Fuller House – Uncle Jesse’s Adventures in Babysitting

By: Gladys Luna

Fernando (Juan Pablo Di Pace) and Jimmy (Adam Hagenbuch) are doing their best to make an amazing dinner for Kimmy (Andrea Barber) in DJ’s (Candace Cameron Bure) kitchen. She comes downstairs and finds out about the mess both men have created. Fernando explains her that he and Jimmy have restored the old Gibbler´s house and want to surprise Kimmy. Kimmy walks in and the three of them have to pretend nothing is happening. Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) also arrives and announces that her cast has been removed. She also tells Kimmy that the only reason she is attending to her dinner is because she wants to see the Gibbler´s house much to Jimmy´s surprise as he can’t believe that even though they are lifetime friends, she has never been there. Kimmy says that Stephanie never wanted to be there, but then Steph replies that when she was five years old Kimmy told her that her house was haunted. Kimmy sticks to the story that a friendly ghost called Mr. Mutchnik used to live there, but Stephanie doesn’t believe her at all. The two women start to argue and DJ intervenes to stop them, but the two girls doesn’t seem to want to. DJ intents to play the “she wolf pack” card on them, making Jimmy emulate them when they pretend to howl, but any of the women seem to be happy with his interpretation.

Right at that moment, Uncle Jesse (John Stamos) walks in carrying his daughter Pamela (Madilynn Jefferson/McKenzie Jefferson) in his arms explaining that since Becky had to go to New York for a work thing. So, he was left alone with the baby. The girls greet him as they explain to him that since they all are going out for dinner, he will be in charge of babysitting the kids. And just as on cue, the kids enter the kitchen waving their hellos to Uncle Jesse as well. He pretends not to know their names and messes around with Ramona (Soni Nicole Bringas) by mispronouncing her name in different funny ways. Later that night, Uncle Jesse attempts to put Pamela to sleep but he little girl doesn’t seem to give in, totally opposite to Jesse who suddenly starts to fall asleep. But then he is abruptly awakened by his baby screaming, who finds it funny to scare the guy. Ramona walks in asking for his advice on her hair style. She wants to either go blond or get a perm. So, Jesse takes his phone out and begins to show her the different hair styles that he has used over the years which go from, mullet Jesse, perm Jesse, Farrah Fawcett Jesse to Rachel from “Friends” Jesse.

In the meantime, in Jackson (Michael Campion) and Max’s (Elias Harger) room the younger of the two have created a land for his dinosaurs over his brother´s bed. So, when Jackson walks in and finds out what the other kid has done he gets really mad throwing the dinosaurs away. Max gets furious and jumps over Jackson and starts fighting with him. Jesse walks in and sets them apart, asking them to apologize to each other, say I love you and hug and the siblings unwillingly do it. Then, Jesse is called back into the other room to be with his daughter.

Kimmy, DJ, Stephanie and Matt (John Brotherton) arrive to the Gibbler´s old house. Kimmy and DJ ring the doorbell and “clown´s music” starts to play so they perform the choreography they used to when they were younger. Fernando shows up at the door and welcomes the four of them inside much to Kimmy´s surprise who almost cries when she sees her old house just exactly the way it was. She finds her parent´s farting chairs and all kind of weird artifacts they used to have – even the time-out wall that her parents used on her and Jimmy when they behaved badly. They would wear a special suit and jump against the sticky wall and remained there until their parents said so. Kimmy also mentioned about the ghost that used to live there and Matt immediately shows his fear about the thought of it even though he tries to disguise it.

