The BEST episodes of Full House

Every episode of Full House ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Full House!

Full House is an American sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for ABC. The show chronicles a widowed father, who enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters. It aired from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995, broadcasting eight seasons and 192 episodes.

Last Updated: 2/15/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Michelle Rides Again (2)
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8.51
162 votes

#1 - Michelle Rides Again (2)

Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/23/1995

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The Last Dance
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8.23
175 votes

#2 - The Last Dance

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1994

Michelle is charmed by Jesse’s grandfather who arrives from Greece for a visit.

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The House Meets the Mouse (2)
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8.23
243 votes

#3 - The House Meets the Mouse (2)

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/1993

As everyone else is searching for Michelle, those who don't know she's missing are doing their own thing. Jesse and Joey do their radio show, and it turns out that Joey is deathly afraid of sharks, so he's reluctant to swim out of the pod, because of this, he is 45mins late meeting up with Becky.

Directors: Joel Zwick
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All Stood Up
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8.23
146 votes

#4 - All Stood Up

Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/4/1995

Stephanie is stood up by the boy of her dreams. Jesse can’t find any peace and quiet because of Kimmy.

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But Seriously, Folks
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8.22
217 votes

#5 - But Seriously, Folks

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1988

Joey gets a chance to perform in front of an HBO comedy scout at a comedy club, but when Phyllis Diller jinxes Joey's chance by taking over Joey's spot in the lineup and performing for an hour, Joey feels like a failure, so he decides to leave the comedy business and become a dull businessman. The feeling of failure spreads to D.J., who has been taking guitar lessons from Jesse. A talk with Joey proves to D.J. that she and Joey both were frustrated and looking for the easiest way out of that frustration.

Directors: Joel Zwick
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Stephanie's Wild Ride
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8.13
164 votes

#6 - Stephanie's Wild Ride

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1994

After Stephanie goes joy riding with older friends, D.J. must discourage her from more dangerous acts.

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D.J.'s Choice
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8.12
155 votes

#7 - D.J.'s Choice

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1995

D.J. must choose between two boys who want to date her. Michelle crusades to clean up a playground.

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Fuller House
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8.11
253 votes

#8 - Fuller House

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1991

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.

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Luck Be a Lady (1)
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8.10
288 votes

#9 - Luck Be a Lady (1)

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1989

Teaser: Doggies! (teaser features Michelle and Danny) Main Synopsis:The family goes to Lake Tahoe, where Danny and Becky will be doing a special episode of "Wake Up, San Francisco". Joey gets lucky on a slot machine, but doesn't get the money because a videotape shows DJ pulling the machine's lever then ducking back to the other side of a barrier dividing the slot machines from the table where Stephanie and DJ were while an unsuspecting Joey's back is turned. Joey didn't know it was DJ or Stephanie who pulled the lever, so of course he's surprised. Jesse is jealous because Becky can't get her mind off of movie star Todd Masters (Steve Bond), who is scheduled to be a guest on the special episode of "Wake Up, San Francisco". Jesse makes it his mission to make Becky just as jealous so Becky will know how she's making Jesse feel, and then they have an argument in their hotel room. When they calm down, Jesse asks Becky to marry him, and Becky accepts the proposal.

Directors: Bill Foster
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13 Candles
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8.06
256 votes

#10 - 13 Candles

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/9/1990

Teaser: D.J. jumps for joy the second she turns 13! Main Synopsis: 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 is playing, Kimmy tries to get D.J. and Kevin to dance with each other, but they're too nervous, so Kimmy and the rest of D.J.'s friends try to get D.J. and Kevin to kiss by setting them up during a game of "spin the bottle". After a spin, just as D.J. and Kevin are about to kiss, Danny, Jesse, and Joey -- who overheard the whole situation -- get overprotective and barge in and stop it from happening. D.J. becomes furious and feels embarassed by what the guys did, and she feels that they have ruined her 13th birthday. Becky talks to D.J. and the guys, and the guys remember that they themselves played "spin the bottle" when they were D.J.'s age, so after D.J. talks to Becky about the situation, the guys apologize to D.J. for overreacting, and D.J. apologizes for being angr

Directors: Bill Foster
Writer: Kim Weiskopf
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Up on the Roof
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8.02
142 votes

#11 - Up on the Roof

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1995

When D.J.’s elaborate senior prank backfires, Jesse decides to take the blame.

