069 * Greek Week

Jesse's beloved grandparents, Gina and Iorgos 'Papouli' Katsopolis arrive in San Fransisco for a visit all the way from Greece on the happy occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. And they have even brought three extra guests with them. One of the guests is Melina, the four-year-old daughter of Jesse's cousin, who looks exactly like a darker-haired version of Michelle. Joey takes the two little girls out shopping for cute matching outfits. The second guest is Sylvio Banalakis, a boy from the Greek village that is D.J's age who instantly sweeps her off her feet with his charming ways. And the third guest is Silvio's older sister Elena Banalakis, who is one of Jesse's former girlfriends from his teenage years. He was actually 14 years old the last time he saw her. Elena makes Becky insanely jealous when the two women meet, especially when Elena confronts Jesse that she and Jesse are still married after getting married in a Pompadorian style ceremony, which is to walk three laps around a table, years ago. Which is exactly what D.J. and Sylvio, do after spending the day together, by walking around the kitchen table. Seeing D.J. married in any way at her age is not particulary pleasant for Danny, who wants the procedure reversed as soon as possible, and Becky feels the same way about Jesse and Elena. That night at the party for Gina and Papouli's anniversary, after the procedures are reversed, by walking backwards around the table, Jesse proposes to Becky for the second time, and she accepts again, this time for real. The celebrations are capped off with a traditional Greek dance, with everyone clapping along to the music.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: September 21, 1990 
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 23.1 million

Guest Cast: 
Melina: Mary-Kate Olsen 
Gina: Vera Lockwood 
Papouli: Jack Kruschen 
Elena: Jennifer Gatti 
Sylvio: Josh Blake

 070 * Crimes And Michelle's Demeanor

Though 3-year-old Michelle has been more mischievous than usual as of lately, she can always count on her status as 'Daddy's little princess' to get away with her misdeeds. For example, as D.J, Stephanie and Kimmy bet on what will happen at the music video awards, Michelle encourages the girls to have a pillow fight with her, and the window gets broken. Danny punishes D.J and Stephanie, but fails to punish Michelle who started it. Jesse shops for an engagement ring from a delivery service instead of a store, giving Becky a chance to try the ring on in front of him. Despite Jesse and Joey's advice that he should set limits for Michelle, Danny is finding it hard to accept that she is growing up. The next day, D.J and Stephanie are outside raking leaves as part of their punishment, when Michelle stomps around in the piles they just raked. They make her finish what they started, but the problems does not stop there. Michelle wants to go swimming, but as it's too cold outside, she drags her pool inside. Jesse end up buying an expensive engagement ring for Becky, who tries to stop him from selling his Elvis Presley-signed guitar in order to pay for the ring. She isn't happy as it was a present from her, and want to give the ring back if he does. They agree to keep both the ring and the guitar. Coming in from raking, D.J. and Stephanie spot Michelle in the kitchen having fun in her pool. They realize she's a sitting duck and call for Danny. He blames the older girls again, but they explain that Michelle did this by herself. Danny lectures Michelle and takes her upstairs for her very first punishment. Afterwards they have a talk about how she has to follow the rules from now on.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: September 28, 1990 
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Scott Spencer Gordon
U.S viewers: 22.2 million

Guest Cast: 
Stu: Paul Willson

 071 * The I.Q. Man

Jesse and Joey have just finished preparing a commercial for a cologne company. The client, Ms. Garland, wants Jesse to play the main role in the commercial. Ms. Garland, who finds Jesse very attractive, demands that he wear a lot less than he is willing to wear in the commercial, and when Mr. Malatesta tells Jesse that he has no choice but to do what Ms. Garland says, Jesse and Joey decide to stop working for him. Meanwhile, the cure may turn out to be infinitely worse than the disease when Michelle plays nurse for Stephanie, who is home from school and confined to bed with a bad cold. Michelle uses creative but bizarre ways to make Stephanie's 'remedies'. But later, when Michelle picks up the cold, Stephanie turns the tables on her, especially after she uses Stephanie's homework as a tissue while sneezing. Also, it's career day at D.J's school. After Danny and Becky are chosen at the last minute to give a presentation, as a replacement for Connie Chung, the family encourages Jesse and Joey to continue to work together in the advertising business on thier own after hearing what has happened. Jesse and Joey try to get a business loan but is turned down, due to having no experience running their own business or collateral or credit rating. When Danny hears about this he, while humming 'The Impossible Dream' show them a personal check in his name, where he offers them a loan as a silent partner, and they agree. Danny then name them Double J & D Creative Services, but adds that the "D" is off course silent. He reminds them that the check is an investment, and not a gift, and they all hum the theme into fade.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 5, 1990 
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler
U.S viewers: 23.1 million

Guest Cast: 
Mr. Malatesta: James Hampton
Mrs. Garland: Jeannie Wilson
Kathy Santoni: Anne Marie McEvoy
The Model: Kieta

