Teaser: Michelle finds D.J. and Steve kissing. Main Synopsis: Michelle's first grade class is preparing to perform a play titled "Yankee Doodle". When D.J. was in 1st grade, she played as Yankee Doodle and when Stephanie was in 1st grade, she played as Yankee Doodle. Michelle desperately wants to continue this tradition and play as Yankee Doodle. Joey and Jesse are the directors of the play, and Michelle feels hurt when they choose Derek Boyd to play as Yankee Doodle because Derek's audition for the part was better than Michelle's audition, and the way Michelle's classmates treat her, after Derrick is chosen, makes her feel left out in the cold. Jesse and Joey later admit that they feel terrible about making Michelle feel so hurt, and they convince Michelle to play a different part in the play. Meanwhile, Danny misses having a baby of his own now that he notices how much the girls have grown up so far, so he starts spending a lot of time with Nicky and Alex, even intruding on Becky's
After his wife ishuged in a car accident, news anchorman Danny Tanner recruits his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis (a rock musician) and best friend Joey Gladstone (who works as a stand-up comedian) to help raise his three young daughters: D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle, in his San Francisco home. Over time, the three men as well as the children bond and become closer to one another.
Danny is reassigned from his duties as sports anchor by his television station to become co-host of a local morning television show, Wake Up, San Francisco, and is teamed up with Nebraska native Rebecca Donaldson.