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A Pox in Our House
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8.01
291 votes

#12 - A Pox in Our House

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1988

Stephanie has the chicken pox, and it spreads to Jesse and Joey. As part of his TV sportscasting job, Danny is scheduled to be on the bench at a Golden State Warriors basketball game in 40 minutes, and with D.J. going to her first slumber party, Danny is having a hard time finding a babysitter for Michelle, who has never had the chicken pox. With only 40 minutes to find a babysitter, Danny becomes frantic, then he begins to believe that he'll miss his assignment at the basketball game...until someone makes a surprise sacrifice so Danny can go to the game -- D.J. has willingly decided to stay home and not go to the slumber party, so she can take care of Michelle so Michelle won't have to be near Jesse and Joey while they still have the chicken pox. Chicken pox also means that Stephanie will have to miss an appearance at school by a real ballerina, something Stephanie never wanted to miss.

Directors: Joel Zwick
Writer: Lenny Ripps
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Rock the Cradle
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7.99
211 votes

#13 - Rock the Cradle

Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/3/1991

A pregnancy test indicates that Becky is pregnant. 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. Meanwhile, Michelle makes up an invisible friend named Glen, because she misses her friends from preschool.

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The Wedding (2)
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7.99
216 votes

#14 - The Wedding (2)

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1991

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 there to get Jesse released.

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Our Very First Christmas Show
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7.97
275 votes

#15 - Our Very First Christmas Show

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1988

Teaser: Having a family photo taken for a Christmas card. Main Synopsis: 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 way to Colorado, a blizzard forces an emergency landing at an unfamiliar airport. The family is forced to spend Christmas in the baggage claim room, where everyone thinks Christmas is ruined this time around. Among the things that happen here are: Jesse's father Nick tries to get Jesse to kiss Becky under a mistletoe, D.J. is upset that the gifts that the family brought along on the flight with them are missing, and Michelle is afraid of Lionel, a man who made her cry on the airplane. Jesse, becoming ever so frustrated by everyone's sour attitudes, speaks to the people in the baggage claim room about the real meaning of Christmas, then Santa Claus shows up and shows the family where the missing gifts are, and it turns out that Lionel is Santa Claus.

Directors: John Bowab
Writer: Kim Weiskopf
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Under the Influence
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7.96
154 votes

#16 - Under the Influence

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1994

When Kimmy gets drunk at a fraternity party, D.J. must decide how to help her.

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Terror in Tanner Town
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7.94
179 votes

#17 - Terror in Tanner Town

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1990

Danny introduces the family to his new girlfriend Cindy, who is divorced and has a son named Rusty. When Cindy is called to the laundromat she owns, Rusty stays behind at the Tanner house and terrorizes the family in hopes of breaking Danny and Cindy up.

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It's Not My Job
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7.93
332 votes

#18 - It's Not My Job

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1988

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: Jesse has made his first sale of an advertising jingle. As a result, Jesse tells his father, Nick Katsopolis, that he wants to leave the pest exterminator business that is run by Nick, and Nick is severely disappointed by this -- so disappointed, that Nick loses his temper with Jesse and says "If you're out of the family business, then you're out of the family". Jesse and his mother Irene manage to talk some sense into Nick, who realizes that Jesse has a dream about making it in the music business, and Nick and Jesse work things out. Meanwhile, Stephanie is afraid to go to the dentist to get a tooth filled, and she's even more nervous when she's actually sitting on the chair that's in the examination room. Joey, who took her to the dentist, helps her beat her fear.

Directors: Joel Zwick
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I've Got a Secret
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7.93
183 votes

#19 - I've Got a Secret

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1994

Michelle accidentally reveals her secret club. Kimmy dates D.J.’s ex-boyfriend.

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A Very Tanner Christmas
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7.92
212 votes

#20 - A Very Tanner Christmas

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1992

A very Tanner Christmas indeed! Christmas day is getting close. Becky tells Jesse that she misses the times when it snowed during the holidays every year in Nebraska when she was a kid. Steve tells D.J. that Steve has been accepted to Daytona Beach University in Florida.

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Kissing Cousins
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7.90
138 votes

#21 - Kissing Cousins

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1994

Jesse returns from Greece with his charming cousin, who turns out to be a dashing con man.

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The Test
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7.89
146 votes

#22 - The Test

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1994

D.J.’s nerves are put to the test when her entire family invades her college entrance exam.

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To Joey, With Love
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7.89
182 votes

#23 - To Joey, With Love

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1994

Substitute teacher Joey disciplines Michelle in front of the class.

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Secret Admirer
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7.89
236 votes

#24 - Secret Admirer

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1990

D.J. has fallen for Ricky, the paperboy. This gives Rusty the idea for his latest prank. Rusty writes a love letter and plans to make D.J. think the letter is from Ricky, this starts a chain reaction where everyone else in the house intercepts the letter and falls for it.

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Claire and Present Danger
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7.89
145 votes

#25 - Claire and Present Danger

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1994

When Danny starts dating a new acquaintance, Michelle feels left out and tries to break them up.

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