Widowed father Danny Tanner asks his friend Joey and his brother-in-law Jesse for their help in raising his three willful daughters.
Jesse is left to baby-sit Michelle and turns the chore into a rock gig replete with midnight sundaes and hair dyeing.
Stephanie's first-day-of-school jitters have Danny, Joey and Jesse playing superdad.
Danny, Jesse and Joey's moms all threaten to move in if the guys don't brush up on their housekeeping.
Danny's all-male fishing trip turns into a loveboat cruise replete with a female captain and an all-girl band.
Danny flies off to work minutes before Stephanie's ballet debut as a dying swan, and Joey decides to trade wings with Jesse.
Danny's tryout as a cable boxing announcer isn't a knockout; the guys try to save the baby from being knocked out by a cold.
Jesse and Joey entertain everyone with stories of romantic dreams--one of which comes true.
Everyone teams up to prepare the Thanksgiving feast--and the results aren't worth gobbling.
As Joey starts getting ready for a comedy tour, the family starts acting like he's already gone.
Danny crashes his surprise 30th-birthday party only to discover that Jesse dunked his favorite car.
Danny and his family are chosen to make a promo to boost ratings at the TV station.
Sibling rivalry takes to the screen when Stephanie gets the part in the TV commercial for which DJ was auditioning.
Jesse uses Michelle to get a date with one of Danny's co-workers.
When chicken pox spreads through the household, Danny may have to scratch his chance to play basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters.
Joey's comic debut is jinxed when a guest in the audience takes his spot.
Danny's kids are less than pleased to find out he might date the hive mother of Stephanie's honeybee troop.
DJ wishes she were one of the guys when her cousin comes for a visit and spends most of his time with Danny.
Jesse's lack of privacy drives him out of the house for a break from the family, and he winds up missing the baby's birthday.
Jesse's guilt increases when he misinterprets a phone call from Stephanie to mean the baby's ill.
Jesse gyrates as an Elvis impersonator, Joey discovers an old savings bond and starts spending money right and left.
When DJ ditches school to get a rock singer's autograph, she doesn't count on Joey showing up where all the action is.
Teaser: Danny, Joey, Jesse, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle play Ring around the Rosie, but Michelle doesn't understand it. Main Synopsis: While Stepha...
It's Kimmy's 12th birthday, and D.J. has planned a surprise birthday party for Kimmy. When Stephanie slips up and mentions the party to Kimmy, Kimmy d...
Teaser: Preparing for a Halloween party, the guys are dressed as the Three Stooges -- Jesse as Moe, Joey as Curly, and Danny as Larry. Main Synopsis:...
Teaser: Michelle wakes Joey up just to tell him he's asleep. Main Synopsis: "Wake Up, San Francisco" is broadcasting an episode from a horse stable, w...
Teaser: D.J. shows Michelle how to blow bubbles with gum. Main Synopsis: When Joey gives Jesse the inspiration Jesse needs to write an advertising jin...
Teaser: Stephanie reads a fairy tale to Michelle. Main Synopsis: In a radio contest, D.J. wins a ""dream night for 2"" with the Beach Boys. Problem is...
Teaser: Jesse is weight training with Michelle "Superbaby" Tanner. Main Synopsis: While Danny and Jesse are out, Joey is left in charge of the girls....
Teaser: Stephanie, Michelle, Danny, and the "Bicycle bus". Main Synopsis: Danny has a new girlfriend named Denise, and he invites Denise and her two ...
The family is on a flight to Colorado to spend Christmas with some relatives, and this is a trip that Danny has spent months planning -- but on the wa...
Stephanie knows it's not easy being the middle child. The way things are going, Stephanie thinks that D.J. and Michelle are getting all of the attenti...
D.J. has her first boyfriend, Michael Montfort, but D.J. is crushed when Michael leaves her for Kathy Santoni, because Michael believes Kathy is prett...
Jesse and Joey have been up all night working on their latest jingle, which is for "Casa De Pancakes". When D.J. and Kimmy unknowingly erase the jingl...
Jesse and Joey's latest jingle is such a success that they are offered a fixed job composing jingles for Mr. Malatesta. D.J. and Stephanie fear that i...
It's Valentine's Day, and Danny has bought D.J. the royal blue sweater that D.J. wanted. D.J. puts on the sweater with a shirt under it, and goes to s...
A little over a year and a half ago, when Jesse and Joey moved into the house, Jesse and Joey didn't exactly get along with each other very well at th...
