169 * Comet's Excellent Adventure

The Rippers are tired of Jesse's personal life getting in the way of rehearsals, and how he's lost his passion for the music. As a result, they unanimously vote him out of the band. Jesse, who is hurt, embarks on a mission to prove that he doesn't need them anymore. When Michelle asks Jesse if she can walk Comet, even though she is not allowed to, he absentmindedly gives her permission. While she's out doing so, Comet escapes from her. When Stephanie notices Michelle all by herself, she explains what happened. The two cross the street together to look for him. A hungry Comet is seen chasing a car with a giant hot dog on it, until he sees a lady dog and the two run away together. Meanwhile, near the Golden Gate Bridge, D.J breaks up with Nelson Burkhard, the teenage millionaire that she has been dating. When Stephanie and Michelle tell her the bad news, Nelson allows the girls and Kimmy to borrow his limo to aid the search. Just then, the two dogs are seen aboard a cable car. Back home, Jesse and Joey are working on a one-man band, when they get a phone call from Michelle. Joey also helps as he, Jesse, Nicky and Alex endlessly drive around to look for the family dog. Also, Danny and Becky are doing an episode of Wake Up, San Francisco at Aquatic Park, where everyone joins up and interrupt the broadcast in hopes that Comet is watching a TV. He is, and returns home. Later, in the backyard, Jesse confesses to Michelle how guilty he feels for letting her walk Comet by herself, as he was not thinking correctly and she could have been hurt. Suddenly, Comet walks in the backyard, and they alert the family. Everyone hugs, kisses, and pets him.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: September 27, 1994 
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler
U.S viewers: 20.4 million

Guest Cast: 
Nelson: Jason Marsden
Roger: Roger Lodge
Gary: Gary Thomas Griffin
Lanny: Lanny Cordola

 170 * Breaking Away

A brand new schoolyear is approaching rapidly. This year D.J and Kimmy are at last high school seniors, and Kimmy is already stressing about getting a date to senior prom. Also, it does not seem that long ago when Danny was nostalgically taking his youngest daughter, Michelle, to preschool. But now, four years later, it is Jesse and Becky's turn to have the nostalgic freak out as their twin boys approach this important and exciting childhood milestone. With Becky's emotionally unstable reaction to the boys heading to school for the very first time, Jesse offers to accompany them to their classroom. But not before long, a string of events prompts Jesse to transform his children into the youngest dropouts in San Francisco. He later explains to Becky that he did not feel ready to send the boys out into the brand new world without them. Though the boys express that they actually really liked preschool. The next day, Jesse and Becky both successfully drop off the boys at school, to witness that the boys are very happy there. Meanwhile, Gia Mahan's continued influence inspires Stephanie to assert herself with her father. She has started dressing like Gia, wearing her make-up like Gia and intentionly leaving her and Michelle's room a messy, dirty dump. This prompts Michelle to move herself and her stuff back into what was her room, and has been, for the last few seasons, D.J's room, to roommate with her other big sister. But when have you ever seen Danny react calmly to a dirty bedroom, midriff-baring outfits and his daughters clashing? Well, it may just take a little 'subtle psychology' to get Stephanie to change her preteen ways.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 4, 1994 
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Written by: Tom Amundsen
U.S viewers: 19.4 million

Guest Cast: 
Gia: Marla Sokoloff
Miss Suzie: Bonnie Urseth
Preschool Boy: Christopher Ripple

 171 * Making Out Is Hard To Do

Stephanie is invited to Gia's apartment for a party, while her mother Claire is working a late shift one night. She has also invited a few chosen guys for Stephanie's sake, including her recent crush, eight-grader Bobby. Stephanie arrives at the party with Pictionary, not knowing exactly what kind of party it is. It turns out to be an unsupervised make-out party, and she feels akward having to kiss Bobby at length. She definitely does not feel ready for this yet. Meanwhile, Danny is stricken with a really bad case of laryngitis and is unable to speak at all, much to everyone in the house amusement. However, he feels even more speechless than he already is upon discovering that Stephanie having lied to him about going to a make-out party at Gia's apartment. At the party, Stephanie phones home to who she think is D.J and ask her to pick her up, but Danny is the one who aswers the phone and shows up at Gia's apartment to rescue her. When Claire also suddenly get home early, all the kids flee the place. Stephanie and Gia are sent off to Gia's room, while Claire and Danny have a talk about their daughters while Danny is given a home made mixture to help with his laryngitis. Also, Jesse is deeply bothered by the fact that the new lead singer for the Rippers is Brady Bunch's Barry Williams, because The Rippers somewhat seem to be having a lot more success with Barry than they ever did with Jesse. They already have a number one radio hit single straight away as well as a ton of important gigs lined up. He is tempted to swear off music, and during a horrible nightmare, Jesse imagines his future without music when he decides to quit singing.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 11, 1994 
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Written by: Carolyn Omine
U.S viewers: 18.6 million

Guest Cast: 
Claire: Andrea Walker
Gia: Marla Sokoloff
Barry Williams: Himself
Bobby: Kevin Connors
T.V Announcer: David Ruprecht

