Following the Homecoming game, Dan holds a 25-year-reunion party for his former high school football team and begs his family to behave begging his family to put up a loving, happy front for the duration. Becky and Mark come home for a visit after a long absence following their move; they're fight and Becky contemplates leaving him. Roseanne invites them to move in so they can get on their feet financially, and Darlene shares a secret with Becky.

Becky volunteers to take over cooking duties for the Conners' Thanksgiving; Dan and Mark are still at each other's throats; Fred is shocked at the dysfunction of the family he might marry into; and Nana Mary reveals a long-kept secret about Bev's marriage.

Leon manipulates Nancy and Jackie into voting to serve breakfast at the diner, among other changes, without consulting Roseanne. Starved for attention, D.J. steals and wrecks the family car while joyriding, and a stressed-out Roseanne lashes out violently, which she quickly regrets. The power play between Leon and Roseanne escalates, and Dan advises Leon to back off, but when he realizes that Roseanne is not just being paranoid about Leon, he steps aside and leaves Leon to Roseanne's mercy.

After receiving notice from the neighborhood association about not putting up tacky Christmas decorations on their property, the Conners go all out for a "white trash" Christmas. Dan and Roseanne offer Becky money to start college, but freak when she gives the money to her husband Mark to attend trade-school. When they forbid her to give it to him, she retaliates by refusing the money and taking a job in a Hooters-like bar/restaurant, Bunz, to pay for Mark's schooling herself. Meanwhile, Bev and D.J. drop in on Darlene unannounced and D.J. discovers the secret Darlene's been keeping from the family; and Dan teaches Mark secrets of a happy marriage.

Roseanne decides to join the Lanford Women's Association to develop contacts for her restaurant, especially since Leon is opposed to her being the one to do it. In an effort to suck-up, Roseanne makes D.J. play with one member's weird son, Elijah. Dan discovers that Mark has dropped out of school and spending those evenings at the Lobo Lounge. In a special cameo skit at the end, the famous "Luke" and "Laura" from "General Hospital" compare hardships with Dan and Roseanne.

Darlene is fed up with David, who has been secretly living with her for months instead of his mother in Michigan as her parents believe, but feels guilty for constantly lying to them. A miserable Becky unfairly blames Roseanne for Mark walking out on her; tired of being blamed for the whole mess, Roseanne tries to get Mark to patch things up with Becky. Looking for him at his friend's apartment, she discovers the truth of David's whereabouts from Mark's confused roommate and heads to Chicago. She drags David home with her, but lies to Dan about why he's back.

Roseanne and Becky try to convince Dan to hire Mark at the city garage. Riddled with guilt (and tired of Roseanne overworking him), David confesses to Dan that he was living with Darlene in Chicago instead of his mother's in Michigan. Furious, Dan throws him out of the house and tells Roseanne to take him to the bus station and send him to Michigan for real, but she takes him to Jackie's instead, then goes on a mission to guilt Dan into taking him back. Since Jackie wants nothing to do with Fred, she's upset that Roseanne has been helping him sneak financial support for the baby into her tip jar.

Darlene comes home to try to convince her father to let David move back in the house "from Michigan", unsuccessfully. After catching David making out with Darlene in the basement, Dan finds out that his family lied to him again: not only did David not go his mom's in Michigan when Dan threw him out, but he was staying with Jackie--and Roseanne was responsible. Darlene joins David at Jackie's to get away from her furious father. Jackie gets irritated when people keep asking her to leave the room, in her own house, when they want to talk out their problems.

Since Jackie has made it very clear that Fred is not welcome to be a part of their baby's life, Fred retaliates with plans to sue Jackie for custody after the birth, which throws Jackie into hysterics. Fighting over whether Fred has the right to force himself into his baby's life, split the men and women of the Conner house. Roseanne learns that Dan put the idea in Fred's head, which puts him under the doghouse. Mark and D.J. gang up on David to challenge his masculinity, or lack there of.

