Fuller House: Why Ramona & Jackson Didn’t Date

Fans wanted Jackson (Michael Campion) and Ramona (Soni Bringas) to date, but they never got together in Fuller House. Full House‘s Netflix spin-off introduced a string 0f new characters to join the original cast members who were reprising their roles. That included DJ (Candace Cameron-Bure) and Kimmy’s (Andrea Barber) children who couldn’t be more different than their moms.

Similar to Danny’s (Bob Saget) predicament in Full House, DJ also found herself suddenly widowed at a young age in Fuller House. Left to raise three young boys — Jackson, Max (Elias Harger), and Tommy, Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) and Kimmy decided to move in with her into the Tanner family home to help her get used to her new life. While DJ’s sister came back home as a single woman, Kimmy, on the other hand, was in the middle of a messy split with her husband, Fernando (Juan Pablo Di Pace). To make things more complicated, they have a daughter, Ramona, who wasn’t exactly keen on moving in with the Tanners.

Incidentally, Jackson and Ramona were around the same age; like their mothers, they’re also in the same class. Unfortunately, they couldn’t stand each other — at least at first. As Fuller House went on, they eventually became good friends. Given their living set-up, some fans were even rooting for them to date, but the Full House spin-off never gave any kind of indication that this was even remotely in the cards for the characters. It would’ve been an easy way to keep their viewers happy, but there’s actually a good reason why the show didn’t go down this route. It has something to do with Fuller House‘s central concept of family in various forms — something that originated from its parent series. Full House challenged the societal idea of what a family should look like by showing three men genuinely trying to raise three young girls. Fuller House opted to keep Ramona and Jackson’s relationship platonic to further drive this idea, as in the end, they’ve become more or less like siblings who can always depend on each other.

Not only does the pair’s platonic friendship enhance the overall narrative, but a potential romance would also have actually been a bad idea. Fuller House didn’t have any scarcity of love lines, especially involving the adult cast. In fact, one of the biggest criticisms of the show is that it focused too much on romantic pairings rather than developing the relationship among the extended Tanner family. There was too much time devoted to DJ being caught up in a love triangle with Steve (Scott Weinger) and Matt (Jon Brotherton). Meanwhile, Kimmy also had a love/hate relationship with Fernando. This was one thing that Full House excelled at and something that its offshoot should’ve taken note of. While Danny, Jesse (John Stamos), and Joey (Dave Coulier) all actively dated, the original series never got too wrapped up in their love stories. Their dynamic with all three Tanner kids had always been the central relationship of the sitcom.

Ultimately, it was for the best that Fuller House didn’t romantically pair up Jackson and Ramona. Their relationship in the show was arguably one of the best, especially as they started to help each other with their respective personal problems. If anything, it’s a shame it didn’t get enough focus throughout the Full House spin-off’s five-season run.

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