Fuller House season 2 binge recap and study guide

Fuller House season 2 binge recap and study guide

Netflix’s Fuller House is back with season 2 — and we recapped each episode. Read on for the best (and worst!) parts, the funniest lines, and each half-hour’s nostalgia score. (And need a refresher on the first season? Check it out here.)

EPISODE 1: “Welcome Back”

What happens: After spending her summer without any romantic distractions, DJ is ready to choose between Matt, the cute co-worker, and Steve, the high school sweetheart. The problem? While DJ was focusing on herself, Matt and Steve focused on getting new girlfriends. Stephanie’s having a bit more luck in the love department: Kimmy’s brother, Jimmy (who is basically an extra goofy version of Ashton Kutcher), finds her in the backyard singing a song and the two are soon making out. It looks like the house is about to get fuller — also because Fernando got evicted after forgetting to pay rent and is now trying to crash there, too.
The best part: Jimmy pretends to be DJ’s boyfriend so she can fit in with the other couples at her annual barbecue, but… they aren’t very convincing. Out of nowhere, he flatly says, “DJ and I love to scuba” and then calls her “big mama” in response to her calling him “big guy.” In other words, Stephanie does not have to worry about DJ stealing her new man.

The worst part: Every time they break out the Gibbler Gallop. We get it: The Gibblers are quirky. Now please make them stop dancing.

EPISODE 2: “Mom Interference”

What happens: Matt’s super-healthy, super-young new girlfriend, Crystal, feels bad that DJ is all alone — so she sets her up on a date… with her grandpa, played by Alan Thicke (who lovers of ‘80s family sitcoms will remember as Dr. Seaver on Growing Pains, Full House’s network sibling). The age difference is a bit of a turnoff, as is his habit of starting with “Mike here” each time he speaks. And anyway, DJ has bigger things to worry about: Jackson wants to start playing football to impress Lola, but his mom is worried that he’s going to hurt himself. This starts a little war between the two that ends with an aww-worthy resolution. Oh, and Tommy gets a haircut.

EPISODE 3: “Ramona’s Not-So-Epic First Kiss”

What happens: Ramona wants to get her first kiss over with, so she pecks Popko, Jackson’s friend, who she doesn’t like — until they lock lips. Her crush is cut short, though, when she finds out he’s dating someone else. Meanwhile, Stephanie and DJ decide to have a little Saturday fun and crash a wedding, where DJ meets a cute guy she immediately hits it off with. But her crush is also cut short, because it turns out this cute guy is gay. At least she got a new friend out of it?

EPISODE 4: “Curse of Tanner Manor”

What happens: It’s Halloween in the Tanner house, but DJ is disappointed to learn that precocious neighborhood blogger Taylor has deemed their house the “lamest Halloween house in town.” To rehab her image, she decides to throw Max and his friends a big, spooky party. Unfortunately, the party is kind of lame, even with the help of Kimmy and Fernando, who try to bring some spunk to the fete in costume as Lucy and Ricky. Meanwhile, Jackson and Ramona, being the cool teenagers that they are, bail on the party in favor of a haunted house. This hurts DJ’s feelings, but Steph and Jimmy, who are working in the house as zombies, do their best to knock a little sense into the too-cool-to-admit-they’re-terrified pair.

EPISODE 5: Doggy Daddy

What happened: The Fuller house is even fuller than usual in this go-round: Ramona is preparing to audition for the famed dance coach Giuseppe Pignoli (guest star Bruno Tonioli), DJ has arranged a big play date for Tommy, and Max has added three chickens (aptly named Danny, Jesse, and Joey – chicken Becky flew out the car’s sunroof by accident) to the brood. Things go awry, however, when Cosmo accidentally swallows a corn on the cob and needs emergency surgery to remove it. Good thing DJ’s a vet, right? Stephanie’s lazy Sunday is interrupted as DJ leaves her in charge of the baby play date, and she and the boys take Cosmo to the clinic, where some unexpected sparks fly with Matt, who is already in a relationship.