A complete Step By Step episode guide with summaries.

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Season 7

SEASON 1
1 :01x01 - Pilot (Sep/20/1991)
During their vacations in Jamaica, contractor Frank Lambert and widowed beautician Carol Foster impulsively get married. Upon their return to their hometown of Port Washington, Wisconsin, they face the task of having to slowly introduce their very different children. Their plan is to make the children think they are dating but Frank accidentally tells the truth (that they are married) and there is nothing to hide so eventually the Lamberts move into the Foster's house. Later, as a sign of "step-maternal" love, Carol believes Al is having a pain that is hurting her (something Frank never believed) and she takes her to the hospital.
2 :01x02 - The Dance (Sep/27/1991)
Frank wants to take Carol to an expensive restaurant; but Carol has agreed to be on the committee of Al's dance. After being dumped by a boy, Al stays in the dumps until she's rescued by Mark's science fair pen pal: Steve Urkel. And since Frank can't take Carol out, he shows up at the school dance and finds a way to work in a little romance anyway.
3 :01x03 - Rules of the House (Oct/04/1991)
Noticing a certain lack of discipline about her new stepchildren, Carol sets about creating order by instituting a few rules -- which so infuriate Al that she threatens to go live with Grandmother in Milwaukee. The rule that really upsets Frank's kids is Carol's control of the television viewing time: everyone is allowed to watch no more than six hours of television per week. Everyone is given 12 tickets, and each is good for viewing one half hour of television. When Frank has run out of tickets but desperately wants to watch the World Series, he persuades Carol to lighten up a little.
4 :01x04 - First Anniversary (Oct/11/1991)
On Frank and Carol's first month wedding anniversary, they decide not to buy each other gifts. Frank listens to what Carol says and does not buy her a gift while Carol ignores what they said and buys Frank a gift while thinking that his purchase at the hardware store was a gift for her when really it was a new saw he bought for himself. Carol tells Frank that even though she said she didn't want a gift, that he should know that it is their anniversary and he should have thought to get her gift himself. He later suprises her with memories of Jamaica by transforming the beaty salon into paradise island. Meanwhile, JT bets Cody that he can't get a date with Dana but unluckily, for JT, she finds out about the bet, goes out with Cody and then she becomes upset because when JT pays Cody, he says that he can't take money from him.
5 :01x05 - Frank & Son (Oct/18/1991)
JT agrees to go to work with Frank because he needs extra money, something Frank is more excited about then JT. After failing miserably, JT ends up helping Carol out as a shampoo boy, a job he only likes because he gets to touch girls without getting in trouble. Dana needs to build a good birdhouse or her entire GPA will drop and Al needs to write a book report on Tom Sawyer. They decide to switch assignments until Brendan points out that it is cheating. After the disappointment with JT and Brendan telling him that working for him would be a punishment, Frank is delighted to see Al's birdhouse. Father and daughter enjoy their newfound connection.
6 :01x06 - Pulling Together (Oct/25/1991)
Carol thinks that the Fosters and the Lamberts need to do something together. She decides that the Port Washington Games are perfect. The Lamberts who gave won the games for the past three years feel that the Fosters should not have to be on their team, because they are not very athletic. The Fosters don't put up a fight because they find the games a little too rowdy and barbaric for them, but eventually agree to participate. To make matters worse, Cody will not be able to make the games this year. The Fosters learn how to defeat their opponents with unconventional methods and the Lamberts learn to appreciate them.
7 :01x07 - Yo-Yo's Wedding (Nov/01/1991)
On Brendan's 6th birthday, Frank wants to take him out for pizza and bowling. but Carol realizes he would prefer a regular party and helps him plan a party with Yo-Yo the clown as the entertainment. Frank and Carol receive word that their wedding was not official or legal. They plan to meet at City Hall and have a romantic lunch, making the entire day special. Frank, however, gets stuck at work and can not give the entire day. Carol then insists on a "real" wedding with a Reverend, but he is leaving on Saturday for a 6 month vacation. They arrange to squeeze it in between the party and the outgoing flight. Yo-Yo is unable to come to the party so Frank is forced to dress like a clown and take his place and keeps the costume as his wedding attire.
