Roseanne: Trick or Treat

Roseanne: Trick or Treat
ABC
October 30, 1990
Sitcom
DVD
B-

As before, the costumes outshine the writing, this time by Lorre & Abugov, on a Halloween episode, including Arnie as the ghost of Elvis.  The episode is more daring than the one in '89, with Dan uncomfortable with D.J. dressing as a witch, and then Roseanne dressing and passing as a man at the Lobo.  I just don't feel like things are as clever or funny as they could be, particularly in comparison to other Season Three episodes so far.  Note that when Crystal shows up, for the first time since Roseanne's pregnancy scare, she doesn't recognize Roseanne and even flirts with her a little.  This would all seem mild with the passage of time, including more daring episodes in later seasons.

Guy Boyd was Sgt. Lally on M*A*S*H and is Pat here.  Ken Kells makes his first of three Roseanne appearances, as a Monster, while Bob Telford is Bill for the first of two times.  Don Maxwell and Robert Miranda return as Willy and Andy respectively.   James Pickens, Jr. makes his first of nineteen appearances as Dan's friend Chuck Mitchell but isn't given much to do at this point.