Roseanne: Season 5

1992 · 25 episodes · ★ 8.9

What Season 5 of Roseanne

Season 5 opens with the Conner family after Dan's motorcycle shop closes, leaving the house without its main source of income. Roseanne keeps the household afloat as best she can while Becky considers moving to Minneapolis with Mark, a plan that strains family ties. Money troubles show up everywhere, from power cutoffs to struggling to cover expenses. Roseanne, meanwhile, tries to open a restaurant and has to turn to her mother, and Nancy, the neighbor, reveals news that rocks her family. It's the Conners, with their fights and their hardships, who drive the story.

25episodes

Sep 15, 1992premiered

May 18, 1993latest episode

9.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Terms of Estrangement (1)
Sep 15, 1992 · 23 min
Roseanne supports the family after Dan's motorcycle shop goes under; Becky considers moving to Minneapolis with Mark.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Denise Moss, Sy Dukane · Starring: Don Keith Opper, Glenn Quinn, Sandra Bernhard, Natalie West
5x02 Terms of Estrangement (2)
Sep 22, 1992 · 23 min
Becky and Mark return to say goodbye before moving away.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Sandra Bernhard, Johnny Galecki, Carl Franklin
5x03 The Dark Ages
Sep 29, 1992 · 23 min
The power company cuts off the Conners' power. Dan and Roseanne must look at Darlene in a new light after David spends the night in her room.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Eric Gilliland · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Johnny Galecki
5x04 Mommy Nearest
Oct 6, 1992 · 23 min
Roseanne and Jackie are stunned when their mother announces she is moving to Lanford; Jackie agonizes over dating Fisher, a perfect, but much, much younger man.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Matt Roth
5x05 Pretty in Black
Oct 13, 1992 · 23 min
Roseanne mortifies Darlene with a sweet sixteen party, then sends her off to her friends while the adults enjoy the festivities, which include a game of Truth or Dare; the Tildens move in next door; Darlene dyes her hair black to make Roseanne mad, but is shocked when Roseanne reacts differently.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Amy Sherman-Palladino · Starring: Mara Hobel, Wings Hauser, Sandra Bernhard, Johnny Galecki
5x06 Looking for Loans in All the Wrong Places
Oct 20, 1992 · 23 min
Denied a loan to open the restaurant, Roseanne must turn to her mother; Darlene catches D.J. peeping at neighbor Molly.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Judith Hoag, Matt Roth, Sandra Bernhard, Estelle Parsons
5x07 Halloween IV
Oct 27, 1992 · 23 min
Roseanne sends everyone to a party while she stays home -- and is visited by the ghosts of Halloween past, present, and future.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Abraham Benrubi, Zoe Perry, Sara Rue
5x08 Ladies' Choice
Nov 10, 1992 · 23 min · ★ 5.6
Nancy takes Roseanne and Jackie by surprise with the announcement that she and Marla are gay lovers; Bev announces she is moving into a Lanford retirement center, which leaves Roseanne feeling over the hill.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Belita Moreno, Morgan Fairchild, Sandra Bernhard, Estelle Parsons
5x09 Stand on Your Man
Nov 17, 1992 · 23 min
The Lunch Box welcomes its first customers, including a weirdo whose presence sends the gals to a self-defense class. Meanwhile, Arnie questions his own manhood after hearing that Nancy is gay.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Denise Moss, Sy Dukane · Starring: Doug Fieger, James Lew, Wings Hauser, Morgan Fairchild
5x10 Good Girls, Bad Girls
Nov 24, 1992 · 23 min
Roseanne reluctantly allows Darlene to go to a rock concert in nearby Rockford with Molly -- who abandons her.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Amy Sherman-Palladino · Starring: Mara Hobel, Glenn Quinn, Wings Hauser, Danielle Harris
5x11 Of Ice and Men
Dec 1, 1992 · 23 min
D.J. decides to take up hockey and becomes the terror of the rink; Roseanne meddles to reunite Jackie and Fisher.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Norm Macdonald · Starring: Matt Roth, Sandra Bernhard
