Roseanne: Her Boyfriend's Back

Roseanne: Her Boyfriend's Back
ABC
March 12, 1991
Sitcom
DVD
B+

Sheldon Krasner and David Saling, who co-wrote one Who's the Boss? episode, here do their only Roseanne story, with a teleplay by Brad Isaacs (his middle of five) and Maxine Lapiduss (her first of eight).  Sometimes that many writers can lead to a messy script, but here it seems to help with the complexity of what happens when Mark is, yes, back.  Roseanne hates him, perhaps partly because, it's suggested, she remembers when she was sixteen and fell for an older boy with a motorcycle.  Dan tries to be understanding but he gives Becky the cold shoulder when she and Mark borrow Dan's motorcycle without permission.  Darlene seems caught in the middle.  And in a comic subplot, Jackie is training to be a massage therapist.