Step by Step Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Step by Step: Season 7 (1995 - 1998)

• Season 7 Episode 19: Movin' On Up

  Obnoxious yuppies make an offer for Frank and Carol's house.

• Season 7 Episode 18: We're in the Money

  Cody returns from a trip around the world with $50,000 for Frank and Carol.

• Season 7 Episode 17: The Understudy

  Understudy Al is unprepared when the star falls ill.

• Season 7 Episode 16: And Justice for Some

  At a pro basketball game, JT moves to Frank's seat and wins a truck.

• Season 7 Episode 15: The Half Monty

  JT and Rich enter a male-stripper contest for ski trip money.

• Season 7 Episode 14: Pain in the Class

  Frank dreads meeting an old nemesis at a high-school reunion.

• Season 7 Episode 13: Feet of Clay

  Dana and Rich take a pottery class; role-playing spices Carol and Frank's love life.

• Season 7 Episode 12: Goin' to the Chapel

  Frank and Carol's hasty conclusions drive Dana and Rich to elope.

• Season 7 Episode 11: Phoney Business

  Altered dialogue turns Al's suntan-lotion commercial risque.

• Season 7 Episode 10: Too Many Santas

  Lilly recognizes department-store Santa JT and loses the holiday spirit.

• Season 7 Episode 9: Goodbye, Mr. Chip

  Carol's well-meant advice leads to a breakup.

• Season 7 Episode 8: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

  To keep Rich's interest, Dana has JT teach her to have fun; Frank's con-man cousin shows up.

• Season 7 Episode 7: Dream Lover

  J.T. and Sam break up at a haunted house; Lilly's first Halloween party.

• Season 7 Episode 6: Can't Buy Me Love

  J.T. pretends to be rich to woo a waitress.

• Season 7 Episode 5: Poetic Justice

  Karen's grades plummet when she won't date a teaching assistant; Mark dates a grunge.

• Season 7 Episode 4: Take This Job and ...

  J.T. goes to work for his girlfriend; Frank accepts a boat in payment for a debt.

• Season 7 Episode 3: Your Cheatin' Heart

  Dana thinks Rich is cheating on her; interruptions mar Frank and Carol's romantic evening.

• Season 7 Episode 2: A Star Is Born

  Al lands a movie role and decides to quit school.

• Season 7 Episode 1: Making the Grade

  With the nest empty, Carol enrolls in college.

Step by Step: Season 6 (1997)

• Season 6 Episode 24: Bonjour Jean-Luc

  Frank fears more chores when Carol and Jean-Luc decide to open a salon together.

• Season 6 Episode 23: The Kissing Game

  JT offers a solution when the kids seek privacy with their dates.

• Season 6 Episode 22: Shear Madness

  The first lady wants Jean-Luc to cut her hair on the salon's opening day.

• Season 6 Episode 21: Walk Like a Man

  Mark bans Carol from attending his basketball games.

• Season 6 Episode 20: Talking Trash

  Dana and Rich square off in a community recycling contest.

• Season 6 Episode 19: The Facts of Life

  Lily repeats her parents' version of the birds and the bees to classmates.

• Season 6 Episode 18: Ain't Misbehavin'

  JT becomes jealous when he learns Sam's new roommate is her male co-worker.

• Season 6 Episode 17: Macho Man

  JT's dream about marrying girlfriend Sam turns into a nightmare.

• Season 6 Episode 16: It Didn't Happen One Night

  A disgruntled date spreads rumors about Al at school.

• Season 6 Episode 15: Show Me the Money

  JT and Rich become sports agents for an up-and-coming college hockey player.

• Season 6 Episode 14: Future Shock

  After Rich and Dana attend a wedding they envision their married life.

• Season 6 Episode 13: The Big Date

  Al's blind date is overweight; Dana, Rich, JT and Sam check into a hotel.

• Season 6 Episode 12: Loose Lips

  Mark brags to his buddies about a date; a date dumps Karen.

• Season 6 Episode 11: Absolutely Fabio

  Dana and Rich team up to handle Lily's big birthday party.

• Season 6 Episode 10: How the West Was Won

  Frank's dream takes him back to the Wild West, where he is a sheriff.

• Season 6 Episode 9: Locket Man

  Rich's gift to Dana is not endearing; Frank has a midlife crisis.

• Season 6 Episode 8: Reality Bites

  J.T. and Rich squander the rent money, so Frank evicts them.

• Season 6 Episode 7: Independence Day

  Rebellious JT moves in with Jean-Luc; Carol and the girls go to a karaoke bar.

