Roseanne
"Roseanne" is the story of a working-class family struggling with life's essential problems - marriage, children, money, and parents-in-law. A now-classic sitcom, the story circles around the Connor family, a family of five that includes the parents, Roseanne (Roseanne Barr) and Dan (John Goodman), and the children, Becky (Alicia Goranson), Darlene (Sara Gilbert), and D.J. (Michael Fishman). Roseanne is helped in her challenge to keep the family moving along by her single sister, Jackie (Laurie Metcalf), and various friends.
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- 1988-2018
- 10 seasons
- ABC
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
"Roseanne" is the story of a working-class family struggling with life's essential problems - marriage, children, money, and parents-in-law. A now-classic sitcom, the story circles around the Connor family, a family of five that includes the parents, Roseanne (Roseanne Barr) and Dan (John Goodman), and the children, Becky (Alicia Goranson), Darlene (Sara Gilbert), and D.J. (Michael Fishman). Roseanne is helped in her challenge to keep the family moving along by her single sister, Jackie (Laurie Metcalf), and various friends.
Season 2 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1989 - 1990
Episode 1
Inherit the Wind
Tue, Sep 12, 1989 22 mins
An embarrassing episode for Becky during a student council meeting sees Roseanne sharing her most embarrassing moments from her own life with her daughter.
Episode 2
The Little Sister
Tue, Sep 19, 1989 22 mins
Roseanne and Jackie are at odds when Jackie announces she's going to the Police Academy.
Episode 3
Guilt by Disassociation
Tue, Sep 26, 1989 22 mins
Tired and frustrated of her job selling magazines over the phone, Roseanne is ecstatic when she gets an interview at a meat packing plant that seems like a sure thing.
Episode 4
Somebody Stole My Gal
Tue, Oct 3, 1989 22 mins
An emotionally-needy architect at Dan's new job site adopts the Conners as a surrogate family much to their terror.
Episode 5
House of Grown-Ups
Tue, Oct 10, 1989 22 mins
Roseanne feels the empty nest syndrome when Jackie leaves for police training and Darlene goes to her first party.
Episode 6
Five of a Kind
Tue, Oct 24, 1989 22 mins
Roseanne is perturbed when a friend of Dan's plants a passionate kiss on her during Dan's weekly poker night with his buddies. The first appearance of Tom Arnold as Arnie.
Episode 7
Boo!
Tue, Oct 31, 1989 22 mins
The first of the annual Halloween episodes finds Roseanne doing her best to scare Dan who is waiting to hear about an important business deal going through.
Episode 8
Sweet Dreams
Tue, Nov 7, 1989 22 mins
Ten minutes alone in the bathtub is all Roseanne wants, and when she doesn't get it, her fantasies take hold for thirty wild and musical minutes.
Episode 9
We Gather Together
Tue, Nov 21, 1989 22 mins
Thanksgiving at the Conners' brings the usual family strife and hilarity as Roseanne is determined to make her parents stay at a motel and Jackie continues to hide the fact she joined the police.
Episode 10
Brain-Dead Poets Society
Tue, Nov 28, 1989 30 mins
Roseanne is ecstatic when Darlene is asked to read her poem for her school's recital, but Darlene refuses to do it.
Episode 11
Lobocop
Tue, Dec 5, 1989 22 mins
Working two jobs, Roseanne finds she and Dan are drifting apart and turns to Jackie for support.
Episode 12
No Talking
Tue, Dec 12, 1989 22 mins
Roseanne gets the silent treatment after clashing with Becky when she becomes the teenage daughter from hell.
Episode 13
Chicken Hearts
Tue, Jan 2, 1990 22 mins
Roseanne lands a job at a chicken restaurant, with a total dweeb for a supervisor. He wants her to work weekends, which she is unable to do, so she invites the boy to dinner and gets Dan to help him assemble his carburetor for school. But will the kindness pay off in the end?
Episode 14
One for the Road
Tue, Jan 9, 1990 22 mins
With the adults away, Becky and her friend Dana, decide to really live it up. Using the alcoholic beverages in the house, Becky creates two "tornados," and the girls experience next-day hangovers, which can be the side effects from taking that first sip of a near-fatal glass of beer.
Episode 15
An Officer and a Gentleman
Tue, Jan 23, 1990 22 mins
Jackie plays happy homemaker with Dan and the kids when Roseanne is called away for three days for a family emergency.
Episode 16
Born to Be Wild
Tue, Jan 30, 1990 22 mins
In his first appearance, Dan and Roseanne's old friend Ziggy returns for a visit, prompting the Conners to wonder what happened to themselves and when they became "old".
Episode 17
Hair
Tue, Feb 6, 1990 22 mins
Roseanne feels she's sunk to an all-time low when she gets a job sweeping up hair at a hair salon.
Episode 18
I'm Hungry
Tue, Feb 13, 1990 22 mins
Determined to squeeze back into an old pair of jeans, Roseanne commits herself (and Dan, much to his horror) to yet another dieting spree.
Episode 19
All of Me
Tue, Feb 20, 1990 30 mins
Roseanne's meddling in Jackie's life explodes in her face.
Episode 20
To Tell the Truth
Tue, Feb 27, 1990 30 mins
Jackie gives Roseanne the silent treatment after she's had enough of her interfering in her love life.
Episode 21
Fender Bender
Tue, Mar 20, 1990 30 mins
Roseanne and Dan contemplate a lawsuit after Mrs. Wellman rear-ends Roseanne in her car.
Episode 22
April Fool's Day
Tue, Apr 10, 1990 22 mins
The countdown to the deadline for filing their tax returns finds Dan and Roseanne running around in circles trying to get it done in time.
Episode 23
Fathers and Daughters
Tue, May 1, 1990 22 mins
Convinced that Dan and Becky's relationship needs some maintenance, Roseanne forces him to accompany Becky to the mall as she tries to bond with Darlene.
Episode 24
Happy Birthday
Tue, May 8, 1990 22 mins
For Roseanne's birthday, Dan fixes up the basement as a space for her to write and takes the kids away for the day. Roseanne is ecstatic...and then stricken with writer's block.