Season 9

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**Season 9**

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Season
Episodes

9
24

Aired
September 17, 1996 – May 20, 1997

Premiere
"Call Waiting"

Finale
"Into That Good Night: Part 2"

Slogan(s)
N/A

Starring

Roseanne - Roseanne Conner
 John Goodman - Dan Conner
 Laurie Metcalf - Jackie Harris
 Sara Gilbert - Darlene Conner
 Michael Fishman - DJ Conner
 Sarah Chalke - Becky Healy
 Also Starring
 Johnny Galecki - David Conner-Healy
 Glenn Quinn - Mark Healy
 Estelle Parsons - Beverly Harris
 Martin Mull - Leon Carp

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Season 10

This page is dedicated to the **ninth season** of ABC's ***Roseanne***. It was announced on .

The season consisted of a total of twenty four episodes. It premiered on September 17, 1996 with "Call Waiting", and ended with "Into That Good Night: Part 2" on May 20, 1997.

The DVD box set was released on October 16, 2007 and re-released on May 14, 2013.

## Season Summary

### **Overview**

The Conners win the state lottery jackpot of $108 million; Dan ponders the meaning of life, Jackie meets her prince, DJ finds love and Darlene, after some trouble, gives birth.

### **Cast**

*For a breakdown of the characters' appearances, check* here*.*

#### **Starring**

* Roseanne Arnold - Roseanne Conner (24/24)
* John Goodman - Dan Conner (12/24)
* Laurie Metcalf - Jackie Harris (23/24)
* Sara Gilbert - Darlene Conner-Healy (22/24)
* Michael Fishman - DJ Conner (22/24)
* Sarah Chalke - Becky Healy (8/24)

#### **Also Starring**

* Estelle Parsons - Beverly Harris (14/24)
* Glenn Quinn - Mark Healy (13/24)
* Johnny Galecki - David Conner-Healy (12/24)
* Martin Mull - Leon Carp (9/24)

#### **Recurring Cast**

* Cole Roberts - Jerry Garcia Conner (11/24)
* Fred Willard - Scott (5/24)
* Sandra Bernhard - Nancy Bartlett (4/24)
* Garrett Hazen/Kent Hazen - Andy Harris (4/24)
* Bob Fuller - Caterer/Clothing Salesman (2/24)
* Shelley Winters - Nana Mary (2/24)
* Adilah Barnes - Anne-Marie Mitchell (1/24)
* John McConnell - Bob (1/24)
* James Pickens, Jr. - Chuck Mitchell (1/24)

## Episodes

### **Call Waiting**

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**See main article:** "Call Waiting"
**Original air date:** September 17, 1996

**Written by:** Drew Ogier and Allan Stephan Blasband

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Regretting breaking the rules and fighting with Roseanne, Dan fixes the house after the huge fight and leaves a ton of messages on Jackie's answering machine. Roseanne finds herself watching past sitcoms like *That Girl*, *I Dream of Jeannie*, and *The Mary Tyler Moore Show*, eventually finding her and Dan playing the roles of Ann & Don, Mary and Lou Grant, and Jeannie and Tony.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** Garrett Hazen/Kent Hazen (Andy Harris), Cole Roberts (Jerry Garcia Conner)

### **Millions from Heaven**

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**See main article:** "Millions from Heaven"
**Original air date:** September 24, 1996

**Written by:** Nancy Steen and Cynthia Mort

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Following the Conner family's lottery win of $108 million, the family is bombarded with press and the family ponders what to do with all that money.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** Adilah Barnes (Anne-Marie Mitchell), Garrett Hazen/Kent Hazen (Andy Harris), John McConnell (Bob), Cole Roberts (Jerry Garcia Conner)

### **What a Day for a Daydream**

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**See main article:** "What a Day for a Daydream"
**Original air date:** October 1, 1996

**Written by:** Richard Kaplan and Garland Testa

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** With a full dinner table and a home-cooked meal, Roseanne daydreams about the lottery winnings; from a riot on the Jerry Springer Show to a glamorous photo shoot with Jackie and Hugh Hefner (9.03).

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **Honor Thy Mother**

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**See main article:** "Honor Thy Mother"
**Original air date:** October 8, 1996

**Written by:** Bob Nickman and Amy Welsh

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Dan announces that he's going to visit his mother in California. Jackie and Roseanne wait out the Conner house's renovation at a spa.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **Someday My Prince Will Come**

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**See main article:** "Someday My Prince Will Come"
**Original air date:** October 15, 1996

**Written by:** Bob Nickman and Amy Welsh

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Prince Carlos Charmaine from Moldavia, visits Jackie, with whom he's enamored after seeing her on television. Roseanne warns Jackie to remain distant, until Leon discovers that he's really a prince. The family and Leon are invited by the prince on a trip to New York in order to woo Jackie.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **Pampered to a Pulp**

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**See main article:** "Pampered to a Pulp"
**Original air date:** October 22, 1996

**Written by:** Stacie Lipp

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Roseanne and Jackie's spa trip subjects them to a strict diet, acid peels, skin toxins, and exhausting hikes.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **Satan, Darling**

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**See main article:** "Satan, Darling"
**Original air date:** October 29, 1996

**Written by:** Roseanne, Jennifer Saunders and Ellen Quigley

**Directed by:** Roseanne

**Plot Synopsis:** Roseanne, Jackie, and Nancy visit New York City's Upper West Side, where they meet celebrities and are invited to Martha's Vineyard by a woman named Astrid Wentworth. After getting drunk with Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone of *Absolutely Fabulous*, Roseanne finds Darlene giving birth prematurely to Satan.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** Sandra Bernhard (Nancy Bartlett)