• Season 6 Episode 6: She's the One

  JT falls in love with a tow-truck driver; Karen is set to perform in a music video.

• Season 6 Episode 5: The 'L' Word

  Dana questions her relationship with Rich when an old pal tries to woo her away.

• Season 6 Episode 4: Just Say Maybe

  Al faces the temptation of marijuana at a rock concert.

• Season 6 Episode 3: Sex, Lies and Videotape

  JT accepts a hasty marriage proposal from a sexy, older Frenchwoman.

• Season 6 Episode 2: Road Trip

  Dana tries to bail out JT and Rich when they land in a Mexican jail.

• Season 6 Episode 1: Crazy Love

  Dana must tutor a boy she loathes; Carol and Frank seek time alone.

Step by Step: Season 5 (1995 - 1996)

• Season 5 Episode 24: Men at Work

  Waiters JT and Rich get a lesson in sexual harassment at work.

• Season 5 Episode 23: We're Going to Disney World

  The kids feud with one another while on vacation at Disney World.

• Season 5 Episode 22: We're Going to Disney World

  Frank's mother takes the family on a vacation to Disney World.

• Season 5 Episode 21: Major Pain

  Dana, JT and Rich visit a career-placement center for counseling.

• Season 5 Episode 20: The Bodyguard Formerly Known as Prince

  Karen, Dana and Al head to the ski slopes to find romance.

• Season 5 Episode 19: Do the Right Thing

  JT is accused of cheating on an exam; Al mulls getting a tattoo.

• Season 5 Episode 18: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

  Dana brings her pompous new boyfriend home for dinner.

• Season 5 Episode 17: Forever Young

  Frank and Carol try to keep up with the younger parents in Lily's play group.

• Season 5 Episode 16: Secret Admirer

  Cody tries to lift Dana's spirits by posing as a secret admirer.

• Season 5 Episode 15: Snow Bunnies

  Al gets jealous when she learns Matt is on a trip with a man-stealing girl.

• Season 5 Episode 14: Torn Between Two Mothers

  Carol and her mother-in-law's battle over parenting forces Frank to choose sides.

• Season 5 Episode 13: Beautiful Ladies of Wrestling

  Frank and JT agree to wrestle two women in order to win Super Bowl tickets.

• Season 5 Episode 12: What's Wrong With This Picture?

  Dana poses for a renowned artist; Frank hunts for a pesky rodent.

• Season 5 Episode 11: The Fight Before Christmas

  JT learns a lesson from a co-worker while selling Christmas trees.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Baby Come Back

  After Lilly auditions for a commercial, JT and Al bring home the wrong baby.

• Season 5 Episode 9: The Wall

  Cody joins Dana's feminist study group; Mark dances with a football hero's girlfriend.

• Season 5 Episode 8: The Roadie

  Cody is hired as a rock star's roadie.

• Season 5 Episode 7: Hello, Mister Chips

  Al's boss asks her to take home the store mascot, a rambunctious chimp.

• Season 5 Episode 6: Don't Ask

  Cody accidentally orders a bride through a Russian mail-order catalog.

• Season 5 Episode 5: Maid to Order

  JT hires an aspiring model as a housekeeper; Cody teaches an aerobics class.

• Season 5 Episode 4: Midnight Caller

  Dana and JT volunteer at a family hot line; Cody calms the crying baby.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Party Animal

  Dana turns wild after moving out on her own.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Three Girls and a Baby

  Frank and Carol's plans for a romantic evening go awry.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Little Sister Don'tcha

  Overprotective JT learns Al is going on a date to the drive-in movies.

Step by Step: Season 4 (1994 - 1997)

• Season 4 Episode 24: A Foster/Lambert Production

  Cody videotapes the birth of Carol and Frank's baby.

• Season 4 Episode 23: Big Girl on Campus

  Dana and Karen rescue Al from a sticky situation at a college fraternity party.

• Season 4 Episode 22: Adventures in Baby-Sitting

  Desperate for vacation money, Alicia follows J.T.'s baby-sitting scheme.

• Season 4 Episode 21: Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?

  Cody crashes an interview by Harmon Killibrew; Frank and J.T. mock pregnancy.

• Season 4 Episode 20: Indecent Proposal

  J.T.'s overly friendly ethics professor comes up for review.

• Season 4 Episode 19: She Came In Through the Bedroom Window

  Pregnant Carol thinks Frank is seeing an old girlfriend.

• Season 4 Episode 18: Back to School

  Cody and Mark discover J.T. has a learning disability.

• Season 4 Episode 17: Head of the Class

  Dana and Cody tutor students for a TV quiz show.