 172 * I've Got A Secret

Michelle join a secret club with her friends and they all take an oath to not tell anyone about it, and anyone who tell will get kicked out of the club. When the group have a discussion about how to become leader of the club, they decide they have to get a special toy. When Michelle asks Danny for the money to purchase the toy, she won't get any until she tells him the reason why. She then tells him about the secret club. When the members have a club meeting, Danny accidentally reveals that he knows about the club, and Michelle is immideately kicked out. Seeing his youngest daughter mad at him because of the mistake he made makes Danny feel regretful. With that, he, Jesse and Joey set out to find the toy that would get her back in the club. They track down the toy, though when the toy store opens, they're unable to get the toy because of how popular it is. One attempt is for Joey and Danny to launch Jesse into air and land in the rambunctious crowd in order to get the toy. Jesse finds a copy and tosses it to Joey. A girl comes up crying to Joey saying that she hurt his finger, unfortunately, it turns out to be a prank that causes him to lose the toy to her. Luckily, they find a street merchant and buy one from him. However, it turns out that the toy they bought from the street merchant is a rip-off and not the real thing. Danny ends up getting Michelle back into the club anyway. Meanwhile, Kimmy Gibbler is dating Nelson Burkhard on the rebound, and it is making D.J feeling jealous. Also, Becky finds an old t-shirt that was given to Jesse years ago by a woman that Jesse was almost engaged to. So in the spirit of jealousy, the two decide to make a list of old flames.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 18, 1994 
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Written by: Ellen Guylas
U.S viewers: 18.8 million

Guest Cast: 
Nelson: Jason Marsden
Derek: Blake McIver Ewing
Aaron: Miko Hughes
Lisa: Kathryn Zaremba
Muscular Mommy: Dot Jones
Girl In Toy Store: Danielle Judovits
Seedy Man: Jimm Giannini

 173 * To Joey, With Love

Mrs. Carruthers drops by and tells Joey that because of the flu, a substitute teacher is needed for Michelle's class at school. Joey volunteers to do it, since it gives him an opportunity to use the teaching license that he has been regularly renewing. Michelle thinks it is going to be fun to have Joey as the substitute, though he reminds her that he's to be addressed as 'Mr. Gladstone'. The class gets out of control. Joey says the next person who talks or makes a noise will be sent to the principal's office. That next person happens to be Michelle, who asks Joey to lighten up, eliciting gasps from her classmates. Michelle then gets upset with him on her way to the principal's office, saying 'Thanks a lot, Mr. Gladstone. I thought you were my friend'. Then she thinks of a way to get back at Joey for scolding her in front of the class. When they both get home, they explain to Danny what happened, and Danny sends Michelle upstairs to her room. Later, Michelle gets the class to agree to give Joey the silent treatment. Joey tricks the class into talking to him again, and Michelle apologizes and admits to Joey that he's so funny that she had forgotten that sometimes he has to be serious. Meanwhile, Jesse reluctantly agrees to let Danny audition as a guitarist for his new band, Hot Daddy and the Monkey Puppets, but what Jesse does not realize is that this longtime king of spic and span also knows how to rock 'n roll! Danny does really well at the audition, but Jesse hires a guitarist nicknamed Viper, and D.J is immidiately attracted to Viper. Danny is not disappointed that he was not hired, and Jesse later tells Danny that, had Viper not auditioned, the spot would have been his.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: October 25, 1994 
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Written by: Jamie Tatham & Chuck Tatham
U.S viewers: 19.3 million

Guest Cast: 
Viper: David Lipper
Mrs. Carruthers: Marcia Wallace
Derek: Blake McIver Ewing
Teddy: Tahj Mowry
Lisa: Kathryn Zaremba
Mrs. Homewood: Esther Scott
Terri: Sara Moonves
Splinter: Peter Leinheiser

 174 * You Pet It, You Bought It

Jesse and Joey are trying to come up with ideas for their radio show. The subject of TV theme songs, and if listeners know the lyrics, is brought up, as they sing the Three's Company theme. Michelle has been selling lemonade on an extremely hot day, and surprisingly earned $221. Danny has a painting of his great-great-grandfather, General Cornwall Tanner, enlarged and completely restored. Michelle ask if she can go to the candy store to spend the money. Kimmy accompanies her. While they are out, Stephanie tells everyone about Michelle's $221. Of course, Danny is surprised, but not as surprised as when Michelle and Kimmy bring home a donkey whom Michelle names Shorty. Michelle explains that they came across a traveling petting zoo, where she bought Shorty for $221, and she can't take him back. Danny realize he has no choice but to let Shorty stay the night, and decide what to do with him in the morning. While everyone is asleep, Shorty starts braying. Everyone wakes up, and the neighbors complains. D.J also need sleep before her senior picture the next day. By this time, it's almost midnight. Shorty is only quiet when Jesse sings the Three's Company theme song, so he does that all night to keep him quiet. In the morning, Shorty has chewed a chunk out of Stephanie's geography class map. D.J is having an allergic reaction to him causing her eyes to be puffy. He then eats a hole through the painting of Cornwall Tanner. Everyone likes Becky's idea of donating him to the local children's zoo. However, that won't get Michelle her money back. Before parting ways with Shorty, they decide to sing him the Three's Company theme song one last time.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 1, 1994 
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Written by: Greg Fields
U.S viewers: 21.3 million