5x12 It's No Place Like Home for the Holidays Mid-Season Finale
Dec 15, 1992 · 23 min
A Christmas Eve snowstorm scatters the Connors, with Roseanne and Jackie trapped at the Luch Box with Bev and Nana Mary, while Darlene takes shelter at David's and learns the truth about his home life.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Eric Gilliland · Starring: Shelley Winters, Johnny Galecki
5x13 Crime and Punishment (1)
Jan 5, 1993 · 23 min
Dan disciplines D.J. for taking offensive reading material to school-- Darlene's comic book. Dan reacts strongly when Roseanne discovers that Fisher has beaten Jackie.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Bruce Rasmussen · Starring: Colleen Camp, Doug Fieger, Matt Roth, Mara Hobel
5x14 War and Peace (2)
Jan 12, 1993 · 23 min
Dan returns home to rampart rumors about his behavior, while Roseanne urges a dazed Jackie to leave her abusive boyfriend.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Matt Roth, Natalie West, James Pickens Jr., Jeremy Roberts
5x15 Lanford Daze
Jan 26, 1993 · 23 min
Darlene does NOT serve meat at the counter. She is forced to work there by Roseanne, but out of principal, will not serve the meat. That was her whole point
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Amy Sherman-Palladino · Starring: Loretta Lynn, Johnny Galecki, Danielle Harris, Robin Greer
5x16 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
Feb 9, 1993 · 23 min
The death of their father finds Jackie blubbering, but Roseanne angry -- and sharing a drink with the "other woman" in his life.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Amy Sherman-Palladino · Starring: Lenny Wolpe
5x17 First Cousin, Twice Removed
Feb 16, 1993 · 23 min
A wealthy and successful cousin whom Roseanne hasn't seen in 25 years comes to bury the hachet, and encourages Darlene to leave home.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Johnny Galecki
5x18 Lose a Job, Winnebago
Feb 23, 1993 · 23 min
The Conners and the Tildens travel to California in a motor home, with Dan pondering his future and Ty contemplating Jackie.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Writing: Norm Macdonald · Starring: Tom Arnold
5x19 It's a Boy!
Mar 2, 1993 · 23 min
Roseanne wants Darlene's boyfriend, David, to move in with them, but Dan refuses to allow it.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Sally Kirkland, Johnny Galecki
5x20 It was Twenty Years Ago Today
Mar 9, 1993 · 23 min
For their anniversary, Roseanne poses in a sexy photo for Dan, while he moonlights at a big-and-tall men's store to pay for his present for her.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Peter Jason, Bill Maher, Johnny Galecki
5x21 Playing with Matches
Mar 23, 1993 · 23 min
Darlene wants nothing to do with David after Molly kisses him; and a new friend puts a smile on Bev's face.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Estelle Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Danielle Harris, Red Buttons
5x22 Promises, Promises
Apr 6, 1993 · 23 min
Darlene springs a prom-night surprise on David: she has rented a motel room. Meanwhile, Dan is reluctant to share with Roseanne his plans for a new business.
Directing: Andrew D. Weyman · Starring: Johnny Galecki
5x23 Glengarry, Glen Rosey
May 4, 1993 · 23 min
Roseanne and Dan fear a financial crisis when they cannot sell the house they refurbished and their new partner, Roger, skips town.
Directing: Philip Charles MacKenzie · Writing: Denise Moss, Sy Dukane · Starring: Johnny Galecki
5x24 Tooth or Consequences
May 11, 1993 · 23 min
Dan realizes that he needs a steady job to take care of his family when he accidentally knocks out one of Roseanne's teeth on the day she is to meet with a health inspector (who turns out to be Leon); Darlene is accepted to art school but David is rejected.
Directing: Gail Mancuso · Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Johnny Galecki
5x25 Daughters and Other Strangers Season Finale
May 18, 1993 · 23 min
Roseanne worries that Darlene may be planning to run away from home; new neighbor George befriends D.J.
Writing: Eric Gilliland · Starring: Johnny Galecki