Step by Step: Season 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Step by Step Season 6.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
Making the Grade
Sep 19, 1997 · 22 min
With the kids at school, Carol decides to take some college courses--the same ones Karen is taking. Meanwhile, Dana tells Rich to get serious about his education.
A Star is Born
Sep 26, 1997 · 22 min
Al lands a part in a movie and dreams of a career in Hollywood; Carol gets in a bake-sale battle.
Your Cheatin' Heart
Oct 3, 1997 · 22 min
Rich secretly takes dancing lessons to impress Dana at a wedding, but she thinks he's cheating on her.
Take This Job and ...
Oct 10, 1997 · 22 min
JT's job at a garage is an accident waiting to happen; Frank is obsessed with restoring a boat docked in the backyard.
Poetic Justice
Oct 17, 1997 · 22 min
The teaching assistant who's been giving A's to Karen now wants something in return; Mark dates a slacker girl.
Can't Buy Me Love
Oct 24, 1997 · 22 min
Carol tries to convince an old classmate, now a rich developer, to hire Frank; Karen wants Dana to join a sorority.
Dream Lover
Oct 31, 1997 · 22 min
Two Halloween parties result in a lesson about being scared for Lilly and a ghostly encounter for JT.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Nov 7, 1997 · 22 min
Dana feels compelled to compete with an old female buddy of Rich's; Frank's troublesome cousin Bert reappears.
Goodbye, Mr. Chip
Dec 5, 1997 · 22 min
Rich and JT feud; meanwhile, Karen takes advantage of boyfriend Chip's easy nature.
Too Many Santas
Dec 19, 1997 · 22 min
Lilly has a crisis of faith when she discovers that the department store Santa is really JT.
Phoney Business
Jan 9, 1998 · 22 min
Al gets a job modeling on a TV commercial, only to discover it was re-dubbed as a phone-sex ad.
Goin' to the Chapel
Jan 16, 1998 · 22 min
JT falls for an aerobics instructor; Carol has a fight with Dana, who decides to get even by eloping with Rich.
Feet of Clay
Jan 23, 1998 · 22 min
Dana talks Rich into taking a pottery class; Carol and Frank's "role playing" is misinterpreted by the kids.
Pain in the Class
Jan 30, 1998 · 22 min
Frank and Carol attend their 25th high-school reunion, along with Frank's old rival; Rich and JT charge pals to watch a bikini contest on TV.
The Half Monty
Feb 27, 1998 · 22 min
JT and Rich enter a male-stripper contest for quick cash to take their girlfriends on a promised ski trip.
And Justice for Some
Jun 5, 1998 · 22 min
A truck giveaway causes friction between Frank and JT; a women's safety seminar is a big hit thanks to a hunky cop.
The Understudy
Jun 12, 1998 · 22 min
Al, angry about being an understudy at a local play, refuses to learn her lines--something she regrets when the leading lady gets sick opening night.
We're in the Money
Jun 19, 1998 · 22 min
Cody returns and gives Frank and Carol $50,000, which causes nothing but trouble as they decide how to spend it.
Movin' On Up
Jun 26, 1998 · 22 min
Everybody is excited about the prospect of moving into a brand-new house--except Lilly.