This show wasn’t called “Roseanne and the Conners.” It wasn’t called “Domestic Goddess.” It was called Roseanne because, regardless of where it may have gone, what characters it chose to follow, it always came back to her. Roseanne Conner was the matriarch. The glue that held this family together amidst fights and other trying times. It’s why whenever Roseanne wasn’t on an episode for any length of time, the show seemed to feel all over the place.
Often, that was by design. She would usually come on at the end and solve problems or show people their problems weren’t really that bad. The Conners isn’t going to have that. So who is going to stand in the lofty shoes of this iconic character? Dan? Darlene? Becky? Or, might The Conners focus on a collectivist approach? Could we see the characters dealing with their issues as a family? Might this create more problems between them? Might the aforementioned characters not be up to the task at hand? We will see but the fundamental question remains: Can the Conners carry on without Roseanne? They can. But whether that’s a good idea remains to be seen.