Nancy introduces her new girlfriend Sharon to Roseanne and Jackie. Sharon invites them to go dancing with her and Nancy at a gay bar and winds up giving Roseanne a romantic kiss. This freaks Roseanne out, but she has a hard time figuring out why. Jackie is openly uncomfortable about people assuming she might be gay, which prompts an amused Roseanne to behave like they are a couple.

Jackie tells Roseanne that Fred wants to be in the delivery room, and the hospital will only allow one extra person to be with her. When Jackie realizes that she is in labor, Roseanne puts off calling Fred to inform him, hoping she'll get to be the one who stays with Jackie, but she feels guilty later and sends Dan out to find him. Bev reveals to Jackie that her birth name was "Marjorie," but little Roseanne's version, "My Jackie," stuck.

Audrey cries to Dan about his father owing her money, so he confronts Ed, hoping he will do the right thing. Jackie and Fred go out on a "get-to-know-you-better" date to try to build an honest, solid relationship, but Jackie's admission that she's had many more sexual partners than he has causes a big step backward in their fragile relationship. D.J. goes through a rebellious stage.

Dan's mother Audrey is put into a mental institution and Dan blames her emotional problems on the years of neglect by his father. Determined to confront his dad, he shows up at Ed's second wife Crystal's house drunk and destructive. Tired of Dan blaming everything on her husband, Crystal tells Roseanne a secret about Audrey that had been kept from Dan his whole life. Dan is filled with mortified disbelief at the revelations. Meanwhile. the older Conner-Healy kids work overtime to make D.J. think he might be crazy too.

Darlene discovers that D.J. has been sneaking off after school to attend church; D.J. gives Roseanne a hard time about morals when she accepts a mistaken delivery of a second stove at the diner.

Roseanne finds out Bev didn't get injured by slipping in the shower like she told everybody. Fred plans to propose to Jackie.

Fred climbs out of the doghouse with Jackie by gathering inspiration from her soaps and figuring out a romantic way to propose to her. David climbs into the doghouse with Darlene by commenting that it's a woman's obligation to bear children. Dan joins David in the doghouse when his attempts to be romantic with Roseanne fall short. Roseanne dreams of being romanced by the men on One Life to Live (1968).

Fred is unsettled by the fact that Jackie turns to Dan, and not him, when she needs help from a man. Upset, convinced that Jackie has feeling for Dan, and half-drunk, Fred confronts Dan, takes a swing at him, and tells Jackie that maybe they shouldn't get married, but offers no explanation. Dan tells Roseanne, who tells Jackie what is really troubling Fred, and they both have a good laugh at the idea. Clearing the air paves the way for Fred and Jackie's wedding.

Feeling at the end of their "privacy" rope, Roseanne and Dan decide to throw Becky and Mark out of the house, until Becky confides that she and Mark are trying to get pregnant. Jackie wants Andy to sleep in bed with her and Fred and he wants him to sleep in his crib; upset, Jackie takes Andy and seeks sanctuary at Roseanne's already overcrowded house, where a friend of D.J.'s is also spending the weekend. The straw that breaks the camel's back for Dan is when everyone congregates in Dan's bathroom while he's trying to have a private conversation with Roseanne; fed up, he seeks refuge at Fred's. Amidst the chaos, Roseanne makes a shocking discovery.

Roseanne discovers that Darlene is seeing someone besides David, and that he knows about it, so she encourages David to fight for his relationship. Dan confides in Jackie that he is unsure how he feels about Roseanne's pregnancy, and finds comfort, but when he tells Roseanne about his insecurities, it blows up in his face. Roseanne confides in Jackie that she is having the same doubts.

Upset about Darlene breaking up with him, David tells the Conners that Darlene experimented with drugs while away at school. Roseanne forbids Darlene to return to school, and David volunteers to help "keep an eye" on her. Concerned that perhaps they are doing the wrong thing, and after confronting Darlene, Dan convinces Roseanne to at least reconsider her decision.