Becky's sister Connie Anderson has arrived for a visit, and she has brought her son Howie, who is Michelle's age, with her. Michelle and Howie become ...
D.J. has good grades throughout her report card, except for in Spanish class, where she was given a D. D.J. asks Danny to talk to Spanish teacher Lind...
It's time for the annual spring-cleaning, and this has become one of Danny's favorite times of the year. During the Spring cleaning, Jesse learns what...
In college, Joey had a girlfriend named Patty Fogerty, who ended up leaving Joey for a guy named Michael Winchester. This left Joey devastated, becaus...
It's Jesse's 26th birthday, and it seems that everyone's trying to pull him in every direction at the same time. He's scheduled to coach D.J. and Kimm...
The family travels to Lake Tahoe, where the girls get lucky gambling and Jesse forces Rebecca's hand in their game of hearts.
Jesse and Rebecca propose to say "I do" to each other, unless Danny gets them to eschew the whole idea.
Danny takes the Tanners to Hawaii in honor of their two year anniversary since becoming a family. While there, Danny becomes his usual controlling sel...
The new school year is starting, and Stephanie, who is entering 2nd grade, is the only Tanner left in her school, and she expects a bad day at school,...
Sometimes, Jesse thinks it's not fun to do what Becky wants to do, and Becky sometimes thinks it's not fun to do what Jesse wants to do. This leads to...
Jesse tells Stephanie that she must apologize for going along with her classmates in teasing Walter, a kid who wears eyeglasses, but the apology makes...
Danny's mother Claire has arrived for a visit. Claire has retired from her job, and Danny wants to make Claire feel that she is still a needed person,...
The family watches a videotape from when Danny and Joey were in college, and on the tape, Joey gave himself a deadline of 10 years to be a successful ...
Joey and Michelle are outside having a little rest in the backyard when a golden retriever shows up and steals Joey's snack. The girls want to keep th...
Sharing a bedroom with Stephanie is driving D.J. crazy, and they end up arguing about when who is allowed in the room and when who's not. In an effort...
Teaser: Danny and the girls name their new puppy "Comet", which is the name that D.J. suggested. Main Synopsis: Jesse is reunited with Pete Biaco, a ...
It's Michelle's 3rd birthday, and the guys have decided to throw a "circus" birthday party for Michelle, complete with clowns and other things seen in...
An earthquake has left its emotional marks on Stephanie, and now the only thing she wants to do is cling to Danny. Jesse and Joey suggest taking Steph...
Joey has fallen for Stacy, one of Jesse's background singers. Stacy, who feels the same way about Joey, notices how bossy Jesse is to Joey while they'...
Becky invites Jesse to accompany her to a well-cultured soiree, but Jesse declines, because he feels that he wouldn't fit in. As soon as Jesse discove...
D.J. wants her own phone number because having only one phone number in a house with 5 other people is driving her crazy. D.J. is willing to pay for t...
For what seems like the millionth time, Danny has broken a date, and this time it's because her earlobes were not the right size. D.J. and Stephanie s...
It's Michelle's first day of preschool, a day that she has highly anticipated, but at preschool, Michelle accidentally lets the class's pet bird fly o...
It's D.J.'s 13th birthday. A lot of friends are coming to D.J.'s birthday party, including Kevin, a boy D.J. has a crush on. While the party's music i...
Teaser: Michelle and Danny record the welcome message on the new answering machine. Main Synopsis: Joey gets a chance to be "Mr. Egghead" on a TV sci...
Danny, Jesse, and Joey feel that the girls are taking them for granted. No matter what the guys do, they never receive a "thank you" from the girls, s...
Jesse wants to have a romantic night with Becky, who tells Jesse that she can't because she is scheduled for a business dinner with Beau McIntyre, a f...
D.J. and Kimmy organize the "Spring Backwards Dance" at school. For this dance, the girls must ask the boys to the dance. D.J. is too nervous to ask K...
The family is babysitting the Kagans' new baby, Tony, for a night. Tony bonds with Jesse, who lets Tony sleep in Michelle's old crib, lets Tony play w...
It's the night of a reunion for Joey and Danny -- the reunion of Chi Sigma Sigma (CSS), the college fraternity they were in 10 years ago. Joey and Dan...
Jesse's grandparents, Gina and Iorgos "Papouli" Katsopolis arrive for a visit from Greece and they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their weddi...
Main Synopsis: Michelle encourages Stephanie and D.J. to have a pillow fight with her, and a window ends up getting broken during the pillow fight. Da...
