This original version of the pilot episode is the exact same as the aired pilot, with the exception of actor John Posey, who was chosen to play Danny Tanner before Bob Saget signed on at the last minute. In the wake of his wife Pam's tragic death, Danny must now say good-bye to his mother, who has spent the past few months living at the house. With three daughters under the age of ten, Danny convinces his best friend Joey and rock-n'-rolling brother-in-law Jesse to move in temporarily. These two makeshift "junior dads" have their hands full helping with the kids and adjusting to a new lifestyle, but oldest daughter DJ proves to be the toughest sell in the situation. Forced to begin sharing a room with her 5-year-old sister, DJ causes more friction in the already hectic household by setting up house in the garage. Will grieving father Danny be able to set aside his own pain to help his children through theirs?
Danny's mother who had been living with the Tanner's for a few weeks leaves. She was there because Danny's wife Pam died in a car accident. Danny has arranged so his brother and law, Jesse Cochran would come and live with the Tanner's. He also made arrangments so that his friend Joey Gladstone would help out and live with the Tanner's. This causes Stephanie and DJ to have to share a room which angers DJ and causes her to move into the garage.
Danny is scheduled to do the 10pm sports at the TV station, Joey is scheduled to perform his comedy routine at the Laugh Machine at 10pm, and Jesse is scheduled to hold rehearsals with his band, Jesse and the Rippers, at 10pm, but one of the guys must sacrifice what he is scheduled to do and stay home with the girls. Danny and Joey choose Jesse to make that sacrifice, but Jesse finds a way to be with the Rippers anyway -- he invites the band over to the house for rehearsals in the living room, and of course D.J. and Stephanie don't want to miss it. That's why Danny is not delighted by what he sees when he gets home. Not only are Stephanie and Michelle still up, but their hair has also been colored purple.
It's time for the new school year to begin. Stephanie is going into kindergarten, and D.J. and her best friend Kimmy Gibbler are going into 5th grade. Stephanie has a severe case of the kindergarten jitters because she's afraid her new classmates will reject her, so it's up to D.J. and the guys to help Stephanie. Later, D.J. also wants to avoid school when she and Kimmy are placed in separate classrooms.
In the kitchen, Jesse shows Danny and Joey a turtle named Bubba, which Jesse brought home because Bubba saved Jesse's life while Jesse was on his way home from a gig. Jesse then leaves the kitchen to get his guitar and bring it inside the house. By the time Jesse returns to the kitchen, the girls have noticed Bubba, and they talk Danny into letting Bubba stay -- then Stephanie says that Danny's mother Claire is coming to visit from Seattle. It turns out that Joey forgot to mention this to Danny after Claire called and said she would be over. Joey tells Danny that Claire will be arriving at the airport at 5:12pm. A now frantic Danny wants the messy house cleaned up as soon as possible so he can prove to Claire that he can handle things on his own, now that Pam is gone. The guys take the girls out shopping for cleaning supplies with them. When they get home, it's still about 5 hours away from Claire's arrival time. Minutes later, as the guys are about to start cleaning, Claire shows up a
While the girls are staying home with their visiting grandmother, the guys decide to go out for a day of all male bonding, fishing on a yacht. It turns out that the captain of the yacht is a woman named Caroline, and there is also an all woman band on board the yacht, led by Jesse's former girlfriend Roxanne. Jesse is still angry because Roxanne's band, which Jesse put together for her, has made it big while Jesse and the Rippers are still playing dives, and Danny feels uncomfortable around Caroline because he's scared that he is becoming attracted to her at a time that he thinks is too soon after Pam's death to become attracted to another woman.
When baby Michelle calls Jesse and Joey "da da" instead of saying it to Danny, Danny realizes that his job at the TV station is causing him to spend too much time away from home, so Danny introduces a father/daughter day in order to spend more time with the girls. Meanwhile, Joey has noticed how easy it is for Jesse to attract women, and Joey wants to attract women just as easily, so he starts trying to be like Jesse.
Danny is having a tryout as a cable TV boxing announcer. Just before a big match begins, Danny tells boxer Reggie "The Sandman" Martin that Reggie's wife has left Reggie, and as a result, Reggie is promptly knocked out in the second round. Meanwhile, at home, Michelle has caught a cold, and it's up to Jesse and Joey to give her some baby cold medicine...easier said than done, because Michelle refuses to take the medicine.
On a stormy night, Danny finds Jesse and Joey in the living room, and Jesse is holding a baseball bat that Jesse was going to use on who he thought may have been a burglar, and Danny senses that Jesse has a problem with Joey. Jesse and Joey tell Danny why: Jesse was giving guitar lessons, and he ended up falling for Corinna Spicer, one of his students. Later, Corinna watched Joey perform "The Wizard of Oz" in the living room for D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle after the TV went blank before the showing of "The Wizard of Oz" on TV, and Corinna ended up falling for Joey, much to the jealous dismay of Jesse.
It's the family's first Thanksgiving without Pam Tanner. Danny's mother Claire is expected to come over for Thanksgiving, but a snow storm up north, in the state of Washington, has stranded Claire at her home, so it's up to Danny, Jesse, and Joey to see to it that the girls have a good Thanksgiving, but the feast turns out to be not exactly worth gobbling, and Jesse's feelings about Pam's death resurface.
Joey embarks on a tour, having been scheduled to perform at 16 colleges over a period of 14 days. When Joey arrives home from the tour, he sees that Danny and Jesse and the girls have a big surprise for him -- the garage has been renovated to become a bedroom for Joey, who no longer has to use the living room alcove as a bedroom, and this indicates that Joey is not going to be living anywhere else any time soon.
It's Danny's 30th birthday, so Jesse takes Danny's car "Bullet" to be fitted for the seat covers that Jesse and Joey plan to buy as a gift for Danny. On the way home with Bullet, Jesse accidentally sends Bullet into the bay. Of course, Danny is shocked by this. Later, Jesse and Joey go to a car dealership that happens to have a duplicate of Bullet. As Jesse and Joey name the amount of money that they are willing to pay for the car, someone calls the dealership and bids higher than Jesse and Joey. The Bidding goes back and forth until Jesse and Joey bid too high for the person who is on the phone, and Jesse and Joey buy the car for Danny. As it turns out, Danny was the guy who was on the phone, bidding against Jesse and Joey.
In an effort to boost ratings, the TV station is making promos about the employees and their families. Danny and the family are chosen for the first promo. Problem is, Ronnie, the ratings-minded director of the promo, does not want Danny and the family to be shown as they really are. Meanwhile, the sound of a ferret in the house makes D.J. and Stephanie think that there is a monster in the house.
D.J. makes such a good impression in a play at school that Jesse suggests that D.J. try out for a TV commercial -- an idea Danny is against, because Danny is afraid D.J. will only end up disappointed. Jesse takes D.J. to an audition for a cereal commercial anyway, and Stephanie tags along with them. After D.J. auditions, she and Jesse leave the room, then Stephanie starts pretending to audition while she is alone in the room. The company's president, Mr. Benton, walks in, sees Stephanie, and gives Stephanie the job. This leaves D.J. furious, and willing to do anything to sabotage Stephanie's efforts to practice for the commercial because D.J. is absolutely, positively, fed up with everyone treating Stephanie and Michelle like they're "soooooo cute" while D.J. is always treated like the ugly stepsister just because she's older than Stephanie and Michelle.
At the TV station, Jesse meets Danny's co-worker Robin Winslow, who is also an old friend of Danny's, and Jesse uses Michelle's cuteness to get a date with Robin. When Jesse comes home later that day, Robin is also there -- then Jill, another woman Jesse used Michelle's cuteness to get a date with, shows up. This is when things become complicated, because Robin is now reluctant to date Jesse. Robin is willing to bet that Jesse has never had a relationship with a woman last any more than three or four months, because Robin has dated Jesse's type before and ended up hurt by the quick break-up every time, and she doesn't want that to happen again.
Stephanie has the chicken pox, and it spreads to Jesse and Joey. As part of his TV sportscasting job, Danny is scheduled to be on the bench at a Golden State Warriors basketball game in 40 minutes, and with D.J. going to her first slumber party, Danny is having a hard time finding a babysitter for Michelle, who has never had the chicken pox. With only 40 minutes to find a babysitter, Danny becomes frantic, then he begins to believe that he'll miss his assignment at the basketball game...until someone makes a surprise sacrifice so Danny can go to the game -- D.J. has willingly decided to stay home and not go to the slumber party, so she can take care of Michelle so Michelle won't have to be near Jesse and Joey while they still have the chicken pox. Chicken pox also means that Stephanie will have to miss an appearance at school by a real ballerina, something Stephanie never wanted to miss.