Dan, Fred and Mark enter the realm of 'too much information' when their wives confide in one another, then spread the word back to the men about their sexual activities (or lack thereof).

Becky thinks David's crushing on her when he admits to a sexual dream involving a Conner woman other than Darlene. David eventually reveals that his dream-subject was Roseanne.

Roseanne's attempts to prank everybody at Leon's Halloween party at the diner fall flat when it's revealed to her that Fred is gay.

D.J. wants out of his busboy job at the Lunch Box, and David wants to put the kibosh on Darlene's moving in with her new squeeze Jimmy--who misinterprets David's obsessive interest in him.

Roseanne and Jackie go to Chicago for Parents' Day to surprise Darlene, and hoping to meet her new boyfriend Jimmy. David wants to learn how to be tough in order to compete with Darlene's boyfriend, a boxer, for her affections. Roseanne assigns Dan to help David feel good about just being himself. D.J. is getting bullied at school but refuses to learn to fight back, fearing that getting hit will hurt. Fred is impressed with Dan's parenting until he figures out that Dan is only doing what Roseanne tells him.

Dan and Roseanne find out that D.J. wants to skip participating in his school play because he must kiss a black girl and is uncomfortable about it. Roseanne wants to force him, and Dan is worried that D.J. might have gotten prejudiced ideas by something he has unwittingly said or done. Jackie is perplexed that Fred seems to enjoy spending time with her mother.

Thanksgiving is full of tension and anxiety when Roseanne gets alarming news about her baby from the prenatal clinic. The discomfort is only worsened when Nana Mary arrives with her new husband and upsets Bev, and the rest of the family, by discussing the two abortions she (Nana Mary) had years before.

Tensions are heightened at the Connor house as a short-fused Roseanne waits for the amniocentesis results. Dan tries his best to help devise a solution and comfort Roseanne but his good intentions are misinterpreted. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the situation, which only angers Roseanne and intensifies her doubts and fears.

Roseanne and Dan are called down to the school because D.J. refuses to write his homework on the board, and his teacher is concerned that he might have a learning disability. Dan discovers that D.J. is embarrassed to stand up because he is at that age where boys sometimes get involuntary erections. Meanwhile, the family meets David's new girlfriend Dinah, and Darlene discovers that David's actually having feelings for Becky.

Dan and Roseanne are shocked, and amused, when they find out their new next door neighbors are a couple of geriatric nudists. Meanwhile, Darlene suspects David of cheating on her with Becky.

After being arrested for D.U.I., Beverly is forced to attend Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) meetings, where she discovers that she might really be an alcoholic. This new realization does not bode well for the family, since Roseanne is forbidding anyone to drink while Beverly is in the house, which quickly puts an end to Dan's Super Bowl party. Dan, Jackie, and Fred sneak out to the garage to drink and watch the game on an old portable TV, until Beverly catches them, and pitches a fit, prompting Roseanne to pitch a fit, or two, of her own.

Roseanne pretends to be ill in order to get some rest and relaxation to the exhaustion of everyone else in the family, who are at her beck and call. David discovers Roseanne's faking but when he confronts her, Roseanne strikes a deal with him that he reluctantly accepts. Meanwhile, Jackie confronts Beverly about being an awful mother and is stunned by her reaction.

Fred tells Jackie that he doesn't want D.J. to visit their house so much, because he gets weirder every time he comes over. To protect Fred, Jackie tells Roseanne that she is the one who has a problem with D.J. constantly being at her house, which infuriates Roseanne. Dan tricks Darlene into coming home for the weekend and tries to make the girls stop bickering for their mother's sake. D.J. expresses a strange new fascination with eating cardboard.

The green-eyed monster emerges in force between David and Mark when they both become interested in Stacy, a waitress at the Lunch Box, whom David asks to pose for a wall mural. Jackie thinks her sex life with Fred needs spicing up while Fred is happy leaving well enough alone.