Teaser: Michelle is in bed with Comet. Main Synopsis: Jesse and Joey have prepared a commercial for a cologne company. The client, Ms. Garland, wan...
Teaser: Michelle builds a block tower with D.J.'s help. Main Synopsis: Stephanie's Honeybee troop is holding a mother/daughter slumber party, and t...
Teaser: Joey teaches Michelle a joke. Main Synopsis: D.J. is the new editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, and she plays favorites by making Kimm...
Teaser: Michelle and Joey play hockey in the living room. Main Synopsis: It's Joey's week to be a parent volunteer at Michelle's preschool, but on ...
Teaser: Michelle tells Jesse she has an "owie". Main Synopsis: Because of an illness, the Aronson Chimps, who are scheduled to open for Wayne Newton ...
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 am...
Teaser: Danny and Michelle help Stephanie prepare Comet's birthday party. Main Synopsis: At the 10 year reunion at Jesse's old high school, Jesse is...
Teaser: Tailcoat and top hat fitting for Jesse, who doesn't want to wear a tailcoat and top hat when he and Becky get married. Main Synopsis: Danny...
Teaser: Jesse and Michelle eat the cream filling out of their cookies. Main Synopsis: D.J. has fallen for Ricky, the paperboy. This gives Rusty the ...
Teaser: The guys put Michelle to bed on the night of her 4th birthday. Main Synopsis: While Jesse and Joey are in the forest to try to find a fox to ...
Teaser: Michelle and a caterpillar. Main Synopsis: Joey has not yet found a date for New Year's Eve. Therefore, Danny and Jesse secretly videotape J...
Teaser: Michelle plays with drums. Main Synopsis: 14-year-old D.J. desperately wants to buy an expensive pair of shoes, so when she doesn't get the m...
Teaser: Jesse teaches Michelle how to do a cool walk. Main Synopsis: D.J. organizes a benefit to raise money for a new computer for the school, and D...
Teaser: Michelle is brushing her teeth. Main Synopsis: Danny is informed that Stephanie is having problems reading at school. Stephanie is taken to ...
Teaser: Michelle sings with Jesse and the Rippers. Main Synopsis: Michelle wins a goldfish at the Fun Fair and names it Martin. When Martin dies afte...
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 ...
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...
Teaser: Jesse and Becky have arrived home from their honeymoon. Main Synopsis: Jesse and Becky return from their honeymoon, which took place in Bora...
Teaser: Michelle helps Joey move into the bedroom that used to be Jesse's bedroom. Main Synopsis: Stephanie wants to be just like D.J., so she starts...
Teaser: Danny arrives home from shopping. Main Synopsis: Danny is the head coach of the Giants, a local little league baseball team. Stephanie has fa...
Teaser: Jesse and Michelle play with puppets. Main Synopsis: Joey lands a part in a new comedy show, starring alongside Annette Funicello and Franki...
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...
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 start...
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 ...
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 thr...
After a talk with Teddy, Michelle realizes that she doesn't know how it feels to have a mother, so in order to have a mother, Michelle tries to find a...
D.J. is absolutely fed up with Stephanie. Therefore, D.J. petitions the guys to let her have her own bedroom -- something she hasn't had in 4 years. T...
Todd Mitchell, one of high school freshman D.J.'s schoolmates, is spreading a false rumor around school that D.J. is the worst kisser. It's Todd's way...
A record company tells Jesse that if he can write a song that can be a hit, Jesse and the Rippers will be signed. When the family prepares to go to La...
Joey feels like his life is going nowhere. He doesn't want to read a bad review of his last performance, and he doesn't have to, because the newspaper...
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 ...
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 Steph...
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 think...
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 hospita...
Becky and the twins come home from the hospital, and Becky's doctor has mentioned that it's common for new mothers to have mood swings. Nicky and Alex...
Danny introduces Vicky to the family, and Bay City magazine has chosen Danny as their bachelor of the month. When the issue that Danny is in is releas...
Michelle wants to learn how to ride her bicycle without the training wheels on it, and Joey volunteers to teach her. During the bicycle lesson from Jo...
Danny, Jesse, and Joey are participating in a charity ice hockey game for KTMB TV, the TV station that Danny, Becky, Vicky, and Joey work for. Becky a...
It's time for Becky to return to "Wake Up, San Francisco", and Vicky has received an offer from a TV station in Chicago. Jesse, after yet another reco...
It's Stephanie's 10th birthday. When Stephanie hears that Tommy Page, her favorite singer, is scheduled to be a guest on "Wake Up, San Francisco", she...