Joey gets a chance to perform in front of an HBO comedy scout at a comedy club, but when Phyllis Diller jinxes Joey's chance by taking over Joey's spot in the lineup and performing for an hour, Joey feels like a failure, so he decides to leave the comedy business and become a dull businessman. The feeling of failure spreads to D.J., who has been taking guitar lessons from Jesse. A talk with Joey proves to D.J. that she and Joey both were frustrated and looking for the easiest way out of that frustration.
Danny wants to date Linda, the hive mother of the Honeybee troop that Stephanie is a member of, but Danny's nervous about asking Linda out and he feels that it may be too soon after Pam's death to start dating, and D.J. and Stephanie don't want Danny to start dating, because they think Danny would be looking for someone to replace their mother Pam. Meanwhile, Jesse and Joey try to assemble a small plastic slide in the living room in hopes that Michelle will play with something else besides "Benny", the old dish rag that Michelle has become so attached to.
D.J. is eagerly expecting a visit from her cousin Steve, whom she hasn't seen in years, but when Steve arrives, everyone notices that he's not the same person that he used to be. Instead of spending a lot of time with D.J. like he used to do, Steve now wants to spend all of his time with Danny, Jesse, and Joey, and it's making a very hurt D.J. wish that she were one of the guys. To top it off, Kimmy has a crush on Steve.
The fact that Danny and Joey and the girls are going to Disney Land in Anaheim delights Jesse, who has been waiting to spend a romantic weekend alone with his girlfriend Samantha, but when Danny and Joey and the girls return home because the airplane couldn't take off in fog, it wrecks Jesse's plans to spend time alone with Samantha. Jesse complains that he has zero privacy in this house. On the next morning, Danny and Joey discover a note on Jesse's empty bed -- Jesse, fed up with his lack of privacy, has left to be on his own for a while, and he doesn't know when he'll be back, or if he'll be back.
Jesse calls to say that he and Samantha have gone to Lake Tahoe, where they have been skiing with friends. When Danny tells D.J. and Stephanie that Jesse has left and may move out, D.J. explains to Danny that when Pam died, D.J. thought that she would never again feel comfortable living in this house, until Jesse and Joey moved in and things got better. That's why D.J. and Stephanie don't want Jesse to move, so D.J. and Stephanie form a plan to make sure that doesn't happen -- they call Jesse and tell Jesse that Michelle is sick, when D.J. and Stephanie know that Michelle is not sick. From Lake Tahoe, Jesse drives his motorcycle behind a cattle truck for 4 hours in the freezing cold and arrives home only to discover that Michelle is really not sick, and that D.J. and Stephanie tricked him into coming home. Danny and Joey talk Jesse into not moving out, and they agree that Jesse needs more privacy than he's been getting.
Joey's mother Mindy has found an old $5000 savings bond in her safe deposit box, and the savings bond has Joey's name on it. When Joey receives the money, he starts spending it left and right. At the same time, Danny tries to collect an 11-year-old debt from Joey -- 11 years ago on March 12, 1977, in Palm Springs, Joey's car broke down yet again, and Danny lent Joey his last $800 to get the car fixed, and now that Joey has come into enough money, Danny asks Joey to fork over $800 of it in order to cover the debt, leading to a feud between Danny and Joey. Meanwhile, Jesse is working as an Elvis Presley impersonator in order to make some extra money because he needs enough money for he and the Rippers to record a demo, but he doesn't want the family to know that he's working as an Elvis impersonator.
When D.J. hears that her favorite singer Stacy Q will be at a local mall to give out autographs, and knowing that it would mean meeting Stacy Q in person, D.J. wants an autograph, and she'll do absolutely anything, no matter what it takes, to make it happen. Problem is, the signings are scheduled to take place during school hours, so D.J. decides to secretly skip a day of school to get the autograph. D.J. gets Jesse to mention how he once secretly and successfully skipped a day from school, and D.J. pulls that same trick on Jesse and Joey. D.J. and Kimmy head to the mall and get in line to get an autograph -- but they never expected Joey and Michelle to show up, because they didn't know that Joey had made plans to get the autograph for D.J. and surprise her with it after school.
Teaser: Danny, Joey, Jesse, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle play Ring around the Rosie, but Michelle doesn't understand it. Main Synopsis: While Stephanie is playing a pretend game of "hairdresser" with Jesse, she unintentionally chops off a chunk of Jesse's hair, so Jesse has to go to Alejandro, his real hairdresser, so Alejandro can cut Jesse's hair and make it even. On his way back home from Alejandro's, Jesse fails to see a road sign that says "severe tire damage". As a result, Jesse accidentally wrecks the motorcycle, and is treated for two broken arms. Stephanie blames herself for this, and the way Jesse is acting in the wake of the accident is not helping Stephanie feel any better.
Teaser: Jesse and Joey can't get Michelle to stay in her crib. Main Synopsis: It's Kimmy's 12th birthday, and D.J. has planned a surprise birthday party for Kimmy. When Stephanie slips up and mentions the party to Kimmy, Kimmy decides to bring her new friends Nina and Melissa, two older girls, to the party with her. Upon arriving, all Nina and Melissa want to do is invite a bunch of friends over to trash the house, so when D.J. kicks Nina and Melissa out of the house for even thinking about trashing the house, Kimmy abandons the party and goes to the mall with Nina and Melissa, and this starts a feud between D.J. and Kimmy. With help from Jesse and Joey, D.J. and Kimmy end their feud, as Kimmy realizes that D.J. doesn't want her to forget who her real friends are. Meanwhile, Danny is removed from his job as a sportscaster at the TV station, because the station has created a new morning show titled "Wake Up, San Francisco", and they need two people to host the new show. Danny is named a
Teaser: Preparing for a Halloween party, the guys are dressed as the Three Stooges -- Jesse as Moe, Joey as Curly, and Danny as Larry. Main Synopsis: Jesse has made his first sale of an advertising jingle. As a result, Jesse tells his father, Nick Katsopolis, that he wants to leave the pest exterminator business that is run by Nick, and Nick is severely disappointed by this -- so disappointed, that Nick loses his temper with Jesse and says "If you're out of the family business, then you're out of the family". Jesse and his mother Irene manage to talk some sense into Nick, who realizes that Jesse has a dream about making it in the music business, and Nick and Jesse work things out. Meanwhile, Stephanie is afraid to go to the dentist to get a tooth filled, and she's even more nervous when she's actually sitting on the chair that's in the examination room. Joey, who took her to the dentist, helps her beat her fear.
Teaser: Michelle wakes Joey up just to tell him he's asleep. Main Synopsis: "Wake Up, San Francisco" is broadcasting an episode from a horse stable, where D.J. sees a horse named Rocket. D.J. desperately wants Rocket, and the only way she'll get him is if she has enough money to make the payments needed to keep Rocket in the stable, so D.J. and Kimmy pool their money together and start making Rocket's stable payments, without Danny knowing it. D.J. thinks Danny won't let her have the horse unless she proves to him that she can handle the responsibility, so her plan is to secretly keep up the payments for a couple of weeks then tell Danny about Rocket, because D.J. figures that 2 weeks is enough to prove to Danny that she can handle the responsibility so Danny won't say no. When Kimmy messes up and blows her half of the money, D.J. can't make the next stable payment, so in a desperate effort to make sure she doesn't lose Rocket, D.J. takes Rocket to the house with her. Danny is shocked
Teaser: D.J. shows Michelle how to blow bubbles with gum. Main Synopsis: When Joey gives Jesse the inspiration Jesse needs to write an advertising jingle that Jesse has been having problems with, the result is that the jingle is bought. This bit of success leads to Jesse making an offer to Joey -- he now wants Joey to be his writing partner. Joey accepts the offer. When Joey gives the next jingle "the Joey treatment", and it's not bought, a feud erupts between Jesse and Joey, but they work things out and decide to remain partners. Meanwhile, D.J. and Stephanie are feuding because Stephanie is always messing up things that belong to D.J., and D.J. is out to teach Stephanie a lesson about it, starting by tying all of Stephanie's shoes together by the laces while Stephanie's not wearing them.
Teaser: Stephanie reads a fairy tale to Michelle. Main Synopsis: In a radio contest, D.J. wins a "dream night for 2" with the Beach Boys. Problem is, according to the rules of the contest, D.J. is allowed to take only one of the guys with her, and she can't decide who to go with. When the Beach Boys show up to pick D.J. up, they make things easier by allowing D.J. to bring Stephanie, Michelle, and all three of the guys with her. Tag: More from the family's dream night with the Beach Boys.
