Roseanne: Honor Thy MotherABC
October 8, 1996
Sitcom
DVD
B-
In this story that Bob Nickman co-wrote with someone who didn't work on any other of my shows, we don't find out what the title means until far into the episode. Dan is a funk, wondering about the meaning of life since the family became rich. He realizes he wants to help his mom by taking her to a good psychiatric hospital in Santa Monica. Meanwhile, Roseanne and Jackie plan a trip to a spa, which would become a plot in a couple episodes, but first we'll see an episode that builds on the tag, which includes the back of a head and voice of a character that (uncredited here, to keep it mysterious) would be played by Jim "Ernest" Varney.
Staff writer Allan Stephan here plays Allan. This is James Pickens, Jr.'s last appearance as Chuck and I'm glad he's given something meaty to work with for a change, in the scene where he tries to talk to Dan. Note that this is at least Leon's third time playing poker with Dan. And sweet David's complaint about Darlene is that she won't let him spoil her.
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