So, The Conners debuted last night, and
wasted no time addressing Roseanne’s character death melding the two ending
running storylines Roseanne left off at
the end of its single season before its infamous cancellation, taking up three
weeks after her death.
I’ll admit I
got misty-eyed watching the episode seeing everybody’s reactions. One thing I noticed immediately was Dan (John
Goodman). He looked gaunt, frail,
old. I wonder if he lost even more
weight than he already had for the post-Roseanne
Dan.
Considering
the precariousness of how the show left off, there was no pretty way to write
Barr out of The Conners. Given that, the show handled the topics of
grief and death by addiction with emotion and care with light-hearted
humor. Hopefully, the maturity shown in
this pilot episode carries through the rest of the season elevating the show
from the juvenile comedy that Roseanne
suffered.
Also, given
the topic, The Conners has a chance
to speak truly of addiction as a serious issue and not as an “Oh, that can’t
and won’t happen to me” thing.
Yeah, The Conners have an uphill battle to
live up to what’s come before to stand on its own, but I think everybody
involved’s up to the challenge. It’ll be
interesting to see how it shakes out.
Be good to
each other.
-J-
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