Teaser: Jesse is weight training with Michelle "Superbaby" Tanner. Main Synopsis: While Danny and Jesse are out, Joey is left in charge of the girls. D.J. and Stephanie want to stay up late so they can watch a Tiffany concert on TV. When Danny comes home and sees that they are up late watching the concert, Danny tells Joey that whenever Joey is at home alone with the girls, he needs to make them follow the rules of the house, so on the next day, D.J. arrives home from school an hour late without telling Joey that she was with friends, practicing for an hour for an upcoming karate tournament, and Joey grounds D.J. -- for the weekend when the tournament is scheduled to take place. D.J. becomes furious, angrily reminds Joey that he's not her father, and then storms off to the bedroom that she and Stephanie occupy. Later, Joey goes upstairs to the bedroom, where he explains that after school, during the hour when he didn't know where D.J. was, he was scared to death. D.J. agrees that she
Teaser: Stephanie, Michelle, Danny, and the "Bicycle bus". Main Synopsis: Danny has a new girlfriend named Denise, and he invites Denise and her two friends Zoey and Cheryl over to the house so Zoey and Cheryl can meet Jesse and Joey while D.J. is upstairs keeping an eye on Stephanie and Michelle. It turns out that Denise is a woman that Jesse once dated, and this has Danny wondering if there could possibly be a woman in San Francisco that Jesse hasn't dated. Zoey doesn't like Joey's jokes, but Joey and Cheryl get along with each other just fine. Danny is depressed because Denise is still hung up on Jesse and she can't get her mind off of Jesse because she thinks she and Jesse have an opportunity to get back together, until a talk with Jesse finally has Denise coming to her senses. Meanwhile, Stephanie causes D.J. to accidentally drop Danny's wedding ring down the drain in the upstairs bathroom sink. With a little work, Denise and the guys help D.J. and Stephanie get the ring back.
Teaser: Having a family photo taken for a Christmas card. Main Synopsis: The family is on a flight to Colorado to spend Christmas with some relatives, and this is a trip that Danny has spent months planning -- but on the way to Colorado, a blizzard forces an emergency landing at an unfamiliar airport. The family is forced to spend Christmas in the baggage claim room, where everyone thinks Christmas is ruined this time around. Among the things that happen here are: Jesse's father Nick tries to get Jesse to kiss Becky under a mistletoe, D.J. is upset that the gifts that the family brought along on the flight with them are missing, and Michelle is afraid of Lionel, a man who made her cry on the airplane. Jesse, becoming ever so frustrated by everyone's sour attitudes, speaks to the people in the baggage claim room about the real meaning of Christmas, then Santa Claus shows up and shows the family where the missing gifts are, and it turns out that Lionel is Santa Claus.
Teaser: Danny, Jesse, Joey, D.J., and Michelle play with soap bubbles. Main Synopsis:Stephanie knows it's not easy being the middle child. The way things are going, Stephanie thinks that D.J. and Michelle are getting all of the attention. Jesse and Joey are working on a jingle until they start helping D.J. with a science project, ignoring Stephanie's request for them to watch her break a hula-hoop record. Danny is trying to videotape Michelle for "Wake Up, San Francisco", ignoring Stephanie's request for him to watch her break the hula-hoop record that she wanted Jesse and Joey to watch her break. Stephanie has had enough, and she believes that the only way she'll get out of this situation is if she is not living at home anymore, so she decides that she wants to marry her friend Harry, then the guys come to their senses and realize how they've made Stephanie feel.
Teaser:The guys sing a bedtime song for Michelle. Main Synopsis:D.J. has her first boyfriend, Michael Montfort, but D.J. is crushed when Michael leaves her for Kathy Santoni, because Michael believes Kathy is prettier than D.J. is. Meanwhile, Becky and Danny are hosting a charity event where eligible bachelors are auctioned off to women who want a date with them. Three of the participating bachelors are Danny, Jesse, and Joey. Jesse ends up receiving the highest bid of them all -- from a very jealous Becky.
Teaser: Joey and Michelle choose what to watch on TV. Main Synopsis:Jesse and Joey have been up all night working on their latest jingle, which is for "Casa De Pancakes". When D.J. and Kimmy unknowingly erase the jingle from the tape it was recorded on by recording their version of "The Locomotion" on what they thought was a blank tape, Jesse loses his temper and yells at D.J. and Kimmy. Later, as an apology, Jesse buys D.J. a drum set, then Jesse's father Nick shows up and tells Jesse that he and Jesse's mother Irene have been arguing, and Irene told Nick to go stay with Jesse for the time being, but the thick fog outside has forced Irene to stay at the Tanner house as well. The fog is also preventing a disappointed Joey and his girlfriend Cheryl from going on a skiing trip. Later, Jesse helps Nick and Irene patch things up, and this makes Jesse realize that Jesse should have talked to D.J. about D.J. and Kimmy erasing the tape instead of yelling at D.J., then trying to buy her forgiv
Teaser: D.J. and Stephanie try to show Michelle how to roller-skate. Main Synopsis:Jesse and Joey's latest jingle is such a success that they are offered a fixed job composing jingles for Mr. Malatesta. D.J. and Stephanie fear that if Jesse and Joey take this job, knowing that Danny works at the TV station every day, then no one will be home to take care of them, especially during the three month summer break from school. D.J. and Stephanie's fears go away when Jesse and Joey decide to take the job, but do their work from the house, with their office being in the attic.
Teaser: Jesse and Michelle are eating with their fingers. Main Synopsis:It's Valentine's Day, and Danny has bought D.J. the royal blue sweater that D.J. wanted. D.J. puts on the sweater with a shirt under it, and goes to school. At recess, D.J. takes off the sweater so she won't sweat all over it, and after she puts the sweater on the ground, the school's gardener runs over it with a lawn mower, and the sweater is shredded. D.J. doesn't want Danny to know about this, so she, Kimmy, and Stephanie go to the mall to buy a replacement sweater, which is priced at $80, which was the cost of the shredded sweater. Stephanie sees a sign on the checkout counter that says "buy now, pay later". Not realizing that a credit card is required to do what the sign says, Stephanie grabs the sweater in an effort to help D.J., and this gets Stephanie accused of shoplifting.
Teaser: D.J. tries to tell Michelle who's cute and who's not. Main Synopsis:A little over a year and a half ago, when Jesse and Joey moved into the house, Jesse and Joey didn't exactly get along with each other very well at the beginning, but since then, they have become good friends, and it's making Danny feel left out because lately, Joey has been taking Danny for granted. When Danny confronts Joey, they remember the day they became friends back in the 5th grade on February 23, 1968, when they protected each other from a bully named Sheldon. When Danny and Joey head to the school where this happened 21 years ago, they literally unearth the pledge they signed, which was a pledge to always be friends. Joey apologizes for taking their friendship for granted, and then he and Danny call Jesse to the school so Jesse can add his name to the pledge. Meanwhile, Stephanie's friend Harry has a crush on D.J., leading Stephanie to accuse D.J. of stealing her friend.
Teaser: D.J., Michelle, and Kimmy are playing with puppies that Kimmy's mother plans to sell. Main Synopsis:Becky's sister Connie Anderson has arrived for a visit, and she has brought her son Howie, who is Michelle's age, with her. Michelle and Howie become best friends, but when it comes time for Connie and Howie to go back home to Valentine, Nebraska, it gives Michelle what seems like an incurable case of heartbreak. The guys try to cheer Michelle up, but to no avail. On the next day, Jesse takes Michelle to his bedroom, and he plays a song for Michelle, and manages to coax a smile out of her, but she still misses Howie, but Becky takes care of that by videotaping Howie talking into the camera at the airport, and when Michelle watches the tape, the tape makes it look Like Howie is talking to Michelle. Howie misses Michelle just as much as Michelle misses Howie. After watching the tape, Michelle feels a lot better, and Jesse comments that Becky would be a great mother. Meanwhile, Step
Teaser: Who gets the cookie - D.J., Stephanie, or Michelle? Main Synopsis:D.J. has good grades throughout her report card, except for in Spanish class, where she was given a D. D.J. asks Danny to talk to Spanish teacher Linda Mosley about the grade. When Linda comes over to the house to talk to Danny about it, the conversation ends in a kiss -- right in front of D.J. and some of her friends. This makes D.J. a target for teasing, and she's angry with Danny for making her a target for teasing. D.J. is also angry that Danny didn't get her Spanish grade changed. Danny gets D.J. to admit that the more difficult the Spanish class became, the more she gave up on it. Meanwhile, Mr. Malatesta gives Michelle a spot in a marshmallow commercial that Joey and Jesse have been assigned to work on.