 072 * Slumber Party

Jesse and Becky are excited about their wedding announcement in the paper, only to find they misprinted his name. Stephanie's Honeybee troop is holding a mother-daughter slumber party, which awakens feelings of loss as she's the only girl without a mother. She acts uninterested, but instantly perks up when Becky, who was a Honeybee herself, offers to accompany her. But on the day of the slumber party Becky's car breaks down. Joey offers to take Becky's place. With Stephanie away, Kimmy comes over for a sleepover with D.J. Danny offers the attic as office/studio space for Joey and Jesse's new advertising business, so Jesse suggest that Danny has a yard sale. Jesse, who is appointed to take Michelle shopping, later brings her home looking like a little leather-wearing biker. During the yard sale, Danny puts sky-high prices on the items, showing he doesn't want to part with his things, so Jesse puts them in a storage locker. At the slumber party, the activities do not exactly fit Joey, so a devastated Stephanie runs home. Jesse, Danny, and Michelle are disco dancing when they are interrupted by her angry entrance. She unleashes a tearful tirade how she doesn't have a mother and nothing will change that. She storms upstairs and asks for her bed back. D.J and Stephanie have a heart-to-heart. Downstairs in the living room, Joey is still devastated by what happened, though Danny assures him that his heart was in the right place. The girls comes back down to return to the party together and Stephanie thank Joey for taking her. Jesse and Danny get onto Joey's case about what he did at the party, and Kimmy ask if they want to watch Dirty Dancing with her.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 12, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Martie Cook
U.S viewers: 23.4 million

Guest Cast: 
Chris: Mary Ann Pascal
Melissa: Mayah McCoy
Lisa: Annie Barker
Mother #1: D'Bora Loggins

 073 * Good News, Bad News

D.J is named the new editor-in-chief of her school's newspaper, and she plays favorites by making Kimmy Gibbler the editor of the sports page. However, when Kimmy turns in a report that looks like it belongs in the gossip column, D.J tells her to rewrite it, but when she refuses and subsequently accuses D.J of being 'Queen of the Paper', D.J fires her, which leads to a feud between them. To get back at D.J, Kimmy decides to make her own newspaper, 'The Gibbler Gazette', where she write horrible things about D.J, including a front-page headline accusing 'Power-Hungry Editor Donna Jo Tanner' of stabbing her in the back. After a successful gig, Double J Creative Services is hired to make a commercial for Wake Up, San Francisco. But working with Danny and Becky on the commercial turns out to be anything but fun as they can't agree on anything. Later in the kitchen, in an attempt to trash her temporarily ex-best friend's reputation, D.J is using a type-writer to type an editorial filled with secrets about Kimmy stored up since kindergarten. When she explains her problem to the adults, they tell her that it doesn't take strength to hold a grudge, but to let go. As well as the importance of forgiveness in a friendship. Danny and Becky demonstrate this by hugging each other and apologizing for how they acted during the commercial. Kimmy comes by to return D.J's stuff. However, after threatening to return each other's gifts, D.J and Kimmy forgive each other and end up working things out. And D.J gives Kimmy a different job on the paper - one that might suit her better. Also, Michelle plays 'Shadow' with Stephanie, which drives her crazy.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 19, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Ellen Guylas
U.S viewers: 22.1 million

Guest Cast: 
Jake: Christian Guzek

 074 * A Pinch For A Pinch

It is Joey's week to be a parent volunteer at Michelle's preschool, but when he has an emergency dentist appointment, he gets Jesse to cover for him. Kimmy Gibbler, who is now in charge of the school news-paper's horoscope, writes a fictional horoscope under Stephanie's sign. As a result, Stephanie freaks out when things start to come true. It turns out Kimmy is playing tricks on her, as she slips a dollar bill into Stephanie's pocket for her 'good fortune', as the first sign. The volunteer gig starts out okay as Jesse plays his guitar and passes out animal cookies at snack time. But when Aaron Bailey bullies Michelle by stealing her cookie and pinches her, Jesse loses his temper and tells Michelle to retaliate. When the teacher sees Michelle and Aaron both pinching each other, she punishes them both. Jesse, who thinks Aaron should be the only one punished, angrily takes Michelle out of school. When Joey returns from the dentist, Danny and Becky ask him to try some cappolini, however he can't because of the rather painful root canal he just had. He goes into the kitchen for some aspirin where Stephanie finds out that the second sign of her horoscope comes true when she misunderstand his communication. Jesse explains the preschool situation when he and Michelle return. Danny understands that Jesse was trying to protect Michelle, but feels his actions were unjustified. Later, Stephanie's is the latest victim of Michelle's pinching, as she gets pinched for 'stealing' Michelle's lamp, when she was merely borrowing it, per the final sign of her horoscope. Jesse stops Michelle and the two have a little talk about using words instead of being physical to solve problems.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 26, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Charles A. Pratt, Jr.
U.S viewers: 24.5 million

Guest Cast: 
Mrs. Manning: Rosanne Katon
Aaron: Miko Hughes

 075 * Viva Las Joey

Due to illness, the Aronson Chimps, who's opening for Wayne Newton in Las Vegas, can't perform, so Joey is booked in their place. Michelle, hearing this news, confuses Wayne Newton with Fig Newton. As Joey is packing, and everyone is preparing to go to Las Vegas with him, Jesse suggests that Joey call his mother, Mindy, to come see him. Joey mentions that she is working as Goofy at Disney World, so Jesse suggests that he invite his father, Colonel Gladstone. Joey replies that he doesn't think he will be able to make it. That gives D.J and Stephanie an idea. Why not surprise Joey by secretly inviting the Colonel? The family heads to Las Vegas after the girls secretly leaves him a message. Though, Stephanie slips up they invited the Colonel. Ever since his parents divorce, Joey and his dad have not gotten along. Joey is definitely surprised when he shows up at his dressing room. They talk about everything the Colonel missed out on, from his son's elf performance in the Christmas play, to him scoring the winning goal in the junior hockey tournament. Adding he could've done something important with his life and gone to West Point. Joey says what's important to him is making people laugh, running his own production company with Jesse, and helping Danny raise the girls. The Colonel disagrees and walks out, leaving his son depressed, distraught, shocked, and speechless. Later, Joey does his performance. After, Colonel Gladstone shows up at the dressing room again. He stayed and watched the show and especially liked the jokes directed towards him. The two have another talk, working things out. Turns out the Colonel has been an inspiration for Joey's comedy work.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 2, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler
U.S viewers: 24.3 million

