From a recent USA Today piece:

 

In the new 10-episode season, Darlene (Gilbert) starts a new relationship after learning her ex-husband David (guest star Johnny Galecki) has a girlfriend (Juliette Lewis); and Jackie teaches English as a second language and starts a relationship with one of her adult students. Muslim neighbors who drew Roseanne’s suspicions – and then support – in "Roseanne" return for a "Conners" Halloween episode.

I saw Halloween and that makes me happy    

 

 I will be watching the script writers for these episodes since they could one day become creators of their own shows (season 1 of Roseanne alone had the creators of Home Improvement and Mad about You as their script writers... plus Joss Wheldon and Amy Sherman Palladino later on).  

 

Has Darlene cried in every episode so far?

 

I love Juliette Lewis. Her role here reminds me of her old dippy, boho ‘90s persona.

Juliette Lewis had me laughing.

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I thought that tonight's episode was good. IMO, It didn't have that bit of an empty void that last week's episode did without Roseanne. I thought that there were several interesting things going on with multiple characters. I really enjoyed Darlene tonight. It was a touching moment when David asked her how she was faring since Roseanne had died. I also enjoyed her interaction/chemistry with Justin Long. I wonder if he will stick around as her new love interest. I hadn't seen anything about him spoiled prior to tonight's episode. I also understood her anger towards Blue, especially in regards to Harris. Speaking of the development with Harris, I wonder if

 

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she will end up having the surprise pregnancy that is supposed to happen this season.

 

I also thought it was interesting that DJ's wife didn't seem to care for David. She definitely has a bit of a no nonsense attitude. I did like that she supported Darlene. And I liked seeing Becky work with Dan, though I do believe that her drinking will get worse. 

Edited October 24, 20187 yr by xtr

Last night’s episode received a 1.7 demo rating, expectedly down from last week’s 2.4. It was up against Game 1 of the Red Sox/Dodgers World Series, which won the night with a 3.4.

I think the ratings are still good its better than any of the comedies on ABC that follow it that night

 

https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-tuesday-oct-23-2018/

Edited October 24, 20187 yr by John

Sara and Lecy were both very good this week, as was Galecki - the end stuff clearly means the David/Darlene/Blue/Justin Long quad is not over, IMO. The Jackie stuff was also very Jackie without being too goofy. Emma Kenney is finally finding a groove as well - I liked the car scene, and Darlene contrasting her parenting with Roseanne's both in word and action. It all clicked. (Also, Mark lipsyncing in the back cracked me up for some reason.)

 

Loved seeing Dan with both David and Becky more. Those relationships are important and haven't been serviced in a long time.

 

Like many, I also want more Geena. But really, the show and characters aren't missing a beat tonally from the original series - it's all the same stuff, issues, family material, just with a different configuration of leads. It's actually impressive.

 

Is Becky wearing Mark's ring around her neck?

6 hours ago, Faulkner said:

Last night’s episode received a 1.7 demo rating, expectedly down from last week’s 2.4. It was up against Game 1 of the Red Sox/Dodgers World Series, which won the night with a 3.4.

Not surprised because of a lot on last night and some tuned in last week just to see what happened to the Roseanne character. 1.7 is still very good.

Cell phones kill bees.

 

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‘The Conners’ Casts Rene Rosado; Scotty Tovar Joins ‘Empire’ https://t.co/lP4SYdvFYq pic.twitter.com/NsLqaYFSDA

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 25, 2018

In terms of my "kooky" reference of Crystal today, I meant the actress looks kinda goofy. She never had the best posture or stance, but now she's hunched over and sporting a bad wig. 

 

Re: Darlene crying. Yeah, her eyes well up with tears pretty much every episode.  Shallow side note - I think it'd do Sara Gilbert wonders to get fillers under her eyes. 

Edited October 25, 20187 yr by Gray Bunny

https://tvline.com/2018/10/26/the-conners-season-1-episode-count-bigger/

 

The Conners Season 1 Gets a Bit Bigger

By Matt Webb Mitovich / October 26 2018, 1:30 PM PDT

Edited October 26, 20187 yr by John

Seems like a nice vote of confidence.