The End Of Fuller House Was Cheesy & Predictable — Did You Expect Something Else?

The End Of Fuller House Was Cheesy & Predictable — Did You Expect Something Else?

After five seasons of catchphrases, open doors, and She Wolf pride, Fuller House’s final episodes have landed on Netflix, and just in case you were wondering, there were happy endings all around. In the show’s last episode, D.J., Stephanie, and Kimmy all walk down the aisle and marry Steve, Jimmy, and Fernando, respectively. Unlike past Fuller House weddings, this one actually ends with all three couples saying “I do,” despite a few hiccups along the way. This milestone moment for the women seems to mark a new beginning for them all, but rather than have D.J., Stephanie, and Kimmy embrace a future where they all embark on separate paths, the show opts instead for an ending that promises more of the same for the trio. And I’m okay with that.

After five seasons of catchphrases, open doors, and She Wolf pride, Fuller House’s final episodes have landed on Netflix, and just in case you were wondering, there were happy endings all around. In the show’s last episode, D.J., Stephanie, and Kimmy all walk down the aisle and marry Steve, Jimmy, and Fernando, respectively. Unlike past Fuller House weddings, this one actually ends with all three couples saying “I do,” despite a few hiccups along the way. This milestone moment for the women seems to mark a new beginning for them all, but rather than have D.J., Stephanie, and Kimmy embrace a future where they all embark on separate paths, the show opts instead for an ending that promises more of the same for the trio. And I’m okay with that.

If you’ve guessed that at the last second Stephanie and Kimmy (and their husbands) decide not to move out after all, well, then no points for you, because what else would happen on this show? There’s no real tension in the proposition that the She Wolf pack will be split up, because it goes against the entire ethos of the show. Fuller House, like Full House before it, is the story of an unconventional family, and to have D.J., Stephanie, and Kimmy suddenly separate into perfect nuclear families after marriage would have ignored the entire premise of the series. After all, these are the same women who spend their wedding night eating ice cream in the kitchen together while their husbands are… somewhere.

The series maintains the status quo as the final credits roll: D.J., Steve, Stephanie, Jimmy, Kimmy, and Fernando will all continue to live under the same roof with their assorted kids. As a statement on the power of found families and the strength in numbers approach to child-rearing it’s a beautiful and fitting tribute to the legacy of Full House. And, okay, it’s more than a little saccharine, too, but that’s pretty onbrand for this franchise.