ABC
January 8, 1991
Sitcom
DVD
B
After a slow start, this episode with a story by Bob Myer and a teleplay by Don Foster and Joel Madison, offers a fine blend of comedy and drama. As the title suggests, Dan's father Ed pays a visit, bringing gifts, including a VCR, which causes Darlene to remark that the family is "leaping into the '80s." (By this point, it had been about a decade since VCRs were accessible to the upper middle class, and they'd been trickling down to the middle middle throughout the '80s, but, yes, there were still some working class families that couldn't afford them in '91.)
Roseanne decides to matchmake Crystal with the guy who owns the camera shop at the mall, until she walks in on Ed and Crystal kissing passionately. Then she tries to matchmake Jackie and the camera guy, but mostly so she can get them to leave so she can find out what's going on. It turns out that Ed and Crystal have been seeing each other since they were at Thanksgiving the year before last. (This episode is specifically set in January.) In fact, they're engaged. Dan does not react well, although Roseanne is supportive. The episode ends on a cliffhanger, but as the next episode is called "The Wedding," I think we know how this will turn out.
D'Anne Avner, who plays the Woman in the Coffee Shop, would return in an unknown role.
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