### **Hoi Polloi Meets Hoiti Toiti**

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**See main article:** "Hoi Polloi Meets Hoiti Toiti"
**Original air date:** November 12, 1996

**Written by:** Leif Sandaas and Debbie Kasper

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Roseanne, Jackie, DJ, Mark, Bev, Becky, Andy, and Jerry go to the Wentworth estate to meet Astrid's family, who aren't impressed at Roseanne's trashy ways. When she finds the family's stash of "happy pills," Roseanne teaches them to scream out their anger.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **Roseambo**

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**See main article:** "Roseambo"
**Original air date:** November 19, 1996

**Written by:** R. Gaylor and Betsy Salkind

**Directed by:** Gary Halvorson

**Plot Synopsis:** Roseanne meets First Lady Hillary Clinton after saving her family and Dr. Bakshmi from women-hating terrorists on a train to Washington D.C..

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **Home Is Where the Afghan Is**

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**See main article:** "Home Is Where the Afghan Is"
**Original air date:** November 26, 1996

**Written by:** Lawrence Broch

**Directed by:** Gary Halvorson

**Plot Synopsis:** Roseanne, Jackie, and the family finally arrive home from all the excitement. Roseanne is disappointed that Dan hasn't returned from his trip yet. With Thanksgiving being catered, Roseanne and Jackie open the Lunch Box as a soup kitchen. Bev reveals more than she intended during Thanksgiving dinner (as usual).

**Recurring Guest Stars:** Bob Fuller (Caterer), Garrett Hazen/Kent Hazen (Andy Harris), Cole Roberts (Jerry Garcia Conner), Fred Willard (Scott), Shelley Winters (Nana Mary)

### **Mothers and Other Strangers**

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**See main article:** "Mothers and Other Strangers"
**Original air date:** December 3, 1996

**Written by:** Roseanne and Cynthia Mort

**Directed by:** Gary Halvorson

**Plot Synopsis:** Dan still isn't home, and Roseanne is afraid of the changes she has made to family and house. Meanwhile, Bev seeks answers from free-spirited mother Mary, who finally mends her relationship with her daughter.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** Fred Willard (Scott), Shelley Winters (Nana Mary)

### **Home for the Holidays**

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**See main article:** "Home for the Holidays"
**Original air date:** December 17, 1996

**Written by:** Lawrence Broch and Roseanne

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Dan finally returns home, but he treats Roseanne coolly, and Jackie catches him on the phone flirting with his mother's nurse.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **Say It Ain't So**

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**See main article:** "Say It Ain't So"
**Original air date:** January 7, 1997

**Written by:** Nancy Steen

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Roseanne kicks Dan out over his affair with his mother's nurse, and her decision devastates her.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **Hit the Road, Jack**

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**See main article:** "Hit the Road, Jack"
**Original air date:** January 14, 1997

**Written by:** Roseanne

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Roseanne ignores Dan and drives around town binge eating fast food and listening to radio shows. As Dan packs his bags to leave, he and DJ have a huge fight, and in the heat of anger, DJ goes to a video store and meets his soul mate, Heather. Dan heads back to California, but at the last moment he cancels his flight and moves into a motel near the airport.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** Cole Roberts (Jerry Garcia Conner)

### **The War Room**

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**See main article:** "The War Room"
**Original air date:** January 28, 1997

**Written by:** Bob Nickman

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** A depressed Roseanne locks herself and Jerry in her bedroom with fatty foods, trashy magazines, and TV. Friends and family attempt to get her out, but all ultimately fail to do so.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** Sandra Bernhard (Nancy Bartlett), Garrett Hazen/Kent Hazen (Andy Harris), Cole Roberts (Jerry Garcia Conner)

### **Lanford's Elite**

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**See main article:** "Lanford's Elite"
**Original air date:** February 11, 1997

**Written by:** Richard Whitley, Bob Rubin and Allan Stephan Blasband

**Directed by:** Gary Halvorson

**Plot Synopsis:** Roseanne and Jackie attend an exquisite luncheon where they discuss politics and other topics with Lanford's elite. Roseanne meets Edgar Wellman Jr., son of the owner of Roseanne and Jackie's former workplace, and Edgar asks Roseanne for money to help keep Wellman Plastics open--it fell into decline after the sisters left in 1989.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **Some Enchanted Merger**

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**See main article:** "Some Enchanted Merger"
**Original air date:** February 11, 1997

**Written by:** April Winchell

**Directed by:** Gary Halvorson

**Plot Synopsis:** Jackie believes that Roseanne and Edgar Wellman are an item for real, even though they're not, although Roseanne wishes they were. Roseanne claims it's just for business, but Jackie doesn't believe her.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

### **A Second Chance**

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**See main article:** "A Second Chance"
**Original air date:** February 18, 1997

**Written by:** Cynthia Mort

**Directed by:** Mark K. Samuels

**Plot Synopsis:** Reluctant to leave town, Dan asks Jackie about Edgar Wellman's relationship with Roseanne. Jackie confirms, but Roseanne returns to Dan. As they reconcile, they find out Darlene is in labor and has been given a drug to stop her from delivering a premature baby.

**Recurring Guest Stars:** N/A

## Trivia

* For the ninth season, the central main cast of characters was brought back with regular status. Eighth season regular, Lecy Goranson (Becky Conner-Healy) is demoted and does not appear during the season, while in turn, sixth and seventh season regular, Sarah Chalke (Becky Healy) is re-promoted to the main cast.

## Videos

Gallery of videos used to promote the season.

## Gallery

Gallery of photographic posters used to promote the season.