Why The Conners Season 4 Needs To Reunite Darlene And Harris
Darlene and Harris’s fight in The Conners season 4 has provided opportunities for both of their characters to grow, but the sitcom needs to reunite the duo for this positive change to occur. The Conners has never been short on clashing personalities. The sitcom’s portrayal of a working-class family’s struggles sees three generations of relatives living together under one roof, resulting in inevitable schisms that often provide both laughs and moving moments.
However, Harris and Aldo’s relationship has led The Conners season 4 to keep one fight going for longer than the sitcom’s episodic structure can handle. Harris’s estrangement from her mother Darlene has made the duo’s dynamic strained, putting pressure on the rest of the cast to provide laughs amid a bleak ongoing storyline. The pair are overdue a reunion but, so far, The Conners season 4 doesn’t seem concerned about facilitating this.
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Ever since Harris left her home to live with Aldo after arguing with Darlene about their relationship, the mother/daughter duo’s dynamic has been off and The Conners season 4 has struggled as a result. The schism occurred way back in “Let’s All Push Our Hands Together For The Stew Train and The Conners Furniture” (season 4, episode 7) and, initially, the issue seemed as though it might last a week or two. It was not unheard of for the two characters to struggle with each other, and dating Aldo wasn’t the first choice Harris made that seriously affected her relationship with Darlene. However, the fact that The Conners season 4 has since largely shifted its focus to Darlene and Ben’s romance, Mark’s struggles, and the rest of the family’s subplots mean that Harris’s
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