Teaser: Jesse and Michelle sing a song. Main Synopsis:It's time for the annual spring-cleaning, and this has become one of Danny's favorite times of the year. During the Spring cleaning, Jesse learns what "little cause, big effect" means when he accidentally breaks a drawer handle in the kitchen, and ends up having to renovate the kitchen's entire network of cabinets and drawers because the broken handle's design has been discontinued, and a new design Jesse buys doesn't go very well with the cabinet design that is in the kitchen, so Jesse buys cabinets that go with the new handles. Meanwhile, Stephanie is frantic. It seems that Mr. Bear, the stuffed toy that the girls' mother Pam Tanner gave Stephanie on the day Pam brought newborn Michelle home from the hospital, is missing. Stephanie doesn't want to lose Mr. Bear, because it was a gift from Pam, and it reminds Stephanie of her. The family helps Stephanie look for Mr. Bear, but to no avail. Stephanie then suspects that Joey may have
Teaser: Michelle insists on dressing herself up, even though Jesse offered to help her. Main Synopsis: In college, Joey had a girlfriend named Patty Fogerty, who ended up leaving Joey for a guy named Michael Winchester. This left Joey devastated, because he wanted to marry Patty and spend the rest of his life with her. Now, Years later, Patty tracks down Joey's bedroom phone number and calls him. Joey invites Patty over to the house, and Danny doesn't like this one bit, because he doesn't want to see Joey once again get hurt by Patty, who explains that she left Joey for Michael Winchester because she wanted more romance in her life and while she thought Joey was funny, she didn't think Joey was romantic enough. Meanwhile, Kimmy uses Stephanie and D.J. as guinea pigs for a magic trick involving a pair of magician's handcuffs that belong to Kimmy's brother, who is in Las Vegas. Kimmy does the trick too well -- D.J. and Stephanie are now cuffed to each other, and Kimmy realizes she doesn'
Teaser: Michelle and Stephanie play horsey. Main Synopsis: It's Jesse's 26th birthday, and it seems that everyone's trying to pull him in every direction at the same time. He's scheduled to coach D.J. and Kimmy's soccer team in a game at 3:30pm, he and Joey are doing a jingle for a credit dentist commercial, Danny schedules Jesse to perform at the Smash Club in front of music critic Sam Battersby, Stephanie needs Jesse to bake 100 of his special cookies for a school bake sale, and Michelle needs Jesse to fix her jack-in-the-box toy. Jesse coaches the soccer team to a win, then Becky shows up at the house and asks Jesse to go with her to the wedding of her aunt's former son-in-law tomorrow, then Danny asks Jesse to fix his car. Jesse thinks he can handle it all, until he and the family go to the Smash Club and Jesse discovers that the Rippers didn't show up because he and the Rippers ended up booked for two gigs on the same night -- the one at the Smash Club and one at the Holiday Inn i
Teaser: Doggies! (teaser features Michelle and Danny) Main Synopsis:The family goes to Lake Tahoe, where Danny and Becky will be doing a special episode of "Wake Up, San Francisco". Joey gets lucky on a slot machine, but doesn't get the money because a videotape shows DJ pulling the machine's lever then ducking back to the other side of a barrier dividing the slot machines from the table where Stephanie and DJ were while an unsuspecting Joey's back is turned. Joey didn't know it was DJ or Stephanie who pulled the lever, so of course he's surprised. Jesse is jealous because Becky can't get her mind off of movie star Todd Masters (Steve Bond), who is scheduled to be a guest on the special episode of "Wake Up, San Francisco". Jesse makes it his mission to make Becky just as jealous so Becky will know how she's making Jesse feel, and then they have an argument in their hotel room. When they calm down, Jesse asks Becky to marry him, and Becky accepts the proposal.
Teaser: A recap of part 1. Main Synopsis: Jesse and Becky want to get married as soon as possible -- in one hour, without telling anyone until the wedding is over, but what they don't know is that D.J. and Stephanie have decided to play detective and investigate Jesse and Becky. With a little work, D.J. and Stephanie discover Becky and Jesse's plans to get married, and they tell Danny and Joey about it. Danny and Joey try to talk Jesse out of going through with the wedding so suddenly, but Jesse won't listen. During the ceremony, before they can be pronounced husband and wife, Becky gets cold feet and leaves Jesse at the altar, devastating Jesse. Later, after Jesse tells Becky how much she hurt him by leaving him at the altar, Becky apologizes and explains that there are a lot of things to think about and talk about before they can plan a wedding.
Danny takes the Tanners to Hawaii in honor of their two year anniversary since becoming a family. While there, Danny becomes his usual controlling self and takes the family around together, including on a visit to a deserted island where he forgets to tie the boat and it drifts away. The family thinks they're doomed until they find out they are in fact on Pua Island where they meant they go for a show. Joey keeps seeing a hula girl he likes, and Jesse & Becky have an argument about Elvis.
Teaser: Michelle and Jesse play hide and seek. Main Synopsis: The new school year is starting, and Stephanie, who is entering 2nd grade, is the only Tanner left in her school, and she expects a bad day at school, but instead, it turns out to be a good day for Stephanie. The same can't be said for 12-year-old D.J., who is entering 7th grade, a step closer to becoming a teenager. On her first day in junior high, D.J. is humiliated by Colleen and Susan, a couple of bullies. On the next morning, D.J. decides to put on make-up, because she believes the only way to fit in among the 7th graders is to do what Kimmy and virtually all of the other 7th grade girls are doing -- look twice as old as she really is by putting on makeup. Danny thinks D.J. is overdoing it, so he lets Becky help D.J. with the makeup. Meanwhile, Joey tries to teach Jesse how to play golf so they can impress a client who likes to play golf.
Teaser: Danny and Michelle play basketball. Main Synopsis: Sometimes, Jesse thinks it's not fun to do what Becky wants to do, and Becky sometimes thinks it's not fun to do what Jesse wants to do. This leads to an argument between Jesse and Becky, and then leads to a break-up between the two. Jesse starts dating a woman named Diane, and Jesse constantly talks about Becky on his date with Diane, because he regrets the break-up. Jesse brings Diane home with him, and Diane looks at Becky and says, "If you're not Becky, you're going to hear a lot about her". Touched by this, Becky realizes that she also regrets the break-up, so she and Jesse work things out and decide to stay together. Meanwhile, Stephanie loses a tooth, and "Tooth Fairy" Danny mistakenly leaves Stephanie a 20-dollar bill under her pillow when in the darkness of night time, he thought he had pulled a 1-dollar bill out of his wallett. Danny and the guys also try to teach Michelle that she shouldn't be selfish during playti
Teaser: Joey helps Michelle fix her toy car. Main Synopsis: Jesse tells Stephanie that she must apologize for going along with her classmates in teasing Walter, a kid who wears eyeglasses, but the apology makes Walter think Stephanie loves him, and when Stephanie's friends come over to the house and see Stephanie talking to Walter, they make Stephanie a target for teasing, until Stephanie turns the tables on them, and shows them how it feels to be teased. Meanwhile, at school, D.J. has been assigned to follow and observe a person for a day, then write an essay about that person. D.J. chooses Michelle to be the subject for the essay, and on "Wake Up, San Francisco", Joey fills in for Becky as Danny's co-host while Becky is out of town.
Teaser: Stephanie ties Michelle's shoes for her. Main Synopsis: Danny's mother Claire has arrived for a visit. Claire has retired from her job, and Danny wants to make Claire feel that she is still a needed person, but Danny's plan ends up working too well -- now Claire wants to move into the Tanner house. Danny has a talk with Claire, and since there is nothing keeping her in the state of Washington anymore, Danny decides to help Claire search for an apartment near the Tanner house. During Claire's visit, Michelle's crib is replaced with a new bed for Michelle...but all Michelle wants to do is jump up and down on the new bed.
Teaser: Kimmy watches as D.J. and Stephanie hand Michelle the tutu and diadem that Stephanie and D.J. once wore. Main Synopsis: The family watches a videotape from when Danny and Joey were in college, and on the tape, Joey gave himself a deadline of 10 years to be a successful comedian. The end of the 10-year deadline is now two weeks away. Danny surprises Joey with a chance to appear on Star Search, hosted by Ed McMahon. Joey is accepted as a contestant on the show, and he competes against defending champion Steve Oedekerk, who wins yet again, leaving Joey feeling depressed about not being able to honor the 10 year deadline he set for himself, but Michelle lifts his spirits.
Teaser: Michelle pays more attention to her snack than the laundry Danny is sorting. Main Synopsis: Joey and Michelle are outside having a little rest in the backyard when a golden retriever shows up and steals Joey's snack. The girls want to keep the dog, but Danny's not sure that he should allow that. Jesse is not thrilled at all when the dog picks his bed, of all places, to give birth to a litter of puppies. The dog's owner, Frank Flood, who is from Ohio, arrives to pick up the dog after the guys call him and tell him where the dog is, and Frank decides to give the family one of the puppies. Danny allows the girls to accept the puppy from Frank.
Teaser: Jesse tries to teach Michelle a song. Main Synopsis: Sharing a bedroom with Stephanie is driving D.J. crazy, and they end up arguing about when who is allowed in the room and when who's not. In an effort to solve the problem, Danny, Jesse, and Joey set up a courtroom kind of setting in the living room, with Danny being the "judge" and Jesse and Joey being the two "attorneys", but the guys themselves have a problem. They have bet each other as to who among them is the most athletic, and to settle the bet, they have challenged each other to a foot race on a nearby track. It becomes even more serious when Becky shows up with the "Wake Up, San Francisco" crew to tape the race, which Danny wins -- literally by a nose.