Guest Cast: 
Special Guest Star: Wayne Newton
Colonel Gladstone: Arlen Dean Snyder

 076 * Shape Up

It's getting close to Kimmy Gibbler's 14th birthday. Of course, D.J is among the invited guests to the birthday party, scheduled at a hotel indoor swimming pool. Anxious and even desperate to lose weight, as she is afraid to let her friends see her in a swimsuit, D.J tapes pictures of skinny models on the kitchen fridge, which Becky notices. She advises that a good way to lose a couple of pounds is to have a sensible diet. Meanwhile, Jesse brings home some wedding cake samples, making Michelle go nuts. When offered, D.J decides to eat a water pop instead. She secretly begins starving herself. Stephanie catches D.J giving her sandwich to Comet, forcing her to 'pinky swear' that she will stay quiet about her skipping meals. She continues without food for several days, putting her at a dangerous risk and Stephanie in a bad position. Also, Stephanie is learning the recorder for music appreciation class, but hit the wrong notes. When Jesse tries to help, a piece of gum land on Michelle's forehead. When the family all go to the gym, D.J gets off the stair-climber and collapses to her knees. Stephanie is close by and calls out to Danny. He and the rest of the family comes to tend to her. D.J's dizzy spell makes Stephanie afraid she will get sick. She has no choice but to break the promise and tell the adults about it. Jesse responds that she did the right thing. Upstairs in her room, Danny help D.J realize that her outside doesn't matter to her friends as much as her inside. He reminds her that she has a good heart and cares about people, and that is why they care about her in return. D.J decides to go to Kimmy's party and promises to eat healthy and exercise the right way.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 9, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 26.0 million

Guest Cast: 
Aerobics Instructor: Brittan Taylor
Girl in class: Lisa Melilli
Bodybuilder: Troy Zuccolotto

 077 * One Last Kiss

Jesse is actually looking forward to attending his ten-year high school reunion, until he hears on his phone quite a flirty message from Carrie Fowler, his high school sweetheart, singing 'Muskrat Love'. Because of his commitment to Becky, Jesse is reluctant to see Carrie. He then Jesse begs Becky to accompany him, but Becky is already committed to take D.J and Kimmy to the TV station to watch the 6 p.m. news as research for an article D.J is doing for the school paper. Stephanie throws a birthday party for Comet, complete with all the neighborhood dogs, and Danny is surprised that the birthday dog is able to blow out the candle on his birthday cake. Jesse is forced to go to the reunion by himself. There, he is reunited with his high school band, Discipline Problems. While they are playing 'My Sharona', Carrie walks in and want to reconnect with Jesse. The two parted ways ten years ago when she chose to be a model in France, while he wanted to succeed in the music business. Now, Carrie ends up kissing Jesse, which makes him realize he doesn't feel that way about her anymore, because he loves Becky, and walks out. Back at home, the party is over. What nobody knows is that little Sparky is missing. Everyone goes on a search for him. It turns out that Michelle has tried any way she can think of to keep him. However she is caught. When Jesse comes home, he explains the night's events to Danny, and Danny gives him a confusing analogy. When Carrie shows up, they part ways after one last kiss. He heads upstairs and explains the situation to Becky, realizing she is the one for him. After a kiss, they both realizes there had been some doubts, but not anymore.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 16, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon
U.S viewers: 26.6 million

Guest Cast: 
Carrie Fowler: Erika Eleniak
Gary: Gary Thomas Griffin
Roger Lodge: Roger Lodge

 078 * Terror In Tanner Town

Danny want his girlfriend, Cindy, who is divorced and has a son named Rusty, to meet the family, but she is nervous about introducing Rusty to everyone when she brings him over for lunch. At lunch, Jesse asks Joey to pass the salt shaker and the lid comes off. Cindy is called into work and offers to take Rusty with her, but Danny insists that he stay with them. Michelle asks Joey to pour her some milk. When he pours into her glass, it goes everywhere as the carton has several holes. Danny gets up to get a towel and drags the table with him as the table cloth is tucked into his pants. In D.J and Stephanie's room, Rusty admits to pulling the pranks at lunch, while giving them gum that turns their teeth black. Throughout the day, he pulls a number of pranks on the Tanners, such as having Comet eat a rump roast in the living room while being bathed, taping over Joey's comedy routine with his own creations, making Danny fall into a mud puddle while playing football, locking Jesse, Becky, D.J., and Stephanie in their rooms by tying a jump rope on both rooms' doorknobs, using shoe polish to paint a black circle at a kaleidoscope, and putting green dye in Danny's shampoo. Rusty walks into the living room as he tries to escape, but the family want answers. They learn the reason why Rusty has been acting out was to make Danny and Cindy break up because he wants her to reunite with his father. Danny tells him that he can relate, because his parents divorced too, but that Rusty can't wreck every relationship his mom tries to make. In the end, the three girls turn the tables on Rusty when they are about to enjoy a sunday and he gets sprayed with whipped cream.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 23, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Boyd Hale
U.S viewers: 25.1 million

