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Nice episode. Bob Saget's voice and acting ability seemed to have improved since we last saw Danny Tanner. Maybe he just wasn't feeling well the day they shot the first episode. I can live with Fernando in small doses, but he had too much screen time this episode, IMO. He is too much of a cliche.

And they didn't even edit it to make it sound like more of a catastrophe. They say there are 3 hours left, she breaks her priceless isomalt piece, she remakes it, and they say there is 2 hours left. If she would have broken it in the last half hour, it would have seemed like more of a catastrophe.

I think, technically, Miles made a rolling cart that turns into a kitchen island (which still is nothing original). And Sef made a desk that turns into a desk. Go Vivian I agree that Miles's piece wasn't up to par, but I still wanted him to win so that I wouldn't have to worry about Sef being in the Finale. And it had shelves behind the desk to store the child's art supplies even thought the child probably couldn't reach the stuff on the shelf. What is up with Sef wanting to have storage behind furniture? Does he have some sort of aversion to storage that is more accessible? I picture his home to have bookcases behind the couches and cabinets behind his headboard. Vivian gets "dinged" for not making two while Sef doesn't get an obvious "you should have made a chair that would convert to both heights." If the judge hadn't said something to Vivian about the second one when they had the initial conversation, I would have thought the only reason he said it at judging was to find something wrong with he piece. When it is a chair, it is much to low to go with the table when it is a table. I didn't see anything on the table that would keep something on it when it is in a slanted position. How could it be a child's easel or an adult's drafting table or even an adult's reading table when everything just slides off?

This episode was the cheesiest one so far, in my opinion. And they did a little too much contriving to get it done - like leave Jackson home alone, when they had babysitters. And how did Jackson get to the wrestling match? And how did he get there so fast? I don't might a little suspension of belief, but only if the pay off was worth it. I didn't think this one was Worth it. It makes perfect sense for them to be part of their grandchildren's lives, but they need to have a reason why they can't watch the kids more often, or they will make a lot of the show's premise not necessary.

Noticed something about actress that plays Rachel that I haven't noticed before - whenever she is being "serious" she whispers. Louis didn't tell anyone that Gibbs approached him and gave him her card after there was a restraining order. I don't know why he is keeping it secret, it makes no sense to me. When Louis and Gibbs had that scene last episode, I was hoping that Louis had secretly taped the conversation to take to the police and that somehow this would all lead to the case being dropped and we could go back to actual cases with clients and we would never have to hear about this whole fraud business again (ever scene I hope for on this show leads to going back to actual cases and no more fraud crap). aka "Pen-Stripped Suits" (get it?)

I can live with the having a laughtrack, but do they have to have the exact same "laugh" every single time? Laugh tracks have been around for decades, there certainly must be more than one to choose from. While watching the episode, I never thought that Stephanie not being able to have children implied anything about women who don't want to have children. However, after reading that the producer wanted to have one of the Tanner girls end up childless, I can see why some are bothered. On the other hand, if they went with Stephanie not wanting kids, it would be too easy for them to fall into the typical story of "Woman doesn't think she wants kids but then falls so in love with her sister's kids that she wants to have kids" which is, to me, more of a slap on women who don't want kids than having Steph be infertile (sort of a "Women just think they don't want kids, but they really do") I almost teared up too. Jodie Sweetin really sold the moment and I almost forgot that I was watching a cheesy sitcom. Then CCB's difficulty with acting without smiling snapped me out of it. I don't know if it is my post that you are referring to, but I made a comment in the first episode thread comparing the three female leads with the three male leads on the original. I agree with you, they are referencing the original, by somewhat sticking to the same basic set of characters, but they aren't replaying the original. Fuller House reminds me of Full House, which made me immediately comfortable with the show, but it isn't an exact copy, so it isn't boring and predictable (whatever happened to predictability - the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV...?)