Guest Cast: 
Delivery Man: Robert Bennett

 175 * On The Road Again

Finally having been able to renew himself as a musician and raise above The Rippers dropping him, Jesse has at last an incredibly talented new band. And now that his new band, named Hot Daddy and the Monkey Puppets, is officially under-way, Jesse invites Becky and the twins to accompany him on a road-trip for their very first weekend gig. They stop for the night at Manny's Motel, which is where Jesse and the Rippers stayed an odd number of years ago while on tour. Although Jesse has fond memories of the place, he soon realize the place is by far the same as it was back then. The motel has gone downhill since, and Jesse becomes preoccupied with feeling old. To top it off, the club owner where they are having the gig, wants Hot Daddy and the Monkey Puppets to only play polka music instead of their normal set list. Meanwhile, major sparks fly between D.J and Viper, one of Jesse's grungy young band members who plays guitar, and it seems that Danny has already made up his mind about him without actually getting to know him. When Danny expresses his discomfort about them being together, D.J ends up making a very uncharacteristic decision. She goes along with Kimmy to see Jesse and the band to be with Viper, and Danny hits the roof. He quickly gathers Stephanie and Michelle, who is under the impression D.J is dating another Monkey Puppet, and together they drive up to the club to see Jesse and the band. When Danny finds D.J at the club, she helps him realize that he has to respect the fact that who she dates is for her to decide, and he admits that he trusts her judgment.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 8, 1994 
Directed by: Tom Rickard
Written by: Ellen Guylas
U.S viewers: 14.4 million

Guest Cast: 
Viper: David Lipper
Jocko: John Del Regno
Mongo: Ted Andreadis

 176 * Claire And Present Danger

When Danny goes out on a date with Gia's mother Claire, Gia and Stephanie start fantasizing about how cool it would be if they became stepsisters. Michelle does not think it is a cool idea at all because Stephanie has been ignoring her in favor of Gia, making Michelle feel left out in the cold. After hearing Gia say that her mom would not want another kid like her, Michelle decides to dress like a rebel/bad girl, with a ton of makeup, jewelry, and a punk rock hairstyle – and the attitude to go with it. She shows that attitude to Claire so that she will stop dating Danny. But when she also gives that attitude to Danny, he is not happy about that at all and makes her change back to her normal clothes. Michelle then explains to Danny how Stephanie and Gia thinks it would be cool if Danny and Claire got married and make Stephanie and Gia stepsisters, and how it would leave her out in the cold. Danny tells her that no one is leaving her out in the cold, but Michelle feel that Stephanie already did. Danny tells Stephanie that he does not like what he is hearing about her behavior towards Michelle. Stephanie apologizes to Michelle for ignoring her, and that she will always be her sister no matter what. Meanwhile, Jesse's new band, 'Hot Daddy and the Monkey Puppets', is scheduled to perform at The Smash Club. Viper is turned off by the fact that D.J seems smarter than he is, and after an argument with D.J, Viper is too depressed to play his guitar, so Jesse helps Viper and D.J work things out. Also, Joey falls for a French woman named Yvette, only to discover that not all is as it seems after a tip from Kimmy. Yvette has a husband named Jacques.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 22, 1994 
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Tom Amundsen

Guest Cast: 
Claire: Andrea Abbate
Gia: Marla Sokoloff
Viper: David Lipper
Yvette: Susan Vinciotti
Jacques: Frank Bruynbroek

 177 * Stephanie's Wild Ride

Michelle gets stuck on a video game and asks Jesse for help. But, instead of helping her to the next level, he can't stop playing. Stephanie and Gia are at the mall having ice cream when they notice two cute guys. They get the guys to come over to their table. Not wanting to appear too young, Gia tell the guys that they are the same age as them. They hit it off and Jason and Barry go get their car to drive them home. At home, Jesse still refuse to give the video game back to Michelle. Nicky and Alex cheer him on from the sofa. Joey enters and assists Jesse, then Becky and Danny enters, and soon all the adults are begging to play. Stephanie, Gia and the guys are in the car, taking a shortcut. They start speeding up to make the ride shorter. They drive in the left lane while a truck comes up. Jason pretends the steering wheel is locked, causing the girls to scream. Once Stephanie gets home, she tells D.J about her adventure, but D.J isn't happy. Stephanie asks if anyone noticed she's late, but no. D.J interrupt the gamers to eat dinner. Gia comes by to tell Stephanie that Jason's outside with his car. She asks Danny if she can go, and he agree. But D.J's not about to let history repeat itself. Stephanie, feeling the wrath of her sister, has no choice but to stay home. Still into the game, the guys fight over the controller until Becky grabs it. Michelle then pulls the game out, ending the madness, and she can finally play. Later, Stephanie is studying in her room as D.J enters. As both go at each other's throats, Danny interrupts to tell them that Gia was in a car accident. Stephanie apologizes to D.J, who admit that as you get older you learn to listen to your concience.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: November 29, 1994 
Directed by: John Tracy 
Written by: Adam I. Lapidus

