Roseanne (TV Series) Home for the Holidays (1996) User Reviews

Finally a relatively normal episode

[Tyanneh · 7/10 · 26 September 2021]

This episode reminds me of the previous ones before it all went boring and unrealistic. Season 8 was already way worse (with all those pointless daydreaming scenes), but the ninth one is almost unwatchable. However, this episode was a really nice throwback to what the show once used to be (a sitcom about a blue collar family).

I'm really mad about what they did to Dan. It's so out of character and so unnerving.

Classic TV Xmas Countdown Episode #44

[kgraovac · 7/10 · 20 December 2023]

Dan arrives home from California just in time for Xmas, as the Conners spend their first holiday enjoying their newfound wealth.

The trainwreck that is Season 9 manages to provide a holiday episode that is not cringe-worthy. John Goodman receives a very loud and long ovation when he makes his entrance. He looks heavier than we have seen him in a while.

Roseanne replaces one of the missing wisemen with a yellow Power Ranger - ahh, the '90s. Her gift to Dan is their mortgage and a lighter. He gets emotional after setting it on fire, signifying an official end to the Conners' financial struggles.

**SPOILERS** It ends with a picture-perfect shot of the family, all basking in their happiness. That is, until we see Dan having an intimate telephone conversation with someone with whom he's obviously emotionally involved - and Jackie overhears it.

The tag scene features a peeved Santa berating the Conners - via primitive cel phone - for sealing off their chimney. 7/10.

Home for the Holidays (#9.12)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 13 May 2017]

Dan is coming home after spending a lot of time with his mother in California. Roseanne is happy to see him although they seem to be a bit awkward. It is Christmas. They do all the decorating and exchange their presents. Roseanne gets Dan to burn their mortgage papers. And then Jackie overhears Dan talking to another woman.

A very good episode and so unexpected. I really wouldn't have thought they will have Dan have an affair! This is so sad. I think how he never cheated on Roseanne before but now....? When everything was supposed to become happy? I didn't expect it this season. The episode was great in evoking this emotions. First happiness of Dan coming back, then the amazing feeling from the mortgage burning and then this disbelief and sadness of hearing this phone conversation.