Family Matters: Born to Be Mild (1991)
Season 3, Episode 9
10/10
Steve Crimebuster
18 March 2020
This episode is another honorable mention, it's another action episode in the show, I always love these kinds of episodes because their something different I never really saw in sitcoms.

The plotline is plausible as it deals with gang violence which unfortunately still happens, the Dragons gang are totally unlikable as their always putting on the tough guy act, pushing people around, and acting like they own everybody and everyone, which is what most gangs do. Seeing them once again reminds us that the Steve and the Winslow's live in the real world, which give the episode an element of danger.

We then see the Dragons trash Rachel's Place for no good reason or simply just no reason at all; however that's not the worst of it when we see Eddie has been beaten up by the gang. Just like Carl seeing that really got the magma inside me flowing fast, that to me was the straw that broke the camels back. And of course, it's Steve/The Urkman to the rescue as he goes undercover to infiltrate the gangs and exterminate their reign of terror once and for all.

Really love how Urkel was selling it which is exaggerated but both funny and kind of cool at the same time; really bought him as a bad to the bone tough guy with a short fuse. The funny moment was when he was tearing up that bad of Cheetos in fury, it was so random but funny all the same especially what he says about them.

Also like that get up he had on, Steve actually looked really cool with that black leather jacket, the crucifix earrings, the purple tied hood wear, just everything, wonder if anyone ever went to a comic con and dressed up like that.

You could also say Steve is almost a bit of a bad ass in the episode as the undercover op is dangerous as he's clearly up against the odds, plenty of tall gangsters in the room, but he sticks with it and doesn't give in until his mission is complete.

As an old saying goes, when the going gets tough, the tough get going, Steve is a tough guy.

Rating: 4 stars
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