Guest Cast:
Rusty: Jordan Christopher Michael
Cindy: Debra Sandlund

 079 * Secret Admirer

During the Tanner family's annual BBQ picnic, Danny have also invited Cindy and Rusty. Rusty - intrigued by D.J's liking for Ricky, the paperboy, who simultaneously comes by to collect for the the paper - types up a love note for D.J as a prank, and tells Michelle to give it to her sister and say it's from the paperboy. The prank however backfires when Michelle gives the letter to Stephanie instead. She is instantly disgusted, and hides the note. This sparks a chain reaction when the note travels around the house, as Danny's girlfriend, Cindy, mistakenly believes that Joey loves her, Becky believes that Danny loves her, Kimmy believes that Jesse loves her, Jesse believes that either Danny or Joey is in love with Becky, and Danny and Joey both believe that Becky loves them. While Danny welcomes everyone to the picnic later that day, they all ponder who really loves who, and, ironically fooled by his own prank, Rusty truly believes that D.J loves him. Fed up with it all, Michelle takes off her cap and reveal the love letter which has been put there by her dad. Jesse immediately grabs it from her, exclaiming that someone had to have typed it. This results in all-out mayhem that involves everyone accusing each other of the 'crime'. Jesse is able to calm everyone down, and Michelle at last outs the culprit as Rusty, who then finally confesses. He takes off running, and they all, including Comet and excluding D.J, chase him. At this point Ricky come back to give back the rest of the change for the paper as D.J invites him to some food. Both are glad that he came back and the 'lovebirds' pay no attention to the ongoing Rusty chase.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: December 7, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Ellen Guylas
U.S viewers: 23.9 millio

Guest Cast:   
Cindy: Debra Sandlund
Rusty: Jordan Christopher Michael
Ricky: R.J. Williams

 080 * Danny In Charge

While Jesse and Joey are in a forest to try to find a fox to film for a commercial, and Becky is out of town, Danny is at home by himself with the girls, and he sees it as an opportunity to prove that he is 'Superdad'. He promises to attend a school science fair that Stephanie has entered a project in. Later, he promises to see Romeo and Juliet, a school play where D.J will play Juliet. Danny then realizes that he has a big problem - both events are happening on the same day and at the same time. Stephanie and D.J. each try their best to get their dad to attend their event. Danny thinks that he has it figured out where he can be at both events. He will Stop by Stephanie's science fair first and D.J's play after. Unfortunately, D.J points out that her role takes place in the first act and that Juliet is already dead in the second act. And Stephanie does not like it because he will miss the judging portion. But, at least he will be at both. On the big night, Danny does not show up to the play or the science fair. After the events, D.J and Stephanie go home and discover that he has fallen asleep on Michelle's bed. While he admits the 'single parent' thing is hard on him ever since Pam's death, they admit to Danny that it was selfish of them to try to pull him in both directions at the same time, and then explain to him how everything went. They then decide that after all the events that have happened that day, they would help cook dinner instead of him, for a change. Meanwhile, Jesse and Joey has a hard time coping in the forest at first, but eventually get the fox on film and hillariously break into song to the forest animals.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: December 14, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Boyd Hale & Scott Spencer Gordon
U.S viewers: 18.8 million

Guest Cast:
None  

 081 * Happy New Year

As 1990 comes to a close, everyone is ready to ring in 1991. Well, almost everyone. Surprisingly, the only person in the Tanner household without a date for New Year's Eve is Joey. After several phone calls to women that he has dated in the past, he is still getting nowhere and decides to give up. Therefore, Danny and Jesse secretly videotape Joey, without his permission, and then send the tape to a local video dating service, which results in him meeting a woman named Christine. Also, when Kimmy Gibbler and D.J. throw a New Year's Eve party at Kimmy's house, with the intention of inviting 'just a few close friends', they end up with more than 400 guests. Joey and Christine fall in love at first sight when they notice that they have almost everything in common, and have a thrilling candlelight dinner in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Rusty keeps bugging Stephanie that he will kiss her at midnight. Later, when the clock strikes midnight, as everyone watches what appears to be the Times Square Ball drop in New York, Stephanie quickly takes a bite out of an onion, hoping that the onion breath will put Rusty off. Jesse and Becky share a kiss, as do Danny and Cindy, Michelle and Comet, Joey and Christine, and finally D.J. and Ricky. Stephanie then tells Rusty that she is ready for her kiss, but Rusty confesses that he was just messing with her. Stephanie then shocks Rusty by blowing onion breath at him, and then kissing him! Out in the backyard, with the festivities finally over, Joey wants to take Christine to Tahoe and get married, but later realizes that they need to take the time to really get to know each other first. And that is what they do as the festive night ends.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: December 28, 1990
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 28.3 million

Guest Cast:
Rusty: Jordan Christopher Michael
Christine: Yvette Nipar
Ricky: R.J. Williams
Cindy: Debra Sandlund
Ginger: Robyn Donny
Darlene: Sherrie Rose

