There’s a mini-movement happening in films whereby the past is forgotten. We are seeing it with the Halloween franchise and The Terminator franchise. There new incarnations are picking up as if the subsequent sequels never existed. And in the case of certain movies (where a star was shown to have been egregious in their off screen actions), an actors performance has been scrubbed entirely. That luxury can’t be afforded The Conners. Quite simply, this is something they are going to have to deal with. It might take one episode. Heck, it might take the entire season. The Conners is going to have to deal with Roseanne not being around anymore. Maybe they’ll never stop dealing with it? This doesn’t mean that all is lost. If they can keep everything within the fictional realm of this show, that will bode well for The Conners. I personally think that killing off the character of Roseanne isn’t the way they should go. In fact, contractually they may not be able to go that way.
(This will be discussed more in the next section). So how else might we get The Conners without Roseanne? Maybe she leaves Dan? Perhaps Dan and Roseanne move away (to a warmer climate), and the first season of The Conners shows us Dan in Lanford? He could be alone he ties up their affairs? Something tells me that the ultimate way they do this will be handled correctly. Even if I have no idea how they are going to pull it off. The people involved with The Conners know and understand Roseanne. They wouldn’t have greenlit this show if they didn’t have this fundamental question figured out. Time will obviously tell if there’s was the right decision.