In Roseanne's absence, Dan discovers something troubling about Jackie and gets some sound advice from David.

Youngsters Roseanne and Jackie visit a fortuneteller who gives them a peek into their futures via his crystal ball. In the future, Jackie takes an adult, autistic D.J. to see a psychiatrist.

Fred is still angry and bitter about his separation from Jackie while Jackie is beginning to see the sliver lining and starts going on outings that Fred never enjoyed. Meanwhile, Roseanne begins meddling in order to get the two of them back together but begins to regret it when she realizes how unsure Jackie is that she even loves Fred anymore.

Mark and Becky find a tiny run-down trailer in a trailer park, and decide to make it home. Determined to fix up their home all on their own, they turn down offers of assistance from Dan and Roseanne, who in turn have to find covert way to help the kids out. Roseanne discovers that they will need to come up with $2,000 to prepay for the baby's doctor and hospital stay.

Dan lays down the law when DJ lets a pushy, aggressive girl order him around. Roseanne likes the girl, but when the relationship lands DJ in trouble at school, she must intervene. Meanwhile, Jackie and Fred consult a marriage counselor to help them solve their relationship problems.

Roseanne is upset over the possibility that David may like a girl more than Darlene, who may lose David if she doesn't fight for him.

The Conners are selected to be a "Nielsen Family". Roseanne, who is going through a nesting period in her pregnancy, insists that the family watch only educational-type programming to prove to the Nielsen people that they are not white trash. After Dan breaks the couch, Roseanne accepts a hand-me-down couch from her mother, but soon regrets it. Jackie and Fred make a life-altering decision.

David announces to the Conners that he wants to spend a month in Europe after graduation, but Darlene selfishly pressures him out of it. Dan starts working on building his boat again, but Roseanne insists that they can't afford it, and makes fun of his dream, launching into a fantasy where she and her family play the castaways on La isla de Gilligan (1963). Cast members from La isla de Gilligan (1963) cameo as members of the Conner family.

D.J.'s old bedroom is being converted into a nursery for the new baby. After discovering that a new baby crib is out of her price range, Roseanne schemes up a baby shower in hopes of getting at least forty $10.00 gifts, that she can exchange for the $400.00 crib. This plan threatens to backfire when the gifts are mostly homemade, or are otherwise nonexchangeable. After being unable to work together to paint the nursery without squabbling, Roseanne reassigns Becky and Darlene to throw the baby shower instead, but the girls are still at each other's throats because Darlene refuses to pull her weight, sticking Becky with all the work. Roseanne gets David to throw a "guy" baby shower for Dan with the men at his shop, hoping for even more exchangeable gifts, but that backfires as well.

Roseanne goes into labor on her favorite holiday (Halloween) and gives birth on a pain-medication-induced psychedelic trip.

The Conner family decides to throw caution to the wind by spending Dan's last paycheck from the garage on a vacation to Disney World.

Magic, wonder, and whimsy surround the Conner family on their tour of Disney World. The only person not amused is Darlene...until she meets Winnie the Pooh.

Darlene and David get married. Dan suffers a heart attack during the ceremony.

After leaving Dan for not taking better care of himself, Roseanne goes on a "spiritual odyssey", imagining herself and Dan as Ann and Donald from "That Girl", Jeannie and Major Nelson from "I Dream of Jeannie", and Mary and Lou from "The Mary Tylor Moore Show". The family tries console Dan, and encourage Roseanne to reconcile with her heart-broken husband. Jackie discovers that they won the Illinois State Lottery worth 108 million dollars.

After finding out they won the Illinois State Lottery, the Conners and family imagine how to spend their new-found wealth. Kathleen Sullivan and Robin Leach interview Dan and Roseanne in their home. Throwing a party in their home proves that people really do come out of the woodwork to help celebrate wealth. Dan and Roseanne vow to not let money change who they are.

While sitting around the dinner table with her family, talking about their lottery winnings, Roseanne daydreams about herself and the family being on "The Jerry Springer Show" (1991), her and Jackie posing for "Playboy", and winning the Miss Universe contest.

