The White Sheep of the Family

"The White Sheep of the Family"
Season 8: Episode 13(186 / 231 episodes)
Network	ABC-TV
Air date	January 9, 1996
Written by	David Raether
Directed by	Gail Mancuso
Episode Guide
Previous	The Thrilla Near the Vanilla Extract
Next	Becky Howser, M.D.

The White Sheep of the Family was the 13th episode of Season 8 of Roseanne, also the 186th overall series episode. It was written by David Raether and was directed by Gail Mancuso. It originally aired on ABC-TV on January 9, 1996.

Synopsis

After the Conners receive a small inheritance from Great-Aunt Harriet, they decide to go out for a nice dinner, with their limits already set, until Darlene unexpectedly pops in. Meanwhile, DJ is contemplating what to spend his own personal inheritance, $500. Darlene spends her visit home alienating the family and hurling insults, until the family finally bites back. DJ buys a trombone.

Plot summary

The Conners receive a small inheritance from their recently deceased Great Aunt Harriet and decide to spend it by going out on a nice dinner. However, the evening takes a turn for the worse when Darlene unexpectedly comes home. She spends most of her time alienating and insulting the rest of the family until a surprising fact about Darlene is revealed, as the rest of the family bites back!

Cast

Starring

• Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
• John Goodman as Dan Conner
• Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris
• Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner
• Lecy Goranson as Becky Conner
• Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner

Also Starring

• Johnny Galecki as David Healy
• Glenn Quinn as Mark Healy

Guests

• Stan Freberg as Mr. Parkin
• Linda Tran as Betsy

Trivia

• Stan Freberg makes his second appearance as Mr. Parkin. he appeared in the previous episode, "The Thrilla Near the Vanilla Extract") and would also appear again in the following episode, "Becky Howser, M.D.".

Quotes

Darlene: What's wrong with this family?

Roseanne: Your father and I are really brothers.

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Roseanne: No Conner's ever turned down a job. Ever. It's kinda like the same reason drowning people don't flip off the lifeguard.

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Becky: Shut up, Darlene!

Darlene: Okay, who wants to teach Becky a new phrase? She knows "Shut up, Darlene" and "Do you have this in a larger size?"

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Dan: [to Darlene] I'm sick and tired of your sarcastic comments about my house and my family.

Darlene: Dad, I've been saying this kind of stuff since I could talk. Before that, I just pointed and laughed.

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Roseanne: Darlene...

Darlene: Oh, great. More yelling.

Roseanne: No, there isn't gonna be any more yelling. First of all, I'm really glad that you're going to school and you know, getting an education like I never got because I got all lost in that love-and-peace crap of the '60s and then 10 years later, I realized I should have listened to all those women who said, "Learn how to support yourself or you're gonna be screwed."

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Darlene: [to Roseanne] But you know, this college thing is really hard for me too. I mean, I'm surrounded by all these rich kids that don't have to bust their ass because if they fail, their daddy's there to bail 'em out.

Roseanne: Yeah, well, your daddy can't bail you out and my daddy couldn't bail me out, you know? But stuff like that, it just ends up making us stronger, Darlene.

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