8 :01x08 - Just for Kicks (Nov/08/1991)
Dana and Bernice want to go see their favorite folk singer at a local bar named Jake's. Carol gives her permission to go, but later finds out from Frank that Jake's has "a two fight minimum." Carol tries to tell Dana not to go, but Dana feels Frank is trying to control her life so she sneaks out anyway. Cody learns that Dana went to Jake's and rushes out to help her and gets there just in time. He beats up several punks and got some help from Frank who comes looking for her as well. Upon arriving back at home, Frank and Dana learn to appreciate one another through a revealing conversation on the troubles of a stepfather-stepdaughter relationship.
9 :01x09 - Into the Woods (Nov/15/1991)
Camping in the wilderness proves too much for Carol to bear.
10 :01x10 - Mixed Messages (Nov/22/1991)
Cody decides to impress Dana, so he gets a job as a corporate executive. He has to put prizes in the little quarter machine for kids. He puts the happiness of kids above profit, though, and ends up getting fired. The family decides that they need an answering machine to help retrieve messages. Karen gets a call from Bobby and misses a message that Frank's remodeling job is canceled because the building is being demolished. Frank is almost killed, and Karen is punished by a week of phone restriction, making the punishment fit the crime.
11 :01x11 - A Day in the Life (Nov/29/1991)
Frank gets "America Up Close" to do one of their 'blended family' segments on the Lambert/Foster clan. Carol is disappointed, because now the whole world will see them acting nasty toward each other, and when it happens she gets mad at Frank and makes him sleep on the couch. Dana leads the kids in a mission to save their parents, by everyone being nice for the cameramen. When they do, Carol and Frank make up, just before the act fades away.
12 :01x12 - The New Car (Dec/06/1991)
Carol's old car has one wheel in the junkyard, and she and Frank determine that she needs a new car. Frank visits his old fishing buddy's car lot, but Carol turns out to be the better bargainer. J.T. "borrows" Carol's car for a date, and someone "borrows" it from him. Penny finds a mortician that really likes her. She brings him over to Frank and Carol's for a date but he seems to like to talk shop a little too much.
13 :01x13 - Getting Organized (Dec/13/1991)
JT and Cody become engrossed with the idea of aliens while Dana and Karen make fun of them, but then try to make the boys look foolish by pretending to have a UFO fly over them. Cody and JT find out about their plan and turn the tables on them. Frank's office is extremely disheveled. Carol sees this and in an effort to help him and organizes his office. She even puts his records that were in shoe boxes into a computer before throwing them away. Just as Frank gets excited about the new system he will have, Carol loses the information that was in the computer. They end up having to go rooting through a dumpster to find the boxes. Just their luck as a dump truck comes by and picks them up for even messier results, Low and behold though, they do recover the missing boxes.
14 :01x14 - Home Alone (Jan/03/1992)
Frank and Carol go off for a romantic weekend getaway, leaving Dana in charge with one rule-- no parties. The "lover's retreat" turns out to be less than desirable, yet Frank and Carol decide to try to make it work anyway. That is until Frank's back goes out. Meanwhile, Dana decides to have a study group with 2 friends, and to be fair she allows everyone else 2 friends as well. Al and JT's friends ignore the rule, Karen invites her 4 finalists, and then a party breaks out. JT ends up getting stuck in the chimney just before Frank and Carol return.
15 :01x15 - Drive, He Said (Jan/17/1992)
Dana passes her driving test with flying colors, but Frank flunks his. Al takes up playing the drums, but refuses to quit after promising her dad she won't lose interest that quick.
16 :01x16 - Bully for Mark (Feb/07/1992)
Mark is found doing homework for a classmate, and it is discovered that it is because he is being threatened. Carol tries to teach him to confront this bully while Frank teaches him to defend himself. Finally, they discover the bully is a girl, and Al sticks up for Mark because she is beginning to view him as a brother. JT runs the 100M for the JV track team and ends up breaking the school record. Dana is assigned to write an article for him in the school paper. She writes a negative column on him, but JT pays the typesetter to write a different article.
17 :01x17 - The Boys in the Band (Feb/14/1992)
JT gives Al's band a name and becomes their manager. He gets them a gig at a bowling alley that Frank just finished remodeling. The owner of the bowling alley is inflexible, though, and when the other four girls in the band catch the flu, JT has to recruit Karen and Dana. Because he can recruit noone else, JT and Cody end up singing with the band dressed as girls. During the first song, the audience discovers JT and Cody are men and Carol steps up to save the day. A mouse that ran from the beauty salon to the house is scaring everyone except Frank. Frank is unable to kill the mouse, however, because his family does not think he should kill an "innocent" creature.