Jackie and Roseanne plan an expensive spa vacation. Depressed about his mother, Dan searches for the meaning of life. He decides that now that he can afford it, he wants to take her to California for a thorough evaluation of her psychiatric condition. The crowned Prince of Muldavia sees Jackie on TV and decides he must go to Lanford to meet her.

Jackie literally meets her prince charming, who whisks her and the family away to New York City.

Roseanne and Jackie's relaxing spa weekend turns out to be a disaster.

After a night of drinking with the New York socialites, Roseanne has a strange dream about the future of Darlene and her baby.

The Conners are invited to a wealthy Cape Cod estate, where Roseanne butts heads with the "old money" set.

Roseanne battles a group terrorists holding her family and a foreign diplomat hostage on a train to Washington D.C.

Thanksgiving for the Conners starts on a sour note with the news Dan won't be able to make it home for the holiday. However, Roseanne is thrilled she can afford to have the meal catered instead of spending an entire day in the kitchen. Family squabbles combined with a shocking revelation by Bev nearly ruins the evening. The family must contend with the fact that money does not necessarily buy happiness.

Roseanne misses Dan and tries to prepare the home for his return. Bev visits with Nana Mary to talk about her life and makes a startling discovery.

Dan finally returns home after a long stay in California with his ill mother. He, Roseanne, and the entire family realize how much they have to be thankful for as one of the oddest and most trying years of their lives comes to an end. The only problem is how distant and uncomfortable Dan seems to be around Roseanne.

Jackie forces Dan to reveal some devastating news to Roseanne while Jackie deals with turmoil in her own relationship. DJ wants to videotape the birth of Darlene's baby.

Dan regretfully packs his bags and prepares to leave home for good. Roseanne deals with her sorrows by driving aimlessly around Lanford.

When Roseanne falls into a deep depression and locks herself in the bedroom, family and friends try their hardest to pick her spirits back up. When their efforts prove fruitless, they stage an intervention to rouse a lethargic Roseanne out of bed.

Roseanne makes a surprising connection with Edgar Wellman Jr., the son of her hated former boss, at a Lanford Country Club party. When he reveals some awful news about the future of Lanford, Roseanne may be the only one who can save her hometown.

Once the Wellman Plastics buyout is completed, Roseanne is at a loss for what to do when a mutual attraction springs between herself and Edgar Wellman Jr.

Dan is unnerved by rumors of Roseanne and Edgar so he makes a surprise trip to see her. They make some tentative steps to putting the pieces of their marriage back together. Their peace is interrupted when a frantic call comes in from Jackie: Darlene has unexpectedly been rushed to the hospital.

Darlene gives birth to a very premature baby girl. The doctors and specialists have very little hope for the baby's survival. The family is crushed but Roseanne is determined to prove pure love, affection, and a tender touch are more powerful than any medicine.

Jackie and Mark attend a female wrestling match, DJ is unprepared when a quiet night with Heather goes farther than expected, and Bev is introduced to a new "friend" named Joyce.

The Conners are approached by different network and cable film developers, each hoping to get the right to their "rags to riches" story. What starts out as excitement and enthusiasm for the family, soon dims when they realize that none of the producers they interview with wants to portray them as they really are. A tabloid reporter approaches Beverly, Joan and Leon for stories about Roseanne and her family, and they are only too eager to dish the dirt.

Dan's estranged mother heads straight to Lanford for a visit after she's released from the hospital. However, Dan suspects she's far from cured and is afraid she's trying to kill him.

The Conners welcome baby Harris Conner-Healy home. Roseanne is delighted Darlene wants to live at home and work on her parenting skills. The family talks about their lives after winning the lottery and are glad they have all come out of it stronger people. Over a pizza dinner, Roseanne suggests they say grace to thank God that Harris survived and the family is together again.