 082 * Working Girl

Fourteen-year-old D.J desperately wants to buy an expensive pair of sneakers called Blow-Outs. When she fails to get the money from Danny, she asks him to let her get a job so she can earn the money herself. He reluctantly lets her start working as an assistent for a photographer at the mall under one condition; she must make sure that her grades do not drop. However, this is easier said than done, since her science grade has been slipping lately. But she believes that the job will also prove to her dad that she is not a little kid anymore and can handle the responsibility. Her job is to dress in funny costumes and make reluctant kids smile for the camera. Meanwhile, Jesse and Becky are unable to agree on where their wedding should take place. He wants the wedding to be at Graceland, and she wants the wedding to be in her hometown in Nebraska. With a little help from Joey, they finally come to an agreement and decide on having their wedding right there in San Francisco on Valentine's Day. Also, Michelle irritates everyone in the house with her overzealous participation in her preschool's 'Politeness Week'. Later, D.J. ends up in a sticky situation when she brings home a science test with an 'F' on it, and it becomes even stickier after Kimmy changes it to an 'A'. Though, after a little advice from Jesse, she tells Danny the truth about her grade. He then tells her that she has to quit her job, and that she is not allowed to hang out at the mall until she improves her science grade. Luckily, D.J. has gotten her first and last paycheck, but after all that quacking and waddling she did in order to earn that money, she decides to put it in the bank. 

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 4, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler
U.S viewers: 27.7 million

Guest Cast:
Jack: Andy Goldberg
The Mother: Donna Lynn Leavy
Anthony: Marquis Nunley

 083 * Ol' Brown Eyes

D.J organizes a sold-out benefit concert at The Smash Club to raise money for a new computer for her school, with Danny as the host. She quickly arranges for Jesse and Joey to lend their musical and comedic talents to the event, which is not lost on Danny. Feeling he is not the kind of dad D.J might respect at her age, Danny wants to sing with Jesse's band to prove he is cool. Meanwhile, Michelle has learned to play hot and cold. But, she takes it too far when she hides Becky's wedding ring in a cookie jar, which Jesse had given to Joey to get engraved. Joey even asks Stephanie if she knows where the ring is, but soon figures Michelle is the culprit. Thinking it makes him look cool, Danny does a band rehearsal wearing a rock star outfit: a heavy-metal T-shirt, leather jacket and pants, and sunglasses. When she and Kimmy walk in while he is performing with Jesse and the Rippers, D.J is totally humiliated by the idea. Danny and Jesse talk about their own experiences as teenagers, and how they felt the same way D.J does. Danny heads upstairs to talk to D.J, as Jesse finds the long-lost wedding ring in the cookie jar. Upstairs, Kimmy is shocked that D.J does not want to attend the benefit. Danny enters and asks for a minute with his daughter. Danny tells her he won't be singing after all, but she feels guilty for hurting his feelings. In the kitchen, the hot and cold game continues. Michelle leads Joey to the cookie jar, where she thinks the ring is, unaware that Jesse has already found it. Jesse then enters reavealing he has the ring. The family attends the benefit concert that night at the Smash Club. Danny does a good job, and D.J smiles proudly and gives him a hug.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 11, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Ellen Guylas & Boyd Hale
U.S viewers: 29.0 million

Guest Cast:
None

 084 * Stephanie Gets Framed

Michelle is playing with a yo-yo in her room. D.J enters with her old piggy bank, as she now has her own savings account, and it's time for Michelle to start saving. D.J explains the methods of searching the couch cushions or even begging. Michelle uses the latter, and it works as she begins her savings with a quarter from her sister and then later some pennies from Joey and another three quarters from Danny. As Joey and Danny play chess in the livingroom and Stephanie comes home, Danny is informed that Stephanie is having problems reading at school. She is taken to an eye doctor who prescribes glasses for her to use for reading. Stephanie is afraid that her classmates will make fun of her, though she feels better when she gets some advice from Steve Urkel. At school, Stephanie uses Joey's stash of funny-glasses in an attempt to stop her classmates from teasing her, but they get confiscated by the teacher. Elsewhere, a crisis develops when Jesse must choose between Danny and Joey to be best man at his wedding. He ends up picking both Joey and Danny. Michelle learns more about using her new piggy bank when she finds a nickel in the couch and is anxious to use it when she hears the ice cream man. D.J stops her and informs her the purpose of her piggy bank is to save up for some important things. Later, as she repeatedly writes 'I will not disrupt the class' in her room, Stephanie explains the above situation to Joey and shows the note from her teacher regarding his funny-glasses. He tells her to put on her glasses while looking in the mirror and explain to him who she really sees, and she agrees with Joey that it is the new and improved her.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 25, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Doug McIntyre
U.S viewers: 28.4 million

Guest Cast:
Steve Urkel: Jaleel White
Julie: Tasha Scott
Mrs. Claire: Cynthia Steele
Classmate: Micah Rowe

