Editors' Picks: Our Favorite Things From the Week of April 155 of 9
Returning David of the Week
Darlene (Sara Gilbert) and David (Johnny Galecki) finally had their on-camera reunion on "Roseanne" this past week, their first since 1997 during the original run of the show. Their confrontation, between a now-struggling single mother and the absent father who decides to come back to his family, captures much of why the current show continues to compel old and new viewers: "Roseanne" writers continuously connect the new show to the original characters and plotlines but do so specifically to strike new directions and tell different stories, unfettered by the past. In that respect, any sense of nostalgia is short-lived. And what remains is a show that, just like the original, continues to surprise and sometimes sadden us with each new episode.
Watch a clip of David's reunion with Darlene
Darlene (Sara Gilbert) and David (Johnny Galecki) finally had their on-camera reunion on "Roseanne" this past week, their first since 1997 during the original run of the show. Their confrontation, between a now-struggling single mother and the absent father who decides to come back to his family, captures much of why the current show continues to compel old and new viewers: "Roseanne" writers continuously connect the new show to the original characters and plotlines but do so specifically to strike new directions and tell different stories, unfettered by the past. In that respect, any sense of nostalgia is short-lived. And what remains is a show that, just like the original, continues to surprise and sometimes sadden us with each new episode.
Watch a clip of David's reunion with Darlene
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TitlesRoseanne, Darlene v. David