Stephanie has won a class spelling bee at school, and she is now in the finals for best speller in the 4th grade. Stephanie's success in spelling make...
Danny's sister Wendy has returned to the USA from the African country of Uganda. Wendy is a primate researcher and she has a pet chimpanzee named Ging...
After Jesse tells Michelle that she's not allowed to touch his musical instruments while he's not in the studio, she plays with them anyway while Jess...
D.J. now has her learner's permit and she's eager to learn how to drive. When Danny tries to teach D.J. how to drive, he makes her more nervous than s...
Danny arrives home from work, and notices that the girls are in a bad mood because they haven't had a good day. Neither has Joey, who would rather for...
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 Da...
D.J.'s date with a heavy-metal band member rocks Danny, who leads a recon mission to the drive-in.
Michelle decides it's better to be a boy after her friend is hassled for being friends with a girl.
Jesse fears his music career will never take off, while D.J. wants to take off for Barcelona for the summer.
Efforts to turn Jesse's ballad into a rap tune strike a sour note and turn him against the deal.
D.J. touches down from Spain with a new boyfriend, and Stephanie and Michelle take off on an accidental flight of fancy--to New Zealand.
Michelle's best friend must move away; and Danny reexamines his long-distance relationship with Vicky.
Jesse and family fly to Tokyo when his single hits No. 1 in Japan, but stardom seems to eclipse his priorities.
When Jesse and Joey exchange insults on a radio show, they're a hit and the station offers them their own program.
Jesse reveals that he's a high-school dropout, but he wants to drop back in to get his diploma.
Rebecca's arrogant cousin Dick, his wife and their daughters visit for a twins convention.
When Jesse and Joey cast another kid as the Yankee Doodle Boy in a school show, Michelle becomes a cranky doodle girl.
Joey can't get fired up for a hockey match after being taunted about a humbling experience on the ice.
Peer pressure dictates that Stephanie must have her ears pierced, but Danny disagrees.
Danny thinks Vicky's mother wants to redesign his life; Joey and Jesse fear the new station manager may oust them.
Christmas brings a breakup between Steve and D.J., and a lesson in the meaning of the season for Stephanie and Michelle.
Stephanie is on an emotional roller coaster over her first "date"; Joey's loopy about having Alison over for dinner.
Preoccupied with her and Steve's anniversary, D.J. forgets Kimmy's birthday, but Kimmy thinks a party's in the works.
After Jesse lies about the twins' talents on their preschool application, he has to think fast when the school shows an interest in the boys.
A boy swears Stephanie to silence about the fact that his father beats him.
Michelle makes no bones about choosing Jesse's "fun" group over Danny's on a trip to a dinosaur museum.
Things are rolling for Jesse until he gets stuck in the subway en route to his graduation--where he's supposed to give the commencement address.
Joey buys D.J. what he thinks is a really hot car for her birthday, not knowing it's really hot.
Jesse wants another baby, but it's a circus when he tries to prove he can juggle all his responsibilities and still handle one more.
D.J.'s hopes for a fairy-tale prom night take a dramatic turn when Steve and his old girlfriend are crowned prom king and queen.
Jesse's band gets a gig playing at Disney World, and the family joins him.
The search continues for Disney World's Princess for the Day, Michelle, while Danny gets ready to pop the question to Vicky.
D.J., Stephanie, Michelle, and Kimmy have returned home from a summer at Camp Lakota. Michelle tells Jesse that she no longer wants Jesse to call her ...
Danny is shocked when D.J. tells him that her classmate Kathy Santoni is pregnant, and Danny feels uncomfortable when D.J. says she's going to go to S...
Like Stephanie and D.J. once did, Michelle becomes a member of a local soccer team that Joey is now the head coach of. Danny and Jesse are overly exci...
Nicky and Alex are having behavior problems that are adversely affecting the lives of those who love them. Nicky and Alex even destroy Michelle's scie...
For two weeks, Stephanie has been in 6th grade at DiMaggio Junior High School. Her old friends all attend different schools now, and Stephanie is desp...
Jesse is shocked to discover that he has inherited the Smash Club from Buzz Markel. Jesse and the Rippers played gigs at the Smash Club more than virt...
Michelle, who is in 2nd grade, is growing up faster than Danny is accepting. Danny still treats Michelle like a baby, and Michelle has had enough of t...
Jesse is now ready to reopen the Smash Club, and Danny, Joey, Becky, D.J., Kimmy, Stephanie, and Michelle will be helping Jesse at the club on this sp...
