Season 1

22 episodes · 1987

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.