Guest Cast: 
Gia: Marla Sokoloff
Jason: Scott Whyte
Barry: James Alan

 178 * Under The Influence

Friends do not let friends drive drunk. D.J shows how true this is when Kimmy gets drunk at a fraternity party and demands that D.J let her drive home, but D.J refuses to let her best friend get behind the wheel before taking up the task of driving them home herself. Kimmy spends the night in D.J's bedroom, but accuses D.J of ruining her night. However, that does not stop them from explaining each other's side of what happened, and it turns out, D.J knows exactly what happened, and thus led her to snatch the keys out of Kimmy's hand and drive them home herself. Luckily, Kimmy's attitude changes and she apologizes to her friend after D.J explains that it was a drunk driver who caused the car accident in which her mother, Pam, passed away, and D.J says that she was not about to lose Kimmy the same way. Meanwhile, Nicky and Alex are bugging Michelle so much that she ends up getting mad and snapping at them, causing them not to like her anymore. The reason why the boys can't forgive Michelle is that Nicky and Alex do not know the definition of the word 'forgive'. So, Jesse and Joey attempt to teach them what it means, but it gets wild. Luckily, Becky steps in to interrupt the lesson before things get out of hand. Finally, Michelle tells Nicky and Alex that forgiveness means that they know she is sorry for what she did and that they will give her another chance because they love each other. Realizing that Michelle is right, Nicky and Alex then tell her they forgive her, and they hug. In an attempt to make savory and sweet go together, Joey makes 'Flounder Tarts', with fish inside instead of sweet filling. Unfortunately, he gets an instant disapproval.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: December 6, 1994 
Directed by: John Tracy 
Written by: Adam I. Lapidus

Guest Cast: 
Frat President: Jeff Juday
Party Nerd: Darin Bennett
Party Guest: Olivia Mandel

 179 * Arrest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Jesse has been complaining all day about people having no Christmas spirit, as the others buy or make gifts for everyone. Michelle buys a plastic party tie with a cup holder on it as a Christmas gift for Danny, and Becky gets the same thing for Joey. Also, Jesse think he's bought mistletoe, which turns out to be parsley. When Michelle overhears Danny insulting the plastic tie, she decides to burn it in the fireplace. Though Jesse immi- deately stops her. She then decides to exchange it for a different gift for Danny. She and Jesse then go to the novelty store she got the tie, but the grouchy owner, Mr. Dreghorn, refuses to exchange the gift. When Jesse tries to do it himself, Mr. Dreghorn traps them in the store and hits the silent alarm to alert the police, thinking Jesse and Michelle are thieves. They then get to the root of Mr. Dreghorn's anger. He hasn't seen his daughter and her family in years as they moved to Oregon, and he had to stay behind to run the store. They invite Mr. Dreghorn to the house for Christmas dinner, and he accepts. Jesse admits to Michelle that even though he complained about people not having any Christmas spirit, he was the one who didn't have any, but feels like it's coming back. Meanwhile, Nicky and Alex are very afraid of Santa because they saw D.J and Stephanie struggling to help Joey put his Santa suit on, thinking he was hurting them. It turns out Joey got the wrong suit, so he has to settle with an Easter Bunny suit, with a Santa hat on top. Once home, Jesse offers Mr. Dreghorn the phone to call his daughter, which brings a happy reconciliation. In return, Mr. Dreghorn, has presents for the whole family. Michelle gives Danny a different gift.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: December 13, 1994 
Directed by: John Tracy 
Written by: Carolyn Omine

Guest Cast: 
Special Appearance
Mr. Dreghorn: Mickey Rooney

 180 * D.J's Choice

D.J learns, as far as she is concerned, that the only thing that is worse than having no boyfriend at all, is having two. Especially when she is forced to choose between them. Viper drops by and tells D.J that he needs more space and therefore ends their relationship, leaving a stunned and very devestated D.J behind. Nelson, who happens to be at the Tanner house at the time, tries his best to console her and now eyes a chance to win her back. D.J finds immediate comfort with her former beu, as their common experiences with heartbreak help them reconnect romantically. But when Viper returns, after having re-evaluated his decision and begging her to take him back, D.J finds herself in a highly difficult situation. Suddenly now, both Nelson and Viper, in their different individual ways, are vying for D.J's attention in the hope to win her back, leaving D.J with a hugh problem - who to choose, if any of them? Meanwhile, while going to a local community playground the family discovers that the playground has been the victim of vandalizme and is completely trashed. After realizing the city has 65 other playgrounds in the same condition, the Tanner clan takes it upon themselves to team up with friends and neighbors in order to clean up, repair the damages and rebuild the playground again. In the course of this Joey get in a syicky situation when he destroys Jesse's hammer which has been in the family for generations. The episode concludes in the now-clean playground, with the twins learning how to pump their legs on the swings, while everyone else watching and encouraging them.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 3, 1995 
Directed by: John Tracy 
Written by: Mark Fink