• Season 4 Episode 16: One Truck, al Dente

  Al crashes Frank's truck into the house; pain medication addles Dana.

• Season 4 Episode 15: The Honeymoon Is Over

  Mark's first fight with his girlfriend involves the whole family.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Thirtysomething

  Dana dates an older man; Carol develops cravings.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Can't Buy Me Love

  Karen and Dana are asked to pledge to a sorority; a builder tries to woo Carol.

• Season 4 Episode 12: I'll Be Home for Christmas

  The family is stuck with a grumpy aunt on Christmas.

• Season 4 Episode 11: Make Room for Daddy

  Frank takes away Carol for a romantic weekend; Mark dates a genius.

• Season 4 Episode 10: Letting Go

  Frank dislikes Alicia's boyfriend; Dana appears to be allergic to Cody.

• Season 4 Episode 9: The Ice Cream Man Cometh

  Cody's surrogate father wants to sky-dive without a parachute.

• Season 4 Episode 8: Beyond Therapy

  The prospect of visiting a family therapist disenchants the kids.

• Season 4 Episode 7: Growing Up Is Hard to Do

  On the eve of her first date, Al seeks Karen's advice.

• Season 4 Episode 6: Something Wild

  Cody tries to carve the world's largest jack-o'-lantern.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Revenge of the Nerd

  Karen dates a voter, the school nerd, to land the homecoming queen title.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Spoiled Sport

  Frank auditions for a broadcasting job, but Carol gets noticed.

• Season 4 Episode 3: Animal House

  Karen is hazed at a fraternity party.

• Season 4 Episode 2: College Bound

  Dana and Cody enroll at university; J.T. binges with his credit card.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Karate Kid

  Cody helps Mark ready for a karate competition; Frank installs an intercom.

Step by Step: Season 3 (1993 - 1994)

• Season 3 Episode 23: Prom Night

  Dana and J.T. plot to get prom dates; Carol loses her temper playing Monopoly.

• Season 3 Episode 22: Great Expectations

  Frank tries to help Cody cope with the corporate world.

• Season 3 Episode 21: The Case of the Missing Diary

  Karen's missing diary inspires Cody's '40s-style screenplay.

• Season 3 Episode 20: Feeling Forty

  Carol overdoes exercising and dieting when she turns 40.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Birth of a Salesman

  J.T. reveals a talent for selling; Dana analyzes Cody.

• Season 3 Episode 18: Nightmare Weekend

  Frank takes Carol to a weekend hideaway where he used to bring someone else.

• Season 3 Episode 17: Pretty Woman

  Vying for a modeling job, Karen is upstaged by Al.

• Season 3 Episode 16: My Bodyguard

  A dream prompts Cody to become protective of Dana.

• Season 3 Episode 15: Thirteen With a Bullet

  A girl breaks Mark's heart; J.T. and Dana vie in auto maintenance.

• Season 3 Episode 14: Read All About It

  Cody introduces Brendan's pal to the library; Frank gets a part-time job.

• Season 3 Episode 13: Bad Girls

  Peer pressure makes Al behave strangely; the television expires.

• Season 3 Episode 12: Close Encounters of the Marital Kind

  A self-help book on marriage sparks a fight between Carol and Frank.

• Season 3 Episode 11: Christmas Story

  Frank and Carol are arrested while Christmas shopping.

• Season 3 Episode 10: Sister Act

  Dana secretly dates a guy Karen likes; J.T. tells Karen.

• Season 3 Episode 9: The Marrying Dude

  Cody wants to marry his girlfriend; Carol discusses growing up, with Al.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Down and Out in Port Washington

  Cody sets up camp in the house when his van dies.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Hog Wild

  Carol and Frank try to outdo each other's anniversary gift.

• Season 3 Episode 6: Video Mania

  Mark is addicted to video games.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Trading Places

  Dana and J.T. trade responsibilities with Carol and Frank.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Paper Chase

  Carol and Frank discuss having a baby; J.T. sells essays to the team.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Never on Sunday

  Frank must balance football and church on Sunday.

• Season 3 Episode 2: The Apartment

  Dana gets an apartment; a bedroom television causes problems.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Way-Off Broadway

  Cody and Dana are cast as leads in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Step by Step: Season 2 (1992 - 1993)

• Season 2 Episode 24: Double Date

  Karen breaks a date to be with the school heartthrob.

• Season 2 Episode 23: This Old House

  Cody and Carol protest an eviction with a case of dynamite.

• Season 2 Episode 22: The Psychic

  A psychic says J.T. will be murdered -- maybe by Karen.

