<em>The Conners</em> Frees Itself of Roseanne Barr<em> </em>
The retooled sitcom debuted with an episode that wrestled with the death of its fictional matriarch.
by David Sims
Oct 17, 2018
3 minutes
“People die. Whaddaya gonna do?” So says Joey (Ashton Pulis) upon hearing the news of Roseanne Conner’s death in the pilot episode of , which aired Tuesday night. “Seen a little too much action in ’Nam, Joey?” replies a deadpan Dan Conner (John Goodman), just three weeks removed from the loss of his wife. So goes the message of ABC’s hastily assembled replacement for its hit revival , which ended after its co-creator and. Dying is a fact of life, and while it’s normal to mourn, sometimes the best way to do so is with a wry joke.
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