Guest Cast: 
Viper: David Lipper
Nelson: Jason Marsden
Kid at playground: Francesco Valli

 181 * The Producer

Danny is initially delighted when Michelle takes interest in writing about him for a school assignment named 'Take your daughter to work', especially since he's confident that his boss, Mr. Strowbridge, will be giving him a promotion. After a recent episode of Wake Up, San Francisco, Mr. Strowbridge promotes Becky, making her the new producer of the show, yet still remaining as Danny's co-host. This shocks Danny since he's been working at the station longer than Becky. Danny wishes Mr. Strowbridge hadn't done that in front of Michelle as he wants her to be proud of him. While he is happy for Becky, Danny makes an impulsive decision to quit the show. When Danny is quickly replaced by the loud and obnoxious Phil Blankman, his bottled-up resentment toward Becky leads to a sudden blow-up at the restaurant where they are having a celebration dinner. However, Danny and Becky work things out, and Danny confesses that it stung when Becky got promoted over him, but he knows she will do a great job, and Becky thanks him. Danny then admits that he went a little nuts because he got passed over in front of Michelle. Michelle reads Danny her report on him, which makes him feel good because it says that she is proud of him anyway. Because of her good deed, Danny decide to return to Wake Up, San Francisco. Meanwhile, D.J and Stephanie have a bet with each other in order to see who can go without sweets the longest, with the stakes being that the loser has to do the winner's chores for an entire week. It turns out to be a tie between the girls. Also, Joey is depressed because his favorite snack food cookies, Vanilla Weasels, have been discontinued.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 10, 1995 
Directed by: James O'Keefe
Written by: Diana Darby

Guest Cast: 
Mr. Strowbridge: Richard Paul
Phil Blankman: Bruce Gold
Waiter: Wesley Mann

 182 * Super Bowl Fun Day

Joey and Jesse have previously promised to take Michelle and her sience club friends to the science museum on a Sunday, without relizing it's on Super Bowl Sunday and the same day as the Super Bowl XXIX. Joey, who has just come home from a two-week comedy tour and is excited to be back in time to catch the Super Bowl game, would rather have Jesse take the kids by himself. Though, Joey comes up with a way to get him and Jesse out with the kids, with the promise that the kids will have fun and learn science and he and Jesse can watch the Super Bowl. They all end up going to Weeb's Sports Grill, a local sports bar, where they encounter a buch of tough guys. The kids would rather watch the science channel, so when the television gets broken after a mishap, the guys are then forced to bring all the mad football fans at the sports bar to their house to watch the game. Meanwhile, Danny and Becky are on special assignment by Wake Up San Fransisco, hosting the Super Bowl pre-game show in Miami. However, not without a lot of challenges. Also, D.J has a college interview with Norma Bedrosian, from the scholarship foundation, as the scholarship could help pay D.J's way through college. It turns out that Norma is an avid football fan who is more interested in watching the Super Bowl, and after an endless strings of iterruptions, D.J receives the scholarship and they both give into game. In addition, Stephanie babysits Nicky and Alex and helps them make a collage of all the animals they have seen at the zoo. Later, Michelle helps Joey realize that he was selfish to break the promise that he and Jesse had made to her and her friends.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 25, 1995 
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Written by: Jamie Tatham & Chuck Tatham

Guest Cast: 
Mrs. Bedrosian: Kathy Kinney
Aaron: Miko Hughes
Teddy: Tahj Mowry
Derek: Blake McIver Ewing
Weeb: Andre Rosey Brown
Sy: Greg Collins

 183 * My Left And Right Foot

When Michelle goes to get new shoes at the mall with her sisters, she is pleased to hear she has healthy feet. However, she grows worried, to the point of having an extreme nightmare, after being teased by D.J, Kimmy and Stephanie when they tell her that her feet will grow at an alarming rate. In her nightmare, she dreams that she has to go to clown school and that her feet won't stop growing. As the nightmare ends, she finds that her feet are giant again and starts screaming. Stephanie wakes her up and Michelle insists that her feet are still giant, but in reality they aren't. She assures her sister that she's fine, but Michelle insists she's 'a big foot freak'. Later, Michelle decide to use shrink-wrap and a bucket of ice water in an effort to shrink her feet, per Lisa'a advice. D.J and Stephanie are the first to see this and quickly call on Danny and Joey. After admitting to giving Michelle a hard time at the shoe store, Danny explains to the girls that teasing is not only hurtful, but can blow things out of proportion for a little kid. The girls apologize to Michelle. Danny tells them how he was called 'freckle-shins' as a kid, and Joey that he was called 'tow-head', thinking his head was shaped like a toe. To which Danny explains that 'tow-head' is an expression describing kids with blond hair. Meanwhile, Becky join Danny, Jesse and Joey to sing Nicky and Alex asleep. This was a ritual formed by the guys for Michelle, and now they are doing it for the twins. However, Becky cannot sing, so Jesse takes it upon himself to coach her without her knowing. Becky is shocked when Jesse comes out with the truth, though he learns something when the twins ask her to sing to them.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: January 31, 1995 
Directed by: Tom Rickard
Written by: Ellen Guylas