 085 * A Fish Called Martin

Michelle wins a goldfish at a Fun Fair, and names him Martin. Joey teaches her the proper ways to care for him, such as keeping his bowl clean and feeding him plenty of food. Martin sadly dies after Michelle gives him a bubble bath in the tub. Joey walks in, and quickly get Martin out and back in the bowl, however it's too late and his lifeless body floats about. When Joey explains the situation to Jesse and Danny, they are just as shocked, and they are obligated to tell Michelle that Martin is dead and how he died, something she has a hard time accepting. Jesse reminds her to think of all the good times they had together. In an effort to help her feel better, the guys have a surprise for her, hidden under a towel, which is that they got her a new fish in a tank, whom they name Freddy, but she wants nothing to do with him. They later notice that Freddy has become a mother and therefore renamed Frieda. Michelle feels better when the guys praise her for telling them about the new baby fishes, as Joey takes Frieda out and puts her in a special bowl of her own. While at the fair, D.J. meets a boy named Bobby, who is a car expert, so she tries to learn as much about cars as she can, so she can impress him. However, this backfires on her when she realize  she's not smart about cars at all. So she calls Bobby and tells him the truth, only to have him hang up on her. Later, Becky insists on square dancing at the wedding, and Jesse initially balks at the notion of learning how to do so. Though while she is trying to teach D.J., Stephanie, and the guys, it turns out to actually be fun, and while having a smile on his face Jesse gives his ok to do square dancing at the wedding.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 1, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon
U.S viewers: 26.6 million

Guest Cast:
Bobby: Jason Allen

 086 * The Wedding (1)

It's the day before Jesse and Becky's wedding. Stephanie and D.J, who will be bridesmaids, are using Danny's camera to tape the events leading up to the big event itself. Becky's sister, Connie, along with her son Howie, has arrived, but he and flower girl Michelle do not remember each other from the visit two years prior, and they go through a phase of dislike for the opposite sex. Then Becky's parents, Kenneth and Nedra Donaldson, arrive. Kenneth and Jesse do not see eye to eye right away when they meet each other, which upsets Becky. Danny and Joey get their suits mixed up, but realize they are wearing each other's suit. Nedra nearly has a heart attack when she walks in on them while exchanging suits in the kitchen. Later, Kenneth, who used to perform in rodeos, has a talk with Jesse. The two men agree to get along with each other, and Kenneth explains to him that marrying Nedra meant that he had to slow down. This makes Jesse want to have one last adventure as a single guy before getting married. At 7:00 a.m. the next day, just three hours away from the wedding, Jesse drags Joey with him to the airport, and talks Joey into taking him up in a plane so that he can skydive. As soon as Joey is high enough, Jesse jumps out and opens his parachute. Later at the church, as Michelle and Howie become friends again and the flower girl herself gets a part in the video of the big event, everyone is wondering why Jesse has not arrived yet. What no one knows is that the reason why is that he never touched the ground. The parachute is hanging from the branch of a tall tree, and he is still attached to it, yelling for help.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 8, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 27.7 million

Guest Cast:
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Kenneth Donaldson: Don Hood
Howie: Michael John Nunes
Nedra Donaldson: Lois Nettleton
Connie: Debbie Gregory

 087 * The Wedding (2)

As Jesse hangs from the tree branch still attached to the parachute, a tomato farmer's truck pulls up under him. He then releases himself from the parachute and falls safely into the bed of the truck. The farmer tells Jesse that he is in a town known as 'Tomato Country'. Jesse then tries to use the farmer's truck to go to the church, but the local sheriff shows up and arrests him. By now, it is 10:25 a.m. and Jesse is 25 minutes late. The phone at the church rings, and it's Jesse telling Becky that he is in jail in Tomato Country. She borrows her father Kenneth's car and heads to the jail and gets him released, but not before having a talk with him about what possessed him to skydive in the first place. As they're about to leave, Kenneth's car is towed away because it was parked in a red zone, so 
Jesse and Becky then has to stop the next vehicle coming along, which happens to be a gospel choir's bus. They finally make their return to the church where they are at last married. The choir sings backup on Jesse's song, The Beach Boys' 'Forever', while early pictures of the happy couple shows on the screen, and they even do their gospel rendition of Handel's 'Hallelujah Chorus' as the newlywed couple departs down the aisle. During and after the reception at the Tanner home, 'Jailhouse Rock' is sung and played over a montage of the events, including the cutting of the cake. They then leave on Jesse's motorcycle, with 'Finally Married!' over the license plate for their honeymoon to Bora Bora, and the music ends with a jazzy rendition of Felix Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' as the family waves goodbye and the camera zooms out.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 15, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Jeff Franklin
U.S viewers: 30.6 million

Guest Cast:
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Nick Katsopolis: John Aprea
Irene Katsopolis: Yvonne Wilder
Kenneth Donaldson: Don Hood
Howie: Michael John Nunes
Nedra Donaldson: Lois Nettleton
Farmer Bob: Glenn Morshower
Connie: Debbie Gregory
The Driver: Lenny Hicks
The Minister: Robert Arthur

 088 * Fuller House

Jesse and Becky return from their honeymoon on the Polynesian island of Bora Bora. She reminds him that he needs to start packing if he is going to move to her house. In his now-empty room, Jesse takes one last look at the pink bunny picture on the wall, reminiscing about the day he moved in. He can't imagine two weeks turned into four years. Despite the entire family giving them their well-wishes and helping with the packing, Michelle does not take it very well. She thinks they are all moving, so it is up to Jesse to explain that he is the only one. She gives him her stuffed toy pig, and he gives her his pink bunny picture. After they say goodbye to each other, they are both heartbroken in tears. Also, Stephanie is struggling learning fractions. The family tries their best to help, turning everything around them into math. And with Jesse gone, she can move back into her former room. That night, an elated D.J calls Kimmy about having her own room again. But Stephanie feels alone and pays a visit. Jesse's belongings are moved to Becky's house, but he feels empty having moved out of the one he grew to love. As she tries to comfort him, he is reminded he would normally be singing The teddy bear song with the guys to Michelle. So he sings a slow, sad rendition of it. Nothing seems to cheer Michelle up, until Jesse arrives for a visit on the next morning, along with another fractions lesson. Becky sets it up to spend the night in the attic. She tells him that she talked to Danny, and he agreed to renovate the attic into a family-sized apartment for them. The happy reunion is capped off with Michelle hanging Jesse's pink bunny picture on the wall of the newlywed's new place.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 22, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon
U.S viewers: 29.3 million