Family and friends gather at the Conner house to celebrate baby Harris' Homecoming and everyone takes a turn chatting with the new addition to the family. Mark and Becky have some exciting news, as do Leon and his husband Scott. During dinner, Roseanne takes time to reflect on each member of her family and reveals she has been writing a book; everything we see is Roseanne's altered version of actual events. Roseanne reveals the true story and admits she changed whatever details she didn't like about her life and the people in it. In truth, the Conners never won the lottery; it was all a fantasy Roseanne created in order to cope with a devastating reality. In the final moments, Roseanne sits alone in her basement writing room. She goes upstairs, passing through the old kitchen and the old living room. Roseanne sits on the old couch with the classic afghan on the back and silently takes in the warmth and comfort of the family home as the lights slowly fade.

Roseanne and Dan adjust to living with Darlene and her children when Darlene loses her job. Becky announces she is going to be a surrogate to make more money. Roseanne and Jackie are at odds.

Darlene's son is bullied at school; Becky invites Andrea over to meet the family.

A crucial moment in Becky's plan to be a surrogate forces her and Darlene to assess each other's lives; Roseanne tries to help Jackie adopt a puppy.

Following the Homecoming game, Dan holds a 25-year-reunion party for his former high school football team and begs his family to behave begging his family to put up a loving, happy front for the duration. Becky and Mark come home for a visit after a long absence following their move; they're fight and Becky contemplates leaving him. Roseanne invites them to move in so they can get on their feet financially, and Darlene shares a secret with Becky.

Darlene's son is bullied at school; Becky invites Andrea over to meet the family.

Mark and Becky find a tiny run-down trailer in a trailer park, and decide to make it home. Determined to fix up their home all on their own, they turn down offers of assistance from Dan and Roseanne, who in turn have to find covert way to help the kids out. Roseanne discovers that they will need to come up with $2,000 to prepay for the baby's doctor and hospital stay.

After receiving notice from the neighborhood association about not putting up tacky Christmas decorations on their property, the Conners go all out for a "white trash" Christmas. Dan and Roseanne offer Becky money to start college, but freak when she gives the money to her husband Mark to attend trade-school. When they forbid her to give it to him, she retaliates by refusing the money and taking a job in a Hooters-like bar/restaurant, Bunz, to pay for Mark's schooling herself. Meanwhile, Bev and D.J. drop in on Darlene unannounced and D.J. discovers the secret Darlene's been keeping from the family; and Dan teaches Mark secrets of a happy marriage.

Roseanne decides to join the Lanford Women's Association to develop contacts for her restaurant, especially since Leon is opposed to her being the one to do it. In an effort to suck-up, Roseanne makes D.J. play with one member's weird son, Elijah. Dan discovers that Mark has dropped out of school and spending those evenings at the Lobo Lounge. In a special cameo skit at the end, the famous "Luke" and "Laura" from "General Hospital" compare hardships with Dan and Roseanne.

Roseanne and Dan adjust to living with Darlene and her children when Darlene loses her job. Becky announces she is going to be a surrogate to make more money. Roseanne and Jackie are at odds.

Family and friends gather at the Conner house to celebrate baby Harris' Homecoming and everyone takes a turn chatting with the new addition to the family. Mark and Becky have some exciting news, as do Leon and his husband Scott. During dinner, Roseanne takes time to reflect on each member of her family and reveals she has been writing a book; everything we see is Roseanne's altered version of actual events. Roseanne reveals the true story and admits she changed whatever details she didn't like about her life and the people in it. In truth, the Conners never won the lottery; it was all a fantasy Roseanne created in order to cope with a devastating reality. In the final moments, Roseanne sits alone in her basement writing room. She goes upstairs, passing through the old kitchen and the old living room. Roseanne sits on the old couch with the classic afghan on the back and silently takes in the warmth and comfort of the family home as the lights slowly fade.

A crucial moment in Becky's plan to be a surrogate forces her and Darlene to assess each other's lives; Roseanne tries to help Jackie adopt a puppy.