The DARK Implications of the FULL HOUSE Series Finale

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FULL HOUSE was a family-oriented sitcom that ran from 1987 to 1995. It pretty much exists permanently in the collective subconscious of anyone who was a child in the 90s. But despite this lingering cultural status, Full House was actually canceled in 1995. Suddenly. Which means the planned season 8 finale now became the SERIES finale.

And as a series finale, it’s surprisingly dark.

The finale is a two-parter entitled “Michelle Rides Again” in which Michelle has an accident and suffers amnesia. The implications of this finale have potential echoes in the recent Netflix revival series FULLER HOUSE.

Yes, I’m over-analyzing 90s nostalgia again.

But I love to examine both the first episodes and the finales of TV shows. How did things start compared to how they ended? Was the finale planned? Was the show canceled? Did they have an ending in mind or did the show have to be hastily rewritten to try and wrap things up? (Someday, I want to ramble about the Supernatural finale, but this is not that day.)