I really want to sit in a pen full of puppies. This show, like the original, is very good at taking advantage of whatever the baby is doing and turning it into something really cute.

Whew! I was staring to think i was the only one who actually watched the third episode.

What was up with Posture Lady wanting to phone a friend before accepting the deal - a deal that was fairly close to what she was asking for? And why call a friend if your fiance is sitting 3 feet away - shouldn't his opinion count? I got the feeling that she had an investor that would somehow be affected if she took the deal and wanted to clear it with them. Being on Shark Tank is like a job interview, but tougher. There are cameras. You have to stand for the whole thing. And sometimes usually) more than one Shark interrupts you and starts giving opinions or asking questions. Add in that, for many of these people, are very passionate about their product and they feel that their lives depend on getting a deal with a shark for their tea whatever or their zip up sheets or their cricket power bars. When their presentation starts veering to far from what they had rehearsed hundreds of times, and they realize that the Sharks don't find their wonder product so amazing, it would be difficult to collect yourself and get back on track - remember they are still all talking at once and asking multiple questions. If you ever go on Shark Tank, practice your speech until you think you have it down, then tell it to some of you closest friends and have them interrupt and ask questions - basically have them act like Sharks (and, no they don't all get to be Kevin). You can also just use "You" --- "I would like to tell you about my invention..." "Do any of you want to make a deal?" "I can see that none of you see the need for a self cleaning bib, but thank you for your advice." That said, I have used "Guys" in everyday speech and used it to refer to a group of people - both men and women, and ,according to dictionary.com, I am not incorrect. Their definition is ---

There is a staircase in the living room and a staircase in the kitchen. Both lead to the upstairs. But there seems to be only one stair case upstairs. The downstairs staircases are too far apart for them to end up in the same place. Sometimes, I try to get myself to stop thinking about all the stuff that keeps me awake by trying to remember who slept where during the course of the original Full House. Joey started off in an alcove, Jesse had Stephanie's room, etc...usually my tired brain would eventually give up and I would fall asleep. This episode got me thinking about it all over again. Thanks. But now what do I think about when I can't sleep?

In my opinion, it would have been nice for a grown up Michelle to make an appearance, but only if it was one of the Olsens, not a stand in. I don't think I would have wanted the Michelle character to be one the show much - I think a re-tread of Full House is great, but a re-tread of The Michelle Show, no thanks. Just imagine what a grown up version of Michele would be like.... Would she still be doing something wrong and then say something cute to make up for it? Would she act cutesy all the time? Would someone ask her to pick up the baby and she would give a thumbs up and say "You got it, dude!"? Would she be bossing everyone around? I can't see how a grown-up Michelle would add anything positive to the show.

It is still cheesy but I liked it. I think they did a great job of creating an updated version of the original - same characters, but the sexes have been switched. DJ is the updated Danny - widow with three kids - about the same age spread the Tanner girls were when the original series started. Steph is the updated Jesse - the aunt/uncle with the wild side who wants a music career. Kimmy is the friends who is always making jokes. They even have a new Comet. And some of the quirks, like Danny's love of cleaning, are still part of the show. The biggest difference is that Kimmy has a daughter. It was a nice walk down memory lane. There were a few things that I found distracting. The first one was pretty much any time Danny said something. Bob Saget's voice sounded weird and his acting was really subpar. Another distracting things was Comet Junior Junior. It has been 29 years since the first show started and Comet was around back then. For Steve's pregnant dog to be Comet Jr Jr, all three generations of dogs would have had to give birth at an average age of 14-15. For a Golden Retriever to even live that long is pretty remarkable, giving birth at that age is unbelievable. Steve's dog should really be somewhere between Comet the 6th and Comet the 25th. Plus, did the original Comet ever have puppies during the show's run? Now that I have thought about this much more than I should ---Perhaps Steve's dog is just the 3rd one named Comet, and is not a descendant of the original. But then it's a little weird that Steve would name his dog after a dog owned by his high school girlfriend. Or deals with plastic surgeons. Loughlin was on a show called Summerland about 10 years after Full house ended. She had enough botox in her that he eyebrows never moved, and her face showed no emotion. It was the first time I remember noticing that someone had had botox. I was happy that Rebecca seemed to have a full range of facial expressions on Fuller house.

