Pros: Lots of family friendly laughs and hugs
Cons: This is the last season.
The Bottom Line:
Same old Tanner clan
Bring laughs with hugs and cheese
It's still delightful
Last Chance to Get a Hug for Leaving the Room
It's time to get ready to say goodbye to the Tanner family
since season eight was the final season of Full House. But before we do, we
still get one last season of fun and laughs. Leading the way is Danny Tanner
(Bob Saget), the head of this unusual household. Also among the adults are
Danny's best friend Joey (Dave Coulier) and Danny's brother-in-law Jesse (John
Stamos). Jesse lives in the attic with his wife Becky (Lori Loughlin), who
happens to be Danny's co-host on a morning TV talk show. Jesse and Becky have
twin boys, Nicky and Alex (Blake & Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit). But wait, there's
more! Danny's three daughters also live in the house. There's senior D.J.
(Candace Cameron), 7th grader Stephanie (Jodi Sweetin), and 3rd grader Michelle
(played by both Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen). Yes, all nine people live under one
roof in a house in San Francisco .
As Michelle observes at one point, it's a good thing the house is bigger then
it appears!
This season, Danny finds a new girlfriend in one of
Stephanie's friend's mother. Joey tries to substitute teach, but finds it hard
when Michelle's class expects him to be funny instead of serious. Jesse is
kicked out of his own bands and forms a new one, Hot Daddy and the Monkey
Puppets. Meanwhile, Becky becomes the producer of "Wake Up, San Francisco ," much
to Danny's dismay. And Jesse and Becky have to deal with their twins starting
pre-school.
And the kids on the show face their own growing pains. D.J.
tries to juggle two boyfriends after breaking up with long time boyfriend
Steve. (And as long as we're on the subject of Steve, what is he doing on the
cover of the box since he isn't in this season?) D.J.'s best friend Kimmy
(Andrea Barber) decides to elope when faced with the possibility of D.J. moving
away. Stephanie forms a new rock band, but doesn't want to practice. And Michelle
uses her lemonade stand money to buy a donkey. Even their dog Comet gets into
the act this year when he runs away for an afternoon.
This may be the last season, but the show isn't running out
of laughs. Long time fans will find just as much to laugh at as previous
seasons. And the show's non-fans? They certainly won't find anything here to
change their minds. And let's face it, this show has a limited audience. The
jokes are usually G rated, only occasionally straying into PG territory. The
show is sugary sweet and corny at times. And almost every episode ends with a
heart to heart talk, and a hug or two. If only real life were really this
simple. Honestly, I can't get enough.
A lot of the fun comes from the cast. You can tell how close
they became working together over the course of the show. You buy the fact that
these people are family because that care and love comes through in every frame
of film. This season still has some special guest stars as well, with the likes
of Barry Williams, Frankie Valli, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Mickey Rooney
showing up in various episodes.
And I've got to mention the series finale. "Michelle
Rides Again" was a two parter in which Michelle fell off a horse and lost
her memory. It serves the show well by mentioning a few things from the course
of the show. And they even find a way to mock themselves a little, especially
about how much hugging they do. It may not be a normal ender, but it still
leaves me feeling all warm inside.
The one thing this four disc set doesn't have is special
features. But that's not really shocking considering that the last few sets
haven't had any either. All 24 episodes look great, however, which will please
any fan.
It's hard to say goodbye. But fans of the show will be
pleased to have season eight of Full House in their collection.
Season Eight Episodes:
1. Comet's Excellent Adventure
2. Breaking Away
3. Making Out is Hard to Do
4. I've Got a Secret
5. To Joey with Love
6. You Pet it. You Bought it.
7. On the Road Again
8. Claire and Present Danger
9. Stephanie's Wild Ride
10. Under the Influence
11. Arrest Ye Merry Gentlemen
12. D.J.'s Choice
13. The Producer
14. Super Bowl Fun Day
15. My Left and Right Foot
16. Air Jesse
17. Dateless in San Francisco
18. We Got the Beat
19. Taking the Plunge
20. Up on the Roof
21. Leap of Faith
22. All Stood Up
23. Michelle Rides Again Part 1
24. Michelle Rides Again Part 2
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