Roseanne: Guilt by Disassociation

Roseanne: Guilt by Disassociation
ABC
September 26, 1989
Sitcom
DVD
B+

My mistake, Roseanne is still doing telemarketing in this episode written by, yes, Tom Arnold.  She's offered a secretarial job, but loses it in the same day when she can't work the computer (smaller than those of a decade earlier but still very dated, with green typeface).  There are some funny moments here, but there's also genuine pain, as we see that Roseanne feels like she's failed her family.  I like that things aren't wrapped up neatly at the end, like with the HR Lady calling and saying she's changed her mind.  Life goes on, and Roseanne has Dan's support, financial and emotional, as always.  (More and more, John Goodman's last name seems apt.)

Charlayne Woodard returns as Vonda and actually figures into the plot, while Juanita (Evelina Fernández, her last appearance) and Sylvia (Anne Faulkner, also her last) don't get a lot to do, but we meet their husbands.