The Best Episodes Directed By John Whitesell

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   #1 - Becky, Beds and Boys

   S3:E610/23/1990

   Becky's folks pressure her to stop dating a boy.

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   #2 - PMS, I Love You

   S3:E811/6/1990

   Roseanne's PMS day and Dan's birthday are on a collision course.

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   #3 - The Courtship of Eddie, Dan's Father

   S3:E131/8/1991

   Dan's visiting father astonishes everyone by announcing his plans to marry Crystal.

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   #4 - The Wedding

   S3:E141/15/1991

   Against Dan's wishes, Roseanne forges ahead with wedding preparations, with Crystal revealing she's pregnant with Ed's child.

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   #5 - Communicable Theater

   S3:E182/19/1991

   Roseanne is torn between taking care of her flu-stricken husband and helping Jackie learn lines for her play.

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   #6 - Her Boyfriend's Back

   S3:E203/12/1991

   Frustrated because her parents can't afford the car she wants, Becky and her boyfriend, Mark, borrow Dan's treasured motorcycle against his orders.

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   9.3/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Scenes from a Barbecue

   S3:E245/7/1991

   The Connors celebrate Mother's Day with a barbecue with Roseanne's feisty grandmother.

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   #8 - Trick or Treat

   S3:E710/30/1990

   Roseanne, mistaken for a guy in her lumberjack Halloween costume, plays along with some braggarts and learns about machismo.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #9 - The Test

   S3:E19/18/1990

   Becky is eager to practice for her driving test, and the rest of the family awaits the results of Roseanne's pregnancy test.

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    #10 - Friends and Relatives

    S3:E29/25/1990

    Lending money to pal Arnie comes easily for Dan, but he believes that borrowing from family only adds up to disaster.

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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Like, a New Job

    S3:E410/9/1990

    Despite her misgivings, Roseanne, working late as a coffee-shop waitress, leaves Dan in charge of the kids.

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    #12 - Goodbye, Mr. Right

    S3:E510/16/1990

    After Police Officer Jackie gets slightly injured, Gary says he's tired of always worrying about her and wants her to quit her job as a Police Woman. Meanwhile, Becky and Darlene find something disturbing under D.J.'s bed that makes them believe he's a complete psycho.

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    #13 - Bird is the Word

    S3:E911/13/1990

    Becky is suspended for allegedly making an obscene gesture in her class photo which makes her suddenly popular at school, but Roseanne is the one called into the principal's office.

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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Dream Lover

    S3:E1011/27/1990

    Dan ill-advisedly tells Roseanne he's having dreams of a mysterious, and oddly homely, other woman.

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    #15 - Do You Know Where Your Parents Are?

    S3:E1112/4/1990

    Since the girls continually break curfew, Dan and Roseanne celebrate the anniversary of their first lovemaking by revisiting the restaurant/hotel and staying out very, very late, hoping to teach the girls a lesson, with the help of Officer Jackie.

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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Confessions

    S3:E1212/18/1990

    An angry and deflated Roseanne discovered that her mother always thought sister Jackie had more potential.

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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Troubles with the Rubbles

    S3:E213/26/1991

    The new wife next door, Kathy Bowman, looks down on Roseanne and complains that D.J. is a bad influence on her son Todd.

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    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #18 - The Pied Piper of Lanford

    S3:E255/14/1991

    Dan and Roseanne commit to opening a motorcycle shop with a free-spirited old friend who gets cold feet at the last minute.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Valentine's Day

    S3:E172/12/1991

    Roseanne is mad at Dan for forgetting Valentine's Day, so he winds up full-figure lingerie shopping; and Darlene's upset when a boy she likes asks out Becky instead.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Vegas Interruptus

    S3:E192/26/1991

    Roseanne may lose her job if she and Dan go on their long-awaited trip to see Wayne Newton perform in Las Vegas.

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    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Second Time Around

    S3:E224/2/1991

    Roseanne helps Crystal with her Lamaze classes; Dan's near-fatal accident at work makes D.J. follow him obsessively; Dan and Roseanne sit up all night doing their wills, and Jackie is offended that she doesn't get custody of the kids.

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    8.3/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Home-Ec

    S3:E162/5/1991

    Darlene is embarassed when Roseanne gives Darlene's home economics class a supermarket lesson in real-life family budgeting; D.J. has to deal with a bully.

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    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Promise

    S5:E310/11/2017

    When a young Latina woman is brutally murdered, Intelligence suspects she may have been working as a drug mule. With Antonio leading the case, the team's investigation takes them into the grim world of meat processing, and the discovery that there may be a different motive behind her death.

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    #24 - Army of One

    S4:E225/10/2017

    A live video is streamed online showcasing a tortured man being beaten and burned alive. Upon further investigation, the victim's identity is traced back to that of a man who had been previously locked up for statutory rape. When another attack of a similar nature occurs, Intelligence finds a connection between the crimes, suspected pedophiles, and group named the Perv Hunters.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Girl Meets Friendship

    S1:E1411/21/2014

    When Cory teaches his class about various forms of government, Lucas, Riley and Farkle decide to run against each other for 7th-grade class president.

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