Roseanne: My Name Is Bev

Roseanne: My Name Is Bev
ABC
January 11, 1995
Sitcom
DVD
C

Bob Nickman's first of four Roseanne scripts is probably the worst of Season Seven.  That's not to say that a funny and/or touching episode about a long-term character recognizing her alcoholism couldn't be made, but this isn't it.  The jokes misfire (OK, the "herpes" and Michael Jackson ones are good if tasteless), and I'm not really clear what the point is of showing that Bev is using her disease to make other people guilty.  And what's with Roseanne's gratuitous homophobic remark to Leon at AA?  Not terrible, but we can see the shark licking its lips.  Note that Roseanne is three months pregnant now, although it was summer when she realized she was going to have a baby.

John McConnell again plays Dan's friend Bob.  Romy Rosemont, who's Margaret D. here, would be a nameless Woman on Ellen.