Roseanne is overweight, lough-mouthed, dominating mother that works in plastic factory and takes care of her husband and kids.
1 | Shower the People You Love with Stuff |
| Becky and Darlene feud over Roseanne’s baby shower. |
2 | Let Them Eat Junk |
| Jackie has a bee in her bonnet over Roseanne feeding Andy junkfood. Dan is upset since DJ’s only perspective of him includes a can of beer. |
3 | Roseanne in the Hood |
| When a new, more classy restaurant opens opposite the Lunchbox, Roseanne declares war. Pat Harrington, Jr. appears in this episode. |
4 | The Last Date |
| The temptation to crash a stranger’s bar mitzvah at a local hotel is too much for Roseanne as she drags Dan out on the town for a "last hurrah" before the baby is born. |
5 | Halloween: the Final Chapter |
| On Halloween, Roseanne reigns as "Queen of the Gypsies, consort of wizards and seer of souls." A Ouija board sends a message from "The Dead" that portends an unexpected event: Roseanne goes into labor. She delivers a baby boy, Jerry Garcia Conner. |
6 | The Fifties Show |
| The Conners find themselves going back in time in this spoof of 1950s sitcoms (shot mostly in black and white): Roseanne’s a fussy hausfrau, Dan is a hapless businessman stewing over "the Anderson account", and Jackie’s the wacky neighbor. |
7 | The Getaway, Almost |
| Jackie and Roseanne’s shopping trip with Jerry turns into a version of Thelma and Louise when they pick up a teenage hitchhiker and run a trucker off the road. Jenna Elfman appears as the hitchhiker. |
8 | The Last Thursday in November |
| When DJ’s teacher gives his students free rein, the class Thanksgiving pageant takes on a decidedly modern, Pulp Fiction twist that offends many of the parents, but not the Conners. Roseanne invites some new Native American friends over for their Thanksgiving celebration, and they do it their way. |
9 | Of Mice and Dan |
| Dan’s old bandmates (John Popper) roll into Lanford to play, and Dan gets a dose of regret, infused with a tad of depression. Roseanne talks to the band and gets Dan a little stage time, which he fully enjoys. |
10 | Direct to Video |
| While Roseanne narrates a video time capsule for her unborn child, Becky and Darlene find old love letters of Dan and Roseanne’s. DJ gets upset when he finds his parents did not fill out his baby book, and Mark cooks a ’special’ dinner for the Conner clan. |
11 | December Bride |
| Scott and Leon have trouble planning their wedding until Roseanne offers to plan it for free. This includes dealing with Leon’s cold feet/self-doubt about his sexuality. |
12 | The Thrilla Near the Vanilla Extract |
| Jackie realizes her hidden talent as a samplesperson as she and Roseanne take jobs at a grocery store. Meanwhile, Dan and David fight about Mark being DJ’s role model. |
13 | The White Sheep of the Family |
| After the Conners receive a small inheritance from Great-Aunt Harriet, they decide to go out for a nice dinner, with their limits already set, until Darlene unexpectedly pops in. Meanwhile, DJ is contemplating what to spend his own personal inheritance, $500. Darlene spends her visit home alienating the family and hurling insults, until the family finally bites back. DJ buys a trombone. |
14 | Becky Howser, M.D. |
| Mark tries to help a depressed Becky, by inviting family and friends over for a surprise get-together. Roseanne talks to her at the party, as everything is going wrong, and she admits that she wants more out of life. Roseanne supports that decision, unaware that Becky’s plans for change include her marital status. |
15 | Out of the Past |
| While Nana Mary amuses Roseanne and Jackie with a box of their childhood treasures, they take a walk down memory lane & discover that Roseanne has always been the queen to Jackie’s minion status. Jackie finds her long-lost doll, "Mrs. Tuttle," that she thought had been ’doll-napped’, Roseanne tries to pin the disappearance on a napping Nana Mary. But Nana Mary reveals the truth.... |
16 | Construction Junction |
| When Dan’s buddies show up with a great new job prospect for the old crew, Dan is confused: Should he continue on at the garage or make a bid on a huge construction job that would make him & his friends a lot of money? Meanwhile, Jackie gets hooked up to the Internet: her initial reluctance doesn’t last and soon David needs to intervene. |
17 | We’re Going to Disney World |
| The family goes hog-wild with excitement and with plans to travel to Disney World Dan brings home his final paycheck from the Lanford City Garage. |
18 | Disney World War II |
| Fireworks and fanfare accompany the Conners on a whirlwind tour of the magical kingdom of Disney World, when Darlene finds she’s actually happy in the presence of Winnie the Pooh. |
19 | Springtime for David |
| After strict orders from Dan, David finally moves out and works at a not-well-known theme park in Lanford, where he’s transformed into an eerily smiling automaton. The episode’s name is a reference to Springtime for Hitler. The episode itself was a satire of the Walt Disney Company, who, after having recently acquired the American Broadcasting Company, had made the network’s shows (including Roseanne) film and air Disney-themed episodes, including the immediately preceding episodes "We’re Going to Disney World" and "Disney World War II". |
20 | Another Mouth to Shut Up |
| Just weeks after their hot night in Disney World, Darlene proposes to David and announces that she’s pregnant. |
21 | Morning Becomes Obnoxious |
| After an impromptu interview at the diner goes spectacularly well, Roseanne prepares to "Wake Up Chicago" on a morning TV talk show (with Jackie as her manager) with a news commentator who has a unique and "opinionated blue-collar outlook". Meanwhile, David plans for the wedding, but offends Bev as well. |
22 | Ballroom Blitz |
| Bev’s smitten with her passionate ballroom-dance instructor, but—Drama on the Dance Floor alert!-he starts flirting with the newly divorced Jackie. When Jackie agrees to have dinner with him, Bev’s claws come out! |
23 | The Wedding |
| Dan suffers a heart attack at Darlene and David’s wedding. |
24 | Heart & Soul |
| Roseanne tries—in vain—to be cool at the hospital. We learn that DJ performed CPR on Dan to keep him alive. Dan’s hospital room is the venue for Darlene and David’s scaled-down reception. |
25 | Fights and Stuff |
| Dan returns home to strict diet regime and other rules, but he goes against it behind Roseanne’s back. When she finds out, it leads to a huge argument during which old resentments are brought up and the house is trashed due to their anger at each other. In the end, Roseanne walks out as her marriage to Dan looks on the verge of complete collapse. |