Michelle and her friends are angry at their favorite TV character "Rigby the Rhino". After seeing a commercial advertising a big, plush "action Rigby"...
While at a local public library, Stephanie sees an attractive blonde haired girl planting a kiss on Steve's cheek. Stephanie doesn't want to say anyth...
Michelle tells the family that her bicycle is missing, so the family starts a search for it. Later on, Danny, Jesse, and Joey have each brought home a...
In playgroups, 2-year-old Nicky and Alex refuse to play with anyone except for each other. Jesse is too stubborn to admit that this is a problem, unti...
Joey is the host of the test pilot episode of a game show called "The Perfect Couple", a show that would remind you of the Newlywed Game. The three co...
Stephanie's classmate Jamie, who plays guitar with some friends in a band called "Human Pudding", asks Stephanie out on a date to the Smash Club, and ...
It's the day before D.J.'s SAT, and she's so nervous about it that when she goes to sleep that night, she has a nightmare about it in which everything...
After a couple of weeks of dating her, Joey introduces his new girlfriend Roxy Martin to the family. Roxy is a comedian, like Joey. Roxy is nervous ab...
In a special episode: Jesse's grandfather Iorgos "Papouli" Katsopolis is back from Greece for another visit. The family finds it pleasant to have Papo...
Jesse has returned home from Greece, where he attended Papouli's funeral, and he has brought his cousin Stavros home with him. What Jesse doesn't know...
Steve goes to a seminar in Los Angeles with his film class, and D.J. doesn't seem as excited as Steve is. A few days later, D.J. tells Becky that she'...
After being insulted by a boy named Kenny, Michelle decides that she wants to be in the annual downhill soapbox derby championship, and she gets Becky...
In Michelle's class on parent volunteer day, a new student is introduced. It's Michelle's best friend Teddy, who moved to Texas a little more than a y...
For the first time since Danny and Vicky's breakup and D.J. and Steve's breakup, D.J. and Danny are both back in the dating pool. Stephanie has arrang...
Michelle's favorite part of school, the arts program, has been cancelled because of budget cuts. At a PTA meeting, Danny and Joey stand up for the art...
When the family starts complaining that there is not enough room in the house for 9 people, they consider finding other places to live. Millionaire in...
Jesse is kicked out of the band because he's distracted by all the other things in his life.
The twins may be ready for preschool, but Jesse isn't ready to let them go; Stephanie asserts herself by not cleaning her room.
Danny discovers Stephanie's lied to him and gone to an unsupervised party; Barry Williams records a hit with Jesse's former band.
Michelle lets Danny know she's in a secret club, but she's bounced when he spills the beans.
Michelle thinks it's going to be a big joke when Joey is the substitute in her class.
Michelle buys a donkey with the money she makes selling lemonade.
Jesse hits the road with his band, but Danny hits the roof when D.J. wants to be with her new beau--the guitarist, Viper.
Stephanie and Gia are pleased when Danny begins dating Gia's mom--but Michelle's not.
Stephanie takes a wild ride with some older boys, and D.J. is the only one who knows.
D.J. saves Kimmy when she gets drunk at a fraternity party, but Kimmy blames D.J. for ruining her fun.
A novelty-store owner refuses to exchange Michelle's gift for Danny on Christmas Eve.
D.J. faces a dilemma when Nelson and Viper both vie for her affection.
When Rebecca is named the producer of the morning show, it only produces bitterness in Danny.
Michelle and her friends demand that Joey and Jesse take them to the museum on Super Bowl Sunday.
When Jesse proves to be a hapless hoopster, he gets some pointers from an all-time great: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
As Valentine's Day nears, Rebecca thinks Jesse's lost his romantic spark; and Joey has a secret admirer.
Stephanie and friends form a band for a talent contest, but decide they don't need Jesse's help.
Kimmy decides to marry her plumber boyfriend after her college aspirations go down the drain.
D.J. plays a prank on the principal when she gets his convertible put on the school roof--but the caper backfires.
Stephanie is heartbroken when she's stood up. Meanwhile, a doctor orders Jesse to reduce his stress level.
Michelle deals with the pressure of her first jumping competition.
The family copes with Michelle's memory loss after a fall from her horse
This original version of the pilot episode is the exact same as the aired pilot, with the exception of actor John Posey, who was chosen to play Danny ...
It's the family's first Thanksgiving without Pam Tanner. Danny's mother Claire is expected to come over for Thanksgiving, but a snow storm up north, i...