Guest Cast: 
Lisa: Kathryn Zaremba
Salesman: Brian Kale

 184 * Air Jesse

Danny, Jesse, and Joey are asked to participate as the blue team in a celebrity basketball game for a charity, appropriately called 'Baskets for Bayview'. D.J is going to be their head coach, while Kimmy is going to be coaching their opponents, the yellow team. The first team to score 12 baskets/points is the winner. Danny and Joey quickly agree to take part in the game, though Jesse is somewhat reluctant at first. The problem is, he clearly does not have any sort of basketball skills what so ever. NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the celebrity referee for the game, and Jesse is lucky to get a few pointers from him when they meet on the basketball court during a round of practice previous to the game. After gaining some confidence, Jesse sets out to prove to Nicky and Alex that he's not 'a total loser'. However, because of a trip to the restroom, Nicky and Alex are not able to watch when Jesse puts in the game-winning shot from his designated sweet spot. Jesse attempts to score again after the game to show Nicky and Alex but surprisingly finds himself unable to score from his sweet spot again. Also, Becky, who does not have the heart to be honest about an awful-looking blouse that Stephanie made for her during sewing class at school, opts instead to wear it to the game. When a photographer attempts to take a photo of Becky at the game, she asks to put on a jacket first, which is overheard by Stephanie who is sad and believes Becky hates the blouse. Becky admits that the blouse isn't her style but thinks Stephanie did a great job on it as the two hug it out and the photographer takes their photo.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 7, 1995 
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Written by: Laurie Parres

Guest Cast: 
Special guest-star: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Special appearance: Buddy The Wonder Dog as Comet
Special appearance: Adam Abdul-Jabbar
Photographer: Bridgette Cameron

 185 * Dateless In San Francisco

Danny is busy preparing for his very first Valentine's Day together with Gia Mahan's mother Claire, who he's been dating for some time now. This makes Becky even more excited about what Jesse will have set up for this year's Valentine's for the two of them. However, she is disappointed to find out that he appears to be losing interest in being the King of Romance he once was back in the day. Becky is therefore led to believe that Jesse has lost his romantic spark, that they are all woed out, and sadly will not have the amazing fourth wedding anniversary she is expecting. That is until Jesse shockingly surprises her with a hot air balloon ride with a lovely picnic basket over the bay. Meanwhile, Michelle's class has earned a special Valentine's Day party for selling more candy bars than any other class in school. With the Valentine's Day party rapidly approaching for the kids' class, tough Lisa has the brilliant idea of pairing all the girls up with the boys as dates for the night, and Michelle and Teddy happen to get matched together, as well as Derek and Lisa and Aaron and Sofia. However, Michelle and Teddy soon discover that their friendship fizzles when they try to be boyfriend and girlfriend, and eventually decide that their relationship should go back to the way it was before, as just friends. Also, Joey is having some relationship woes of his own. He has recently received a gift from a secret admirer. Not being sure who it's from, he is afraid that it might be from Mrs. Carruthers, who has always had a thing for him. However, the secret admirer turns out to be another teacher, Ms. Ullman, which pleasantly surprises him.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 14, 1995 
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Greg Fields

Guest Cast: 
Aaron: Miko Hughes
Derek: Blake McIver Ewing
Mrs: Carruthers: Marcia Wallace
Teddy: Tahj Mowry
Lisa: Kathryn Zaremba
Ms. Ullman: Maureen McVerry
Kenneth: Robert Gorman
Delivery Man: Tim Neil
Sophia: Fiona Landers

 186 * We Got The Beat

Jesse is glad to hear that Stephanie and her friends, Gia and Melissa, as well as Kimmy, have formed a band. They call themselves Girl Talk, with Kimmy on keyboards, Stephanie on guitar, Gia on bass, and Melissa on drums. They plan to compete in the Wake Up, San Francisco Young Talent Search at The Smash Club. Jesse agrees to be their manager as they prepare for the talent show. To the band, though, looking good seems to be more important than sounding good. He reminds them that if they want to be a band, and win, they have to rehearse over and over. When they think that he is too strict, they decide to fire him, which means the girls have to do it all on their own. For an economics project at school, D.J invests fictional money, and her success impresses Danny and Joey so much that they start investing real money. In the talent contest, Stephanie feels absolutely humiliated when she and her band mess up during their performance, because they failed to rehearse enough. Michelle's friends Derek Boyd and Lisa Leeper, who sings a duet, win the contest. In the Smash Club's office Stephanie admits to Jesse that he was right when he suggested that she and the band should practice in order to improve their sound before performing. She adds that he was right to be hard on her in order to motivate her, and he agrees. He even gives her an example of how he and his friends focused more on their looks rather than their sounds. He is relieved to know that the humiliation has not turned her off to music, and is more than happy to help her on her talents - not as her manager, but as her uncle. They hug and then leave the office.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 21, 1995 
Directed by: John Tracy 
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler

Guest Cast: 
Gia: Marla Sokoloff
Derek: Blake McIver Ewing
Lisa: Kathryn Zaremba
Melissa: Melissa Clayton