Guest Cast:
Kimmy: Andrea Barber

 089 * The Hole-In-The-Wall Gang

Jesse enters his old room and informs Joey about the renovations to his and Becky's new home, the attic. But not before inconveniencing Danny. Meanwhile, D.J and Kimmy is getting ready to go to the food court at the mall. When Stephanie enters their room with her box of stuff, D.J can't believe she is sharing a room with her little sister again. So, Stephanie redecorates her side of the room, trying to be mature like D.J, starts dressing like her, and even acting like her. When Kimmy and D.J sees what Stephanie has done in terms of decoration, clothes and hair, they are speechless. As part of her mall trip, D.J wants to wear something 'fun', so all the girls head to Danny's bedroom, where D.J starts looking through his closet. After accusing each other as to who is dressing like who, D.J and Stephanie end up pulling down the rod for his shirts. And when fighting over who will put it back, they accidentally put a hole in the wall with it. Michelle is asked to watch the hole as they go to the attic, where Jesse is renovating, without letting Joey do anything. Jesse explains to the girls how to fix a hole in a wall, not knowing why. After that, an embarrassing mishap with his new bed helps Jesse realize that he should accept help from Joey, instead of doing it by himself. In Danny's room, Stephanie and D.J fix the hole, paint over it and move the dresser to cover it up before he's home. Michelle try to stall his arrival in any way she can, and the older girls come up with a song and dance to convince him they are not in trouble. They have a heart-to-heart in their room, when Michelle enters dressed like them. Then Danny's request for an encore of the song and dance is granted.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: March 1, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Craig Heller & Guy Schulman
U.S viewers: 29.9 million

Guest Cast:
Kimmy: Andrea Barber

 090 * Stephanie Plays The Field

Danny is the head coach of the Giants, a local little league baseball team. Stephanie has fallen for Brett Davis, a star player from a rival team named the Cubs. That makes Stephanie want to join the Giants, and her surp- risingly good pitching makes it easy to be a member of the team. Though, getting Brett to like her causes her and D.J to have a girl talk. Becky and Jesse move into the newly renovated attic for their first night, complete with a Murphy bed, operated by a remote control. Becky finds it tacky, but she likes it. However, Michelle doesn't seem to under- stand why they want to be alone with the door locked. When she asks to play with Jesse, he plays a quick game of 'airplane', and flies her out the door. Michelle then storms off to Joey's room. After a brief chat, she takes him to the attic. They decide to set aside a special time to play. Outside, Danny, Stephanie, and Rusty are practicing a few catches, and Danny let her pitch for the Giants in the upcoming game against the Cubs. On game day, everyone is excited, as is 'batboy' Michelle. Brett arrives and shows Stephanie his baseball bat, which has 'ST' with a heart around it. He asks her to throw a few easy pitches to not strike him out in front of his family. At the game, Joey is covering the play-by-play. After Brett hits a home run, Stephanie can't bring herself to defeat the game. The score is 2–1 to the Giants, she throws Brett two strikes, and calls a timeout to talk to D.J. Taking her sister's advice, she strikes him out for the third time, making her the game's hero. Later, Stephanie is outside on the porch when Brett comes by. He understands why she struck him out and admits he was wrong.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: March 8, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Mark Fink
U.S viewers: 28.1 million

Guest Cast:
Rusty: Jordan Christopher Michael
Brett: Sean Fox
Base Umpire: Jack Lightsy
Brett's Dad: R. Todd Torok
Plate Umpire: James Clayton

 091 * Joey Goes Hollywood

After the family cuts him off after not believing his story of getting a bag of honey roasted peanuts on the plane to L.A, Joey gives them the actual good news: He has landed an audition for a part in Surf’s Up, a new comedy show featuring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. He doesn't think he'll actually get the part, but the family convinces him otherwise and gets him imagining being a star; The family is his fan base, his dressing room door has a star, there's a red carpet leading to it and he's greeted by the Laker Girls. And with any big star, he has security to keep the paparazzi and fans away. Michelle conclude he's as funny as Bugs Bunny, as the dream fades back to reality. The family accompanies him to Los Angeles for the taping of the series opener, and after that, which is later turned into a cartoon with Joey, Frankie, and Annette providing the main voices in the show. The thrill of meeting Frankie and Annette is dampened a bit for Stephanie, who is currently undergoing an identity crisis. She wants to change her name because of being harassed by classmates who call her 'step on me'. So she decides to change her name to Dawn Ariel Tanner. Stephanie believes that no one can make fun of the beautiful name Dawn, until Danny points out a few examples. Realizing this, she decides to keep her name. Also, receiving a massive phone bill, Danny initially accuses Stephanie, D.J. and Kimmy, until he finds out it's Michelle who has been calling a number located in Tokyo, Japan, after her using the phrase 'Sayonara'. Later, the family watches the good news of Joey's new project on TV, revealing it has officially been picked up.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: March 29, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Leslie Ray & David Steven Simon
U.S viewers: 27.1 million

