The Conners Nailed Jackie and Dan’s Attitudes Toward Roseanne

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Although The Connerssometimes ignores Roseanne’s entire existence, one season 4 episode saw the series nail Jackie and Dan’s respective attitudes toward their late sister and wife, respectively. The character of Roseanne casts a long shadow over The Conners. The Conners has endeavored to keep the memory of the character alive while also not valorizing her real-life actor ever since Roseanne Barr was fired from the series in 2017 over racist tweets.

However, there are a lot of Roseanne-related problems onThe Conners despite the show’s best attempts to handle the character’s legacy. The titular family will occasionally make mean-spirited barbs about Roseanne as if she were still around, but these jokes can sound a little callous when the character died of an overdose only a few years ago in-universe. Other moments, like Dan eulogizing Roseanne in a heartfelt speech, rang true for the character but run the risk of being too schmaltzy for a show that prides itself on its sardonic sense of humor.

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However, one scene in ”Big Negotiations and Broken Expectations” (season 4, episode 17) perfectly balanced these two approaches by contrasting Jackie and Dan’s respective attitudes toward Roseanne. As Darlene and Becky prepared to leave the Conner home and build a house of their own, Darlene wondered whether she should risk her job to bankroll this process by demanding a raise. This leads Jackie to note the fact that she and Roseanne took a huge risk opening a business together, only to then swiftly blame its subsequent failure on Roseanne. In contrast, Dan also notes that he and Roseanne also began a risky business together, only he takes full responsibility for