 187 * Taking The Plunge

D.J and Kimmy will be graduating from high school in a few months, and with college around the corner they both receive the news that Stanford University has rejected their applications. D.J feels down in the dumps because Stanford was the college that she had always wanted to go to. For Kimmy, Stanford was her last hope of not having to go to a college outside of California. Kimmy starts questioning her future, combined with the fear that she and D.J won't be friends anymore if they don't go to the same college with each other. Not really knowing what to do, Kimmy decides to marry her plumber boyfriend Duane in Reno, Nevada. D.J thinks that Kimmy getting married at this time would be a mistake, so, hoping to stop Kimmy from getting married, D.J and Nelson head to Reno. She leaves a note for Danny, explaining her whereabouts, but a misunderstanding leads a frantic Danny to believe that D.J and Nelson are the ones who are getting married. Danny and Jesse hurry to stop the supposed wedding, only to learn the truth, and D.J tells Kimmy that no matter what, even if they do not go to the same college, they will still be best friends forever. Kimmy and Duane decide to not get married. Meanwhile, Joey reads a book on what to do when one meets the Queen of England. Turns out that Joey, along with Nelson's cousin Regina from England, gets a chance to meet Queen Elizabeth at a reception. Though when Joey actually meets her, he does everything the wrong way, making a fool of himself. And while trying to get a picture for Michelle, Joey is mistaken for someone else and gets tackled by security guards.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: February 28, 1995 
Directed by: John Tracy 
Written by: Tom Amundsen

Guest Cast: 
Nelson: Jason Marsden
Duane: Scott Menville
Minister: Jim Hudson
Regina: Bren McKinley
Queen Elizabeth From Ron Smith's Celebrity Look-alikes

 188 * Up On The Roof

D.J wants to pull an elaborate senior prank on Principal Robolard so she can leave behind a lasting legacy, and she would like to outdo the legendary prank that Jesse pulled on Principal Robolard back when he was in high school. He used a fishing pole and chewing gum to grab the toupee off of Robolard's head while Robolard drove his classic red 1957 Chevrolet convertible under a freeway overpass, then Jesse ran the toupee up the school's flagpole. In order to pull a more elaborate prank on Robolard, D.J gets Kimmy's boyfriend Duane to use a crane to lift Robolard's 1957 Chevy convertible on the roof of the school. The trick is on the verge of backfiring when an incoming thunderstorm becomes a threat to destroy the car's interior. Luckily, Jesse, D.J and Kimmy are able to get to the car just in time to close the top and cover the upholstery. A security guard takes them to Robolard's office, where D.J tells him the reason why she did what she did, that she wanted to show everyone that she had guts and wanted to leave behind a legacy. Robolard then lets D.J in on a little secret - he actually likes seeing who can pull the best senior prank on him every year. D.J is surprised at his confession. Then, after Jesse asks why Robolard was going to send him to jail when he thought he was the culprit, Robolard reveals that he never liked Jesse, and confesses it's because Jesse has the hair that Robolard had always wanted. Meanwhile, Becky offers to teach Michelle how to cook, but the guys doubt Becky's cooking ability. Luckily, Becky and Michelle end up doing a halfway decent job when they cook dinner, and everyone, including Comet, likes it.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: March 14, 1995 
Directed by: John Tracy 
Written by: David Valliere

Guest Cast: 
Duane: Scott Menville
Principal Robolard: Oliver Clark
Security Guard: David Stenstrom

 189 * Leap Of Faith

On Wake Up, San Francisco, Danny and Becky have a special guest named Edna, an elderly, feisty woman who, despite her age, still goes bungee-jumping. Edna invites Danny and Becky to jump with her. While Danny declines, Becky accepts Edna's offer, as she is inspired to spice up her own life with this thrilling new experience. However, although Jesse ironically has always been a bit of a risk-taker himself, he hits the roof when Becky decides to accept Edna's invitation and get the crew of Wake Up, San Francisco to videotape the jump. Jesse does his best to talk her out of it, but his efforts only result in friction between them. Finally, after a talk with Joey about it, Jesse decides that Becky is right, and he and Becky then end up doing the jump together. Meanwhile, Joey accidentally wins two tickets to a Counting Crows concert, so he decides to give the tickets to D.J. and Stephanie. However, Michelle feels like she is always being left out while her sisters get to do cool things. To decide who is and isn't going, Joey presents three licorice sticks, one of them half-eaten, and whoever gets that won't go. Stephanie gets that, meaning Michelle gets D.J roped into taking her to the concert when D.J. would much rather take Stephanie. D.J and Stephanie set out to trick Michelle into giving the ticket back to Stephanie, telling her she is sick and has Schmendrick's disease. Michelle does give the ticket back to Stephanie, but not without learning why she wanted to go to the concert in the first place. D.J and Stephanie have their guilty consciences kicking in, and promise to include Michelle with them more often whenever they do something cool.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: March 21, 1995 
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Chuck Tatham & Jamie Tatham

