The BEST episodes of Roseanne
Every episode of Roseanne ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Roseanne!
Explore life, death and everything in between through the relatable, hilarious and brutally honest lens of the working-class Conner household, which is located in the drab, fictional exurb of Langford, Illinois. With the inimitable Roseanne Barr at its epicenter as the family's matriarch, the series tackles current issues with fresh stories and even more laughs. Roseanne is joined by her husband, Dan, and their children, D.J., Darlene and Becky. Roseanne's warm, but neurotic, sister Jackie rounds out the core of the family.
#1 - Good Girls, Bad Girls
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1992
Roseanne reluctantly allows Darlene to go to a rock concert in nearby Rockford with Molly -- who abandons her.
#2 - It's a Boy!
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/1993
Roseanne wants Darlene's boyfriend David to move in with them, but Dan refuses to allow it.
#3 - Home-Ec
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1991
Darlene is embarassed when Roseanne gives Darlene's home economics class a supermarket lesson in real-life family budgeting; D.J. has to deal with a bully.
#4 - Skeleton in the Closet
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1994
Leon outdoes himself hosting a Halloween soirée with the Lunch Box clan and a bevy of his gay friends, many of whom seem to know Fred – intimately. Meanwhile, Jackie and Roseanne visit Bev's hairdresser and become convinced that she wears a wig.
#5 - An Officer and a Gentleman
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/1990
When Roseanne is called away, Jackie impresses Dan and the kids with her homemaking skills.
#6 - Another Mouth to Shut Up
Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/26/1996
Just weeks after their hot night in Disney World, Darlene drops a proposal -- and a surprise announcement: she's pregnant -- on David, whose major life changes seem to be happening all in one day.
#7 - War and Peace (2)
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1993
Dan returns home to rampart rumors about his behavior, while Roseanne urges a dazed Jackie to leave her abusive boyfriend.
#8 - It was Twenty Years Ago Today
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/9/1993
For their anniversary, Roseanne poses in a sexy photo for Dan, while he moonlights at a big-and-tall men's store to pay for his present for her.
#9 - BOO!
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1989
The Conner family terrify each other out of their wits on Halloween night.
#10 - Therapy
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/17/1992
Roseanne accompanies Jackie to her therapist after she chooses the ideal man for Jackie -- dull tax accountant Art; Darlene mouths off once too often about a female school bully.
#11 - Party Politics
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1993
Roseanne attempts to enlist Darlene's aid in taming a rebellious D.J., while scheming to reunite her with David.
#12 - The Wedding
Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1996
Darlene's wedding day brings unexpected tears, joy and tenderness as Dan is finally able to express his love to Darlene and the young couple's wedding vows bring Roseanne to tears.
#13 - Crime and Punishment (1)
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1993
Dan disciplines D.J. for taking offensive reading material to school-- Darlene's comic book. Dan reacts strongly when Roseanne discovers that Fisher has beaten Jackie.
#14 - Let's Call It Quits
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/2/1989
Roseanne has difficulty accepting new rules from a tough new supervisor at the factory.
#15 - One for the Road
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1990
When the parents are away, Becky and her friend Dana play with a little help from the liquor cabinet.
#16 - Bingo
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1992
It is Crystal's choice to choose where the gals' night out will be. Crystal chooses bingo and they all hate it. After Roseanne wins $50 playing bingo, she gets hooked on it. Becky and Darlene baby-sit Little Ed, but when Dan comes home its D.J. and Dan that end up taking care of the baby. Roseanne and Crystal get into a fight, but at the end they make up and Roseanne learn that Crystal is pregnant again.
#17 - Deliverance
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/31/1992
A pregnant Crystal snaps at everyone in sight, then goes into labour with Dan coaching her in the delivery room; Roseanne and Bonnie feud over who should replace Leon as the new manager of the coffee shop; and Darlene delivers a message to David to quit crowding her.
#18 - Looking for Loans in All the Wrong Places
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1992
Denied a loan to open the restaurant, Roseanne must turn to her mother; Darlene catches D.J. peeping at neighbor Molly.
#19 - Father's Day
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1989
Roseanne steps in to referee when Dan's visiting father pontificates about Dan wasting time working as a contractor.
#20 - Don't Make Me Over
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/5/1992
The girls take Roseanne to the Beauty Box for Mother's Day in hopes of convincing her to let them attend a weekend rock concert.
#21 - Like, a Virgin
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1990
Roseanne decides it's time to give Becky "the talk" unaware that it's Darlene who needs it more.
#22 - Husbands and Wives
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/22/1995
Just as Fred gets ready to cave in and return home, Roseanne comes to regret sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong by trying to reunite him with Jackie.
#23 - The White Sheep of the Family
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1996
D.J. inherits $500 in his great aunt Harriet's will (because he was the only member of the family she never met) and blows half of it on a trombone to impress a girl who plays tuba in the school band. Meanwhile, Darlene alienates everyone by mentioning that she has turned down a $500/week job in advertising, an entry level position that would pay her more than both her parents earn.
#24 - The Pied Piper of Lanford
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/14/1991
Dan and Roseanne commit to opening a motorcycle shop with a free-spirited old friend who gets cold feet at the last minute.
#25 - Springtime for David
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/1996
David moves out after getting a job at a theme park known as "the happiest place in Illinois," where he's soon transformed into an ultra-perky worker with an eerie smile.
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