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The Best Episodes of Full House

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After the death of his wife, Danny enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Full House Season 4 Episode 8 - Shape Up
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Shape Up

    S4:E8

    Teaser: Jesse and Michelle have "Fiber Bears" cereal for breakfast. Main Synopsis: It's getting close to Kimmy's 14th birthday. Of course, D.J. is among the guests invited to Kimmy's birthday party, which is scheduled to take place at a local hotel's indoor swimming pool. D.J. is afraid to let her friends see her in a swimsuit, so she secretly begins a diet that could become dangerous. The first person to notice the diet's adverse effects is Stephanie, who reluctantly promises to keep her mouth shut, but while the family is at a local gym, D.J. collapses, indicating that the diet has become dangerous. Stephanie, who is afraid D.J. may hurt herself even worse by continuing the diet, can't keep her mouth shut any longer, so she tells the guys about the diet, and Danny helps D.J. realize that her looks don't matter to her friends as much as she thinks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Full House Season 4 Episode 18 - The Wedding (1)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Wedding (1)

    S4:E18

    Teaser: Danny tells Michelle that she'll be the flower girl at the wedding. Main Synopsis: It's the day before Jesse and Becky's wedding. Stephanie and D.J. are using Danny's camcorder to tape the events leading up to the wedding, and they also intend to tape the wedding. Becky's sister Connie Anderson has arrived and brought her son Howie with her, but Michelle and Howie don't remember each other from when Connie and Howie visited 2 years ago. Minutes later, Becky's parents Kenneth and Nedra arrive. Kenneth explains that they would have arrived earlier, had a man on a motorcycle not cut them off. Jesse shows up and explains that he would have been home earlier if he had not been stuck behind a slow driver. When Kenneth and Jesse see each other's faces, Kenneth realizes that Jesse was the man on the motorcycle and Jesse realizes that Kenneth was the slow driver. From the start, it seems that Jesse and Kenneth can't get along with each other. Later, Kenneth has a talk with Jesse, and

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Full House Season 4 Episode 19 - The Wedding (2)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Wedding (2)

    S4:E19

    Teaser: A recap of part 1. Main Synopsis: A tomato filled truck driven by a tomato farmer parks under Jesse, who releases himself from the parachute, and falls safely into the bed of the truck. The farmer tells Jesse he's in a town known as ""Tomato Country"". Jesse then tries to use the farmer's truck to go to the church for the wedding, but that's when a cop shows up. By now, it's 10:25am, and Jesse is 25 minutes late for the wedding. The phone at the church rings, and it's Jesse, who tells Becky that he's in jail in Tomato Country. Becky heads to the jail and gets Jesse released. They make it back to the church, where they are pronounced husband and wife. After a party at the Tanner home, Jesse and Becky leave for their honeymoon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Full House Season 4 Episode 20 - Fuller House
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Fuller House

    S4:E20

    Teaser: Jesse and Becky have arrived home from their honeymoon. Main Synopsis: Jesse and Becky return from their honeymoon, which took place in Bora Bora, an island near Tahiti. Becky reminds Jesse that he needs to start packing if he's going to move to Becky's home. Michelle doesn't take this very well, because she doesn't want Jesse to move out, so Michelle starts packing to go with Jesse, who explains things to Michelle. Jesse's belongings are moved to Becky's house, but Jesse still has feelings of emptiness. Danny and Joey can't seem to cheer Michelle up, until Jesse arrives for a visit on the next morning. Becky sets it up to where she and Jesse will be spending the night at the Tanner house, sleeping on two cots in the attic. That night, Becky tells Jesse that she talked to Danny, who has agreed to let Jesse renovate the house's 1300 square foot attic into a family sized apartment so Jesse doesn't have to move out. As a result, a new arrangement is made -- Joey will move into J

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Full House Season 4 Episode 25 - The Graduates
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Graduates

    S4:E25

    Teaser: Joey and Michelle sing the blues. Main Synopsis: At age 33, Danny feels like he doesn't have as much youth in him as he used to, so he starts dating a 21-year-old college student named Kirsten. Meanwhile, D.J. has graduated from 8th grade, Michelle has graduated from preschool, and Stephanie feels left out because her 3rd grade year has ended without a graduation ceremony.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Full House Season 4 Episode 26 - Rock the Cradle
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Rock the Cradle