Guest Cast: 
Edna: Amzie Strickland
Stage Manager: Jim Warren

 190 * All Stood Up

Stephanie makes a date to go to a school dance with her classmate Ryan, but is heartbroken when Ryan stands her up on the night of the dance. Seeing Stephanie in such pain is more than Danny can handle, so he has a talk with Ryan regarding his behavior. Ryan stuns Stephanie by apologizing and asking if they can start fresh, making an offer of pizza at the mall. Stephanie learns that Danny had a talk with Ryan, thinking that the only reason Ryan asked her out is because Danny threatened him. She decides to stand Ryan up. Later, Ryan comes over and Stephanie explains herself to Ryan. Ryan explains that Danny did not threaten him and just made him realize his errors. Stephanie apologizes for standing Ryan up at the mall, and the two agree to start over with each other. Meanwhile, a doctor from an insurance company tells Jesse that his blood pressure needs to be lowered, so Jesse tries to relax in the backyard. However, it is not long before the peace is disturbed by Kimmy Gibbler practicing playing the bagpipe. One sound leads to another, and there is soon a war of loud music taking place in the backyard, with Jesse also being terrorized by an ostrich that Kimmy is taking care of. Also, Michelle tries to find a game that will give her a chance to beat D.J at something for once. She tries with a hula-hooping competition, with D.J having her choose between doing it on the neck, waist, or feet; loser feeds Comet for two weeks. D.J shows what a master she is at the hula-hoop, and Michelle stands with her mouth open wide. However, Michelle finally succeeds by beating D.J at a limbo competition, and D.J. remarks that she taught her well.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: April 4, 1995 
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler

Guest Cast: 
Gia: Marla Sokoloff
Ryan: Andrew Keegan
Medical Technician: Lisa Dinkins
Track Member: Jamie Zwick
Hallway Friend: Hillary Zwick

 191 * Michelle Rides Again (1)

Michelle has been taking horseback riding lessons. Stephanie is set to play Juliet in the school production of Romeo and Juliet. Andrew Berkeley will be playing Romeo. She has been wanting to share a kiss with him, though he always seems reluctant. Michelle convinces her that it's because she has dry lips. Meanwhile, Jesse and Joey have an audition to see if they can get their own late-night TV show, and Kimmy is still trying to help D.J find a date for the senior prom. At the stables, Michelle meets a girl named Elizabeth, whose mother, Morgan, is a rich snob who insults Danny. Michelle let him know that there's a jumping competition next week, and she asks his permission to compete in it. When Morgan tells him that Michelle couldn't possibly win because Elizabeth wins every year, Danny gives Michelle permission to enter. At home, Danny and Michelle have bought all the equipment she needs and Michelle shows off her outfit. Andrew comes over to rehearse with Stephanie while Michelle is watching. She slips up that Stephanie likes Andrew but is afraid to kiss him because of her dry lips. Stephanie threatens to hurt her sister, causing Andrew to leave. Stephanie vows to never forgive Michelle over this. Later, at the stables, Michelle and Elizabeth feel much pressure to win the contest that they no longer want to compete. The girls decide to skip it and ride their horses on a nearby trail instead, just for fun. Michelle and Elizabeth ride into a clearing, where there's a log and Elizabeth jumps her horse over it quite easily. When it's Michelle's turn, her horse is spooked and throws her off. The fall knocks her out cold and leaves her unconscious.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: May 23, 1995 
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler

Guest Cast: 
Morgan: Shannon Cochran
Elizabeth: Ebick Pizzadili
Andrew: Will Estes
Cowpoke: Bill Manard
Riding Instructor: Allison Kristman

 192 * Michelle Rides Again (2)

Michelle gets amnesia after suffering a severe concussion after the fall off her horse and is unable remember who she is or who anyone in her family are. Everyone tries different things to get Michelle to remember who she is, but nothing seems to work. Stephanie's Shakespeare play partner, Andrew, finally kisses her after finding out that she has a crush on him. Kimmy has arranged for her boyfriend's cousin to be D.J's senior prom date. Jesse and Joey prepare for their Tv audition, while realizing their lives are already too busy as it is. Towards the end, Michelle regains her memory and everyone is overjoyed to find this out. Michelle has no memory of the accident and asks why everyone is so happy. D.J explains that she hit her head after falling off her horse and Becky says that Michelle could not remember anything about who she was or anyone else. Michelle tells everyone that she could never forget them because they are her family, which Danny is happy to hear. Kimmy arrives, dressed for prom, complete with a batteri purse for her dress, gives D.J the news that her date could not make it. D.J is disappointed that she will miss the prom, but Kimmy tells her that she found another date for her and Steve walks in the door. D.J is overjoyed to see him and they hug and tell each other how much they have missed each other and share a kiss. The family greets Steve and Michelle asks Jesse how out of it she was. Jesse tells her that she was pretty out of it and that it was like a part of her was missing so then a part of all of them was, but that they got through it. Danny picks up Michelle and says 'Just like we always will' as the episode ends.

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 Episode Information: 

First shown: May 23, 1995 
Directed by: Joel Zwick 
Written by: Marc Warren & Dennis Rinsler

Guest Cast: 
Steve: Scott Weinger
Duane: Scott Menville
Andrew: Will Estes
Doctor: Tyrees Allen