Teaser: Danny and the girls name their new puppy "Comet", which is the name that D.J. suggested. Main Synopsis: Jesse is reunited with Pete Biaco, a friend he hasn't seen in three years. As they talk about old times, particularly a time when Jesse was known as "Dr. Dare" and successfully performed a life-threatening stunt, Pete mentions that Jesse is obviously not that same guy anymore. Jesse, who feels that he has lost a lot of "action" in his life, takes this as an insult and prepares to repeat the life-threatening stunt as Becky and Pete try to stop him.
It's Michelle's 3rd birthday, and the guys have decided to throw a "circus" birthday party for Michelle, complete with clowns and other things seen in circuses. Before the party, Danny complains about a problem with his car, and Jesse agrees to fix it. Jesse can't fix it, so he takes Stephanie and Michelle out to a gas station with him to have it fixed. After the car is fixed, Jesse and the girls decide to visit the restroom before they leave, and during this time, Elmer, the mechanic, locks the station up without knowing that Jesse, Stephanie, and Michelle are still inside. Michelle's friends arrive at the house, and Danny, Joey, and D.J. try to keep them busy, in hopes that Jesse, Stephanie, and Michelle will be home soon. At the gas station, Jesse and Stephanie throw a makeshift "circus" party for Michelle, then Elmer returns three hours later, and he's surprised that he locked Jesse, Stephanie, and Michelle in the station. Elmer unlocks the station to let them out. By this time, Mi
Teaser: Joey and Jesse are singing the "teapot blues" while Michelle is the teapot. Main Synopsis: An earthquake has left its emotional marks on Stephanie, and now the only thing she wants to do is cling to Danny. Jesse and Joey suggest taking Stephanie to a child psychiatrist. Danny reluctantly follows the suggestion and takes Stephanie to Doctor Mary-Ann Steiner, who uses a picture Stephanie drew to get her to explain her behavior -- on the day of the earthquake, Danny was three hours late getting home from work, and Stephanie thought she'd never see Danny again, and she's been clinging to Danny ever since, so she'll always know where he is. Doctor Steiner helps Stephanie come up with a solution to her problem. Meanwhile, D.J. wants to hide from the world when she gets her first zit -- right on her nose.
Teaser: Michelle teaches Danny how to blow bubbles in a glass of milk. Main Synopsis: Joey has fallen for Stacy, one of Jesse's background singers. Stacy, who feels the same way about Joey, notices how bossy Jesse is to Joey while they're at work making commercials, so she encourages Joey to refuse to be bossed around by Jesse all the time. When a presentation that's based on an idea by Jesse is rejected, Joey substitutes his own idea for the presentation, and Joey's version of the presentation is not rejected. This leaves Jesse angry and feeling like the odd man out, and Jesse takes it out on Joey and Stacy, until Danny helps Jesse realize that he is too bossy, and Joey was right to assert himself, so Jesse apologizes to Joey and Stacy and promises that he'll try not to be so bossy to Joey anymore. Meanwhile, Comet, as playful as he is, has a habit of damaging things that are lying around the house, and Stephanie's favorite stuffed toy, Mr. Bear, is Comet's latest victim. Fortunatel
Teaser: D.J. and Stephanie are dressing Michelle up. Main Synopsis: Becky invites Jesse to accompany her to a well-cultured soiree, but Jesse declines, because he feels that he wouldn't fit in. As soon as Jesse discovers that Eric Trent, who was Becky's English professor in college, will be there, Jesse becomes jealous, afraid that someone who is more intelligent than he is will sweep Becky off her feet, so he studies hard so he can prove to Becky that he's intelligent enough for her. Meanwhile, D.J. and Stephanie teach Michelle how to insult people, and when Danny hears this, he wants D.J. and Stephanie to teach Michelle that insults are not nice.
Teaser: Joey makes Michelle think flowers can dance. Main Synopsis: D.J. wants her own phone number because having only one phone number in a house with 5 other people is driving her crazy. D.J. is willing to pay for the new phone number herself, but she needs a way to earn money, so she takes a job babysitting Brian Kagan, a little terror who really takes a toll on her. The guys are having a poker game in Danny's kitchen, and Becky and Jesse can't agree as to where to spend Christmas. Brian ends up getting his head stuck in the railing of the stairs in his house, and Danny leaves the poker game when D.J. calls him about it. Danny helps Brian, and decides to let D.J. have her own phone line because D.J. did the right thing by calling Danny for help when she needed it instead of trying to handle the situation on her own.
Teaser: Stephanie and D.J. teach Michelle how to skip. Main Synopsis: For what seems like the millionth time, Danny has broken a date, and this time it's because her earlobes were not the right size. D.J. and Stephanie set Danny up with Stephanie's dance teacher Karen Penner, and when Danny and Karen go to her apartment, Danny sees what a mess it is, and breaks yet another date. It seems that Danny has been deliberately nitpicking and finding mostly trivial things wrong with his dates, so he can have a reason to cancel them, because almost three years after Pam's death, Danny is still extremely nervous about dating again. Jesse and Joey convince Danny to give Karen another chance.
Teaser: Danny and Joey check Michelle's height. Main Synopsis: It's Michelle's first day of preschool, a day that she has highly anticipated, but at preschool, Michelle accidentally lets the class's pet bird fly out the classroom window, and now none of her new classmates want to be her friend, but that attitude changes when she brings a new bird to class. Meanwhile, Stephanie, who is fascinated by D.J., wants to read D.J.'s diary and learn all of her secrets, but Stephanie unintentionally breaks the lock that holds the diary closed, and when Stephanie tries to glue the lock back onto the diary, she ends up gluing her hand to the diary's cover.
Teaser: D.J. jumps for joy the second she turns 13! Main Synopsis: It's D.J.'s 13th birthday. A lot of friends are coming to D.J.'s birthday party, including Kevin, a boy D.J. has a crush on. While the party's music is playing, Kimmy tries to get D.J. and Kevin to dance with each other, but they're too nervous, so Kimmy and the rest of D.J.'s friends try to get D.J. and Kevin to kiss by setting them up during a game of "spin the bottle". After a spin, just as D.J. and Kevin are about to kiss, Danny, Jesse, and Joey -- who overheard the whole situation -- get overprotective and barge in and stop it from happening. D.J. becomes furious and feels embarassed by what the guys did, and she feels that they have ruined her 13th birthday. Becky talks to D.J. and the guys, and the guys remember that they themselves played "spin the bottle" when they were D.J.'s age, so after D.J. talks to Becky about the situation, the guys apologize to D.J. for overreacting, and D.J. apologizes for being angr
Teaser: Michelle and Danny record the welcome message on the new answering machine. Main Synopsis: Joey gets a chance to be "Mr. Egghead" on a TV science show called "Mr. Egghead". Stephanie and her class are the guests on Joey's tryout episode. Joey feels like Mr. Scrambled Egghead when he accidentally breaks Stephanie's nose during the taping of the show, and Stephanie and her class are scheduled to have their class picture taken on the next day. Stephanie was humiliated in her class picture last year, because the photographer snapped the picture while Stephanie was in the middle of a sneeze, but this year, Stephanie absolutely refuses to let a bandage on her nose result in yet another humiliating class picture, because she's afraid her classmates will call her "Robo-nose".
Teaser: Jesse explains to Michelle which way is left and which way is right. Main Synopsis: Danny, Jesse, and Joey feel that the girls are taking them for granted. No matter what the guys do, they never receive a "thank you" from the girls, so the guys decide to teach the girls a needed lesson by switching roles and letting the girls see how it feels to be the adults for a day, but when it seems that the girls are not catching on as planned, the guys look into what could happen in the future if the girls continue to take them for granted. Jesse thinks the worst part about the future they imagined is that he wore a hair piece. Later, the girls do catch on to the lesson the guys are trying to teach them, and they admit their mistake of taking the guys for granted.
