Monday, March 27, 2017

Roseanne: Somebody Stole My Gal

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Creeped out yet?
Roseanne: Somebody Stole My Gal
ABC
October 3, 1989
Sitcom
DVD
C+

I honestly don't know what to make of this episode, which is baffling from its title onward.  It seems like it's going to be about what happens when Roseanne tries to straighten out paperwork at Dan's job site, but instead it turns into a story about a needy architect who clings to the Conner family.  At first it's funny, but it crosses over into disturbing, and then is meant to be touching, I think.  This wouldn't be the last episode to be tonally strange (Rosemary's Baby tribute, anyone?), but it does feel odd this early in the run, and while we're still in the '80s.

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