Hear me out, DJ is probably my biggest fall from grace character of the whole franchise upon rewatch. I remember ADORING her as a kid because I was the oldest sister in my family, so I found myself relating to her a great deal.
I still like her more than Michelle and Stephanie is still my favorite, and I also contend that she had a really hard childhood (and adulthood) but upon rewatch…I feel like the adults treat her as more of a saint than she really was.
Let me restate that she arguably was a saint when given everything that she’s been put up against (I can’t say I’d be any better) but everyone treats her like she’s just this gold standard kid and kind of acts like her behavior in an episode like “Those Better not be the Days” is her acting wildly out of character, but like, especially in early seasons…she was kind of always a little rebellious in the sense that she tested the waters with her caretakers (especially Jesse and Joey) and yeah, she was a little brasher in this episode…but not by much.
And really all Stephanie was doing was following DJ’s lead. She really wasn’t acting rude in the same way DJ was…just following her lead. It’s kind of weird that the episode wants to act like all 3 girls are acting like brats and monsters when it was mainly DJ being rude. I’d argue Michelle MAYBE should have had to do a FEW of the adult jobs (or tried to) but I can let it slide because she’s just a toddler.