Meanwhile, at the Fuller´s house, Jesse tries to make Pamela sleep by putting her in the crib next to Tommy (Dashiell Messitt/Fox Messitt), but the two kids start to jump up and down showing no intention on sleeping at all. He gets distracted by the screams coming from Jackson and Max´s room who seem to be fighting again. It turns out that Jackson fell asleep and Max built a Lego wall around him and to defend himself. Max says that he just wanted to “make his room great again.” Jackson tries hard until he breaks it, alleging he is really strong. Jesse mocks him by saying that he just destroyed a wall that was built with pieces made from three to seven years old to play it. The older brother questions how he ended up sharing his room with a fourth grader and Max says that their mother wanted him to help him with his homework. The two keep fighting until Jesse decided to separate them so he takes Jackson to where Tommy and Pamela are and introduces them as their roommates for the night. Max seems to be enjoying it so much. Ramona shows up and asks for Jesse´s help on her perm solution so he walks out to help the girl.

Back to the Gibbler´s house, the six adults share an unconventional dinner as they have been served cotton candy cobs. Suddenly, Stephanie says that she has seeing a lot of weird thing except the so-called ghost. Just like that, Fernando´s frame falls to the floor and a series of crazy things start to happen. Everyone seem to be trying to make sense of it while Matt is terrible scared of it so he jumps over DJ and then ends up hiding under the table. Stephanie finally believes her and apologizes to her and Kimmy does the same. It seems as though the “she wolf pack” is back. All of a sudden, the organ starts to play and then Jimmy takes the remote out and turns it off. He says that DJ told him that she wanted to Stephanie and Kimmy to stop fighting so he created a plan to do so. Steph withdraws her apologies and then the whole house goes crazy again except this time it is not Jimmy´s work, the lights go on and off and Matt starts to scream while Fernando is found stuck to the time out wall saying that he has just started to understand why the house was so cheap.

Back to “babysitter Jesse,” he has decided to put a leash on Pamela and Tommy and tie them up by the side of the kitchen counter. He gives them some sheets and crayons to entertain them. He gets distracted for moment until he sees that the kids have made some scribbles on the side of the counter. Then, Cosmo walks in all cover in mud getting Jesse all dirty in a second.

Ramona appears and finds the babies tied up. Suddenly, the dinner is on fire and as Jesse attempts to use the fire extinguisher on it, it just doesn’t work out. He accidentally throws it to the floor and it is set off covering Jesse all in white. He tries to take a napkin to clean himself off, but before he reaches for it his arm gets stuck on the fruit basket. He then walks towards the window and wraps himself in the curtain until he tears it apart. The smoke alarm is set off so he jumps on the counter as an attempt to turn it off, but he falls off of it breaking it. Jackson sees the dinner is still on fire so Jesse takes a ceramic duck and puts it in the pan. Just like that, the fire is gone. The older brother teases Max by saying that he blew his nose on his unicorn and Max gets so mad that he throws ketchup over his older brother as a vengeance. Jackson shoots back and the fight starts until Max shoots Jesse and he chases the boys around the kitchen shooting ketchup at them. The girls return from their dinner and see everything. With astonishment, Ramona walks in wearing a very fluffy hair. With a few words, everything is just a real mess. When Jesse is asked for an explanation about what happened, he comes with very rational reasons why the kitchen now looks like a war field.

Stephanie and DJ go to Ramona´s room where Uncle Jesse is hidden under the covers. He confesses them that he can´t take care of the kids anymore. He feels as though he has lost his touch but the girls make him remember that he still have it in him.

Jesse goes to the boys’ room and talks to them, he apologizes for his earlier behavior and the kids understand it and apologize to him too. He finally makes the two siblings to confess a sincere “I love you” to each other and hug. Suddenly, he is called by Pamela again so he goes straight to her and asks her to sleep to what the little girl agrees. He begins to sing for her, but the girl doesn’t seem to be so happy about it. So, DJ asks him to sing from the heart. And with the help of the girls, he sings a beautiful song until the little girl slow falls slowly asleep.

Another day to remember at the Fuller´s house. It is always good to have the old members back. And if this episode ride wasn´t enough, please keep reading Starry Constellation Magazine because there is still more coming up. ¡Hasta la próxima!