The best episodes of Roseanne
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- 01
Dan can't bear to part with the "junk" Roseanne wants to donate to a rummage sale; Darlene forges a passing grade on her report card.
- 02
The Monday Through Friday Show
Dan and Roseanne disagree about where to spend a romantic 15th anniversary; Becky refuses to dissect a frog in biology class; Darlene finds her paper route more than she can handle.
- 03
Crystal struggles to cope with the death of her husband; Darlene decides it's cool to smoke.
- 04
Roseanne steps in to referee when Dan's visiting father pontificates about Dan wasting time working as a contractor.
- 05
Darlene's bad dreams aren't due to the scary movies she's been watching.
- 06
Roseanne takes her reluctant family on a shopping spree at the Lanford mall.
- 07
Becky is eager for the dinner party with Chip and his parents to come to an end.
- 08
Darlene's emergency appendectormy makes Roseanne anxious and guilty over having yelled at Darlene earlier.
- 09
Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore
As a tornado spins through Lanford, a storm is brewing inside the Conner house over the whereabouts of Jackie who hasn't returned from her trip to the market.
- 10
Roseanne's PMS day and Dan's birthday are on a collision course.
- 11
Roseanne and Dan, parents of a low income family, deal with the trials and tribulations of suburban domesticity. Roseanne must keep her sanity while keeping her family together and dealing with her troubling daughter, Darlene.
- 12
Becky is suspended for allegedly making an obscene gesture in her class photo – which makes her suddenly popular at school – but Roseanne is the one called into the principal's office.
- 13
Although Dan and Roseanne agree not to spend any of Dan's $500 advance on themselves, neither can resist the temptation.
- 14
Jackie babysits while Roseanne and Dan go out to a formal restaurant dinner -- at which they see a recently divorced friend.
- 15
A body language test reveals Dan's innermost feelings about his sister-in-law; Darlene has a bone to pick with D.J.
- 16
A songwriting contest unleashes creativity in Dan and Roseanne, while Booker unleashes uncontrolled impulses in Jackie.
- 17
Roseanne sees Becky and her first boyfriend at a bowling alley. Jackie and Booker make a bet, if Booker wins, Jackie has to spend the night with him.
- 18
Roseanne discovers that Dan had a one-night stand with her high-school nemesis years ago.
- 19
Roseanne and Jackie help Crystal drown her sorrows over breaking up with her lover by taking her to the Lobo Lounge for a few pink squirrels and a pep talk.
- 20
Roseanne bets Dan he'll never finish repairing his truck.
- 21
Dan's birthday bash at the Lobo Lounge is interrupted by a bully who picks a fight with Dan at the pool table.
- 22
Despite her misgivings, Roseanne, working late as a coffee-shop waitress, leaves Dan in charge of the kids.
- 23
Becky's folks pressure her to stop dating a boy.
- 24
Dan ill-advisedly tells Roseanne he's having dreams of a mysterious, and oddly homely, other woman.
- 25
Do You Know Where Your Parents Are?
Since the girls continually break curfew, Dan and Roseanne celebrate the anniversary of their first lovemaking by revisiting the restaurant/hotel – and staying out very, very late, hoping to teach the girls a lesson, with the help of Officer Jackie.
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