Tag: Emma Kenney

From the moment Dan Conner (John Goodman) wakes with a start, we're in a familiar world rarely seen on TV. It's a common phenomenon in American life. Dan laughs. Dan and Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) are a 60-something couple still demonstrably in love with each other. Nobody in the family cares how he dresses at home — "God did not give me this big a head to hold a narrow mind," says Dan — but they worry he'll get beat up. When Mark tells his mother, Darlene (Sara Gilbert), that the bully said he was weird, she says that's ridiculous. This whole family's really weird. The show garnered enormous publicity because both Roseannes, the character and the comedian, voted for Donald Trump. When Jackie comes by to drive Darlene to a job interview, her daughter assures Roseanne that everything will be fine. And as Darlene counsels Mark, from someone's perspective, we're all weird.