Fuller House ended on a touching note with a great finale but an easily missable plot hole in the episode actually betrays Full House’s core theme.
A Fuller House finale plot hole shows how the spin-off betrays Full House’s core theme. Reviving one of the most iconic family sitcoms, Netflix brought back almost all of the core cast members for its offshoot that focused on Danny Tanner’s (Bob Saget) daughters, DJ (Candace Cameron-Bure) and Stephanie (Jodie Sweeting). Given Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s non-involvement, Fuller House didn’t feature Michelle and was essentially replaced by Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) instead.
Netflix’s Full House reboot leaned on nostalgia. It simply repeated the late ’80s/early ’90s sitcom’s premise by subjecting DJ to the same situation that her father was once in — accidentally widowed and left to raise three young kids. That being said, some of its plotlines over its five-season run were updated to appeal to a contemporary audience, including Stephanie’s surrogacy. While they both started the same way, Fuller House delivered a much better finale than its parent series when it saw all three female lead stars getting married to their respective love interests.
The Fuller House finale was emotionally satisfying as it also doubled as a reunion for the Full House core cast, albeit in the absence of Michelle and Becky (Lori Loughlin). Despite this, there was one problem: while the brides’ family and friends were all in attendance to celebrate their big day, the grooms didn’t have a party at their own wedding. Granted that Jimmy Gibbler’s (Adam Hagenbuch) sister, Kimmy was also there, Steve Hale (Scott Weinger) and Fernando Hernandez-Guerrero-Fernandez-Guerrero’s (Juan Pablo Di Pace) respective families were nowhere to be found. What makes this worse is the fact that some of their exes attended the big day, and if they were invited, some of Steve and Fernando’s family members should have also been there.
Fuller House’s Missing Guests Goes Against Full House’s Message
From the get-go, Full House was always about family. Danny made sure that his kids felt like they were part of a loving unit despite not being in a stereotypical household with Jesse (John Stamos) and Joey (Dave Coulier) acting as their other parental figures in lieu of a mom. The fact that Steve and Fernando’s party didn’t attend their wedding betrays this idea as at the very least some of their family members should have been there to celebrate their big day. Granted that the primary focus was on DJ, Stephanie, and Kimmy as the lead stars of Fuller House, but if they were able to invite some of the characters’ lovers, it shouldn’t have been difficult to include the grooms’ respective parties in the background.
In any case, this isn’t the only time that Fuller House disregarded its parent show’s core theme. Full House made sure that the focus of its storytelling had always been on the kids and their relationship with Danny, Jesse, and Joey. It’s one of, if not the main reason why it resonated with many. Its Netflix spin-off, however, opted to put more interest in developing its adult casts’ love lives. While this was rewarding for viewers of the original series as it showed how far the characters have come, it effectively kills the possibility of another Full House offshoot.