Teaser: Joey plays baseball with Michelle. Main Synopsis: Jesse wants to have a romantic night with Becky, who tells Jesse that she can't because she is scheduled for a business dinner with Beau McIntyre, a former football player who is scheduled to be a guest on "Wake Up, San Francisco", and this makes Jesse jealous. There are 20 minutes left until Stephanie has to be at dance class, so what is there to do until then? She can't get anyone to listen to her about how her day has gone so far, even Joey, who is preoccupied with his new car "Rosie". When Joey sees a nick in Rosie's paint, he leaves with Comet to go to Sid & Jean's Auto Supplies to buy a bottle of touch up paint. While Joey is gone, Stephanie gets inside of "Rosie" so she'll have something to do. As she is sitting in the driver's seat, she decides to turn the radio on, and after messing with the radio, and it doesn't come on, Stephanie turns the key, hoping that she's turning it toward the auxiliary option that allows you
Teaser: Michelle tries to make Joey a sandwich. Main Synopsis: D.J. and Kimmy organize the "Spring Backwards Dance" at school. For this dance, the girls must ask the boys to the dance. D.J. is too nervous to ask Kevin, so Stephanie does it for her. At the dance, D.J. finds Kevin and two other boys, Sam and Paul, drinking beer. D.J. takes the beer away from them in an effort to stop them. Unfortunately, this is when Jesse enters the hallway and sees D.J. holding the beer can. As a result, Jesse goes crazy and wrongfully accuses D.J. of drinking, and Jesse, Danny, and Joey refuse to believe D.J. when she tells them the truth that she was not drinking and that she was trying to stop Kevin, Sam, and Paul from drinking. Later, Jesse and the guys feel like complete fools for doubting D.J. when Kevin tells Jesse and Danny the truth, exactly what D.J. told them. Meanwhile, Joey has bought Michelle a tape of children's songs by a singer named Raffi, and Stephanie wishes Joey hadn't bought th
Teaser: Danny, Joey, and D.J. "chase away a monster" in Michelle's closet. Main Synopsis: The family is babysitting the Kagans' new baby, Tony, for a night. Tony bonds with Jesse, who lets Tony sleep in Michelle's old crib, lets Tony play with Michelle's toys, and sings Michelle's special bedtime song to Tony, and this leaves Michelle thinking Jesse no longer cares about her. Jesse proves Michelle wrong when he realizes how hurt he's making her feel. Meanwhile, Danny enrolls Comet in obedience school, and it's not making Comet as obedient as Danny would like for him to be.
Teaser: Jesse and Michelle play the "laughing game". Main Synopsis: It's the night of a reunion for Joey and Danny -- the reunion of Chi Sigma Sigma (CSS), the college fraternity they were in 10 years ago. Joey and Danny remember that the fraternity burned Danny's Chi Sigma Sigma jacket 10 years ago when Danny messed up and unintentionally allowed a sorority, Lambda Tau Delta (LTD), to steal the stuffed seal that was Chi Sigma Sigma's mascot. The Lambda Tau Delta girls tickled Danny to the ground and took the seal. Since the LTD girls are also having a reunion, Joey and Danny see an opportunity to get the seal back from the LTD girls. D.J. and Kimmy then accidentally break the TV while trying to take it upstairs, and Danny tells D.J. and Kimmy that they are not allowed to see each other for three weeks. Later, Danny and Joey head off to the reunion while D.J. stays home to watch Stephanie and Michelle. In their attempt to get the seal back, Danny and Joey disguise themselves as women
Tag: Mike Love still singing while the Tanner's dance.
Jesse's grandparents, Gina and Iorgos "Papouli" Katsopolis arrive for a visit from Greece and they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their wedding.
Michelle encourages Stephanie and D.J. to have a pillow fight with her, and a window ends up getting broken during the pillow fight. Danny punishes D.J. and Stephanie, but he fails to punish Michelle, who started the whole thing.
Jesse and Joey have prepared a commercial for a cologne company. The client, Ms. Garland, wants Jesse to play the main role in the commercial.
Stephanie's Honeybee troop is holding a mother/daughter slumber party, and this awakens feelings of loss in Stephanie, because Stephanie knows that she's the only girl in the troop who doesn't have a mother.
D.J. is the new editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, and she plays favorites by making Kimmy the editor of the sports page. When Kimmy turns in a report that looks like it belongs in the gossip column, D.J. tells Kimmy to rewrite the story, but when Kimmy refuses, D.J. fires her.
It's Joey's week to be a parent volunteer at Michelle's preschool, but on the Thursday of that week, Joey has an appointment with a dentist, so he gets Jesse to cover for him at the preschool.
Because of an illness, the Aronson Chimps, who are scheduled to open for Wayne Newton in Las Vegas, can't perform, so Joey's agent gets him booked to take the place of the Aronson Chimps.
It's getting close to Kimmy's 14th birthday. Of course, D.J. is among the guests invited to Kimmy's birthday party, which is scheduled to take place at a local hotel's indoor swimming pool. D.J. is afraid to let her friends see her in a swimsuit, so she secretly begins a diet that could become dangerous to her health.
At the 10 year reunion at Jesse's old high school, Jesse is reunited with Carrie Fowler, his high school sweetheart. Meanwhile, Stephanie throws a birthday party for Comet.
Danny introduces the family to his new girlfriend Cindy, who is divorced and has a son named Rusty. When Cindy is called to the laundromat she owns, Rusty stays behind at the Tanner house and terrorizes the family in hopes of breaking Danny and Cindy up.
D.J. has fallen for Ricky, the paperboy. This gives Rusty the idea for his latest prank. Rusty writes a love letter and plans to make D.J. think the letter is from Ricky, this starts a chain reaction where everyone else in the house intercepts the letter and falls for it.
While Jesse and Joey are in the forest to try to find a fox to film for a commercial and Becky is out of town, Danny is home by himself with the girls, and he sees an opportunity to prove that he's a "superdad".
Joey has not yet found a date for New Year's Eve. Therefore, Danny and Jesse secretly videotape Joey and send the tape to a local video dating service.
14-year-old D.J. desperately wants to buy an expensive pair of shoes, so when she doesn't get the money from Danny, she asks Danny to let her get a job so she can earn enough money to get the shoes.
D.J. organizes a benefit to raise money for a new computer for the school, and Danny will be the host of the benefit show. To prove to D.J. that he's cool, Danny wants to sing a song at the benefit.
Danny is informed that Stephanie is having problems reading at school. Stephanie is taken to an eye doctor who prescribes glasses for her to use for reading.
Michelle wins a goldfish at the Fun Fair and names it Martin. When Martin dies after Michelle tries to give him a bubble bath in the tub. Meanwhile Becky insists on square dancing at the wedding but Jesse Is not keen on it.
It's the day before Jesse and Becky's wedding, Becky's sister Connie Anderson has arrived and brought her son Howie with her, but Michelle and Howie don't remember each other from when Connie and Howie visited 2 years ago.
It's 10:25am, and Jesse is 25 minutes late for the wedding. The phone at the church rings, and it's Jesse, who tells Becky that he's in jail in Tomato Country, Becky heads there to get Jesse released.
Jesse and Becky return from their honeymoon, which took place in Bora Bora, an island near Tahiti. Becky reminds Jesse that he needs to start packing if he's going to move to Becky's home. Michelle doesn't take this very well.
Stephanie wants to be just like D.J., so she starts dressing like D.J., and tries to act like D.J., who is getting ready to go to the food court of a local mall with Kimmy. D.J. wants to wear something "fun" to the mall, so she, Kimmy, Stephanie, and Michelle head to Danny's bedroom where they start arguing and accidentally put a hole in the wall, will they get away with it?
Danny is the head coach of the Giants, a local little league baseball team. Stephanie has fallen for Brett Davis, who plays for a rival team called the Cubs. This makes Stephanie want to join the Giants and play for Danny, and her surprisingly good pitching makes it easy for her to become a member of the team.
Joey lands a part in a new comedy show, starring alongside Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. The family accompanies Joey to Los Angeles for the taping of the series opener. Meanwhile Stephanie wants to change her name because she's being harassed by classmates who call her "Step On Me".
D.J. wants to meet a boy named Ryan at a house where Kimmy will be babysitting Aaron Bailey. Danny, who wants D.J. to stay home to do her homework instead of babysitting with Kimmy won't let D.J. go, D.J. decides to go anyway and asks Becky to cover for her, promising Becky that she'll be back in 10 minutes, but 10 minutes becomes 30 minutes, and Becky can no longer find a way to cover for D.J. anymore.
At age 33, Danny feels like he doesn't have as much youth in him as he used to, so he starts dating a 21-year-old college student named Kirsten. Meanwhile, D.J. has graduated from 8th grade, Michelle has graduated from preschool, and Stephanie feels left out because her 3rd grade year has ended without a graduation ceremony.
A pregnancy test indicates that Becky is pregnant. She can't get Jesse to listen to her because Jesse is obsessed with the fact the he and the Rippers will be going on tour for four months. Meanwhile, Michelle makes up an invisible friend named Glen, because she misses her friends from preschool.
Jesse is back home from the tour that he and the Rippers went on over the summer, and an ultrasound shows that Becky is carrying twins. While this thrills Becky, the same can't be said for Jesse, who feels afraid of what is now a double responsibility that awaits him.
After a talk with Teddy, Michelle realizes that she doesn't know how it feels to have a mother, so in order to have a mother, Michelle tries to find a woman for Danny. Jesse and Joey work together to try to come up with a tougher image for the band and D.J. is writing an essay for school, and it's titled "What it's like to be someone else". For this essay, D.J. temporarily switches places with Kimmy.