18 :01x18 - School Daze (Feb/21/1992)
Carol goes back to school because she feels embarrassed about leaving school four classes short of a degree. She soon realizes as well as a student she's a also committed mother, wife, and beautician, and soon everyone's ready to be committed when Frank takes over the housework. Nobody can seem to remember to pick up Brendan either. All the kids decide to chip in so Carol can realize her dream and the house can run smoothly.
19 :01x19 - Country Club (Feb/28/1992)
A client of Carol's invites the family to spend a weekend at a Country Club. While Karen and Carol are extremely excited, Frank and Dana feel a country club is not for them. Cody gets a guided tour on a lawn chair of the country club; Al and Brendan make $60 playing 'pea in the cup' with the rich kids; Karen finds four guys; Mark gives stock tips; Dana falls for the Country Club President's son; and Frank goes around fixing things. Because Dana is spending time with his son, the President recruits Frank to play on their scramble golf team. Dana becomes upset with Frank because he embarrasses her in front of her new beau. After Frank leaves the President makes fun of his win for the team, Dana overhears and stands up for him. Dana and Frank grow to appreciate one another and are happy to find out that the President's snobbishness is not passed on to his son.
20 :01x20 - Daddy's Girl (Mar/06/1992)
Grandpa comes to visit with his fiance'. Frank recognizes her as a stripper from a bachelor party he went to a year ago. When Frank tells his dad, he storms off and does not believe Frank. He finds out later that she is an ex-stripper and they postpone the wedding. JT wants Dana to set up a date with a pretty friend of hers' so she makes him run errands for her all week. JT does not get along with her, but to show Dana there are no hard feelings he buys her spaghetti and meatballs. Amazingly, she does not enjoy it that much.
21 :01x21 - He Wanted Wings (Mar/27/1992)
About to turn 40, Frank decides to realize his life-long ambition to learn to fly.
22 :01x22 - Beauty Contest (Apr/24/1992)
Carol and Karen enter a mother-daughter beauty contest.

SEASON 2
23 :02x01 - S.A.T. Blues (Sep/18/1992)
When Dana goes to take her SATs, Cody joins her. He explains that every week he does something new and this week is his week to take the SATs. Dana does very well - 92nd percentile, but Cody does better. Dana cannot accept this and insists that they both take it again. Dana improves her score, but Cody still beats her - she is infuriated. Cody is not happy with his impressive results as he is afraid that he will be expected to be a brain surgeon. Cody and Dana later decide that their lives may take them on unexpected paths.
24 :02x02 - To B or Not to Be (Sep/25/1992)
JT has a test coming up at school on Shakespeare.So Carol convinces Frank to help JT. Frank and JT first try a tape but that gets lost.But they soon discover it's all about sex and romance,they stay up all night studying. In the morning, JT is sure the test will be easy, because of his studying; however, JT receives a bad grade. Carol and Frank talk to the teacher and discover that she gave JT a bad grade because she believes because he is a jock,that he is stupid. After the talk, she reluctantly agrees to give JT a B+.Dana, in a moment of kindness toward , says that although JT is a sport-fanatic, he deserves better.
25 :02x03 - Stuck on You (Oct/02/1992)
JT wants to date a girl way out of his league and goes to Karen for help, Al becomes friends with a girl her age and the girl's father, which spurs jealousy in Frank, who feel as though he is losing his daughter.
26 :02x04 - JT's World (Oct/09/1992)
JT and Cody start their own TV show on local cable access called JT`s World. They use their own living room as the set and Al, Brendan and Mark are the crew. JT meets Karen`s beautiful friend Lisa, develops a crush on her and invites her to be in the show. But Lisa falls in love with Cody instead. JT becomes so upset that he fires Cody. Frank and Al tell JT that he made a stupid decision. JT comes to realize this when Cody gives JT his guitar to use on the show. JT decides to re-hire Cody, but this time the show will be named JT and Cody`s World.
