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What does one do when chicken pox enters a house, especially when you want to keep the youngest member of the family healthy? Well, the Tanner family had to learn this when Stephanie comes down with the pox. Joey claims he can't get them while Jesse and Danny both assure the family they've had them. D. J. has also had them.

Unfortunately, Jesse is wrong and he does come down with them. Jesse's mom informs him that he hasn't had chicken pox. So now Danny has to either give up his job he'd been looking forward to, or find a babysitter. D. J., the only healthy person, also has plans away from the family.

Of course, Stephanie doesn't want to stay home and tries to sneak out of the house. Amazingly, everyone's feeling pretty good after the initial "I'm sick" is over. I don't know about others, but I felt bad through the entire week (and this is the first day!)

Not only is this one of my favourite episodes of the season, it is also one of my favourite episodes of the entire show. Everything that makes a show good is here and everything that gives Full House its flair is here in the perfect ways.

A Pox in Our House deals with Stephanie catching the chicken pox and having to miss her dance recital. The disease spreads to Jesse (who must also miss his do-wop show) and Joey. Danny must find a sitter for Michelle because he has a chance to play basketball with the Warriors and DJ is going to her first slumber party.

There are two scenes with excellent musical numbers: one with Jesse and his band, the other with Jesse Joey and Stephanie. There are also a few hilarious cute scenes with baby Michelle. Michelle says her best gibberish in this episode.

Perhaps the most important aspect is its underlying theme of having to give up things and putting your family first. This isn't done in a cheesy way like most others in the show.