Full House: S5E8: Gotta Dance (In Honor of Jodie Sweetin's (Stephanie) Birthday)

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Hey Full House Fans, Angela Bowen here, the host of Oh Mylanta Holy Chalupas: An Unofficial Full House Fuller House Podcast. I have a special episode for today in honor of Jodie Sweetin's (Stephanie) Birthday (January 19). Today, I covered Full House S5E8: Gotta Dance, which aired on November 5, 1991. In this episode In this episode, Stephanie pleads Danny to let her take an intense dance program, but Danny only gives in because he wasn't able to fulfill his dream of being a high jumper. Soon Stephanie decides that she doesn't want to do the intense program any more because it consumes too much of her life, but Danny is living his dreams simultaneously through her. so Stephanie purposely screws up so that she might not have to dance anymore. Becky wants Jesse to come to her baby shower but everyone knows that Jesse would never want to come, so she tricks him into coming. But Michelle gives in to telling Jesse the truth when he bribes her with ice cream. I really liked this episode, it showed us how Stephanie throws herself into dancing before school and after school and soon it consumes her every waking thought until she realizes she's overcommitting herself and missing out on fun family activities like the baby shower. All it takes is DJ planting the seed of doubt by telling Steph "if I had your dedication" I'd have no life". Stephanie ponders this (no friends, no TV, not outside or family activities) and considers telling Danny that she wants to quit dance. At the dance recital Danny unbeknownst to him puts more pressure on Stephanie because he mentions a dance academy summer camp director is there to see the recital and Stephanie realizes it's too much, all dancing all the time during her Summer Vacation. Instead of admit the to Danny, she feels guilty (because she begged him to let her do this) and she interrupts the dance recital by interjecting her own dance moves into the performance. Embarrassed she runs off stage and Danny gets the truth out of her. I love what he says to her ("let's go back to when dancing was just a part of your life and not your whole life"). Her dance classmates forgive her and they try the number again. The side plot with the baby shower was cute, but I feel it would have been nice to have it be "a big monster blow out party before we become parents" as Becky referred to it. Jesse tricking Michelle with a ice cream sundae to spill the beans about it actually being a baby shower, he knows her vices. Jesse and Becky make up and agree to be honest with each other. Yeah, we know that won't last. Remember later in Season 5 when he mixes up the twin babies Nicky and Alex and can't tell them apart only a few episodes later? Have a great week everyone? To EMAIL The Podcast GO TO: [e-mail]