5.9
/10
Rodney Beckett is a fictional character portrayed by Randy Josselyn in the TV series Family Matters.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Straight A's (season 1), they were 15 years old.
They appear in 7 episodes out of a total of 215 aired

Rodney Beckett

by Randy Josselyn

character

Episodes7

  • 7
    /10

    Straight A's

    episode S1.E5 october 1989
    Eddie surprises everyone, and himself, when he gets straight A's on his report card.
  • 7
    /10

    The Party

    episode S1.E16 february 1990
    Carl leaves Eddie in charge of the household while the adults go on an overnight trip. There's one major rule: No guests allowed! Eddie obeys at first, but then Rodney comes over to deliver pizza. Then two pretty girls show up ... and things quickly spiral into a huge house party that Eddie quickly loses control over. Rival football players even play football with Urkel! Only when Carl and Harriette arrive home early does everything calm down ... that is, until Urkel utters from inside the sofa, "Party of the year!"
  • 7.2
    /10

    In a Jam

    episode S1.E19 march 1990
    A bully named Bull Watson terrorizes Urkel into giving up his lunch money. Urkel wants Eddie to stick up for him, but gets no sympathy. That is, Rodney witnesses Urkel sticking up for himself and Bull threatening him with serious injury if he refuses to hand over his lunch money. After going to Carl for some advice, Eddie decides to fight Bull ... and easily defeats him.
  • 6.9
    /10

    The Candidate

    episode S1.E20 march 1990
    Eddie is persuaded to run for class president vs. Margie Flatman. Rodney - and later, Laura - decide that a campaign of style is better than substance, but Eddie eventually sees that Margie is simply more qualified for the job than he is and drops out.
  • 6.7
    /10

    Rock Video

    episode S1.E22 april 1990
    Eddie decides to enter a contest to create a music video, but his ego proves to be too much for the rest of the band, and they all decide to abandon him.
  • 7.4
    /10

    Dog Day Halloween

    episode S2.E7 october 1990
    A Halloween costume-bedecked Urkel and Laura are hostages during a bank robbery. Urkel fantasizes about saving Laura and subduing the criminal, but things don't quite work out that way. Carl, meanwhile, is able to apprehend the subject, leaving a downtrodden Urkel to realize he can never impress Laura by being a hero who saves the day.
  • 7
    /10

    Fast Eddie Winslow

    episode S2.E12 november 1990
    Eddie, Rodney and Urkel wander into an adults-only billiards hall, where a friendly yokel named Higgins decides to challenge Eddie to a friendly bet over a game of pool. Eddie quickly finds he's taking on a pool shark and loses a lot of money. Higgins warns him to pay up, or his family could suffer some brutal consequences. Eddie - who doesn't have the skills to match Higgins - decides instead to try to win back his bet and enlists Urkel to help him. Urkel is about to win when Higgins' cronies interfere; when Urkel complains about the cheating, the thugs decide to take him away to be killed ... but Carl and Estelle - who find out about Eddie's situation - arrive to sink the 8-ball on Higgins' pool-hustling career.