I actually think Lecy is VERY underrated as Becky. Two of her best moments were the speeches she gave to Darlene (over her doing nothing during her "black" mood while Becky did everything during Season 4), and when she told Dan off before running off with Mark in Season 5. Lecy OWNED those scenes.

ITA, I loved seeing the older sister finally fed up with all the pampering and excuses being made for the depressed middle child while Becky was busting her ass with laundry, chores, driving DJ around, etc. Darlene needed a kick in the butt at that point.

Season 6 had some great one-liners, I was just re-watching the episode where Jackie gives birth. This was probably the last time we saw Jackie in a digestible light,

DJ (to Roseanne): Did your water break when you had me?

Roseanne: By the time I had you, everything was already broken

I still LOL at that line. Roseanne had great delivery.

Agreed about Jackie. After she had the baby, it was straight up Barney Fife (save for the last couple episodes of season 6 when Jackie reveals that she slept with twenty times the amount of people Fred had! "I don't even know 60 people!" "Well I didn't KNOW all of them..." LOL)

Yes, great Jackie moment, especially when poor Fred only had 3. LoL

I loved the line when Roseanne was pregnant and she was talking to Jackie about the baby, and said something like the baby kicked so hard, that her boob flew up and smacked her in the face

I'm probably not quoting it right though lol

The writing on the show was very underrated at the time, mainly due to how popular the show was and what a controversial public figure many saw Roseanne Barr as.

Many writers, who later went on to success of their own, got their start on this show. Chuck Lorre, Joss Whedon, and Amy Sherman-Palldino to name a few.

This show has some of the best comedic dialogue/one-liners of any show, and there's really a timeless quality to it where it never sounds dated.

So, so agree. And yes, that is so right... the mood and tone of the show changed in season 7 when Roseanne divorced Tom in real life. And like someone else said, the humor became bitter, sarcastic, put-downs from the likes of Roseanne, Darlene, etc. while Jackie became the female Don Knotts.

This show does hold up SO well though. There's so many sitcoms I grew up with and/or grew up watching reruns of, and now they're so dated, cheesy, and not funny at all when I watch them in present day. But Roseanne is STILL funny. Still makes me laugh out loud. I've seen all the episodes from seasons 1-6 dozens of times and I still watch them like they're brand new.

I've heard that the re-releases of the DVD's have additional footage that is cut in syndication, but I have 1-6 seasons from when they were originally released, and it seems every episode has additional footage that has otherwise been cut out ever since it when into syndication in the mid-90's.

(I'll never understand why syndicated reruns cut out the part from the Halloween episode where Roseanne, dressed as a man, goes into the mens bathroom and pretends to use the urinal... HILARIOUS! "Oh I get it, it's like being in an elevator.")

I agree. The show holds up INCREDIBLY well. I love that it marathons on Monday on WEtv and then on Saturday and Sunday on TV Land (and I've noticed Saturday on WEtv) and I can honestly watch every episode no matter how many times I've seen it. It's always funny and fresh. Only a few shows I can say that about (Golden Girls and I Love Lucy being two others).

I still LOL at that line. Roseanne had great delivery.

Agreed about Jackie. After she had the baby, it was straight up Barney Fife (save for the last couple episodes of season 6 when Jackie reveals that she slept with twenty times the amount of people Fred had! "I don't even know 60 people!" "Well I didn't KNOW all of them..." LOL)

LOL. Jackie was such a joke towards the end but Laurie was just so talented. It's so weird watching Jackie's progression, which felt like regression, ultimately.

That scene is just another classic Jackie scene. Because I had just seen the show last night on WEtv, before I turned to Dallas, I was thinking of all of Jackie's just great moments. "DEAD!!!! HE'S DEAD!!! DAD'S DEAD!!!! Dad's fine. He sends his love" "I met a guy I don't even know, we had sex for hours and now I'm pregnant. If it's a girl, I'm naming it Gidget!"

I'm paraphrasing, mostly, but she had such great moments sometimes.

Edited January 29, 201313 yr by KMan101

Roseanne finds out that Jackie was beaten up by Fisher. Dan at the end .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvj48pfUo3U

Season 5 had so many great moments, I really think that was the pinnacle of the show in terms of writing and acting.The humour/one-liners got a little more "adult" in that season too.

I also don't think it's any coincidence that my favourite season was the season where Becky left. I thought that allowed them to flesh out Darlene's character a little bit more, and she really became Dan and Roseanne's main (and probably favorite) kid until the end of the show.

Edited January 30, 201313 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

I don't know, Roseanne really got to love David and he technically wasn't even her kid!

I don't know, Roseanne really got to love David and he technically wasn't even her kid!

Roseannne (to David): Don't start with me David, we take you into our house like you're one of our own kids, and then you turn around and treat us like you're own of our own kids!

Edited January 30, 201313 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

I always liked Jackie with Gary...man was he a looker before his OLTL days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pzLp8CnH8

GO LECY!

Roseanne Barr has inked a deal with NBC to develop a new sitcom and will guest-star on The Office for a three episode stint:

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/roseanne-barr-to-guest-star-on-the-office-1.4547058

Season 5 had so many great moments, I really think that was the pinnacle of the show in terms of writing and acting.The humour/one-liners got a little more "adult" in that season too.

I always felt like the transition from season 4 to season 5 was quite different. Still great quality from season to season (unlike the decline in season 7), but something about the show was different. I think you hit it on the mark by saying it got a little bit more "adult". Not only were the kids growing, but the topics got more serious, and the overall innocence of the early years had faded. Also, I think the lighting changed (darker), plus other aesthetic changes like Roseanne's hair grown out, her skin looking a little rougher, she finally settled in to her final job that we saw her at (owning the diner), all made for a different feeling for the show when Season 5 started.

Edited February 2, 201313 yr by Gray Bunny