What you hate about Season 9: What doesn't kill us is making us stronger...

[Mmmfloorpie]

I'm currently watching through season 9 and yikes.

I'm sure we would all like to pretend it didn't exist but it's still fun to talk about... So please post what bugged you and why.

I am currently watching the "Miracle" episode where Darlene has the baby.

The original Landford Dr seemed AWESOME. He was portrayed as compassionate, intelligent and articulate. 

Then Roseanne totally insulted him when she requested all the specialists. There is a professional way to ask for a second opinion and an unprofessional way. The way she handled was very inappropriate in my opinion.

I've got more complaints but thought I'd leave some for the rest of you lol.

[Chaos Theory]

I actually really liked the Darlene baby episode.  For a dramatic episode of a comedy I thought it was very well done. I didn't think Roseanne acted out of character or rude at all.  What exactly is The correct response for a situation like that?  There really isn't one.  Hell I'd have acted the same way.  Get me a second option. Get me a fifth opinion if you have to but save my granddaughter.  

The last season had its charms especially in the beginning. I liked the first few episodes when the Connors realized how rich they really were and what it really meant.  I forget the episode but there was a moment where Dan helped out an old friend.  Which was a nice moment.   

Of course it devolved into lunacy.  But there were an occasional episode I did enjoy.

Edited June 9, 2017 by Chaos Theory

[Mmmfloorpie]

5 hours ago, Chaos Theory said:

I actually really liked the Darlene baby episode.  For a dramatic episode of a comedy I thought it was very well done. I didn't think Roseanne acted out of character or rude at all.  What exactly is The correct response for a situation like that?  There really isn't one.  Hell I'd have acted the same way.  Get me a second option. Get me a fifth opinion if you have to but save my granddaughter.  

The last season had its charms especially in the beginning. I liked the first few episodes when the Connors realized how rich they really were and what it really meant.  I forget the episode but there was a moment where Dan helped out an old friend.  Which was a nice moment.   

Of course it devolved into lunacy.  But there were an occasional episode I did enjoy.

I liked the episode as a whole. The Dan cheating/Darlene baby episodes were by far the best part of season 9. They weren't just self contained episodes. A lot of the episides gave me the impression that they had no ideas and just stalling for time. Notice how there's very few skits during the closing credits? Because they didn't have enough material for the main episode let alone the credits.

Another gripe about season 9. I HATE the Wellman episode when Roseanne says "we turned over the diner to the people who just worked there" or whatever... Sorry but Leon and Nancy were co owners. Just completely ignoring continuity.

And the episode previous when they turn the Diner over, she says something like "now you guys can know what it was like when we first opened it" or something. Like sorry, but Nancy was an original owner...

[JakeyJokes]

S9 is full of continuity errors because a lot of the writers were brand new.

But some of it is still really good, especially the episodes written by Roseanne. "Say it Isn't So", when she kicks out Dan, and "The War Room", where she retreats to her bed in depression, are rather subdued, and I like the Christmas episode. But then you get these wacky episodes where it's just her and Jackie, or that very odd "Roseanne-Feld" one that she's barely in, or "Arsenic and Old Mom", which completely cheapens the respectful and nuanced ways they wrote about Dan's mom's mental illness and instead goes for cheap farcical humor that doesn't work.

I hate The Miracle episode.

[UYI]

9 hours ago, JakeyJokes said:

 

Or "Arsenic and Old Mom", which completely cheapens the respectful and nuanced ways they wrote about Dan's mom's mental illness and instead goes for cheap farcical humor that doesn't work.

 

Fun (?) fact: Carrie Fisher (yes, THAT Carrie Fisher--RIP!) wrote that episode. 

[BookThief]

3 hours ago, UYI said:

Fun (?) fact: Carrie Fisher (yes, THAT Carrie Fisher--RIP!) wrote that episode. 

