7.6/10114 votesLoading...#1 - Forever Young
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1996
A flirtatious girl disproves J.T.'s claim that a guy "would never trash a friendship over some stupid chick."
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
7.6/10125 votesLoading...#2 - Movin' On Up
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 6/26/1998
Everybody is excited about the prospect of moving into a brand-new house--except Lilly.
Director: Steve Witting
Writer: Meredith Siler
7.5/10112 votesLoading...#3 - We're in the Money
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 6/19/1998
Cody returns and gives Frank and Carol $50,000, which causes nothing but trouble as they decide how to spend it.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
7.4/10115 votesLoading...#4 - Christmas Story
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1993
After Carol presents an idea of exchanging fewer gifts, Frank announces he gets a 20% discount at Hartman's Toy Store because of his remodeling work there. Both believe one has picked up Brendan's train set and therefore, neither does. When they realize this on Christmas eve, they use Frank's key to get into the toy store and are leaving money in the register when Deputy Barney Feif notices them. They are taken to jail where they are detained. After the kids open all their presents without knowing where their parents were, Cody points out that Christmas should be about joy and loved ones. The kids realize their mistake, get concerned, and find out their parents are in jail. They bring food and caroling to the jail. Deputy Feif lets them out and they all go back home to celebrate Christmas, even Barney.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: N/A
7.4/1082 votesLoading...#5 - Can't Buy Me Love
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1994
J.T. and Cody are out riding around in J.T. boss's car.When J.T. meets a pretty girl,at a cafe.She thinks he's rich and so J.T. lies and says he is, to impress her.He then finds some money on the street and decides to keep it.Not knowing it actually belongs to Shelly's Dad who owns the cafe she works at.Cody finally makes J.T. tell her the truth and J.T. fines out about the money and returns it and apologizes for lieing.They decide to try and start over.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: N/A
7.4/1075 votesLoading...#6 - One Truck, Al Dente
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1995
Al is learning to drive, but she gets into a predicament when JT lets her drive while Frank and Carol are away at the doctors. Meanwhile, Dana has her wisdom teeth removed, but the drugs get to her head.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rich Correll
7.4/1078 votesLoading...#7 - Snow Bunnies
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1996
Al feels compelled to check up on Matt when she learns he'll be on a ski trip with Stephanie "Love Boat" Leifer.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: Bob Rosenfarb
7.3/10122 votesLoading...#8 - Just for Kicks
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1991
Dana sneaks out to hear her favorite singer at a bikers bar.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1072 votesLoading...#9 - Nightmare Weekend
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1994
Frank and Carol decide to celebrate the anniversary of thier first encounter (on June 20, 1993),by taking a weekend trip,thus leaving the kids alone.Carol and Frank get stuck at the hotel where Frank once spent a weekend with a red-headed ex-girlfriend of his.Ofcourse Carol gets mad several times before they finally make up and head home. Mark laughs at the horror film (Chainsaw Slumberparty II) J.T.,Al and Brendan are watching.They decide to take revenge by making Mark think the house is haunted.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: N/A
7.3/1083 votesLoading...#10 - Something Wild
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1994
Cody makes the world's largest Jack-o-Lantern and Mark discovers an alien life.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
7.3/1077 votesLoading...#11 - Roadie
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1995
Cody's a roadie---"the coolest job in the world"---for singer Christi Rose, who asks him to become her bodyguard.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: N/A
7.2/1070 votesLoading...#12 - Maid to Order
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1995
J.T. hires an aspiring model to be the family's maid; and Carol gets overly involved in Karen's cheerleading tryouts.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: N/A
7.2/1067 votesLoading...#13 - Pain in the Class
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/1998
Frank and Carol attend their 25th high-school reunion, along with Frank's old rival; Rich and JT charge pals to watch a bikini contest on TV.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: Adam Markowitz
7.2/1094 votesLoading...#14 - The Understudy
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 6/12/1998
Al, angry about being an understudy at a local play, refuses to learn her lines--something she regrets when the leading lady gets sick opening night.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1083 votesLoading...#15 - I'll Be Home For Christmas
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1994
It's christmas time at the Lambert/Foster's and J.T. decides he's to old to spend Christmas with the family and he wants to go skiing with his buddies.Frank doesn't want him to, but doesn't object.J.T. realizes the minute they arrive at the cabin that he made a mistake and would rather go home.He calls Cody and confesses, but refuses to call Frank.Cody talks Frank into going to see J.T. and he admits he would rather be home with the family and Frank says he wants him home too.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
7.1/1071 votesLoading...#16 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1997
Dana feels compelled to compete with an old female buddy of Rich's; Frank's troublesome cousin Bert reappears.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: N/A
7.1/1072 votesLoading...#17 - And Justice for Some
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 6/5/1998
A truck giveaway causes friction between Frank and JT; a women's safety seminar is a big hit thanks to a hunky cop.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: N/A
7.0/1078 votesLoading...#18 - Indecent Proposal
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/31/1995
JT and Dana are in the same Ethics class, and JT gets an ""A+,"" while Dana gets a lower grade. Dana goes to inquire about her grade and discovers that the only reason JT got his grade is the teacher is interested in him. Dana warns JT and tells him that his first time should be special. When JT goes over to the Professors, he abstains from any wrongdoing, and in Dana's words, ""deserves an 'A+' in Ethics. Frank buys the Meat Master 5000, but does not assemble it correctly, and it starts a fire. Cody is having trouble sleepwalking and talking like a 5-year-old, warning Carol to get to the hospital. He discovers it is related to seeing his sister be born in the back of a cab, when he was five.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: Bob Rosenfarb
7.0/1071 votesLoading...#19 - Three Girls and a Baby
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1995
With Frank and Carol out for dinner, Dana, Karen and Al are left to watch their new baby sister.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1070 votesLoading...#20 - Hello, Mister Chips
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1995
Al takes a job at a cookie store and has to work alongside the company mascot, Mr. Chips the chimpanzee.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: Bob Rosenfarb
7.0/1076 votesLoading...#21 - The Fight Before Christmas
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1995
Frank and Carol set up Al on a blind date with their friends' equally reticent son.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1069 votesLoading...#22 - Locket Man
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 5/2/1997
Rich's gift to Dana turns out out be a locket he'd given another girl years earlier; meanwhile, Frank begins to feel his age.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: N/A
7.0/1070 votesLoading...#23 - Loose Lips
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 5/23/1997
Mark's big date backfires and makes him the laughingstock of the school; Karen's collagen injections make her lips huge.
Director: Patrick Duffy
Writer: Adam Markowitz
7.0/1092 votesLoading...#24 - Goin' to the Chapel
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/1998
JT falls for an aerobics instructor; Carol has a fight with Dana, who decides to get even by eloping with Rich.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
6.9/10131 votesLoading...#25 - Frank & Son
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1991
Frank's in a lather: J.T. doesn't seem cut out for carpentry, but he bubbles as Carol's shampoo boy.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Step by Step
Every episode of Step by Step ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Step by Step!
Step by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in...
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Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Forever Young" is the best rated episode of "Step by Step". It scored 7.6/10 based on 114 votes. Directed by Joel Zwick and written by N/A, it aired on 2/16/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Movin' On Up".