This show would be more believable if Alicia would have left whatever firm she last left and created a new firm with someone who looks just like Cary and someone who looks just like Diane. The new partners would be played by MC and CB, but they would be paranoid racist idiots. I wouldn't enjoy that show any more that this one, but at least it would make more sense than having Cary and Dianne suddenly become paranoid racist idiots.

I believe, at least in Stella's case, that "Goth sensibility" is an oxymoron.

Fans like Justin from last season? No thanks. Other, non-Justin-like fans? I will gladly sign that petition.

Oh Daniel, we hardly knew............um, actually, we knew ye way to well. Daniel seems like a nice, mellow mannered, even tempered guy, so I was quite surprised when he threatened America with "this is not the last you will see of Daniel Franco." Your post got me thinking - I am surprised that PR never had a partner challenge where one partner will be in top looks, and the other will be in bottom looks. Think of the drama it would create if a designer's only guarantee of staying until next week would be to make an outfit better than your partner makes. "Oh, I think that shade of fluorescent green will look fabulous on your model" - "The orange faux fur would make a wonderful skirt!" - "Sure, I can help you finish your hem...oops! the machine tore a hole right in the bodice of your dress!" (note: I am not saying I would like to see a challenge like that - I much prefer shows where everyone gets along and it is about the craftsmanship).

This show has a lot of "that wouldn't happen in the real world" moments, like there never being enough surgeons and the surgeons are able to perform all types of surgeries (I am sure Neal will re-attach someone's hand sometime) and when a patient's situation takes a turn for the worse, they can't just do what they need to do in the patient's private room, they have to haul the gurney out to Center Stage. But I suspend belief and overlook these moments because I like the show and I know that this sort of thing is done to make the show more exciting. However, it bugs me when they do this sort of stuff with things that make no difference in how the story is told. This time it was the injured being brought into the ER at around 12:30 am. Since when do they have televised debates that go past midnight. Then it turns out that the politicians were running for president? So people on the East Coast were up at 3:30 in the morning watching the debate? There was absolutely no reason why they couldn't be brought to the ER at a more realistic time, like 8:30 - or 5:30 if it really was nationally broadcast. When Leanne said it, I thought I misheard. It made no sense. The only explanations that we could come up with it that Jesse's eating habits are so bad that he is full of cookie dough or that he is so soft and sweet that he like a tube of cookie dough. I appreciate that there was no big cliffhanger - none of the main characters were clinging to life, etc..

Is it because everything is always "overwhelming" and "not what I normally do" and "outside my comfort zone" and she always thinks she is "going to go home this week"? However, one of those four was Robert, who, it seems to me, tries too hard to be unusual. I am starting to think he is exaggerating his accent to add to the quirky/clever/creepy character he is trying to play.

Leslie Winkle seemed out of place - why would she even be invited? As soon as Sheldon ran off, I hoped that there would be a Sheldon/Penny moment, but I couldn't figure out how they could get Penny to have a one on one conversation with him when he has a girlfriend. I thought they did a good job of making it happen in a believable way. A lot of the comedy in sitcoms comes from the flaws of characters. Unfortunately, this usually means that the flaws get more and more exaggerated the longer the show is on. Eventually, characters start becoming caricatures, or parodies of themselves. This is what happened to Sheldon's mom. It was happening to Sheldon too, but they seem to have done a bit to reverse it by having Sheldon become more human again after Amy broke up with him.

