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 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#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 - BOO!
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1989
The Conner family terrify each other out of their wits on Halloween night.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Husbands and Wives
Season 7 - Episode 20 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/1989
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.
#25 - 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.