Guest Cast:
Special Stars: Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Herself: Shawn Southwick
Himself: Bob Perlow
Laker Girl #1: Michele Smith
Laker Girl #2: Cyndi Pass

 092 * Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Now that Becky is officially a member of the family, D.J feel like it's having a big sister as well as a motherly figure to talk to about anything. D.J wants to meet a boy named Ryan, but Danny, who wants D.J to stay home to do her homework, will not let her go, despite saying that she will be studying. D.J decides to go anyway, so she asks Becky to cover for her, promising her that she will be back in 10 minutes. But when D.J is late Becky can no longer cover for her. Meanwhile, Jesse and Joey put a pool table in their office. Jesse, calling himself 'The Kid', believes he can't be beaten until he learns the hard way that Danny is a pool shark. Finding this frustrating, Jesse then tries to beat Danny at darts. Though while he hits 20 points, Danny hits a bullseye. Then, to show how low he will go as to not accept losing, Jesse bets Danny on who can spin around in a chair the most times in 10 seconds, but Danny is not having it. While this is going on, Michelle's new game is fooling people by telling them that something happened when it really did not. Stephanie puts a stop to that little game, and she ends up teaching Michelle a lesson about telling the truth with a twist on a classic story and by turning the tables on her. Later on, D.J returns home and is caught by Danny and Becky. Angry that Becky didn't cover for her she goes upstairs. Upstairs, D.J angrily sits on her bed when Becky knocks on the door. The two have a heart-to-heart. She explains that she loves D.J and the two of them can still continue to share secrets and spend time together, but she also have to be the responsible adult. D.J admits that she took advantage of their friendship, and apologizes. They hug.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: April 1, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler
U.S viewers: 25.5 million

Guest Cast:
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Ryan: Randy Josselyn
Jake Bitterman: Christian Guzek
Aaron: Miko Hughes

 093 * The Graduates

Becky is making waffles for breakfast and everyone seems baffled by her efforts. Danny's blind date last night didn't go well, and at age 33, he feels like he does not have as much youth in him as he used to. After saying that he does not have any gray hair, Becky, Jesse, and Joey prove to him otherwise, each pulling a strand. Feeling that his youth is fleeting, Danny tries to be young again by hanging out with a college student. Meanwhile, D.J is graduating junior high school and Michelle is graduating preschool. As D.J prepares to move on to high school and Michelle to kindergarten, both having commencements of their own, Stephanie feels left out because her 3rd-grade year has ended without any celebration. She wishes for a cap and gown when going into upper elementary. Jesse becomes an unsuspecting participant in Michelle's preschool graduation program as he helps with their song, and D.J is very nervous about giving her valedictorian speach in front of a class of 300. As the family attends Michelle's graduation, Stephanie still feels a bit left out of the festivities, so the guys come up with a solution by throwing her own ceremony at home, complete with high heels and a red hat with tassels. Danny dates 21-year-old Kirsten, a free-spirited college student who has a lot more in common with D.J than she does with Danny. Although Kirsten prefer older men, they break up. In the kitchen, Danny sings over losing Kristen while drowning his sorrows in chocolate cake. D.J enters asking if he is in crisis. She reads him the beginning of her speech, to which he reply 'you can't live for the future, just like you can't live in the past'. The other girls also cheer him up.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: April 26, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Ellen Guylas
U.S viewers: 23.1 million

Guest Cast:
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Kirsten: Jennifer Nash
Mrs. Manning: Rosanne Katon
Jerry: Hank Garrett
Aaron: Miko Hughes

 094 * Rock The Cradle

Super exciting news for the Katsopolis family! Becky receive an important phone call from her doctor and is beyond thrilled and a bit shocked by the sudden and unexpected news that she is pregnant. She proceeds to tell everyone except for Jesse, as she is nervous about how he is gonna take the news. Becky rather want to tell him over a romantic candlelight dinner with just the two of them, but she can't quite get Jesse to hear her out because Jesse is already too obsessed with the fact that he and the Rippers will be going on tour for two months over the summer, which is a dream come true for him. They are even opening up for Aerosmith. When she finally does get him to listen, while playing a game of pictionary as her way to do so, Jesse is excited about the pregnancy as well. Though he is torn between honoring his contract and going on the tour or remaining home with Becky - a dilemma ultimately resolved by, of all people, Michelle. Meanwhile, Michelle makes up an invisible friend named Glen, because she misses her friends from preschool now that school's out. Danny reminds everyone that D.J had an invisible duck named Norton before making friends with Kimmy, who, along with Stephanie, finds it hilarious. D.J reminds her family that it was a phase that she eventually grew out of, but her dad says she grew out of it the minute she started becoming friends with Kimmy. In addition, the entire family plays Pictionary in the living room throughout the episode, and are annoyed by Michelle's guesses of 'Big Bird' each time until she has her turn at the board, at which point everyone guesses the obvious.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: May 3, 1991
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Boyd Hale
U.S viewers: 23.8 million

Guest Cast:
Kimmy: Andrea Barber
Max Dobson: Keythe Farley