Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber Revisit What They Call the 'Worst Episode' ofFull House

Mar. 15, 2025

John Stamos, Dave Coulier and Bob Saget in ‘Full House’ in 1987.Photo:ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Jodie SweetinandAndrea Barberare looking back at some ofFull House’s early misstep — specifically an uncharacteristically racy season 1 episode.

OriginalFull Houseproducer Karen Miller joined the duo on the most recent episode of their rewatch podcastHow Rude, Tanneritos!, and the hosts made sure to find out what Miller thought of the beloved sitcom’s fifth episode in 1987, “Sea Cruise.”

“Was ‘Sea Cruise’ the worst episode that we ever did as a show?” Sweetin asked.

“It was a disaster,” Miller admitted.

Nancy Mulford, Michele Laybourn, Bob Saget and Dorothy Parke in ‘Full House’ in 1987.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

As Barber and Sweetin previously detailed when theyrecapped the episodein August 2023, “Sea Cruise” is particularly notable for essentially jettisoning the Tanner girls to focus entirely onBob Saget,Dave CoulierandJohn Stamos’ characters. The episode finds Danny (Saget), Joey (Coulier) and Jesse (Stamos) embarking on a midnight fishing trip, ostensibly for some male bonding time. But things take a turn for the flirty when Jesse’s rock star ex-girlfriend and her backup singers decide to tag along.

“I wouldn’t even say it was the boys' fantasy to do that episode. But it turned out to be this weird episode,” Miller recalled. “It was just so out of character forFull House.”

John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Bob Saget, Dorothy Parke and Nancy Mulford in ‘Full House’ in 1987.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Upon revisiting the episode last year, Barber and Sweetin were aghast at some of the innuendos and suggestive jokes that made their way into the show.

“This episode is not as family-friendly as later episodes ofFull House,” Barber, 48, noted. “Every other joke is a sexual innuendo.”

“I remember when they were shooting this one my mom — I think my mom was like ‘This just doesn’t feel like a family show, this doesn’t feel likeFull House,’ ” Sweetin, 42, recalled at the time. “And it wasn’t. It was really, I think before the family dynamic of the show really took off and we found that the magic was with all of us being together and not keeping the adults and the kids so separated.”

Barber added that she really missed the Tanner girls in the episode.

“I think it was just that the episode was focused on the guys and that was kind of, you know, what shows did,” Sweetin said. “It was like you could have the kids in the beginning and the end and not really pay attention to them. But as the show went on,Full Housedefinitely didn’t do that as much.”

On the most recent episode ofTenneritos, Miller agreed with Sweetin’s assessment. “We saw that shift in it really being about the family and less about the boys, you know, dating,” she said.

John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Nancy Mulford and Michelle Nicastro in ‘Full House’ in 1987.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

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“Joey and Jesse are just kind of tolerant of each other up until this point, but it’s this moment where I think they become friends, like good deep friends,” Barber said.

“It was such a character development story for all three of them,” Sweetin said. “We see Jesse change and we see Joey have a little bit more of a heart and we see Danny still processing, but you know, I loved it. It really came together quite nicely, and Bob, I thought, was so sweet and wonderful and genuine in this episode, particularly in that last scene.”

source: people.com