ROSEANNE: INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT {SERIES FINALE} (TV)
Summary
The final episode in this comedy series about Roseanne and Dan Conner, a working-class couple who live in Lanford, Illinois, and their three kids, D.J., Darlene, and Becky. In this episode, Darlene and David bring their baby home from the hospital and move back into the Conners' household. Roseanne and Darlene are both thrilled with the new living arrangement, but are unable to express their feelings to one another. As family and friends congregate to celebrate, they learn that Scott and Leon are planning to adopt a child, and Becky and Mark announce they are expecting a baby. Roseanne reflects on motherhood as she speaks with Darlene and D.J., and recalls, in a flashback to an early episode, how Dan and the kids presented her with her own private writing space. During a large meal with family and friends, Roseanne, in a voice-over, starts describing how she fictionalized each friend and family member in the story of her life. Roseanne explains that, due to a tragedy one year earlier, she rewrote events in her life during the past year: she imagined that Dan had been unfaithful and that she had won millions in the lottery. As the episode concludes, an impoverished Roseanne sits at her writing desk, having finished her manuscript, and reflects on important lessons she has learned from her family and life stories. Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: May 20, 1997 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:53
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:48823
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1988-1997; 2018
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Gone Fishin'" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - Aquafresh toothpaste
- TV - Commercials - Band-Aid bandages
- TV - Commercials - Burger King fast food
- TV - Commercials - CK Be fragrance
- TV - Commercials - Dodge automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Dr Pepper drink
- TV - Commercials - Garnier hair color
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark cards
- TV - Commercials - K-Mart stores
- TV - Commercials - Kodak cameras and film
- TV - Commercials - Lipton iced tea
- TV - Commercials - Microsoft computer software
- TV - Commercials - Minute Maid orange juice
- TV - Commercials - Nike
- TV - Commercials - Nissan automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Ritz crackers
- TV - Commercials - Tropicana orange juice
- TV - Commercials - Wendy's fast food
- TV - PSA - America's Dairy Farmers
- TV - PSA - Children First
- TV - Promos - "20/20"
- TV - Promos - "24th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards"
- TV - Promos - "America's Funniest Home Videos"
- TV - Promos - "Barbara Walters Presents 6 to Watch"
- TV - Promos - "High Incident"
- TV - Promos - "Second Noah"
- TV - Promos - "Vital Signs"
CREDITS
- Marcy Carsey … Executive Producer
- Tom Werner … Executive Producer
- Roseanne (See also: Arnold, Roseanne; Barr, Roseanne) … Executive Producer, Based on a character created by
- Allan Stephan … Co-Executive Producer
- Stacie Lipp … Co-Executive Producer
- Nancy Steen … Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- Janet Leahy … Coordinating Producer
- Lawrence Broch … Supervising Producer
- Cynthia Mort … Supervising Producer
- Barbara Stoll … Producer
- Bob Nickman … Co-Producer
- Drew Ogier … Co-Producer
- Jeanne Wall … Associate Producer
- Gary Halvorson … Director
- Matt Williams … Created by
- Walden, W.G. "Snuffy" … Music by
- John Popper … Lyrics by
- Dan Foliart … Theme Music by
- Howard Pearl … Theme Music by
- Blues Traveler … Music Group
- Phoebe Snow … Cast, Herself
- Roseanne (See also: Arnold, Roseanne; Barr, Roseanne) … Cast, Roseanne Conner
- John Goodman … Cast, Dan Conner
- Laurie Metcalf … Cast, Jackie Harris
- Sara Gilbert … Cast, Darlene Conner
- Sarah Chalke … Cast, Becky Healy
- Michael Fishman … Cast, D.J. Conner
- Johnny Galecki … Cast, David
- Estelle Parsons … Cast, Bev
- Glenn Quinn … Cast, Mark Healy
- Martin Mull … Cast, Leon Carp
- Sandra Bernhard … Cast, Nancy
- Fred Willard … Cast, Scott
- Trevor Battaglia
- Tyler Battaglia
- Cole Roberts
- Morgan Roberts