Tag: Maya Lynne Robinson

At a special screening for first episode of spin-off "The Conners," stars Lecy Goranson, Michael Fishman and Maya Lynne Robinson talk Roseanne Barr's exit from the original show. (Oct. 17) AP It’s politics, religion, and the ever-present ghost of Roseanne on Tuesday's belated midterm election-themed episode of “The Conners.” “The Separation of Church and Dan” saw America’s favorite working-class family go to church, Dad struggle with his faith in the wake of his wife’s death and Darlene’s son, Mark, navigating fractured political lines at the polls. Heavy topics for sure, peppered with the usual jokes to keep things from getting too dark. Not even an impromptu poker night organized by his daughters could raise his spirits. “I don’t need my friends sitting around here feeling sorry for me,” Dan said before storming out. Meanwhile, Mark (Ames McNamara) enlisted the help of Aunt Jackie in a polling assignment for school and found out just how volatile politics can be. “As a pollster, your job is just to remain neutral and just record the answers,” Jackie told him calmly, but she couldn't resist jumping for joy at a Democrat voter. Mary (Jayden Rey) only wanted to go if her cousins Harris (Emma Kenney) and Mark went, too, leaving D.J. to beg his atheist sister Darlene to come along. “Oh god,” Darlene sighed.