D.J. is absolutely fed up with Stephanie. Therefore, D.J. petitions the guys to let her have her own bedroom, she feels that after four years of sharing a bedroom with Stephanie she needs her own space.
Todd Mitchell, one of high school freshman D.J.'s schoolmates, is spreading a false rumor around school that D.J. is the worst kisser. It's his way of getting even with D.J. for refusing to let him kiss her on the way home from the library.
A record company tells Jesse that if he can write a song that can be a hit, Jesse and the Rippers will be signed.
Joey feels like his life is going nowhere, he doesn't want to read a bad review of his last performance, and he doesn't have to, because the newspaper's employees are on strike, and then he is offered the role of Ranger Joe on a tv show.
After school is dismissed for the day, D.J. goes to the Golden Gate Nursing Home to visit 75 year old Eddie Johnson, her "adopted grandparent" in the Adopt-a-grandparent program. At home, Stephanie and Kimmy have a disagreement.
Stephanie's dance teacher has told her that she has the potential to become a professional dancer. It would be a dream come true for Stephanie, but it means taking special classes before and after school and on weekends, an earlier bedtime, and less TV. As a result, Stephanie no longer has enough free time to spend with friends and family, and she has a dance recital coming up, and Danny is more excited about it than Stephanie is.
It's Michelle's 5th birthday. Michelle is afraid she's about to lose her status as "the baby of the family", because Becky is pregnant. Michelle thinks this status is what makes her special.
Michelle's birthday party has just started when Becky announces that she's going into labor. The twins are coming, and she needs to get to the hospital, fast. When Jesse leaves to take Becky to the hospital, the others stay behind to speed up Michelle's birthday party so they can get to the hospital to be there when the twins are born.
Becky and the twins come home from the hospital, and Becky's doctor has mentioned that it's common for new mothers to have mood swings. Nicky and Alex are still wearing their hospital bracelets. Michelle feels left out when D.J. and Stephanie are allowed to hold the twins and she’s not allowed to. Becky wants Nicky and Alex to be wearing the booties her mother made for them but Jesse doesn't think the booties are manly.
Danny introduces Vicky to the family, and Bay City magazine has chosen Danny as their bachelor of the month. When the issue that Danny is in is released, a lot of women start asking Danny out on dates and because of this he’s out virtually every night and Michelle misses her dad not being home to tuck her in at bedtime every night.
Michelle wants to learn how to ride her bicycle without the training wheels on it and Joey volunteers to teach her. During the bicycle lesson she crashes into a bush gets a scrape on her hand and blames Joey.
Danny, Jesse, and Joey are participating in a charity ice hockey game for KTMB TV. D.J. stays home to baby-sit Stephanie and Michelle. After they leave, Steve Peters, a boy from D.J.'s school, shows up to take D.J. to the movies. Problem is, Michelle has the sniffles and can’t leave the house while she has the cold and Stephanie needs to finish her book report. D.J., who desperately doesn’t want to miss out on a date with Steve so she decides to remedy this problem by taking Michelle and Stephanie to the movies with her and Steve.
It's time for Becky to return to "Wake Up, San Francisco", and Vicky has received an offer from a TV station in Chicago. Jesse, after yet another record company has rejected him, is now the only one who stays home with the kids while Danny, Becky, and Joey work at the TV station during the day, and Jesse's pride is hurting because Becky is the one who earns the money, while he is like a stay-at-home dad.
It's Stephanie's 10th birthday. When Stephanie hears that Tommy Page, her favorite singer, is scheduled to be a guest on "Wake Up, San Francisco", she begs Danny to invite Tommy to her birthday party, but Danny refuses. What Danny doesn't want Stephanie to know is that he has arranged for Tommy to be at the party and he wants to surprise her.
Stephanie has won a class spelling bee at school and she is now in the finals for best speller in the 4th grade. Stephanie's success in spelling makes Michelle want to learn how to read. At the 4th grade finals, the spelling bee ends up narrowed down to two students, Stephanie and the "Human Dictionary" Davey Chu.
Danny's sister Wendy has returned to the USA from the African country of Uganda. Wendy is a primate researcher and she has a pet chimpanzee named Ginger who quickly becomes attached to Jesse for some reason. Meanwhile a package has arrived in the mail, and when Stephanie and Michelle open it, it turns out to be a figure named "Nikata". The tag on it says that there will be a curse over the family if no one "feeds" Nikata.
After Jesse tells Michelle that she's not allowed to touch his musical instruments while he's not in the studio, she plays with them anyway, Danny grounds Michelle for the day, so she runs away to Teddy’s house.
D.J. now has her learner's permit and she's eager to learn how to drive, when Danny tries to teach D.J. how to drive, he makes her more nervous than she already is with the way he gives instructions, and by being overprotective so she goes to Jesse for lessons instead.
Danny arrives home from work, and notices that the girls are in a bad mood because they haven't had a good day. Neither has Joey, who would rather forget that day's "Ranger Joe" episode. Danny suggests that they take a little time off from this stress and go out as a family for "Tanner Family Fun Night". Jesse and Becky stay at home with Nicky and Alex.
It's time for Spring cleaning, one of Danny's favorite times of the year, but this year, Danny is overdoing it worse than ever. Everyone except for Danny gathers in D.J.'s bedroom for a meeting about this, and some hurtful things are said about Danny. What they don't know is that Danny is in D.J.'s closet installing shelf paper, and Danny overheard the whole meeting.
Jesse's recording studio is used by "The Funky Tongues", the hottest band in D.J.'s school. Jesse, Becky, Danny, and Joey then start preparing to go to a local awards ceremony where "Wake Up, San Francisco" and "Ranger Joe" have been nominated.
Aaron Bailey convinces Teddy to not play with girls anymore, and as a result, Teddy no longer wants to be Michelle's friend, so in order to win Teddy back, Michelle tries to look like a boy and act like a boy. Meanwhile, Jesse accepts an offer to appear on "Ranger Joe" as "Lumberjack Jess", and while Stephanie is listening in on a phone conversation between D.J. and Kimmy.
Michelle is the newest member of the local Honeybee troop, and Stephanie has "retired" from the troop because she is now too old to be in the troop. Because of budget cuts at the TV station, Jesse is fired from "The Ranger Joe Show", so Jesse decides to put his energy into his music.
Jesse is turned against the deal by the efforts to turn "Forever" into a dance song and turn Jesse into a dancer, until Fat Fish Records agrees to release "Forever" as the ballad Jesse wrote it to be, and a video for the song airs on MTV. Meanwhile, Kimmy needs to pass a Spanish exam before she can go to Barcelona with D.J., and Michelle tries to earn enough money to get an ant farm.
Jesse and the Rippers have just finished another summer of touring. Stephanie and Michelle have had a crummy summer, and they are excited when a postcard from D.J. mentions that she will be bringing home a big surprise when she arrives home from Barcelona.
Teddy tells Michelle that he'll be moving to Amarillo, Texas because his father got a new job. Michelle, who is afraid that she may lose her best friend forever, tries to stop him from moving.
Fat Fish Records calls Jesse and tells him that "Forever" has reached #1 in Japan, they want him to go to Japan for two weeks, and he takes Becky, Nicky, and Alex with him. Once Jesse sets foot in Japan, he starts letting the whole experience go to his head. Meanwhile, Kimmy has been nominated for class president by the "Party Hearty" party for the school newspaper.
Danny tells Jesse that radio station KFLH 95.6 is looking for a new afternoon disc jockey, Jesse would love to have this job. At the TV station, Mr. Strowbridge sticks Joey with a co-host on "The Ranger Joe Show", and his new co-host is Jungle Jenny, who is Mr. Strowbridge's wife.
Danny has plans to pick Vicky up from the airport, so he asks D.J. to pick Michelle up from a Honeybee troop meeting at 4:00pm, D.J. goes out with Steve and when they return home, they are studying when they realize that they have forgotten to pick up Michelle. Minutes later Danny arrives home and Stephanie arrives with Michelle, Danny is furious.
D.J. and Kimmy are working together on a project that has the goal of preventing students from dropping out of school. Jesse refuses to help, because Jesse himself is a high school dropout. Jesse dropped out of high school in his senior year, shortly before graduation, because his bullying English teacher, Mr. Pearson humiliated him in front of the whole class and he could no longer face his classmates.
Becky's snobby millionaire cousin Dick Donaldson has arrived in town from Nebraska with his wife Donna and twin daughters Debbie and Darla. They have come to town to attend a convention for twins, where a "favorite twins" contest will take place.
Michelle's first grade class is preparing to perform a play titled "Yankee Doodle". When D.J. was in 1st grade, she played as Yankee Doodle and so did Stephanie so Michelle desperately wants to continue this tradition.
Joey is scheduled to play in the Bay City Charity Foundation ice hockey game for the Celebrity All Star hockey team at the Iceoplex on Saturday, but that's still a few days away. On "Rush Hour Renegades", Jesse and Joey welcome Hershel Binkley as a guest on the show.
