Roseanne: Vegas

Roseanne: Vegas
ABC
November 5, 1991
Sitcom
DVD
B

This is the episode where we finally meet Arnie's fiance, Nancy Bartlett, played by Sandra Bernhard, who gives it her all, being believable both as a woman who'd marry Arnie and as someone that Roseanne would want as a good friend.  Don Foster's third Roseanne script is the first for his co-writer Sid Youngers, but I don't know if that accounts for the whiplash in tone, between broad comedy (especially anything with Arnie of course) and painful arguments between Dan and Roseanne.  In fact, the episode ends on a cliffhanger, with Dan storming out of the hotel room.  Meanwhile, back home, Darlene makes a sundial for DJ, out of a pizza and a fork.

Lois Bromfield plays Alice Thurber here and would not only return in a different role but would write five episodes.