Overview

• Jeff Franklin declared “Tanner’s Island,” the Season 3 premiere, one of Full House’s weakest installments during a July 15 podcast appearance.
• He described the Hawaii-based episode as overly costly and narratively thin, lacking a coherent story or emotional through line.
• Andrea Barber and Jodie Sweetin, podcast co-hosts and former cast members, agreed the shoot was fun but admitted the final episode fell short.
• Location filming at Hawaii’s Polynesian Cultural Center introduced logistical hurdles, compounded by Franklin’s wheelchair confinement after an Achilles tendon injury.
• The retrospective critique underscores Franklin’s reassessment of ambitious off-soundstage productions versus the show’s traditional studio-based storytelling.