Stephanie wants to get her ears pierced so she can fit in at school, but Danny doesn't want her to get her ears pierced until she's the age D.J. was when D.J. got her ears pierced. Meanwhile, it's time for Nicky and Alex to receive their first haircut, and Becky and Jesse are reluctant to let this change happen.
Vicky introduces Danny to her mother Liz Larson, an interior decorator who gives Stephanie and Michelle's bedroom a new look, which is OK with Danny, but Danny goes ballistic when Liz mentions the word "marriage" while referring to him and Vicky. Meanwhile, Joey and Jesse hear a rumor that Alison "The Axe" Axelrod, the new manager of KFLH, plans to fire everyone and change the station's format.
A very Tanner Christmas indeed! Christmas day is getting close. Becky tells Jesse that she misses the times when it snowed during the holidays every year in Nebraska when she was a kid. Steve tells D.J. that Steve has been accepted to Daytona Beach University in Florida.
5th grader Stephanie's friend Josh asks Stephanie if she wants to go out with him and the rest of the baseball team to a pizza parlor and just hang out. With D.J.'s help, Stephanie makes the mistake of thinking that this will be more than just hanging out. Meanwhile, Joey invites Alison Axelrod over for dinner but Joey may end up messing things up because he becomes a nervous klutz whenever he's around Alison.
It's Kimmy's 16th birthday. D.J. is preoccupied by the fact that she and Steve have been dating for 6 months, and she and Steve plan to celebrate this. As it turns out, she has forgotten Kimmy's birthday because of this, and Kimmy thinks D.J. has a party planned.
After talking to the parents of Nicky and Alex's friend Cooper Charles, Jesse wants Nicky and Alex to attend Bouton Hall, the prestigious upper crust preschool that Cooper attends and Jesse will do anything to make that happen.
Michelle has fallen head over heels for Steve, and she decides that she wants to marry Steve. Everyone thinks Michelle is just playing, so they throw a "wedding" for Michelle and Steve. Michelle feels hurt when she discovers that it's not a real wedding, and everyone finally realizes that the way Michelle truly feels about Steve is not something to play around with.
In a special episode: Stephanie and her classmate Charles are assigned to work together on a homework assignment. After school, Charles goes to the house with Stephanie, and while working on the assignment with Stephanie, Charles slips up and is forced to admit that his father beats him all the time.
Michelle and her friends will be going on a field trip to a local museum of natural history. Danny will be in charge of half the class and Jesse will be in charge of half the class. Michelle chooses to be with Jesse's group instead of her dad’s because she thinks Jesse would let his group have fun while Danny would act like a sergeant who constantly makes too many rules.
It's time for Jesse to graduate from night school. Michelle suggests that everyone rides a subway train to the graduation ceremony because subway trains don't cause as much air pollution as cars do. Everyone regrets following Michelle's suggestion when electrical problems on the subway train cause it to stall and come to a stop.
Joey, who loves D.J. and her sisters like they were his own daughters, has bought D.J. a red 1977 Firebird for her 16th birthday, but the car is not in good condition, so Jesse and Joey work on it and fix its problems. Just as D.J. is about to drive the new car for the first time, a police officer, Officer Warren, shows up after getting a look at the car from the street and tells the family that D.J.'s new car was reported stolen.
While Stephanie and Michelle are babysitting a neighbor's pet pig, Jesse tries to prove to Becky that he can handle having another baby around the house, because he misses having babies in the house, but there are complications in Jesse's mission -- one of the twins is sick, and chaos is on the air on KFLH when Jesse and Joey do an episode of their radio show at home downstairs in the recording studio.
It's time for Steve's senior prom, and of course, high school sophomore D.J. is his date. Jesse and the Rippers will be the featured band at the prom, and Becky is one of the chauffeurs. Things become complicated when it is announced that the prom king is Steve, and the prom queen is Steve's former girlfriend Rachel Taylor. Meanwhile, Vicky admits to Danny that she is about a year older than Danny, who feels uncomfortable about this.
Jesse and the Rippers are scheduled to do a show at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and in a few days Jesse and Becky will also be celebrating the 2nd anniversary of their wedding.
As everyone else is searching for Michelle, those who don't know she's missing are doing their own thing. Jesse and Joey do their radio show, and it turns out that Joey is deathly afraid of sharks, so he's reluctant to swim out of the pod, because of this, he is 45mins late meeting up with Becky.
The gang sneaks into a summer camp to return the pet rabbit that Michelle stole.
D.J. violates her dad’s curfew when she falls asleep in Steve’s apartment. Michelle is hard pressed to complete a school assignment.
Michelle scores the winning goal for the opposing soccer team.
Jesse and Rebecca face the prospect of punishing their children for the first time.
Stephanie’s new friend, Mickey, pressures her into picking up the smoking habit.
Jesse inherits a San Francisco nightclub and learns a thing or two about opening a new business.
Michelle wants Danny to stop treating her like a baby, so she tries to act grown-up.
The opening of Jesse’s new club is marked by a comical series of mishaps.
Michelle takes drastic action after her mail-order toy turns out to be a dud.
Stephanie and Kimmy plot to catch Steve in the act of cheating on D.J.
Jesse, Danny and Joey each think they have found Michelle’s stolen bike.
Jesse and Rebecca turn to a support group to see if they can socialize Nicky and Alex.
Joey hosts a new game show in which couples discover how well they know each other.
The circulation of a nasty rumor leads Stephanie to dish out some dirt on a classmate.
D.J.’s nerves are put to the test when her entire family invades her college entrance exam.
Joey thinks he has found his dream girl, comic Roxy Mardin, but she turns out to be a nightmare.
Michelle is charmed by Jesse’s grandfather who arrives from Greece for a visit.
Jesse returns from Greece with his charming cousin, who turns out to be a dashing con man.
Steve goes to Hollywood on a class trip, leaving a dejected D.J. to go on a difficult mountain climb.
Michelle sets out to prove everyone wrong when she enters the Downhill Derby race.
Michelle finds herself in trouble when she is forced to choose between friends.
Danny and D.J.’s blind dates end up flirting with each other. Jesse plans for Mother’s Day.
Joey runs for PTA president after the school cancels Michelle’s favorite class.
Jesse and Joey realize the time has come for them to find their own homes when a tycoon makes a lucrative offer for Danny’s house.
Comet the dog runs away, prompting Michelle to search the streets of San Francisco.
Nicky and Alex begin preschool, much to Jesse’s consternation.
Stephanie is confused at her first real party. Jesse’s band replaces him with former “Brady Bunch” cast member Barry Williams.
Michelle accidentally reveals her secret club. Kimmy dates D.J.’s ex-boyfriend.
Substitute teacher Joey disciplines Michelle in front of the class.
Michelle’s new pet burro makes life miserable until Jesse discovers that music soothes the savage beast.
Jesse puts a new band together and books a series of out-of-town gigs. D.J. falls for the new guitarist.
When Danny starts dating a new acquaintance, Michelle feels left out and tries to break them up.
After Stephanie goes joy riding with older friends, D.J. must discourage her from more dangerous acts.
When Kimmy gets drunk at a fraternity party, D.J. must decide how to help her.
A grumpy store owner traps Jesse and Michelle inside his store on Christmas Eve.
D.J. must choose between two boys who want to date her. Michelle crusades to clean up a playground.
When Danny quits his show after Rebecca is named producer, Jesse and Michelle try to reunite them.
On Super Bowl Sunday, Joey is in charge of Michelle’s science club. D.J.’s scholarship adviser visits.
Rapid foot growth alarms Michelle so she tries to shrink her feet. Jesse coaches Rebecca in singing.
After being recruited by D.J. to play in a charity basketball game, Jesse gets tips from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Michelle pairs with friend Teddy for Valentine’s Day. Rebecca thinks her marriage lacks romance.
Jesse agrees to manage Stephanie’s band, then is fired when the girls don’t like what he has to say.
D.J. tries to stop Kimmy from eloping with her new boyfriend. Joey gets an opportunity to meet the Queen of England.
When D.J.’s elaborate senior prank backfires, Jesse decides to take the blame.
Jesse is worried when Rebecca wants to bungee jump. D.J. and Stephanie trick Michelle.
Stephanie is stood up by the boy of her dreams. Jesse can’t find any peace and quiet because of Kimmy.
Michelle suffers amnesia and the rest of the gang tries to help by recalling moments from the past.
This was a little reunion and the whole cast came back and joined Bob Saget on the set of America's Funniest Home Video's.
From its start as an unassuming family comedy in 1987 to its eventual wildly popular 192-episode run, the film centers on the rise of the cast of one of America's most beloved family sitcoms and the pressures they faced in balancing their television personas with their real lives. - Written by Lifetime
