap as Carl and Steve both emerge as Bruce Lee Winslow and Bruce Lee Urkel. They defeat the bad guys together.
During the end credits, Carl has helped Urkel with moving his stuff back into the home and he apologizes for not realizing the dangers of having his inventions in the Police Storage Warehouse. He admits that Steve's transformation chamber actually saved them from the Serpents.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Reginald VelJohnson as Carl Winslow and Bruce Lee Winslow
- Jo Marie Payton as Harriette Winslow
- Kellie Shanygne Williams as Laura Winslow
- Jaleel White as Steve Urkel and Bruce Lee Urkel
Guest[]
Recurring[]
Guest[]
- Brooke Marie Procida as Donna Santangelo
- Oscar Dillon as Sidekick
- Michael Bailey Smith as Snap
- Marrese Crump as Jaleel White's stunt double
- David Scott as Reginald VelJohnson's stunt double
Trivia[]
- Four cast members, Darius McCrary (Eddie Winslow), Bryton McClure (Richie Crawford) Shawn Harrison (Waldo G. Faldo) and Rosetta LeNoire (Estelle Winslow) do not appear in this episode.
- This is the first and only appearance of Bruce Lee Winslow, Carl's Bruce Lee alter ego.
- When Steven recommends he and Carl try "Bruce Juice" for the Transformation Chamber, he mentions one of the people the two can possibly become is former Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner. In January 2017, he completed a sex change surgery and is now known as "Caitlyn Jenner."
Quotes[]
- Carl: Shh. Not while he's pouring!
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