In the meantime, Carol makes Frank take a compatibility test, in which they disagree over their answers and have a huge argument over one question. Carol says she would wait for Frank forever, while Frank answers he'd only wait six months. In the end, they make up, with the understanding that they'd each want the other to do what makes them happiest.
27 :02x05 - It's a Dog's Life (Oct/16/1992)
The neighbor's go on vacation to Florida and ask the Lambert/Foster children to take care of their dog, Mr. Fritz.When Al and Brendan beg for Frank and Carol to let them dog sit for a week while the owners are out of town, Frank is willing, while Carol reluctantly says yes.At first Carol doesn't like the idea, but agrees to it if the children take responsibility. After a while, Carol falls in love with the dog and begins giving it special treatment. While Mark is scared of it, Al and Brendon soon become sick of it and Frank is jealous of it, the owners call and tell them to keep the dog because they aren't coming home Frank makes Carol take it the kennel.The new neighbors who move into the house vacated decide they want the dog instead. Contributed by Haley
28 :02x06 - The Boss (Oct/23/1992)
JT and Karen get jobs at a 50's cafe as while Cody gets a job there as a DJ. Dana gets a job as Assistant Manager and is extremely bossy. Therefore JT and Karen quit and the cooks quit (they only put up with Dana so they could look at Karen). Dana ends up getting Frank and Carol to help her and Cody works in the kitchen. Frank and Carol end up correcting Dana. Mark and Al play with a truth telling machine that helps reveal, among other things, Frank's middle name (Delano), where Cody's keys are (in his car), what kind of job Frank had while in school (a paper route), and a very interesting fact about Cody.
29 :02x07 - Model Daughter (Oct/30/1992)
Karen gets offered a modeling job in Chicago, so she begs Carol to let her go. Carol initially declines, but eventually gives in only if she can attend with her. Excited, Karen and Carol go to Chicago where Carol turns into a stage mother nightmare. Carol suggests how they should do Karen's hair, what kind of bathing suit Karen should wear, what she shouldn't wear, what she should be seen in and much more things. Carol's input begins to embarrass Karen, who finally lets her have it.
Back at the house, Dana is sick and she drives Frank crazy with her demands. She keep rings a bell for each request, which annoys Frank - he eventually smashes her bell to pieces. Dana's illness turns out to be contagious. Al, JT, Brendan and Mark all get sick. This is especially terrible for Mark, who throws up every 20 minutes like clockwork.
30 :02x08 - Someone to Watch Over Me (Nov/06/1992)
Carol is going out of town, leaving Frank in charge. Dana is upset about that, but manages to convince Frank to let her go on a date with "Mike the Mover" who Frank knows happens to have a bad reputation. After finally letting them,he gets scared and decides to follow,with Cody in tow.He climbs a tree above Mike's car in and attempt to hear what they are saying.But the limb breaks and he literally drops in on them. Later, however, Mike proves to be what Frank thought as he puts the moves on Dana in the living room,and while Dana proves to be trustworthy. JT borrows Frank's truck to go to the mall, by agreeing to wash and wax it. Frank gives J.T. 15 bucks to buy some expensive wax. But JT buys some that costs a dollar and pays Brendan to do it, but the wax strips the paint. Just as Frank is restoring his car, JT brakes the window with a baseball.
31 :02x09 - The Making of the President (Nov/13/1992)
J.T and Dana run against each other for Class President. When J.T wins Dana becomes upset, but when J.T realizes that the responsibility is too much for him to handle, he resigns and gives Dana the position.
32 :02x10 - Virgin Territory (Nov/20/1992)
JT and Cody score dates with two pretty sisters, who are notorious for 'just saying yes'. After their date, the sisters really want the boys to come home with them since their parents are out of town. It is revealed that Cody wants to save his virginity till he finds the "dudette of his dreams". JT gets mad because Cody blew off his date, making JT's date mad too. In the end, JT realizes that he respects Cody's values and the two make up.
The rest of the house deals with Frank's high cholesterol and goes on a quest to find all of his hidden food after Carol drives Frank crazy with her health food diet for him.
33 :02x11 - Back to Basics (Dec/04/1992)
Carol ended up spending $84 on 8 videos and one that got lost under Brendan's bed for two months. She calls for a family meeting to talk about expenses. When no one agrees to give anything up, Carol takes everything away. The Foster kids blame Brendan, so he tries to run away - he ends up hiding in Cody's van. When Cody discovers him, he promises not to tell, but pantomimes the situation to Frank and Carol. When they find Brendan, they have a heart to heart and tell him that he is more important than money.
