The Conners

It's painful to watch the character Darlene as the seasons go on. It seems like the writers wanted to make the character the most selfish, rude, mean and unhappy woman in the world, and it's not funny. No one would hopefully put up with anyone that awful in their life, so how did she get a handsome, caring, intelligent husband, a successful career, non-suicidal children... The beauty of Roseanne was that it showed us the real world, recognizing the truth about living from paycheck to paycheck, but still finding humor and joy in it. But that formula seems to be missing the main ingredients on this show. How disappointing in too many ways. The 5 is for everyone, mainly wonderful Ms. Metcalf! If only the show centered around wonderful Metcalf perhaps we could see hope and joy in the doldroms of reality.

I thought Goodman could still carry this show without Roseanne. I was wrong. I guess this is what you get when you show zero loyalty to the woman who built your careers. Pretty disappointing ending to a really funny show.

I am only in the second season, but I am having a hard time with this show now. It really is the Darlene show with brief pit stops with Becky who was portrayed as the town bicycle. And Dan has become this cranky totally unlikable person. All he does is yell. And there is no universe where I see a man like Dan (miserable and cranky) getting a woman like Louise. She is so far out of his league.

I do have a problem with Darlene's kid's names. Mark was named after Becky's high school boyfriend? And Harris? Harris, really? Who names a girl Harris? Why did Becky name her baby after the woman that basically tortured her mother and aunt? I have so many questions as to why they will be making more seasons. Alicia Goranson couldn't act her way out of a wet paper bag. Darlene is such a sour puss she played the EXACT same character she did from the 80s, but in everything she's in. When she was on Big Bang Theory, she still had the personality of a wet washcloth, I don't know how she's able to get someone as awesome as Ben, though he is better for her than the sniveling David. The more Harris is just herself the more I hate her. And being total AHs when they have a guest over that just happens to be supporting another football team. Jackie is just a miserable old spinster with the worst Karen haircut.

This is how these writers see people in poverty? It's insulting.

This show has lost it's sense of humor. Very depressing.

The first few episodes of this season were kind of a downer and only sorta funny but after that it slowly got some of the biting humor back that the original series had. Once they got away from Roseann's death and back to daily life things, the show started getting better. I'm glad I stuck with it and gave it a chance.