Roseanne: Season 3

1990 · 25 episodes · ★ 8.9

What Season 3 of Roseanne

The season opens with Becky practicing for her driving test while the rest of the family waits for the results of Roseanne's pregnancy test. The Conners are living on low wages. Dan finds occasional construction work and Roseanne stays on the assembly line, so every expense is up for debate. Much of the conflict comes from the kids. Becky wants more freedom and clashes with her parents over her boyfriend, Darlene faces her own doubts, and D.J. is having trouble at school. Jackie and Crystal bring their own drama too, and the couple has to hold the household together.

25episodes

Sep 18, 1990premiered

May 14, 1991latest episode

9.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 The Test
Sep 18, 1990 · 23 min
Becky is eager to practice for her driving test, and the rest of the family awaits the results of Roseanne's pregnancy test.
Directing: John Whitesell
3x02 Friends and Relatives
Sep 25, 1990 · 23 min
Lending money to pal Arnie comes easily for Dan, but he believes that borrowing from family only adds up to disaster.
Directed by: John Whitesell · Written by: Chuck Lorre · Starring: Tom Arnold
3x03 Like, a Virgin
Oct 2, 1990 · 23 min · ★ 6.0
Roseanne decides it's time to give Becky "the talk", unaware that it's Darlene who needs it more.
Directing: John Whitesell · Starring: Brian Kerwin
3x04 Like, a New Job
Oct 9, 1990 · 23 min
Despite her misgivings, Roseanne, working late as a coffee-shop waitress, leaves Dan in charge of the kids.
Directing: John Whitesell · Starring: Alyson Hannigan
3x05 Goodbye, Mr. Right
Oct 16, 1990 · 23 min
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.
Directing: John Whitesell · Starring: Brian Kerwin
3x06 Becky, Beds and Boys
Oct 23, 1990 · 23 min
Becky's folks pressure her to stop dating a boy.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Jennifer Heath, Amy Sherman-Palladino · Starring: Glenn Quinn
3x07 Trick or Treat
Oct 30, 1990 · 23 min
Roseanne, mistaken for a guy in her lumberjack Halloween costume, plays along with some braggarts and learns about machismo.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Chuck Lorre · Starring: James Pickens Jr., Tom Arnold
3x08 PMS, I Love You
Nov 6, 1990 · 23 min
Roseanne's PMS day and Dan's birthday are on a collision course.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Tom Arnold · Starring: Tom Arnold, Stevie Sterling
3x09 Bird is the Word
Nov 13, 1990 · 23 min
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.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Joel Madison, Don Foster · Starring: Dann Florek, Adilah Barnes, Judith Jordan
3x10 Dream Lover
Nov 27, 1990 · 23 min
Dan ill-advisedly tells Roseanne he's having dreams of a mysterious, and oddly homely, other woman.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Chuck Lorre · Starring: Patrika Darbo
3x11 Do You Know Where Your Parents Are?
Dec 4, 1990 · 23 min
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.
Directing: John Whitesell
3x12 Confessions Mid-Season Finale
Dec 18, 1990 · 23 min
An angry and deflated Roseanne discovered that her mother always thought sister Jackie had more potential.
Directing: John Whitesell · Starring: Estelle Parsons
3x13 The Courtship of Eddie, Dan's Father
Jan 8, 1991 · 23 min
Dan's visiting father astonishes everyone by announcing his plans to marry Crystal.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Joel Madison, Don Foster · Starring: Ned Beatty
3x14 The Wedding
Jan 15, 1991 · 23 min
Against Dan's wishes, Roseanne forges ahead with wedding preparations, with Crystal revealing she's pregnant with Ed's child.
Directing: John Whitesell · Starring: Shelley Winters, Ned Beatty, Tom Arnold
3x15 Becky Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Jan 22, 1991 · 23 min
Becky runs away from home to live with Jackie.
Directing: Gail Mancuso · Writing: Jennifer Heath, Amy Sherman-Palladino · Starring: Timothy Carhart
3x16 Home-Ec
Feb 5, 1991 · 23 min
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.
Directing: John Whitesell · Starring: Jenny Beck, David Greenlee, Leonardo DiCaprio
3x17 Valentine's Day
Feb 12, 1991 · 23 min
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.
Directing: John Whitesell · Starring: Tobey Maguire, Judy Gold, Martin Mull, Bonnie Bramlett
3x18 Communicable Theater
Feb 19, 1991 · 23 min
Roseanne is torn between taking care of her flu-stricken husband and helping Jackie learn lines for her play.
Directed by: John Whitesell · Written by: Jennifer Heath, Amy Sherman-Palladino · Starring: Jack Blessing
3x19 Vegas Interruptus
Feb 26, 1991 · 23 min
Roseanne may lose her job if she and Dan go on their long-awaited trip to see Wayne Newton perform in Las Vegas.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Chuck Lorre · Starring: David Lascher, Annie Abbott, Martin Mull, Bonnie Bramlett
3x20 Her Boyfriend's Back
Mar 12, 1991 · 23 min
Frustrated because her parents can't afford the car she wants, Becky and her boyfriend, Mark, borrow Dan's treasured motorcycle against his orders.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Maxine Lapiduss · Starring: Glenn Quinn
3x21 Troubles with the Rubbles
Mar 26, 1991 · 23 min
The new wife next door, Kathy Bowman, looks down on Roseanne and complains that D.J. is a bad influence on her son Todd.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Joel Madison · Starring: Danton Stone
3x22 Second Time Around
Apr 2, 1991 · 23 min
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.
Directing: John Whitesell · Writing: Maxine Lapiduss · Starring: Tom Arnold
3x23 Dances with Darlene
Apr 30, 1991 · 23 min
Roseanne tries to convince Darlene to wear something feminine to a big school dance -- but she'd rather attract attention for her softball skills.
Directing: Gail Mancuso · Starring: Michael Des Barres, Martin Mull, Bonnie Bramlett
3x24 Scenes from a Barbecue
May 7, 1991 · 23 min
The Connors celebrate Mother's Day with a barbecue with Roseanne's feisty grandmother.
Directed by: John Whitesell · Written by: Chuck Lorre · Starring: Bonnie Bramlett, James Pickens Jr., Tom Arnold
3x25 The Pied Piper of Lanford Season Finale
May 14, 1991 · 23 min
Dan and Roseanne commit to opening a motorcycle shop with a free-spirited old friend who gets cold feet at the last minute.
Directing: John Whitesell · Starring: Jay O. Sanders, Brad Garrett