The "Sisters in Crime" episode (Season 5)

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This episode aired on Nick @ Nite today, and it always pisses me off (for an episode that isn't centered on Michelle oddly enough) for some reason. I don't know if it's the lazy writing, the mixed up logic, the lack of continuity, or what.

For starters, I find it absurd that Stephanie would rather see a G-rated movie instead of a PG-rated movie like DJ and Steve wanted to see. In what universe is a PG-rated movie (keep in mind that this episode was first broadcast in 1991, which was a good seven years after the establishment of the PG-13 rating) considered an "edgy" rating?

Let's be honest, when you were Stephanie's age, wouldn't you if you could (out of morbid curiosity) want to see movies that had higher than a PG-rating? There's even an episode from that same season in which Michelle's friend, Teddy tells Joey that they were going to play Terminator 2. Of course, despite being the biggest box office hit of 1991, T2 was an R-rated movie and Teddy was I think, around five years old at the time. It just seemed like a cheap way for the writers to tap into the pop cultural zeitgeist.

Another thing that doesn't make a lick of sense is why the hell would an usher be going around in a theater for a G-rated movie. The usher's argument was that he heard about kids sneaking into theaters to see (and I can't stress this enough), a G-rated movie (not an R-rated movie, where it's obviously inappropriate). I also find it funny that Stephanie and Michelle couldn't purchase tickets because they spent all of their money on snacks. In real life (or at least whenever I've gone to a movie theater), you had to purchase a ticket first before to the concession stands.

It's extremely hypocritical of DJ to say that she she had a guilty conscious (hence why she had to tell the truth to Danny about her and her sisters' day), when she had shown no qualms about lying to her dad in the past. Like for example, the time that she and Stephanie punctured a hole in Danny's wall w/ a coat rack. It wasn't like that was the first time in the Full House universe that the Tanner sisters got into some "wacky shenanigans" behind their father's back.

But of course, in typical Miller-Boyett Productions fashion, they have to offer up some more of their skewed view of wisdom w/ the tacked on moral of DJ promising to spend more time w/ her sisters. If I were Stephanie or Michelle, I would be mightily pissed off at DJ for snitching on them to Danny.

I thought that Danny overacted to DJ's whole confession. I don't understand why the dude has to put on this hard face and get all tough over his eldest daughter telling the truth. Hell, Danny wasn't that pissed over Stephanie driving Joey's car into the kitchen. Nothing of real consequences happened other than Stephanie and Michelle getting in trouble w/ the usher. If anything, Danny should've been mad about Stephanie and Michelle being rude as hell during the movie, not for "willingly" going along w/ DJ to her date w/ Steve.

Who seriously cares if DJ has to take her kid sisters to the movies (she's technically, still watching them even if it's not at home) w/ her would be boyfriend? Why the hell does Danny have to act like he's about to have an ulcer! So Michelle has the sniffles, then give her some allergy/anti-cold medicine, it's not like she has chickenpox.