Roseanne: Homecoming

Roseanne: Homecoming
ABC
November 16, 1993
Sitcom
DVD
B

Sid Youngers wrote this story that introduces Becky #2, Sarah Chalke, who's not as good as Becky #1 but not bad here.  (And the tag lampshades the recasting, as the family watches Bewitched and discusses the Darrins.)  Dan has a 25-year reunion for his football teammates, so Mark, Becky, and Darlene come home.  (But not David, who's supposedly in Michigan, although Darlene confesses the truth to Becky.)  Mark and Becky are fighting, but Roseanne surprises and sickens herself by taking his side.  She invites M & B to move in till they're on their feet, which would take awhile.

Note that Pickens returns as Chuck, although I recall Chuck and Dan having a fight and not making up on Chuck's last appearance.  Presumably they reconciled after Jackie bought the house they'd invested time and money in.  Also, I want to note that so far the writers are handling D.J.'s awkward years better than Who's the Boss? did with Jonathan, who rarely got a say-a-line-and-then-exit line as funny as "Haven't you ever heard of puberty?"