Release Date: 8/7/07

The Show

They really don’t make family entertainment like this anymore. Full House had it all. There was a compulsive neat freak father, an Elvis-wannabe brother in law, a live-in comedian friend, and 3 wacky daughters. Every episode reeked of a saccharine-like quality and was neatly wrapped up by the end with a nice moral. Cue that piano music! The Complete Fifth Season carried on the fun with Jesse and Becca’s new twins and Joey gets a new job on a television show as Ranger Joe!

The basic premise of the series was that Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) was a recently widowed father of 3 girls, D.J. (Candance Cameron, Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin), and Michelle (Mary Kate and Ashley Olson). In order to get help with the house and family, danny gets help from his brother-in-law Jesse (John Stamos) and childhood friend Joey (Dave Coulier). Each week, there would be a new jam the family had to get out of, and each week the family would pull through to make it out as a single unit.

The combination of characters really propelled the show into 8 full seasons. Sure there are plot holes and sometimes the episodes didn’t fully mesh with other episodes, but who really cares? It was never meant to be groundbreaking, just wholesome family entertainment. Besides, I grew up on this stuff, and I turned out okay!

The set includes all 24 episodes from the seventh season spread across 4 discs with a Play All option on each disc.
Disc 1
1. It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
2. The Apartment
3. Wrong-Way Tanner
4. Tough Love
5. Fast Friends
6. Smash Club: The Next Generation
Disc 2
1. High Anxiety
2. Another Opening, Another No Show
3. The Day of the Rhino
4. The Prying Game
5. The Bicycle Thief
6. Support Your Local Parents
Disc 3
1. The Perfect Couple
2. Is it True About Stephanie?
3. The Test
4. Joey’s Funny Valentine
5. The Last Dance
6. Kissing Cousins
Disc 4
1. Love on the Rocks
2. Michelle a la Cart
3. Be Your Own Best Friend
4. A Date with Fate
5. Too Little Richard Too Late
6. A House Divided

THE DVD

The main menu is pretty simple with options laid out neatly. The show’s opening theme plays throughout. Submenus are silent with still backgrounds.

The video transfer is offered in 1.33:1 Fullscreen Format. The picture looks just as clear if not better than the original broadcast. The details and color levels are on pint with only a few spare moments of blocky/pixilation.

The audio is offered in English Dolby Digital Mono. The dialogue and voices are crisp while the canned laughter comes through strong and loud. Subtitles are also offered in English.

THE EXTRAS

The 4 DVDs this time around come in 2 slimline cases with a disc found on each flap. The episode descriptions and original airdates are found on the cases as well. We still get no bonus options with this set.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Full House – The Complete Seventh Season will get picked up by fans who already own the previous six seasons on DVD. However, that doesn’t speak for the complete lack of bonus options found on the set. Non-fans should stick with a rental.

- Morris Tang