• Season 2 Episode 21: The Un-natural

  Mark plays on Al's baseball team.

• Season 2 Episode 20: No Way to Treat a Lady

  J.T. falls for a wild woman; Alicia seeks Carol's help to buy her first bra.

• Season 2 Episode 19: Aloha

  J.T. and Cody search for treasure; Brendan, Mark and Al take a helicopter tour.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Aloha

  The family vacations in Maui.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Love, Port Washington Style

  Valentine's Day arrives for the clan.

• Season 2 Episode 16: No Business Like Show Business

  The prospect of stardom swells J.T.'s head.

• Season 2 Episode 15: One of the Guys

  Carol contradicts her lecture to Frank on equal opportunity for women.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Happy Birthday, Baby

  Dana attends an unchaperoned party for her 17th birthday.

  Next on: Monday 4th January 9:00am EST - ABC Family
• Season 2 Episode 13: If I Were a Rich Man

  All the kids want a piece of Cody's inheritance.

  Next on: Friday 1st January 9:00am EST - ABC Family
• Season 2 Episode 12: Boys Will Be Boys

  Frank's childhood pal annoys everyone; Cody can't kill a turkey he won.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Back to Basics

  Frank and Carol clash over governing the household.

  Next on: Thursday 31st December 9:00am EST - ABC Family
• Season 2 Episode 10: Virgin Territory

  Promiscuous sisters agree to date J.T. and Cody.

  Next on: Wednesday 30th December 9:00am EST - ABC Family
• Season 2 Episode 9: The Making of the President

  J.T. and Dana run for student president, dividing the family.

  Next on: Tuesday 29th December 9:00am EST - ABC Family
• Season 2 Episode 8: Someone to Watch Over Me

  Frank must keep Dana away from a teen Romeo.

  Next on: Monday 28th December 9:00am EST - ABC Family
• Season 2 Episode 7: Model Daughter

  Karen is offered a modeling job in Chicago; Frank cares for flu-ridden Dana.

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Boss

  Karen, J.T. and Cody work at a cafe for dictatorial Dana.

• Season 2 Episode 5: It's a Dog's Life

  Vacationing neighbors leave a drooling, destructive St. Bernard with the clan.

• Season 2 Episode 4: J.T.'s World

  A girl's affections for Cody prompt J.T. to drop him from the show.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Stuck on You

  Frank dons a Velcro suit for a contest.

• Season 2 Episode 2: To B or Not to Be

  Carol meets with JT's teacher, to JT's mortification.

• Season 2 Episode 1: SAT Blues

  Cody outscores Dana on SATs.

Step by Step: Season 1 (1991 - 1992)

• Season 1 Episode 22: Beauty Contest

  The women enter a mother/daughter beauty pageant.

• Season 1 Episode 21: He Wanted Wings

  Carol plans a plane ride for Frank's 40th birthday.

• Season 1 Episode 20: Daddy's Girl

  Frank's father introduces his much-younger fiancee.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Country Club

  Dana finds romance during a family visit to a country club.

• Season 1 Episode 18: School Daze

  Carol's return to college leaves Frank in charge of the house.

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Boys in the Band

  The family fills in for missing members of Alicia's rock band.

• Season 1 Episode 16: Bully for Mark

  Frank tries to teach Mark self-defense.

• Season 1 Episode 15: Drive, He Said

  Dana and Frank take driving tests.

• Season 1 Episode 14: Home Alone

  J.T. gets stuffed into the chimney during a party at the Lamberts.

• Season 1 Episode 13: Getting Organized

  Carol tries to organize Frank's office.

• Season 1 Episode 12: The New Car

  J.T. commandeers Carol's new car.

• Season 1 Episode 11: A Day in the Life

  Chaos reigns when a TV crew profiles the family.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Mixed Messages

  The new answering machine causes chaos.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Into the Woods

  Mishap marks the family camping trip.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Just for Kicks

  Cody displays martial arts skill in rescuing Dana from bikers.

• Season 1 Episode 7: YoYo's Wedding

  Brendan turns 6; Frank and Carol repeat their vows.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Pulling Together

  The Lamberts vie with the Lindstroms in family games.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Frank & Son

  J.T. works in the beauty parlor, to Frank's dismay.

• Season 1 Episode 4: First Anniversary

  Carol says she doesn't want an anniversary gift.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Rules of the House

  Carol's house rules drive everyone crazy.

• Season 1 Episode 2: The Dance

  Steve Urkel visits; Alicia's date backs out.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  A widow and a divorced man marry, merging families.