One Truck, Al Dente is the sixteenth episode of the fourth season in this television sitcom on Step by Step, which was aired on ABC on February 10, 1995. It was directed by Richard Correll and written both by Howard Adler and Robert Griffard.
Summary[]
Al pressures JT to help her learn to drive. JT suggests the driving lesson take place in Frank's new truck. It comes back with a huge dent in the side, and the two scrambling to cover up what happened.
Cast and Characters[]
Main[]
- Patrick Duffy as Frank Lambert
- Suzanne Somers as Carol Foster Lambert
- Staci Keanan as Dana Foster
- Sasha Mitchell as Cody Lambert
- Brandon Call as J.T. Lambert
- Angela Watson as Karen Foster
- Christine Lakin as Al Lambert
- Christopher Castile as Mark Foster
- Josh Byrne as Brendan Lambert
Guest[]
- Debra Mooney as Nurse Deckers
Photos[]
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Trivia[]
- As used in the title, in cooking the adjective al dente describes pasta or rice that has been cooked so as to be firm but not hard or vegetables that are cooked to the "tender crisp" phase.
Goofs[]
- When Frank retrieves plans from the truck, they are lying on the seat where JT had been sitting earlier. If that's where Frank left them, they'd have been crushed or JT would have moved them to sit.
- Frank says that it's difficult to back down the driveway, clearly referring to Al's accident, but there is no way he could have known that the accident occurred that way.
- When JT and Al go to the truck, it is clear the snow on the ground is fake as they don't leave footprints.
Quotes[]
- Al: Parents get so uptight about teaching their kids to drive. I'm gonna have my friend Debbie teach me.
- Frank: Demolition Debby? I don't think so.