Wow! I had no idea. And obviously that's Debbie Reynolds in the episode as Dan's mom. I don't care for that episode, but now it's kind of nice to know Debbie and Carrie worked on that together. The episode was probably written first, but I wonder if Carrie asked them to use her mom in the episode or how it all came about.

[Mmmfloorpie]

I'm watching Arsenic this exact moment. Bugged me that it wasn't Dan's original mom... But Dan's original mom was INSANELY miscast anyways.

I love how there isn't even a resolution to the episode. Dan just says "people with glass mothers shouldn't throw stones" and the episode just ends.

So does she move in with them now or what?? Lol.

Someone blamed new writers on lack of continuity. Looking back, Roseanne probably knew the season would end with everything being fake so she didn't care.

Us as the audience didn't know it wasn't real at the time and that's always stuck with me.

Edited June 11, 2017 by Mmmfloorpie

[peacheslatour]

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I'm watching Arsenic this exact moment. Bugged me that it wasn't Dan's original mom... But Dan's original mom was INSANELY miscast anyways.

Ann Wedgeworth? I thought she was perfect as Dan's mother in the first Thanksgiving ep. What I thought was out of character (for the character established in said ep) was that she was supposed to have owned a travel agency and was never portrayed as unstable. Then there was this whole retcon about her being nuts all of Dan's life. That bugged me.

[Mmmfloorpie]

2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Ann Wedgeworth? I thought she was perfect as Dan's mother in the first Thanksgiving ep. What I thought was out of character (for the character established in said ep) was that she was supposed to have owned a travel agency and was never portrayed as unstable. Then there was this whole retcon about her being nuts all of Dan's life. That bugged me.

Same with Roseanne's father.

But the best way I can describe why she was miscast is by comparing her to Ned Beatty. He was PERFECTLY cast as Dan's father. There is a strong resemblance.

I just felt there was no resemblance with his mother. She just looked like some bingo playing, beehive wearing piece of trailer trash. Plus she didn't look old enough to be his mother and neither did her boyfriend. Dan and him could have played high school football together.

[Maharincess]

I agree about Ned Beatty being perfectly cast as Dan's dad.  I even thought little Ed looked a lot like Beatty.  It was hard watching him play Dan's dad at first.  Every time they showed him I kept waiting for him to bend over and squeal like a pig. 

[StaceyNotStacie]

My least favorite episodes were the ones where they strayed from their home and family. The spa and travel episodes, and the one with the rich family were awful (as were the "affair" episodes and the aftermath), but I liked the Thanksgiving and the episodes towards the end when Darlene had the baby and afterwards. I liked the extended family episodes with Bev and Nana Mary and although I couldn't stand Nancy, I liked when they included Scott and Leon as part of the family (I hope the two of them and their daughter will be included in the new series). 

[bigskygirl]

On ‎6‎/‎8‎/‎2017 at 10:21 AM, Mmmfloorpie said:

I'm currently watching through season 9 and yikes.

I'm sure we would all like to pretend it didn't exist but it's still fun to talk about... So please post what bugged you and why.

I am currently watching the "Miracle" episode where Darlene has the baby.

The original Landford Dr seemed AWESOME. He was portrayed as compassionate, intelligent and articulate. 

Then Roseanne totally insulted him when she requested all the specialists. There is a professional way to ask for a second opinion and an unprofessional way. The way she handled was very inappropriate in my opinion.

I've got more complaints but thought I'd leave some for the rest of you lol.

You should have been with me when my husband was diagnosed with Acute Renal Failure. His only brother came from out of town and insulted the kidney specialist and practically accused him of malpractice. My one sister-in-law and mother-in-law were extremely rude to the doctor and the dialysis unit nurses. The nurses were calling me a saint for putting up with them, and they did not like them at all either.

I do agree there is a right way and a wrong way when discussing things with a doctor. Sadly emotions can get in the way. I remember getting a little cranky with the doctor and nurses. I felt terrible about it and kept apologizing to them for my attitude. They understood I was scared and upset about what my husband was going through.