    S4:E26

    A pregnancy test indicates that Becky is pregnant. She tells everyone except for Jesse, because she can't get Jesse to listen to her because Jesse is obsessed with the fact the he and the Rippers will be going on tour for four months over the summer. When Becky finally does get Jesse to listen, Jesse is excited about the pregnancy. Meanwhile, Michelle makes up an invisible friend named Glen, because she misses her friends from preschool.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Full House Season 5 Episode 7 - The Volunteer
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Volunteer

    S5:E7

    After school is dismissed for the day, D.J. goes to the Golden Gate Nursing Home to visit 75 year old Eddie Johnson, her "adopted grandparent" in the Adopt-A-Grandparent program. At home, Stephanie and Kimmy have a disagreement -- Kimmy seems to think her dog Coco is smarter than Comet, so they agree to invite all the dogs that live in their neighborhood into the Tanner family backyard for a little dog show in order to settle this. D.J. has promised to be the judge, so at the end of her visit with Eddie, D.J. tells Eddie about the dog show. Eddie wants to see the show, so he sneaks out of the nursing home and goes with D.J. to the house. At home, D.J. notices Eddie acting strange, like he doesn't know who D.J. is.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Full House Season 5 Episode 8 - Gotta Dance
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Gotta Dance

    S5:E8

    Stephanie's dance teacher has told Stephanie that Stephanie has the potential to become a professional dancer. It would be a dream come true for Stephanie, but it means taking special classes before and after school and on weekends, an earlier bedtime, and less TV. Stephanie convinces Danny to let her have a shot at it. As a result, Stephanie no longer has enough free time to spend with friends and family, and she has a dance recital coming up, and Danny is more excited about it than Stephanie is. On the night of the recital, Danny tells Stephanie that if the director of the Bayview Dance Academy, who is in the audience, likes Stephanie's performance, Stephanie can get into Bayview's summer dance camp. Minutes later, the recital begins, and Stephanie messes it up on purpose. Stephanie then tells Danny that she wants things to go back to the way they were, when she had the time to spend with friends and family

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Full House Season 5 Episode 10 - Happy Birthday, Babies (2)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Happy Birthday, Babies (2)

    S5:E10

    Michelle's birthday party has just started when Becky announces that she's going into labor. The twins are coming, and she needs to get to the hospital, fast. When Jesse leaves to take Becky to the hospital, the others stay behind to speed up Michelle's birthday party so they can get to the hospital to be there when the twins are born. At the hospital, Jesse's "sympathy" pains turn out to be appendicitis. As Jesse undergoes an emergency appendectomy, Danny is the one who is at Becky's side for the time being. After the surgery, Jesse is placed in the maternity room that Becky is in, and even though he went through an operation, Jesse is still at Becky's side when Becky gives birth to twin boys. Nicholas "Nicky" Katsopolis is named after Jesse's father, and Alexander "Alex" Katsopolis is named after the teacher who inspired Becky to go into journalism.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Full House Season 5 Episode 22 - The Trouble with Danny
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Trouble with Danny

    S5:E22

    It's time for Spring cleaning, one of Danny's favorite times of the year, but this year, Danny is overdoing it worse than ever. Everyone except for Danny gathers in D.J.'s bedroom for a meeting about this, and some hurtful things are said about Danny. What they don't know is that Danny is in D.J.'s closet installing shelf paper, and Danny overheard the whole meeting. In order to make the family happy, Danny tries to be as sloppy as he can, but then slips up and mentions something that he heard Joey say during the meeting, and Danny is forced to admit that he was in D.J.'s closet at the time of the meeting. The family apologizes for hurting Danny, and Danny admits that he needs to find a balance between clean and dirty instead of going too far in either direction -- and so does Michelle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Full House Season 8 Episode 4 - I've Got a Secret
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - I've Got a Secret

    S8:E4

    Michelle lets Danny know she's in a secret club, but she's bounced when he spills the beans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Full House Season 8 Episode 5 - To Joey, with Love
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - To Joey, with Love

    S8:E5

    Michelle thinks it's going to be a big joke when Joey is the substitute in her class.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Full House Season 1 Episode 2 - Our Very First Night
    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Our Very First Night

    S1:E2

    Jesse is left to baby-sit Michelle and turns the chore into a rock gig replete with midnight sundaes and hair dyeing.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Jeff Franklin

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  14. Full House Season 1 Episode 6 - Daddy's Home
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Daddy's Home

    S1:E6

    Danny flies off to work minutes before Stephanie's ballet debut as a dying swan, and Joey decides to trade wings with Jesse.

