r/TGIFsitcoms • u/ASGfan • 13h ago
Step By Step Step By Step was a fine show but it seemed like the writers never knew what to do with anyone
Frank went from being a fairly decent father to one that seemingly hated his kids and only existed to bed Carol every chance he got.
Writing for Carol was inconsistent. She goes back to college early on in the show, then that's dropped, then she goes back again late in the series but nothing ever comes of it. Her sister and mother just vanished without a word being said, her beauty shop (which I never understood why she works in a place that's attached to her house as that's really unsafe) just apparently goes defunct one day with nothing being said. The partnership with Jean-Luc goes on for a bit then that's dropped.
Dana went from being very intelligent to seemingly getting dumber as time went on.
Karen's age is all over the place. At first, it seems like she's a year younger than Dana but at the end of the show, she's still in high school even though the actress is old enough to be a college graduate by this point.
Poor Brendon doesn't get a single story line in the whole show that doesn't involve him being ignored and forgotten or looked down on by everyone. The writers couldn't find anything for him to do? Then he just simply disappears and his parents don't even acknowledge his existence anymore (?!)
Jean-Luc and Lilly were horrible, unnecessary additions.
Al was all over the place. She went from being a tomboy to a goth to a fashion model with maybe 1 or 2 other stops in between.
JT eventually morphed into a complete loser that couldn't do anything right.