The Conners Finale's Saddest Moment Was Secretly Perfect

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While fans may have been sad to see Harris and Aldo break up, The Connersseason 4 finale couldn’t have handled the reveal better.The Conners season 4 saw Harris (Emma Kenney) taken in a new direction, with the rebellious young adult moving out of her family home and in with her far older, immature boyfriend Aldo (Tony Cavalero). This decision created a schism between Harris and Darlene (Sara Gilbert) that lasted throughout most of season 4, although the duo did get back on speaking terms in later episodes.

Although The Conners season 4 gave Harris’s story plenty of focus—more so than her brother Mark (Ames McNamara)—the impasse she reached with Darlene seemed impossible to overcome as season 4 came to a close. However, Darlene’s decision to give Harris space paid off when Aldo began pressuring Harris into having children, prompting the character to realize she and her fiancee had very different plans for the future. This led to a devastating break up in The Conners season 4 finale that is secretly great news for Harris’s character development.

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Although Aldo and Harris were due to tie the knot, the pair called it off at the last second when Harris learned that Aldo was dead set on having kids as soon as possible. After fighting her family over her right to be with Aldo, Harris was the one to decide when she broke up with him and why. The Conners fixed Harris and Darlene’s story by allowing the former to come to the conclusion herself instead of relying on her mother’s intervention, and the reason behind the break up was an appropriately big, existential issue rather than anything melodramatic or far-fetched. The subplot proved that Harris is as fiercely