34 :02x12 - Boys Will Be Boys (Dec/11/1992)
Frank's old friend Scooter comes to visit. Frank starts off excited that his high school buddy is coming, but it turns out that Scooter still acts like he is in high school. In order to tell Scooter to leave, Frank tells him how he has become a better man because of his marriage to Carol. Cody wins a turkey at the local supermarket's raffle. Unfortunately, the turkey comes live and Cody can not bear to kill it. He names the turkey Elmer and gets him a job at the petting zoo.
35 :02x13 - If I Were a Rich Man (Jan/08/1993)
Cody, who has been visiting the Lakeview Retirement Home a couple of times each week for a while, makes one visit with JT. After this visit, Cody learns that his favorite resident, Walter, has died. Walter leaves his estate ($250,000 worth) to Cody. All of Cody's cousins want some of the money and Cody struggles with the proper use, but eventually decides to give it all, save $500, to the Lakeview Retirement Home and its residents. Meanwhile, Carol wants a new camcorder after the old one breaks, but Frank doesn't want to spend $500 on one. So he buys one from a guy working out of a Buick for $162.50. The camcorder explodes and Cody gives the family $500 of his inheritance to buy a real camcorder.
36 :02x14 - Happy Birthday, Baby (Jan/15/1993)
Dana's 17th birthday is approaching and she informs Carol that she wants to have a party with no adult supervision. Carol does not like this idea, so Dana refuses to have any party. Dana and her friend Tracy sneak out to a motel and throw what they consider a real birthday party together. As it happens, Frank and Carol's romantic weekend is taking place across the hall. When the party gets noisy, Carol goes to tell them to be quiet. After the initial scold, a heartwarming conversation between mother and daughter takes place.
In other parts of the family, Karen asks Al to wash a blouse for $2 to wear on a date. Al doesn't wash it properly and changed the color of the white blouse to purple. Karen wears it on the date anyway, and Bobby ends up loving it. In the family's rendition of The People's Court, Cody plays Judge Wapner - he ends up ruling that the service was not performed but the shirt was not ruined either. All ends well.
37 :02x15 - One of the Guys (Jan/22/1993)
Frank announces he needs a new worker and Carol urges him to hire a female worker for Lambert construction. Meanwhile JT, Al and Karen try to make some money off Mark by letting him invest in the stock market for them.
38 :02x16 - No Business Like Show Business (Feb/05/1993)
JT's World has achieved enough success to garner attention from a local syndication company. JT believes he's going to be a huge star, so he decides to stop doing his homework. He then allows his new boss fire his crew - who happen to be his siblings.
Meanwhile, Carol and Frank in an effort to spend some more time together decide to attend an art class. This art class features a nude model.
Two days later, just as production on "JT's World" is about to begin, JT's boss announces that the suits upstairs want to make some minor changes. However the changes end up being that JT and Cody are both fired and that professional actors have been hired to play their parts.
39 :02x17 - Love, Port Washington Style (Feb/12/1993)
Dana has been dumped right before Valentine's Day - she gets very moody and takes her misery out on her family. Since she is dateless, she volunteers herself to work a double shift at the 50's cafe. When a customer does show up, Dana snaps at him. The customer holds his own and he responds kindly, yet with his own brand of sarcasm to match Dana's. They end up dating, as Dana leaves work early.
Meanwhile, Carol is so busy in the beauty salon that she solicits Frank's assistance. Frank does his best, which typically, backfires when he burns a bald spot in some girl's hair, among a few other mishaps. While Carol has to spend hours talking to her parents, Frank's style becomes popular with the punks in the high school crowd.
40 :02x18 - Aloha (1) (Feb/19/1993)
The whole family wins a trip to Hawaii and Cody decides to buy a ticket to go with them. Carol irritates everyone by trying to tour EVERYTHING. When they convince Carol to loosen the reigns, Dana meets the man of her dreams, JT finds the girl of his dreams but can't seem to meet her, Cody finds a bottle with a message and goes in search of a lost treasure, and Al, Brendan, and Mark enter a sand castle building contest. Dana's rich dream man soon proposes to her with a six carat solataire in a Tiffany setting.While Carol flips out and demands Dana say no,she considers her option.