    Director:Howard Storm
    Writers:Joan Brooker, Nancy Eddo

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  15. Full House Season 1 Episode 10 - Joey's Place
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Joey's Place

    S1:E10

    As Joey starts getting ready for a comedy tour, the family starts acting like he's already gone.

    Director:Don Barnhart
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Full House Season 1 Episode 15 - A Pox in Our House
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - A Pox in Our House

    S1:E15

    When chicken pox spreads through the household, Danny may have to scratch his chance to play basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Leonard Ripps

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  17. Full House Season 1 Episode 17 - Danny's Very First Date
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Danny's Very First Date

    S1:E17

    Danny's kids are less than pleased to find out he might date the hive mother of Stephanie's honeybee troop.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Jeff Franklin

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  18. Full House Season 2 Episode 9 - Our Very First Christmas Show
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Our Very First Christmas Show

    S2:E9

    While the family is on a flight to Colorado, to spend Christmas with some relatives, a blizzard forces an emergency landing at an unfamiliar airport.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Kim Weiskopf

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  19. Full House Season 4 Episode 24 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

    S4:E24

    Teaser: Jesse plays drums and the keyboard well enough, but he needs practice on the saxophone. Main Synopsis: D.J. wants to meet a boy named Ryan at a house where Kimmy will be babysitting Aaron Bailey. Danny, who wants D.J. to stay home to do her homework instead of doing her homework with Kimmy, won't let D.J. go to the house where Kimmy is babysitting Aaron. D.J. decides to go anyway, so she asks Becky to cover for her, promising Becky that she'll be back in 10 minutes, but 10 minutes becomes 30 minutes, and Becky can no longer find a way to cover for D.J. anymore. When D.J. arrives home, Becky talks to her, and D.J. admits that she took advantage of her friendship with Becky and that the reason why D.J. was gone longer than she said she would be is because she and Ryan were really starting to get along with each other. Meanwhile, Jesse and Joey put a pool table in their office. Jesse, calling himself "The Kid", thinks he can't be beat in the game of pool, until he discovers the

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Full House Season 5 Episode 1 - Double Trouble
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Double Trouble

    S5:E1

    Jesse is back home from the tour that he and the Rippers went on over the summer, and an ultrasound shows that Becky is carrying twins. While this thrills Becky, the same can't be said for Jesse, who feels afraid of what is now a double responsibility that awaits him, because he doesn't want to mess up in any way as a father. The family helps Jesse come to grips with this fear, and Jesse is happy about Becky carrying twins, and they have told Dr. Sinclair that they want to wait until birth to know what gender the babies are. Meanwhile, as the new school year starts, Stephanie is nervous about entering 4th grade, until she meets her new teacher, Mr. Lowry, whom she now has a crush on. Michelle is worried about what kindergarten will be like, until she befriends Teddy, one of her new classmates.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Full House Season 5 Episode 9 - Happy Birthday, Babies (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Happy Birthday, Babies (1)

    S5:E9

    It's Michelle's 5th birthday. Michelle is afraid she's about to lose her status as "the baby of the family", because Becky is pregnant. Michelle thinks this status is what makes her special. As a result, even though she can't stop it, Michelle doesn't want to be 5 years old. As the family convinces Michelle that she's special to them no matter what, Jesse is having what he thinks are sympathy pains.

    Director:Jeff Franklin
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Full House Season 2 Episode 2 - Tanner vs. Gibbler
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Tanner vs. Gibbler

    S2:E2

    It's Kimmy's 12th birthday, and D.J. has planned a surprise birthday party for her.

    Director:John Bowab
    Writer:Leonard Ripps

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  23. Full House Season 2 Episode 1 - Cutting It Close
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Cutting It Close

    S2:E1

    Jesse has a terrible day, which begins with Stephanie unintentionally chopping off a chunk of Jesse's hair while playing a pretend game of "hairdresser”. Stephanie blames herself for this.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Jeff Franklin

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  24. Full House Season 1 Episode 1 - Our Very First Show
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Our Very First Show

    S1:E1

    Widowed father Danny Tanner asks his friend Joey and his brother-in-law Jesse for their help in raising his three willful daughters.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writers:Jeff Franklin, Ellen Guylas

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  25. Full House Season 1 Episode 3 - The First Day of School
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - The First Day of School

    S1:E3

    Stephanie's first-day-of-school jitters have Danny, Joey and Jesse playing superdad.

    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Leonard Ripps

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Best Episodes Summary

"Shape Up" is the best rated episode of "Full House". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/9/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Wedding (1)".