If I were ship wrecked on a deserted island and found a couple of chickens, I would certainly treat them well and hope they lay some eggs to help keep me alive. I would also be hoping for a rooster to wander by so that maybe I could become a chicken farmer. However, if I were on Survivor, I would probably eat the chickens (one at a time). I don't know much about chickens, but I would think that they may not lay eggs if they are under stress and the game probably won't last long enough for them to get used to the situation. And there could be a tribe shuffle at any time. If thec hickens do lay eggs, they would only lay one every 1 or 2 days. If my tribe has 2 chickens, the best we could hope for is 2 eggs a day. One large egg has 71 calories and 6 grams of protein. If we were lucky enough to get two eggs a day, that is less than 30 calories and about 2 grams of protein per person. On the other hand, one chicken breast has almost 200 calories and 30 grams of protein.

I have never been blond, but I completely agree with you. As much as I loved the idea of Jenny talking herself out of the game, I now think she was the back-up name in case Alecia found an idol and at least 2 of the votes for her were planned before TC. My "proof" --- --- Alecia voted for Jenny. Alecia should have voted for Jason, because she should have thought she and Jason were the two possibilities. I don't think Alecia is smart enough to pick up from tribal that the others are going to change their vote to Jenny. Therefore, Alicia was either told to vote for Jenny or Alicia voted for Jenny because she was so annoyed by Jenny calling her a liar - which would have been really stupid because it wouldhave created a tie between her and Jason, is the girls alliance worked out. --- Cydney voted for Jenny. Cydney was the deciding vote - either go with the all girl alliance and vote out Jason, or go with the original alliance and vote out Alecia. Her "suddenly switching" her vote to Jenny seems unlikely. I thought Jenny did a great job lying about how the girls alliance was all Alecia's idea (her lies fell apart when she changed it to her trying to make Alecia feel better). Jenny is capable of lying, so why be so truthful answering Jeff's questions? I see it a little differently - i think the Troll hates Alecia so much because she reminds him of all the girls who turned him down in High School, even after he was such a "nice guy" (in his mind only).

I wouldn't have a problem with Henry's power(s) if this was a show called "The Secretary's Spouse" (well, i would probably have a problem with that title because it is dumb) about the Husband of the SOS who has an exciting life outside of being in her shadow. However, I think a show like that would be more interesting if it was about the wife of the SOS having the exciting espionage-filled life. I don't think that going this direction was what they originally planned to do when they started this show.*** But it isn't a ratings success, nor is it a failure - it is just there in the middle. I suspect the network honchos are pushing the idea of Henry playing a bigger part. Perhaps, it isn't because he is a man, but because they wanted more excitement and, in the real world, the Secret Service would never let the SOS (male or female) do the things that Henry does or will do. *** I do think they made him a Theology Profession so that his profession can come in handy from time to time. They could have also had him be a lawyer or perhaps a doctor and still brought him into some story lines. In other words, while I don't think they originally meant for Henry to have this much power, they also didn't intend for him to only be part of the family story lines.

The only thing they haven't done, and it will probably happen before the season is over, is have Henry tell the President and Russel that they need to treat his little wifey with a little more respect.

I can't decide if the Big Catastrophe - dropping the cake layer on the floor - was a re-creation or filmed live. It sure looks like she tipped 90 degrees right before it fell, but she didn't need to do that in order for it to "slip out of her hands and fall to the floor" which leads me to believe that it was actually how it happened and was filmed live. It does appear that the footage of her smoothing the fondant on the new layer is the same footage of her smoothing the fondant on the layer that fell. The contestants seem to be getting better. Except for the guy that went home first, everyone seemed better than the ones in the first few episodes of this season. When the guy said that he did a bad decorating job (and he wasn't lying) and he hopes the flavors are good enough to take him to the next round, I thought "You hope the flavor of your burnt cakes save you? Keep dreaming, buddy."

Perhaps Miles realized the danger and that is why he went with the red fabric - hides the blood. Maybe the color is off on my TV but I thought the yellow on Kyle's sofa was not a nice color for furniture.