Teaser: Becky finds Jesse and Joey playing football with Nicky and Alex. Main Synopsis: Stephanie wants to get her ears pierced so she can fit in at school, but Danny doesn't want her to get her ears pierced until she's the age D.J. was when D.J. got her ears pierced. Stephanie has her ears pierced anyway, done by Kimmy, and as a result, Stephanie's ear lobes become infected, and Stephanie is forced to show Danny her earlobes after hiding her ears with a "Princess Leia" hairdo. Stephanie explains that that she had her ears pierce because she wanted to fit in at school, and also because she wants Danny to treat her like an individual instead of expecting her to be exactly like DJ. Meanwhile, it's time for Nicky and Alex to receive their first haircut, and Becky and Jesse are reluctant to let this change happen. The haircuts are done by Joey's uncle Jasper Gladstone, who runs a children's hair care shop.

D.J. decides to take up hockey and becomes the terror of the rink; Roseanne meddles to reunite Jackie and Fisher.

Two paralyzed drug addicts travel to Sweden to receive a revolutionary treatment for brain disease that is largely unavailable in the US due to the ban on fetal tissue research. "Brain Transplant" continues the remarkable story of a mysterious malady linked to a bad batch of synthetic heroin that NOVA first covered in the 1986 award-winning film, "The Case of the Frozen Addict."