41 :02x19 - Aloha (2) (Feb/26/1993)
The second half concludes the exciting story. JT's girl, who always disappears when he sees her, turns out to be connected to Cody's treasure. JT and Cody discover the treasure is not monetary but is the sunset from where there digging that is the real treasure. Mark,Al and Brendan win the sand castle competition and get a helicopter tour of the island. Carol tries to get Dana to not accept the engagement by telling her absolutely no. Then in using logic she says Dana is too young, but Dana says Carol was younger when she first married. Then Carol says that marriages where the people spent one week together on a tropical island didn't work, but Dana again reminded her of her marriage (this time the one to Frank).In the end Dana decides she has to many dreams to pursue to be tied down.
42 :02x20 - No Way to Treat a Lady (Mar/12/1993)
JT meets a new girlfriend while in detention, who is a brash biker babe. Later, she meets Mark, who treats her like a lady. Upon seeing how much she appreciates it, JT gets Mark to teach him how to be a gentleman and proceeds to drive his girlfriend crazy. JT's girlfriend explains to JT that she only wants the manners in moderation.
Meanwhile, Al is getting her first bra with Carol. Frank shows up at the store so he can be there, but proceeds to be more of an embarrassment. Al runs away but later tells Frank that some things she'd rather have Carol help her with.
43 :02x21 - The Un-Natural (Apr/02/1993)
Al's baseball team (Port Washington Cubs), which is coached by Frank, makes it to the championship, but they lose a player and need a replacement. Carol talks Frank into letting Mark be that replacement, although "He is not even good enough to be bad." Frank tries to avoid playing Mark until they are so far ahead it won't matter. The game comes down to the final hit, however, and Frank is forced to put Mark in. After being jeered by the crowd, Mark wants to quit, but Al threatens him so he has tries to hit. He uses his knowledge of Physics to hit the winning Home Run. JT and Dana's competitiveness once again yields a battle of the sexes. Karen and Dana think women are able to stay awake just as long as men, while JT disagrees. Cody agrees to make it a 2-on-2 contest because his "14 hours of sleep a night cuts into his leisure time." JT, Dana, and Karen all end up zonked on the couch, while Cody's brain begins to tell him the secrets of the universe.
44 :02x22 - The Psychic (Apr/30/1993)
Karen is angry at JT for putting her baby picture in the school year book. Cody and JT go to a psychic, where JT gets a reading that says a brunette will be seeking revenge. JT becomes increasingly paranoid around Karen, who in the end, has been pulling a practical joke on him.
While Frank and Carol get a new Snooze-O-Matic adjustable bed, they enjoy it for the first few seconds - but the bed malfunctions and they end up folded into the bed.
45 :02x23 - This Old House (May/07/1993)
Frank gets a job to put up a building complex, which includes demolishing a house. Carol convinces Frank to hire Cody for the demolition work, even though Cody has never done this precise demolition before. Cody finds out that a family lives in the house Frank is wrecking and has nowhere to go. Cody refuses to demolish the building and gets to know them. When Carol finds out that the family lives there, she sits beside Cody in protest. Cody and Carol find a solution to the problem - move the house and have Frank hire the father to do construction work.
Al, Brendan and Mark get a job stuffing envelopes. JT says that he can be the manager of the envelope licking and really increase their productivity. JT's management style doesn't work, because all he ends up doing is bossing the others around. When Al, Brendan and Mark quit, JT ends up having to lick envelopes all night.
46 :02x24 - Double Date (May/21/1993)
Carol sets up Karen with Freddy, who is a 142 on Karen's grading scale. Karen, however, prefers Jeffrey (a 195). Despite disappointing Carol, Karen accepts a date with Jeffrey and dumps Freddy by lying to him. She sneaks out of the house to go with Jeff and they win Perfect Couple right after Freddy confronts Karen. She refuses the award and finishes the evening with Freddy.
Carol does not like the way Frank organizes his money. She tries to make him use a male purse, but he refuses. He concentrates his efforts on putting an alarm on Lucille because Cody had his stereo stolen out of it. The alarm was so good Frank got stuck in the van demonstrating it.

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